Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | ||||
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Participating broadcaster | Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT) | |||
Country | Serbia and Montenegro | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Evropesma-Europjesma 2006 | |||
Selection date(s) | 11 March 2006 | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | Withdrawn | |||
Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Serbia and Montenegro was to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The Serbian-Montenegrin participant broadcaster, Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT), organised the national final Evropesma-Europjesma 2006 in order to select its entry for the contest. Serbian Radio-televizija Srbije (RTS) and Montenegrin Radio-televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) each submitted twelve entries from their respective selections Beovizija 2006 and Montevizija 2006 with twenty-four entries in total competing in the national final on 11 March 2006. The song "Moja ljubavi" (Моја љубави), written by Milan Perić and Dalibor Nedović, and performed by the band No Name (which had represented Serbia and Montenegro in 2005), won the national final following the combination of votes from an eight-member jury panel and a public televote. However the results were not recognized by UJRT due to controversy surrounding tactical voting of the Montenegrin jury, and the broadcaster ended up not submitting any entry.
As one of ten highest placed finishers in the 2005 contest Serbia and Montenegro directly qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2006. However, Serbia and Montenegro was removed from the contest on 20 March due to UJRT not being able to submit an entry by the submission deadline with the empty slot in the final being replaced by Croatia.