Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Montenegrin entry was selected through an internal selection, organised by the Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG. Who See represented Montenegro with the song "Igranka", which failed to qualify from the first semi-final of the contest, placing 12th and scoring 41 points, their second best result in the history of Montenegro taking part in Eurovision at the time, and Montenegro's fourth best result to date.

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country Montenegro
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 20 December 2012
Song: 14 March 2013
Selected entrantWho See
Selected song"Igranka"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (12th)
Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 20 December 2012, RTCG announced that hip-hop duo Who See would represent Montenegro in Malmö.[1] The duo consists of Dejan Dedović and Mario Đorđević. On 1 February 2013, RTCG announced that Nina Žižić would join the duo as a featured vocalist.[2] The Montenegrin song, "Igranka", was presented during a television special titled on 14 February 2013.[3][4] The show was televised on TVCG 1 and RTV Montenegro as well as broadcast online via the broadcaster's website rtcg.me and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[5] "Igranka" was written by Who See and Wikluh Sky, while production and mixing was carried out by Wikluh Sky.[2] The duo recorded the music video for the song in Podgorica and directed by Zoran Markovic—Zonja.[4]

At Eurovision
Who See at the first semi-final dress rehearsal in Malmö

Montenegro was allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May for a place in the final on 18 May.[6] In the first semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Montenegro would perform 9th, following the Netherlands and preceding Lithuania.[7] This was the first time since 2007 that Montenegro was not drawn to open the semifinal during their participation. The Montenegrin performance featured the members of Who See dressed as astronauts, while Nina Žižić was dressed like a cyborg.[8] Montenegro failed to qualify from the first semi-final of the competition, placing 12th and scoring 41 points.[9][10]

Points awarded to Montenegro
Points awarded to Montenegro (Semi-final 1)[11]
Score Country
12 points  Serbia
10 points
8 points  Ukraine
7 points
6 points
5 points  Denmark
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Montenegro

References
  1. Juhász, Ervin (14 December 2012). "Montenegro: Artist announcement in the next few days". ESCXtra. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014.
  2. "Who See sa Ninom Žižić na Eurosongu". RTCG (in Montenegrin). 1 February 2013.
  3. "Who See "Igranka" na Eurosongu u Malmeu". RTCG (in Montenegrin). 12 February 2013.
  4. Leon, Jakov (14 March 2013). "Who See's party just begun!". Eurovision.tv.
  5. Repo, Juha (14 March 2013). "Song presentation of Igranka in Montenegro complete, watch video". Esctoday. Retrieved 29 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Siim, Jarmo (17 January 2013). "Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv.
  7. Siim, Jarmo (28 March 2013). "Eurovision 2013: Semi-Final running order revealed". Eurovision.tv.
  8. Leon, Jakov (7 May 2013). "Igranka hits the Eurovision dancefloor". Eurovision.tv.
  9. Leon, Jakov (14 May 2013). "We have our first ten finalists!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  10. "First Semi-Final of Malmö 2013". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  11. "Results of the First Semi-Final of Malmö 2013". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  12. "Results of the Grand Final of Malmö 2013". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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