The five finalists for the revived national selection 2018 Montevizija have been announced in Montenegro.
The final will be on 17 February.
Source: ESC Bubble; ESC Covers
We got this press release
Slavko Kalezić from Montenegro is this year’s winner of the Barbara Dex Award. The singer got the most votes. The prize is awarded each year to the worst dressed artist at the Eurovision Song Contest. Triana Park from Latvia and Martina Bárta from Czech Republic came in second and third place. The Belgian website songfestival.be hands out the award this year and received thousands of votes.
Slavko didn’t win the 62th Eurovision Song Contest with his song Space, but he still gets to take home a prize. The singer gets an award for his rather remarkable outfit, one we will probably not be seeing on the red carpet anytime soon … The men’s high-knot pony tail helped to get a lot of votes.
Latvia and Czech Republic came in second and third place. According to the voters, these artists were dressed the worst on stage during the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
The top 3:
Votes from all over Europe
The Barbara Dex Award is a very popular prize among the Eurovision fans. The Belgian website Songfestival.be, who hands out the award since this year, received thousands of votes from all over Europe, and Australia.
The Barbara Dex Award is named after the Belgian Eurovision contestant in 1993. She wore a dress she designed herself, a creation that caught the eye of a lot of critics. Sadly not because it was so beautiful …
The last country to vote is CANADA. Here is their results
1 point – Portugal
2 points – Montenegro
3 points – Bulgaria
4 points – Netherlands
5 points – United Kingdom
6 points – Russia
7 points – Italy
8 points – Croatia
10 points – Belgium
12 points – France
The 14th country has send us their votes – this is an ex Yugoslavia country who is not participating this year – BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA. As expected the other ex Yugoslavia countries feature quite high in their voting.
The running order of the First Semi-Final of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest:
1. Sweden
2. Georgia
3. Australia
4. Albania
5. Belgium
6. Montenegro
7. Finland
8. Azerbaijan
9. Portugal
10. Greece
11. Poland
12. Moldova
13. Iceland
14. Czech Republic
15. Cyprus
16. Armenia
17. Slovenia
18. Latvia
The 13rd country to reveal their votes is MALAWI. The program we use to make the voting picture does not have Malawi in their system, so we have to give you their points in the form of text
12 points – San Marino
10 points – Macedonia
8 points – Croatia
7 points – Montenegro
6 points – Ireland
5 points – Finland
4 points – Norway
3 points – Sweden
2 points – Austria
1 point – Russia
The 5th country in our voting results is the small country of Liechtenstein in Europe.
Montenegro have selected Slavko Kalezić to represent them at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev with a song called Space. It is composed by Momčila Zekovića.
Slavko first became known after participating in X Factor Adria in 2013 and was mentored by Željko Joksimović (2004, 2012 ESC Serbia).
Space will be revealed in the new year. You can see Slavko perform a song he released in 2014 entitled Krivac below.
Source: www.eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
Nina Žižić was part of the Who See, who represented Montenegro at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with Igranka (The party). Now she returns with a new and exciting project. Nina has released a brand new song entitled Kiss You, Goodbye.
It is gentle and charming pop song that was made in Azerbaijan and is part of a soundtrack for a movie. ‘Həddən artıq uyğunluq’ (Excessive compliance). Kiss You, Goodbye is a remake of an old Azeri song called Qayıtdı xəyallar (Returned dreams). The project was courtesy of Peachline and released through Baku Music.
Nina is a popular singer in Montenegro and has had success in festivals such as Suncane Skale in her homeland. She also took part in the 2005 Serbia-Montenegro national final with the group Negre and the song K’o Nijedna Druga. Nina was also a solo artist in the 2006 Serbia-Montenegro final performing Potraži me.
You can see the official video for Kiss You, Goodbye! below.