Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

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Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country Macedonia
National selection
Selection processSpecialen Evroviziski Den
Selection date(s)4 March 2006
Selected entrantElena Risteska
Selected song"Ninanajna"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (10th, 76 Points)
Final result12th, 56 points
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2005 • 2006 • 2007►

The Republic of Macedonia (officially competing under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") was represented by Elena Risteska in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Ninanajna".

"Ninanajna" is an uptempo R&B pop song that contains some disco/dance elements. The music/arrangement was done by Darko Dimitrov with lyrics by Rade Vrchakovski.

Before Eurovision[]

Specialen Evroviziski Den[]

Specialen Evroviziski Den was the national final format developed by MKRTV in order to select Macedonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.[1] The show took place on 4 March 2006 at the MKRTV studios in Skopje, hosted by Biljana Dragičević and Zoran Ljutkov and was broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat.

Competing entries[]

A submission period was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their entries between 20 December 2005 and 15 January 2006.[1] MKRTV received 51 submissions at the closing of the deadline. Twenty entries were selected and the competing artists and songs were announced on 23 January 2006.[2]

Final[]

The final took place on 4 March 2006. Twenty entries competed and public televoting exclusively selected "Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska as the winner.[3]

Final – 4 March 2006
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 Bojana Atanasovska "Svetlina" (Светлина) Branka Kostić 435 14
2 Eva Nedinkovska "Taan i med" (Таан и мед) Garo Tavitjan, Kaliopi 631 10
3 Bagaž "Mala odmazda" (Мала одмазда) Trajko Karov, Aleksandar Stefanovski 189 19
4 Ibrahim Islamoski "Zemi se" (Земи се) Ibrahim Islamovski, Robert Milevski 1,976 5
5 Bojana Atanasovska "Posle nas" (После нас) Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski 204 17
6 Kaliopi "Silna" (Силна) Kaliopi 1,700 6
7 Enedin Biševac and Daria Ilievska "Podaj raka" (Подај рака) Enedin Biševac 456 13
8 Nataša Mijatović "Cvet vo postela" (Цвет во постела) Nataša Mijatović 1,052 8
9 Nataša Gulevska "Kje blesne zrak za nas" (Ќе блесне зрак за нас) Nataša Gulevska, Ognen Nedelkovski 164 20
10 Bojana Atanasovska "Vo mojot son" (Во мојот сон) Hari Kotlarovski, Kristijan Gabroski 473 12
11 Adrijan and Esma "Ljubov e..." (Љубов е...) Jovan Jovanov, Elvir Mekić, Borče Nečovski 6,866 2
12 Adnan "Kje prespijam na kauč" (Ќе преспијам на кауч) Aleksandar Ristovski-Princ 316 16
13 Filip Jordanovski "Bidi diva" (Биди дива) Blaže Temelkov 202 18
14 Lambe Alabakovski "More od solzi" (Море од солзи) Darko Dimitrov, Elena Risteska 5,282 3
15 Petar Mehandžiski "Moja najmila" (Моја најмила) Jovan Vasilevski 616 11
16 Džoksi "Zlatni žici" (Златни жици) Džoksi, Ognen Nedelkovski 2,348 4
17 Elena Risteska "Ninanajna" (Нинанајна) Darko Dimitrov, Rade Vrčakovski 6,999 1
18 Maja Odžaklievska "Koj pat da izberam" (Кој пат да изберам) Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski 982 9
19 Arči "Skokotaj me" (Скокоткај ме) Alexandr Stefanovski-Jablan 528 15
20 Panta Rei "Mori mome" (Мори моме) Koce Dinev, Aco Stoyanov 1,105 7

At Eurovision[]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Macedonia[]

Points awarded by Macedonia[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bakker, Sietse (20 December 2005). "FYR Macedonia reveals plans 2006 selection". Esctoday.
  2. ^ Bakker, Sietse (23 January 2006). "The 20 songs for FYR Macedonia!". Esctoday.
  3. ^ "(FY) REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA NATIONAL FINAL 2006".
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Semi-Final of Athens 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Grand Final of Athens 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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