RTS and the head of UJRT, Aleksandar Tijanić, wrote a letter to his counterpart at the RTCG, Radovan Miljanić, suggesting that a new contest be held, featuring five songs from both semi-finals that got the most points. The winner would be selected solely through televoting. At the same time, RTCG requested from the European Broadcasting Union that they intervene in accepting the voting results from the controversial contest. The European Broadcasting Union responded on March 18, 2006, two days before the deadline for the submission of the national entry to the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, by suggesting that the broadcasters find a solution on their own. This was to no avail, and finally, on March 20, 2006, Serbia and Montenegro officially withdrew from the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. As the UJRT broadcast the semifinal and final, the viewers were able to vote. As the withdrawal left an empty slot in the final, Croatia and their representative Severina took it. The 2005 Eurovision Song Contest Croatian representative Boris Novković won 11th place, one place below the cutoff for the direct entry into the final. In this table, red color denotes songs and jurors from Montenegro, blue those from Serbia. See also Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest References External links BBC News: Serbia and Montenegro pulls pop entry Radio Television of Serbia Eurovision Page Radio Television of Montenegro Eurovision Page Eurovision Song Contest selection events Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest Music festivals in Serbia Recurring events disestablished in 2006 2004 establishments in Serbia and Montenegro Music festivals established in 2004 Pop music festivals Rock festivals in Serbia