MONTENEGRO

The Montenegrin song was premièred on 14th March during a special show broadcast by RTCG and presented by  Sabrija Vulic. Who See were internally selected by the broadcaster and the duo will be joined on stage by singer Nina Žižić. The song they will be performing is "Igranka" (Dance).

During the broadcast the three performers were interviewed and their music video for "Igranka" was shown. The concept of the video is very bizarre and not very Eurovision at all. Scantily clad ladies dancing. Scantily clad ladies fighting, strange topless men angle grinding - all while some kind of fancy dress party is going one. The video is very atmospheric and tries to evoke a party/concert atmosphere - one which will be very difficult to replicate on stage with 6 people.

The song is very modern and contemporary - one may say that Eurovision isn't quite ready for this yet. The song is a modern rap song with a dub step breakdown in the chorus. The song in wholly in Montenegrin but I don't see this as being too much of a problem as I feel that the language actually compliments the industral edge and rawness of the song. The band are seasoned performars and should not struggle with the performance, but one will have to see. One obvious problem is the sampling of Nina's voice in the introduction. I am  not sure of that is something Nina can replicate live, or something that will require backing singers or something they might just leave out completely - which would be a shame.

I would absolutely love this song to qualify for the final - something Montenegro have never done in their 4 previous attempts. I am extremely curious about this song and the performance. I feel that this song will appeal to younger watchers of eurovision as it will feel current to them. Also semi-final one is over-run with ballads, so this will stand out even more. On the negative side the juries, unless they all include a dub step DJ on each panel, will more than likely not be voting for this. Initially I feel that this will be on the cusp -  a lot will depend on the direction of the judges and what happens on stage. There are too many variables in the air at this stage to make a fair judgement.

Artist - Who See featureng Nina Žižić

Song - Igranka (Dance)
Music - Djordje Miljenovic
Lyrics - Dejan Dedovic, Mario Djordjevic, Djordje Miljenovic