Ne Zori, Zoro

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Ne Zori, Zoro
Eurovision Song Contest 1998 entry
Country	F.Y.R. Macedonia
Artist(s)	Vlado Janevski
Language	Macedonian
Composer(s)	Grigor Koprov
Lyricist(s)	Vlado Janevski
Place	19th
Points	16
Lyrics	from Diggiloo Thrush

Ne Zori, Zoro (Macedonian Cyrillic: Не зори, зоро, English translation: "Dawn, Do Not Rise") was the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's ^[1] (FYR Macedonia)^[2] entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in Macedonian by Vlado Janevski. This was FYR Macedonia's first Eurovision entry as an independent state (it had previously competed as part of Yugoslavia) and the first occasion on which the Macedonian language had been heard at the Contest.

The song is a ballad, with Janevski pleading with the dawn not to rise because he cannot bear to be without the girl he loves. He asks his mother to ask the girl's family if they can be married, telling her "If they do [approve], call the musicians/If they don't, instead of curses/Cry for me". His conclusion is that he cannot live without her, so if her parents disapprove of the marriage, he will drink himself into oblivion.

The song was performed twenty-fifth on the night (following Turkey's Tüzmen with Unutamazsın). At the close of voting, it had received 16 points, placing 19th in a field of 25.

Due to the poor placing, FYR Macedonia was not invited to take part in the 1999 Contest. They were, however, readmitted in the following year. Hence, the song was succeeded as FYR Macedonian representative at the 2000 Contest by XXL with 100% Te Ljubam, co-written by Janevski.