Montenegro's song for Eurovision 2022 released: Listen to "Breathe"
Vladana will be representing Montenegro at Eurovision 2022. Her song "Breathe" has just been released. Listen to it here
We can now say that Montenegro is officially back to Eurovision!
After holding an open call for songs, the Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG internally selected Vladana Vučinić as their Eurovision 2022 representative and has since then been teasing "Breathe", the song that she will perform in Turin.
Two months after the announcement, "Breathe" is here alongside its music video.
"Breathe" is written by Vladana herself together with Darko Dimitrov.
Vladana
Vladana Vučinić was born in Podgorica in 1986. Influenced by her mother's interest in music, she grew up refining her talent for singing. She studied musical theory, piano and singing at the Vasa Pavić music school in Podgorica and later studied at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Montenegro.
She has participated in national selections for Eurovision two times before:
She competed in Montevizija 2005, Montenegro’s Semi-final for the Serbo-Montenegrin Eurovision selection that year, with the song "Samo moj nikad njen". She placed 18th of 20, failing to move on to the national final, Evropesma 2005.
The year after, Vladana returned to Montevizija in 2006, singing the duet "Željna" together with Bojana Nenezić, placing 11th of 20 and qualified for Evropesma 2006, the national Eurovision selection show for for Serbia and Montenegro. In the final, she finished 15th out of 24.
Montenegro in Eurovision Song Contest
Montenegro has participated in Eurovision Song Contest 11 times since its debut as an independent nation in Eurovision 2007.
They qualified for the Grand Final 2 times out of 11: In 2014, with the song "Moj Svijet" by Sergej Ćetković, and in 2015: Knez with "Adio". Knez finished 13th, which is also the best result for Montenegro.
