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The Republic of Macedonia (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 by Toše Proeski and the song "Life". The Macedonian broadcaster decided to select the performer internally and to hold a competition to select the song.
The Macedonian broadcaster announced Toše Proeski as the Macedonian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Toše Proeski participated in 2000 Macedonian National Final and 1998 as well. In 2000, Toše Proeski won the televote (with about 38,000 votes) and XXL were 2nd (with about 30,000 votes). In 1998 he came eighth.
Proeski also won Beovizija in Belgrade on April 2003, with a Serbian song entitled "Čija si", a song which became a huge hit in Macedonia and the other former Yugoslav republics.
National final[]
Eight songs competed, which were all recorded in Macedonian and appeared on Proeski's album Den za nas. Six of the songs from the final were recorded in Serbian and appeared on the Serbian version of the album entitled Dan za nas. All eight songs were also recorded in English and a small sample of each of these were played after each song was performed at the national final, lasting approximately 40 seconds each. This was to give viewers an idea as to what the song would sound like in English.
On February 14 2004, the final took place at the Universal Hall in Skopje and hosted by Aneta Andonova and Karolina Petkovska. Toše Proeski sang all the songs and the winner was chosen by televoting (1/3), an "expert" jury (1/3) and Toše himself (1/3) - "Angel si ti" was the favourite with all three. The song was written by Jovan Jovanov, who also participated in the Macedonian National Final in 2007 and came fourth. The English version of "Angel si ti", titled "Life", appears on both versions of the album as well as the official Eurovision Song Contest 2004 compilation album, however the full English versions of the other seven songs have not been released.
"Go lažam sekoj nov refren" (Го лажам секој нов рефрен)
Ljupčo Mirkovski, Ognen Nedelkovski
49
33
2,862
44
126
3
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw
Song
S. Kerim
E. Redžepova
A. Džambazov
B. Karov
A. Krliu
Dario
I. Trpeva
A. Masevski
O. Belopeta
S. Čolakovski
I. Mirčevski
Total
1
"Daleku od mene"
4
1
1
8
6
8
6
6
1
4
6
51
2
"Egzotičen son"
1
6
2
2
3
2
16
3
"Ljubena"
1
2
4
3
1
1
1
3
16
4
"Zošto otide"
1
2
2
3
3
4
2
17
5
"Angel si ti"
8
8
8
4
8
4
8
8
8
8
8
80
6
"Hej sinooka, hej bosonoka"
2
4
2
2
3
1
2
3
1
20
7
"Parče od Evropa"
3
6
6
15
8
"Go lažam sekoj nov refren"
6
3
3
6
4
3
4
4
6
6
4
49
At Eurovision[]
For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. Due to missing the 2003 contest, Macedonia had to compete in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. At Eurovision, Proeski created an ethno sound on the Istanbul stage. The performance contained elaborate choreography and dancers who wore very little clothing. Toše was dressed in white, while the backing vocals were dressed in black. He performed 15th, following Cyprus and preceding Slovenia. Macedonia qualified to the final, placing 10th in the semi-final and scoring 71 points.[1]
In the final he also performed 15th, following Russia and preceding Greece The performance contained attention grabbing shots, which placed Macedonia in the 14th position.[2]
As Macedonia failed to reach the top 12 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2005 contest.
Macedonia
