Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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Country | Montenegro | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | 23 January 2009 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Andrea Demirović | |||
Selected song | "Just Get Out of My Life" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (11th) | |||
Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Just Get Out of My Life" written by Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger and José Juan Santana Rodríguez. The song was performed by Andrea Demirović, who was internally selected by the Montenegrin broadcaster Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) to represent the nation at the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. Andrea Demirović was announced as the Montenegrin representative on 23 January 2009, while her song, "Just Get Out of My Life", was presented to the public on the same day. This was the first time that the Montenegrin song was performed entirely in the English language at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Montenegro was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Just Get Out of My Life" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Montenegro placed eleventh out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 44 points.