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The Republic of Macedonia, present in the contest as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, often abbreviated to FYR Macedonia, will select their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 through a national final which will transpire through the Skopje Fest 2008 on 23 February 2008.
[edit] National Final
Macedonian Radio-Television opened a song submission in late 2007 and closed prior to the new year. 130 songs were received, 15 of which where selected by a committee composed of officials and past Eurovision contestants. In addition, MRT commissioned six songs from well-known composers, however, these songs were withdrawn from the competition by internal decision.[2] Skopje Fest will take place at the Metropolis Arena where 15 songs will compete for the honor of representing the country. The selection was broadcast on terrestrial and satellite television.[3]
| Draw |
Artist |
Song |
Televote |
Jury |
Total |
Place |
| 1 |
Saso Gigov Gis |
Docna e |
1420 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
| 2 |
Aneta Kacurkova |
Poraka |
195 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
| 3 |
Parketi |
Strawberry |
953 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
| 4 |
Risto Samardziev & Flash |
Dojdi do mene |
1761 |
7 |
10 |
17 |
3 |
| 5 |
Tuna |
Prasuvam bez glas |
615 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
| 6 |
Lambe Alabakoski |
Zemjo moja |
2401 |
10 |
8 |
18 |
2 |
| 7 |
Elvir Mekić |
Armija |
1588 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
| 8 |
Goran Naumovski |
Tajna skriena |
150 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
| 9 |
Tamara feat. Vrcak & Adrijan Gaxha |
Vo imeto na ljubovta |
3441 |
12 |
12 |
24 |
1 |
| 10 |
Vlatko Ilievski |
So drugi zborovi |
827 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
| 11 |
None Nedelkovska |
Vrati se |
857 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
| 12 |
Jova Radevska |
Jas sum ovde |
1026 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
| 13 |
Igor Mitrovik |
Jas i ti |
121 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
| 14 |
Sonja Tarculovska |
Sever i jug |
2086 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
| 15 |
Nokaut |
Samovila |
222 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
[edit] Eurovision
At Eurovision, the FYR Macedonia took part in the second semifinal on 22 May 2008 , but they finished 10th, and the jury didn't selected them as the tenth qualified country for the final, it marked the first time FYR Macedonia failed to qualify for the final since the semi-final format was introduced in 2004.
[edit] Turkish Version
The song Vo imeto na ljubovta has also been realeased in Turkish showing the close bond between the Republic of Macedonia and Turkey[4]. Although the song has also been translted into Russian, Serbian, and Albanian the Turkish version is the only one sung fully in the specified language, whereas the other versions also have English included.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
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Individual entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 |
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| Italics indicates semi-finalists who did not advance to the final. Winner shown in bold. |
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FYR Macedonia
