Dona (song)

"Dona"

Single by Kaliopi

Released

7 March 2016

Format

Digital download

Recorded

2016

Genre

Length

3:00

Label

Kaliopi Music Production

Songwriter(s)

Kaliopi
Romeo Grill

Producer(s)

Romeo Grill

"Dona"
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country	Macedonia
Artist(s)	Kaliopi
Language	Macedonian
Composer(s)	Romeo Grill
Lyricist(s)	Kaliopi
Finals performance
Semi-final result	11th
Semi-final points	88
Appearance chronology
◄ "Autumn Leaves" (2015)
"Dance Alone" (2017) ►

"Dona" (Macedonian: Дона) is a song performed by Macedonian singer-songwriter Kaliopi. The song represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The song was written by Kaliopi and Romeo Grill. The official music video for the song was released on 7 March 2016. It was released as a digital download on 21 March 2016 via Kaliopi Music Production. It came 11th in the second semi-final, narrowly missing out on a semi-final place.

Eurovision Song Contest

On 24 November 2015, Macedonian Radio Television announced that it had selected Kaliopi to represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.^[1]^[2] On 16 February 2016, it was announced that Kaliopi would perform the song "Dona" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, with music composed by Romeo Grill and lyrics written by Kaliopi herself.^[3] "Dona" was presented to the public in a special show titled Kaliopi za Makedonija (English: Kaliopi for Macedonia), which took place on 7 March 2016.^[4] Kaliopi performed the song during the second semi-final of the 2016 contest on 12 May, 2016 held at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden,^[5] but failed to qualify for the May 14 final.

Track listing

Digital download^[6]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dona"	3:00

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide	21 March 2016^[6]	Digital download	Kaliopi Music Production

References

↑ "Калиопи ќе ја претставува Македонија на Евросонг 2016". mrt.com.mk (in Macedonian). Macedonian Radio Television. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
↑ Jordan, Paul (24 November 2015). "Kaliopi returns for FYR Macedonia!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
↑ Omelyanchuk, Olena (16 February 2016). "F.Y.R. Macedonia: Kaliopi's song premiere on 7th March". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
↑ Omelyanchuk, Olena (7 March 2016). "F.Y.R. Macedonia: Kaliopi's "Dona" presented". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
↑ Jordan, Paul (25 January 2016). "Allocation Draw: The results!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
1 2 "Dona - Single by Kaliopi on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation
1996 ~~1997~~ 1998 ~~1999~~ 2000 ~~2001~~ 2002 ~~2003~~ 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1990s	~~Kaliopi~~ ~~1997~~ Vlado Janevski ~~1999~~
2000s	XXL ~~2001~~ Karolina Gočeva ~~2003~~ Toše Proeski Martin Vučić Elena Risteska Karolina Gočeva Tamara, Vrčak and Adrian Next Time
2010s	Gjoko Taneski, Billy Zver & Pejčin Vlatko Ilievski Kaliopi Esma and Lozano Tijana Daniel Kajmakoski Kaliopi Jana Burčeska

Songs

1990s	~~"Samo ti"~~ ~~1997~~ "Ne zori, zoro" (Не зори, зоро) ~~1999~~
2000s	"100% te ljubam" ~~2001~~ "Od nas zavisi" ~~2003~~ "Life" "Make My Day" "Ninanajna" "Mojot svet" "Let Me Love You" "Nešto što kje ostane"
2010s	"Jas ja imam silata" "Rusinka" "Crno i belo" "Pred da se razdeni" "To the Sky" "Autumn Leaves" "Dona" "Dance Alone"

Note: Entries scored out are when Macedonia did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Countries

Finalists (by final results)	Ukraine (winner) Australia Russia Bulgaria Sweden France Armenia Poland Lithuania Belgium Netherlands Malta Austria Israel Latvia Italy Azerbaijan Serbia Hungary Georgia Cyprus Spain Croatia United Kingdom Czech Republic Germany
Semi-final 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Finland Greece Iceland Moldova Montenegro San Marino
Semi-final 2	Albania Belarus Denmark Ireland Macedonia Norway Slovenia Switzerland
Withdrawn	Romania

Artists

Finalists (by final results)	Jamala Dami Im Sergey Lazarev Poli Genova Frans Amir Iveta Mukuchyan Michał Szpak Donny Montell Laura Tesoro Douwe Bob Ira Losco Zoë Hovi Star Justs Francesca Michielin Samra Sanja Vučić ZAA Freddie Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz Minus One Barei Nina Kraljić Joe and Jake Gabriela Gunčíková Jamie-Lee
Semi-final 1	Argo Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala Greta Salóme Highway Jüri Pootsmann Lidia Isac Sandhja Serhat
Semi-final 2	Agnete Eneda Tarifa Ivan Kaliopi Lighthouse X ManuElla Nicky Byrne Rykka
Withdrawn	Xavier Naidoo Ovidiu Anton

Songs

Finalists (by final results)	"1944" "Sound of Silence" "You Are the Only One" "If Love Was a Crime" "If I Were Sorry" "J'ai cherché" "LoveWave" "Color of Your Life" "I've Been Waiting for This Night" "What's the Pressure" "Slow Down" "Walk on Water" "Loin d'ici" "Made of Stars" "Heartbeat" "No Degree of Separation" "Miracle" "Goodbye (Shelter)" "Pioneer" "Midnight Gold" "Alter Ego" "Say Yay!" "Lighthouse" "You're Not Alone" "I Stand" "Ghost"
Semi-final 1	"Falling Stars" "Hear Them Calling" "I Didn't Know" "Ljubav je" "Play" "Sing It Away" "The Real Thing" "Utopian Land"
Semi-final 2	"Blue and Red" "Dona" "Fairytale" "Help You Fly" "Icebreaker" "Soldiers of Love" "Sunlight" "The Last of Our Kind"
Withdrawn	"Chameleon" "Moment of Silence"

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