Skopje Fest 2008 was a song contest organized by MKRTV that served as Macedonia's national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The competition took place on 23 February 2008 at the Metropolis Arena in Skopje, hosted by Živkica Gjurčinovska and Borislav Tnokovski and was broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat.
Competing entries[]
MKRTV received 130 submissions from interested artists and composers during a submission period. Fifteen entries were selected from the open submissions, while an additional six entries were submitted by well-known composers directly invited by MKRTV for the competition. The twenty-one competing artists and songs were announced on 12 January 2008.[1]
On 14 January 2008, all six entries written by invited composers: "Apolon" performed by Maja Vukićević, "Kubana" performed by Agon and Džoksi, "Životot e tvoj" performed by Sanja Lefkova, "Slatka mala" performed by Igor Šarevski, "Eden čekor ili dva" performed by Filip Jordanovski, and "Holivud" performed by Bojan and Big Mama, were withdrawn from the competition due to negative reactions from the composers of entries selected from the open submissions.[2]
At Eurovision, North Macedonia took part in the second semifinal on 22 May 2008, but they finished 10th, and the jury didn't select them as the tenth qualified country for the final.[5] This marked the first time that North Macedonia failed to qualify for the final since the semi-final format was introduced in 2004.
The spokesperson for Macedonia in Eurovision 2008 was the MKTV worker, host and presenter Ognen Janeski.
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