Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

Montenegro has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 12 times since its debut in. The Montenegrin participant broadcaster in the contest is Radio i Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG).

Before its independece, the Socialist Republic of Montenegro participated in the contest as part of (both the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from  to  and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in ), and the Republic of Montenegro participated as part of  (from  to ). The entrants from Serbia and Montenegro, No Name, were from Montenegro, as were the  and  entrants from Yugoslavia.

Participation
Radio i Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 2006, thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest since then. It has participated in the contest representing Montenegro since its in 2007.

Before the country became independent on 3 June 2006, entries from Montenegro had participated in the contest as part of and later. Entries from the former SR Montenegro placed 4th in and 18th in  as part of Yugoslavia, and an entry from the Republic of Montenegro placed 7th in  as part of Serbia and Montenegro.

History
RTCG organised the national final MontenegroSong to select the country's entries in and, and internally selected the entry in.

Montenegro failed to qualify for the grand final during its debut in, as well as its appearances in and. The country placed 11th in the first semi-final in 2009, their best result at the time, with "Just Get Out of My Life" performed by Andrea Demirović. In November 2009, RTCG announced that Montenegro would withdraw from the contest due to financial difficulties. Despite not participating, RTCG still broadcast the contest. RTCG applied to participate in the contest, but with the caveat that the potential representative would have to find sponsors to fund their participation themselves. As that did not come to fruition, in December 2010, Montenegro decided to not participate in the contest on financial grounds.

On 20 November 2011 the head of RTCG revealed that Montenegro would participate in the 2012 contest to be held in Baku; he also went on to say that he saw Montenegro at every Eurovision Song Contest to come. Montenegro returned to the contest in, again internally selecting their entry, "Euro Neuro" performed by Rambo Amadeus, which failed to qualify from the first semi-final. In, Montenegro internally selected Who See and Nina Žižić with the song "Igranka", and failed to qualify. In, Montenegro qualified for the grand final for the first time in its history with Sergej Ćetković's "Moj svijet". In, Montenegro again qualified for the grand final with "Adio", performed by Knez and composed by Željko Joksimović. The song achieved the best Montenegrin result up to that time, finishing in 13th place. In, RTCG selected Highway and their song "The Real Thing" internally. They performed in the first semi-final but the song failed to qualify, placing 13th with 60 points. In, RTCG selected Slavko Kalezić and his song "Space" internally. The song failed to qualify, placing 16th. In, RTCG organised the national final Montevizija to select their entry, which was won by "Inje" performed by Vanja Radovanović. The song failed to qualify from the second semi-final, placing 16th with 40 points. In, RTCG again selected its representative through Montevizija, which was won by "Heaven" performed by D mol. The song failed to qualify from the first semi-final, placing 16th with 46 points.

Despite initially confirming their participation in the contest and aiming to expand Montevizija, Montenegro ultimately did not enter the contest, which was later cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. RTCG later stated that the reason was due to "modest results" and financial issues. Montenegro also did not participate in the contest, but returned in, having internally selected Vladana to represent the country with the song "Breathe". Once again, Montenegro failed to qualify for the final, finishing 17th in a field of 18 with 33 points in the second semi-final. RTCG later confirmed its absence from the contest, citing financial constraints and a lack of interest from sponsors. On 3 October 2023, local media in Montenegro reported that the country would not return to the 2024 contest in Malmö. Montenegro ultimately did not appear on the list of participants for 2024, marking a second consecutive absence from the contest. On 5 January 2024, RTCG published a report from a public debate held on 4 December 2023 concerning their production plans for 2024. In the report, the broadcaster states that it "plans on organising a music festival to promote Montenegrin artists and authors, and which would (depending on the budget) be used as a way to select the representative for Eurovision 2025".

Participation overview
Prior to and 's dissolution, artists from the Montenegrin federal unit represented Yugoslavia in, , and Serbia and Montenegro as a republic unit in , as well as being intended to compete in , where they withdrew.

Barbara Dex Award
The Barbara Dex Award was an annually awarded, fan-voted accolade for the "worst dressed" artists in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Heads of delegation
Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.

Commentators and spokespersons
For the show's broadcast on RTCG, various commentators have provided commentary on the contest in the Montenegrin language. At the Eurovision Song Contest after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite each respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen.

From until, Montenegro competed as part of Yugoslavia, and from  to  as part of Serbia and Montenegro. The Montenegrin affiliates of the Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) first and Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT) later broadcast the contest there with Montenegrin commentary.


 * From until, Montenegro competed as part of  and from  to  as part of.