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RTCG, the Montenegrin national broadcaster, has confirmed that Montenegro will participate at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2027 in Bulgaria next year.

Montenegro thus joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria.

RTCG is yet to determine the mechanism it will use to select the 2027 Montenegrin act and entry. More details will be revealed in due course.

RTCG’s press release reads:

RTCG today officially informed the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) of the decision that Montenegro will be part of the largest European music television event.

This means that Montenegro will have its representative at the 71st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in May next year in the Bulgarian city of Burgas.

The two semi-final nights will be held on May 11th and 13th, while the grand final is scheduled for May 15th, 2027 at the Burgas Arena.

At this moment, there is no decision on the method of selecting the Montenegrin representative. RTCG will inform the public in the coming period whether the representative will be selected at the national competition, as was the case in previous years at the MONTESONG festival, or through internal selection, which is also in accordance with EBU rules.

Montenegro at Eurovision

Montenegro debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest as a solo country in 2007 with Stefan Faddy and is yet to win the competition. The country achieved its best results in the contest in 2015 with Knez‘s Balkan ballad Adio.

The former Yugoslav republic has only made it to the Eurovision Grand Final on two occasions, namely in 2014 and 2015. The Balkan country has competed in Europe’s favourite television show 14 times.

In 2026 Tamara Zivkovic represented Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with her entry ‘Nova Zora‘.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.