Introducing the 2009 entries: Montenegro

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All entries in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest are known, but the actual contest is still about a month away. As a warm-up, we introduce one of the entries every day in random order. Part twenty-six is dedicated to the entry from Montenegro.

Basic information

Performer: Andrea Demirovi� (performing as Andrea)
Song: Just get out of my life
Language: English
Music: José Rodriguez, Peter Match (Ralph Siegel)
Lyrics: GunterJohansen (Bernd Meinunger)
Draw: 1st in the first semi final

The song

Just get out of my life is an up-tempo disco schlager song. Through the lyrics, a lover is told to leave although the singer herself seems not to be able to leave that person having contradicting feelings:

It's too dangerous when we touch
And I love you much too much
Get out of my life babe

Just get out of my out of my out of my head
Just get out of my out of my out of my bed
It's beyond belief but true
I became a slave to you

The singer

Andrea DemiroviÄ�became famous when she competed in the 2002 edition of the annual Montenegrinmusic festival SunÄ�ane Skale. She would take part ina series of different music festivals over the following years.In 2005, she entered Montevizija, the Montenegrin semi final of Serbia & Montenegro's national selection for theEurovision Song Contest and finishedfifth with Šta ce mi dani thus qualifying for the final. In the final, the song reached fifth place again.

In 2006, her first Album Andrea was released. Besides an own composition, most of the songs on the CD were written by Vesna Pisarovic, who hadrepresented Croatia in the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest and had also written the entry for Bosnia & Herzegovina in the 2004 contest. In 2008, Andrea tried to represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contesttaking part in theartist selection. She finished second behind Stefan Felipovic performing theDolly Parton/Whitney Houston classic I will always love you.

In 2009, she was chosen internally to represent Montenegro in Moscow with the song Just get out of my life. She is the first female soloist to take part for the country. Later that year, she will release her second album and its first single is The queen of the night, an English version of the song La reina de la noche from the 2007 Spanish national final. Currently, Andrea is still a student at the music academy in Cetinje.

The national selection

The Montenegrin entry was selected internally for the second year in a row, but also the singer was selected by the broadcaster this time. The chosen entry was presented on the internet and made available for free download. The songwriters are all from outside the country, namely Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger (who keep the record in having written the most Eurovision Song Contest entries) from Germany and José Rodriguez from Spain.

Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

Montenegro entered the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent country in 2007. Both entries so far did not manage to reach the final. Montegrin entries under the flags of Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro took part in the years 1983, 1984 and 2005. In 1983, Danijel reached fourth place, one of Yugoslavia's best placings.

Crnoj Gori i Andrei želimo svu sre�u i dobar rezultat u Moskvi!

Videos

The preview video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpE59mw00M4

Andrea performing the song in the Greek national final:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr732QiyhzE

Andrea in the 2005 Serbia & Montenegro national final:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGgZdZrO5so

The song Oblak od ljubavi:

The Queen of the night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d7qRunyrjA

Other parts of this series

  1. France
  2. Portugal
  3. Romania
  4. Denmark
  5. Netherlands
  6. Cyprus
  7. Latvia
  8. Ireland
  9. Malta
  10. Armenia
  11. Germany
  12. Serbia
  13. Belgium
  14. Greece
  15. Croatia
  16. Poland
  17. Czech Republic
  18. Iceland
  19. Moldova
  20. Switzerland
  21. Slovenia
  22. Andorra
  23. Ukraine
  24. Spain
  25. Sweden

Tomorrow, we will take a look at the Finnish entry.