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The Montesong 2025 selection committee has published the names of 15 songs and artists set to compete in the national final on 21 December. The winner will carry Montenegro’s flag to Eurovision 2026 in Vienna.
The finalists (in alphabetical order) are Andrea Demirović with “I Believe”, Baryak with “Minerva”, Dolce Hera with “Casanova 91”, Đurđa with “Dominos”, Krstinja Matanović with “Oli Oli”, Lana Vukčević & Đorđe Savković with “Temperatura”, Lana Lopičić with “Doline”, Lara Baltić with “Rhythm Boy”, Luka Radović with “Pjevaj Vilo”, Majda Božović with “Ipak smo ljudi”, Mila Nikić with “Kao Varnica”, Neno Murić with “Ako čuješ glas”, Stefan Vukotić with “Nedekodirana”, Tamara Živković with “Nova Zora”, and Tina Džankić with “Shadows”.
The shortlist emerged from 37 submissions, the same level of interest as the previous year. Both domestic and international authors responded, with entries arriving from Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK among others.
The selection committee – composed of Andrijana Božović, Dražen Bauković, Stefan Bjeletić, Jovo Vukčević and Antonela Martinović – evaluated submissions over several rounds, weighing musical quality, authorial freshness, performance credibility and stage potential.
Montesong’s rules also provide for a reserve “barež” (queue) mechanism: two additional songs (identified by code numbers 22296 and 15648) will be held in waiting to replace any finalists that drop out, though their names remain undisclosed at this stage. (and RTCG almost certainly will find/be given a reason to disqualify at least two)
Artists whose entries submitted demo versions now have until 12 November to deliver final master versions. The full set of 15 songs will be released on streaming platforms in early December, ahead of the live final from RTCG’s large studio.
