Republic of Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

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Elena Risteska sang for the Republic of Macedonia at Eurovision 2006.
Elena Risteska sang for the Republic of Macedonia at Eurovision 2006.

The Republic of Macedonia, present in the contest as FYR Macedonia, selected its song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 on 4 March, where Elena Risteska triumphed over all the other competitors with the song Ninanajna. The national selection was held at the MKTV studios and the winner was selected by televoting to avoid any possible mistakes and set-ups. Ninanajna is an uptempo R&B pop song that contains some disco/dance elements. The music/arrangement is done by Darko Dimitrov with lyrics by Rade Vrchakovski.

She finished tenth in the semi-final to be the last qualifier for final, in which she placed 12th.

[edit] Result of National Final

Song Singer Points Place
1 Svetlina Bojana Atanasovska 435 14th
2 Taan i med Eva Nedinkovska 631 10th
3 Mala odmazda Bagaz 189 19th
4 Zemi se Ibrahim Islamoski 1976 5th
5 Posle nas Bojana Atanasovska 204 17th
6 Silna Kaliopi 1700 6th
7 Podaj raka Enedin Bisevac & Daria Ilievska 456 13th
8 Cvet vo postela Natasa Mijatovic 1052 8th
9 Ke blesne zrak za nas Natasa Gulevska 164 20th
10 Vo mojot son Bojana Atanasovska 473 12th
11 Ljubov e... Adrijan & Esma 6866 2nd
12 Ke prespijam na kauc Adnan 316 16th
13 Bidi diva Filip Jordanovski 202 18th
14 More od solzi Lambe Alabakovski 5282 3rd
15 Moja najmila Petar Mehandziski 616 11th
16 Zlatni zici Dzoksi 2348 4th
17 Ninanajna Elena Risteska 6999 1st
18 Koj pat da izberam Maja Odzaklievska 982 9th
19 Skokotkaj me Arci 528 15th
20 Mori mome Panta Rei 1105 7th

[edit] See also

Republic of Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Albania - Andorra - Armenia - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Iceland - Ireland - Israel - Latvia - Lithuania - Republic of Macedonia - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom

Note: Countries in italics are semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.