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Knez is making life very easy for a lazy blogger here. Nenad Knežević, performing as Knez, was representing (checks) Montenegro with Adio at Eurovision 2015 in Vienna — a song composed by Željko Joksimović, with lyrics by Marina Tucaković and Dejan Ivanović.
If you’ve seen Željko’s other entries over the years then from second #1, you know what to expect of seconds #2 to #179, and would likely win good money betting on the nature of second #180. On a scale of Oro to Lane Moje, it’s probably slightly heavier on the interpretative dance and slightly lighter on the traditional instruments. Everything else – it really is straight out of the standard playbook. It’s like putting on a comfortable old pair of trousers and being slightly surprised that they still fit.
And you know what? Really, why wouldn’t a standard Joksimović entry get a standard Joksimović result? It’s not like it’s ever been the height of pan-European fashion, after all…
At the time of writing, Knez had not yet performed: Montenegro was due to appear fourth in the second semi-final on 21 May. In retrospect, Adio qualified in ninth place with 57 points, then finished 13th in the final with 44 points. That was Montenegro’s best Eurovision result at the time, and remains its highest placing.
