Country Serbia and Montenegro Selected entrant No Name Final result Withdrawn | Selection process National final Selected song "Moja ljubavi" | |
Selection date(s) Beovizija
10 March 2006
Montevizija
24 February 2006
Evrop(j)esma
11 March 2006 | ||
Serbia and Montenegro originally applied to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 selecting Montenegrin group No Name with the song "Moja ljubavi", however due to the tactical voting of RTCG jurors, the country did not participate.
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Evropesma 2006
For full results, see Evropesma 20062006 Evropesma, held in Belgrade, Serbia, on March 11, 2006, saw the same voting pattern from the judges from both republics: this year's favorites, once again winners and the runner up of Beovizija 2006, Flamingosi feat. Louis and Ana Nikolić, respectively, received no points from the RTCG judges. The judges appointed by RTS in turn awarded eight points to No Name and four points to Stevan Faddy, enough for No Name to score another win. The Beovizija favorites Flamingosi finished second. The televote placed Beovizija favorites first and second and No Name third.
The stir began during the voting, as the audience started leaving the event in the midst of it, after realizing that their favourites were not going to win. The remaining audience booed No Name off the stage, and threw objects (such as bottles) at the stage, as they came out to accept the award and perform their song again, in the Eurovision Song Contest tradition. The audience then wooed Flamingosi on stage and they performed their song with the other finalists from Beovizija present on stage.
Withdrawal
As a result, the Executive Board of UJRT did not accept the victory of No Name, stating that voting violated the merits of the competition, albeit not being found irregular. Source: UJRT statement
The Director General of the RTS and the head of UJRT, Aleksandar Tijanić, wrote a letter to his counterpart at the RTCG, Radovan Miljanić, suggesting that a new contest be held, featuring five songs from both semi-finals that got the most points. The winner would be selected solely through televoting. At the same time, RTCG requested from the European Broadcasting Union that they intervene in accepting the voting results from the controversial contest. The European Broadcasting Union responded on March 18, 2006, two days before the deadline for the submission of the national entry to the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, by suggesting that the broadcasters find a solution on their own. This was to no avail, and finally, on March 20, 2006, Serbia and Montenegro officially withdrew from the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. As the UJRT broadcast the semifinal and final, the viewers were able to vote, but only those in Serbia. At the same time, RTCG requested from the European Broadcasting Union that they intervene in accepting the voting results from the controversial contest.
At Eurovision
Despite not participating, Serbia and Montenegro was still able to vote in the semifinal and in the final. The spokesperson who revealed Serbia and Montenegro's votes for other countries was Jovana Janković.