Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, sending its third Eurovision entry as an independent nation. It was revealed by the Montenegrin broadcaster, Radio Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) on 23 January that Andrea Demirović would represent Montenegro at the contest, with the song "Just Get Out of My Life". The song was written by Bernd Meinunger along with José Juan Santana Rodriguez and composed by Ralph Siegel. Before Eurovision. Internal selection. Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 27 December 2008 and 20 January 2009. At the closing of  the deadline, RTCG received 22 entries. A selection jury consisting of Vesna Ivanović, Lidija Radović, Zoran Živković, Dalibor Nedović, Branka Banović, Boško Rašović and Vesna Banović evaluated the received submissions and selected the Montenegrin representative in the contest, however RTCG reserved the right to select another performer for the song if considered more suitable. Rumours had circulated on the selected Montenegrin artist and song for the 2009 contest ahead of the official announcement by RTCG, including 2007 Montenegrin national final participant Nina Petković with "Srce balkansko", Sergej Ćetković with "Sjenke ljubavi", Ivan Čanović and Merima Njegomir with "Kad bi dao  Bog", and FreeJack with "Ljubav je san". It had also been rumoured that Željko Joksimović would compose the Montenegrin song, which would have been sung by Milena Vučić, however Joksimović stated that these rumours were false. On 23 January 2009, RTCG announced via the broadcaster's website that Andrea Demirović would represent Montenegro in Moscow with the song "Just Get Out of My Life". Originally the names of the song's authors were held as a secret by Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG. They were later revealed to be veteran German Eurovision composers Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, along with José Juan  Santana Rodríguez. The song contains a sample from "Innocent Heart" sung by Ruth Portelli, which was also written by the same author and composer. Promotion. Demirović and her team went on an extensive tour around other participating countries to promote the entry, including the Greek national final on 18 February 2009 and in the semi-final of the Serbian national final, "Beovizija 2009", on 7 March. She also performed at the Macedonian national final, "Skopje Fest 2009", on 22 February. Along with 22 other competing entries Demirović performed at the Eurovision Promo Concert in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 18 April . She received media coverage in the Netherlands and in neighbouring Belgium. At Eurovision. For the second time in a row, Montenegro opened the first semi-final on 12 May, preceding the entry from the Czech Republic. It failed to qualify for the grand final.