page_title: Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
section_title: At Eurovision
hierarchical_section_title: Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 / At Eurovision
caption_attribution_description: English: Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2015: Knez Deutsch: Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2015: Knez
context_page_description: Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Adio", written by Željko Joksimović, Marina Tucaković and Dejan Ivanović. The song was performed by Knez, who was selected by Montenegrin broadcaster Radio i televizija Crne Gore in October 2014 to represent the nation at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. The song "Adio" was later presented to the public in March 2015. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals "Adio" placed ninth out of the 17 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. In Montenegro's seventh Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "Adio" finished in thirteenth place, receiving 44 points. This was Montenegro's best placing in the contest, to this point, since their debut in 2007.
context_section_description: According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. In the 2015 contest, Australia also competed directly in the final as an invited guest nation. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 26 January 2015, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Montenegro was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 21 May 2015, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.
  Once all the competing songs for the 2015 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Montenegro was set to perform in position 4, following the entry from San Marino and before the entry from Malta.
  All three shows were broadcast in Montenegro on TVCG 2, with commentary by Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković. The Montenegrin spokesperson, who announced the Montenegrin votes during the final, was 2009 Eurovision entrant Andrea Demirović.
caption: Knez at a press meet and greet
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