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.
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]