Montenegro’s national final for Eurovision 2025 – Montesong 2024 finished only moments ago. 16 acts competed in the re-branded national final, and a mix of jury votes and televoting have decided Montenegro’s entry for Basel, and it’s none other than NeonoeN with “Clickbait”.

Apart from the competition part, there were several special awards given during the show, including the award for the Best Performance of the night, which went to Tina Džankić. Afterwards the lines were closed, and the votes were being revealed.

The jury members were:

• Hari Mata Hari (represented Bosnia & Herzegovina in 2006)
• Nuša Derenda (represented Slovenia in 2001)
• Dado Topić (represented Croatia in Eurovision 2007)
• Elena Risteska (represented North Macedonia in Eurovision 2006)
• Tijana Bogićević (represented Serbia in Eurovision 2017)
• Emmelie de Forest (represented Denmark in Eurovision 2013)
• Danijel Popović (represented Yugoslavia in Eurovision 1983)

After the jury votes, Nina Žižić took the lead with 59 points in front of NeonoeN in second with 54, and Milena Vučić in third place with 48 points. The votes of the jury were later switched to Eurovision style votes. The results were as follows:

12 Nina Žižić – Dobrodošli
10 NeonoeN – Clickbait
08 Milena Vučić – Škorpija
07 Kejt – Obala raja
06 Tamara Živković – Poguban let
05 Tina Džankić – Nova
04 Đurđa – To ljubav je
03 Baryak – Dva srca
02 Isak Šabanović – Ljeto, ljeto, ljeto
01 Nemanja Petrović – Među zvijezdama
00 Anastasija Koprolčec – Kraj
00 Dolce Hera – Repeat
00 Verica Čuljković – Čuješ li
00 Luka Radović – Kada dođe maj
00 Glumci Bend – San
00 Bend 9 – Stop War

The hosts then revealed the televoting results. The full televoting results were as follows:

476 Baryak – Dva srca
443 NeonoeN – Clickbait
328 Đurđa – To ljubav je
316 Nina Žižić – Dobrodošli
288 Glumci Bend – San
241 Isak Šabanović – Ljeto, ljeto, ljeto
168 Verica Čuljković – Čujes li
154 Tina Džankić – Nova
152 Kejt – Obala raja
147 Luka Radović – Kada dođe maj
143 Bend 9 – Stop War
109 Nemanja Petrović – Među zvijezdama
107 Tamara Živković – Poguban let
84 Dolce Hera – Repeat
57 Anastasija Koprolčec – Kraj
49 Milena Vučić – Škorpija

When all the votes were added together, NeonoeN were announced as the winners with a total of 20 points, only 1 point ahead of the jury winner – Nina Žižić, whilst the band Baryak finished in third place. Thus NeonoeN will be representing Montenegro in Eurovision in Basel with their song “Clickbait”. Give a listen to the winning song right here: