A month ago the 16 finalists of Montesong 2024 have been revealed. Today one of the artist selected to take part in the final of the show, Boban Rajović, has revealed that he is withdrawing from the contest.

The announcement has been made on his Instagram account and it has been confirmed by RTCG that he will be replaced by one of the artists which was selected as a reserve, Tamara Živković who will perform the song “Poguban let”

My dear followers. First of all due to the private plans as well due to the lack of free time I am forced to withdraw from the contest “Montesong”. I think that it’s too much to speak about my wish to represent Montenegro at Eurovision but it just wasn’t meant to be next year. That doesn’t mean if I get a chance to do so in the future my wish won’t be fulfilled. Honestly I would love for the best song to win but most of all I would love to winner to be chosen by the votes of the people. Thank you for understanding. 
Boban Rajović on his IG story 

Boban Rajović Instagram Story Screenshot

The line up of finalists at Montesong 2024 includes the following:

• Anastasija Koprolčec – “Kraj”
• Bend “9” – “Stop war”
• Dolce Hera – “Repeat”
• Đurđa – “To ljubav je”
• Glumci Bend – “San”
• Isak Šabanović – “Ljeto, ljeto, ljeto”
• Kejt – “Obala raja”
• Luka Perazić & Rade Vukčević – “Dva srca”
• Luka Radović – “Kada dođe maj”
• Milena Vučić – “Škorpija”
• Nemanja Petrović – “Među zvijezdama”
• Neonoen – “Clickbait”
• Nina Žižić – “Dobro došli”
• Tamara Živković – “Poguban let”
• Tina Džankić – “Nova”
• Verica Čuljković – “Čuješ li”

The two remaining reserve entries are:

• Hanibal – “Čuvaj me”
• Danijel Popović – “Kano kastigan”

Eurovision audience knows several artist in the line-up. Nina Žižić represented Montenegro together with WhoSee back in 2013. Danijel Popović performed “Džuli” at Eurovision 1983 in Munich and ended on 4th place. Kejt was the runner-up of Montevizija 2018 (as Katarina Bogićević), and Milena Vučić competed at the national final of Serbia & Montenegro back in 2006 with the song “Živa sam”, except them Isak Šabanović is known to the Balkan audience as one of the finalist of the music show Zvezde Granda. 

Montesong 2024 is set to take place on 27th of November at the Voco Sports Hall in Podgorica. The winner will be determined 50% jury voting and 50% public voting. Montenegro took part at Eurovision 2022 where they were represented by Vladana who sang “Breathe” and ended the show on 17th place in the second semi-final.