Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

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Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Macedonia
National selection
Selection processSkopje Fest 2010
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
18 February 2010
19 February 2010
Final:
20 February 2010
Selected entrantGjoko Taneski
Selected song"Jas ja imam silata"
Selected songwriter(s)Kristijan Gabrovski
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th)
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 under the name "FYR Macedonia", held in Oslo, Norway. The country selected its entry through the festival Skopje Fest, which consisted of two semi-finals and a final, organised by MKRTV between 18 and 20 February. The winner of the contest was Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver and Pejčin with the song "Jas ja imam silata", which tied for first place in the final with Vlatko Ilievski.[1]

Before Eurovision[]

Skopje Fest 2010[]

Skopje Fest 2010 was a song contest organized by MRT that served as Macedonia's national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition consisted of three shows held between 18 and 20 February 2010, all taking place at the Universal Hall in Skopje, hosted by Aleksandra Jovanovska and Sanja Arsovska and were broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat. The final was also broadcast online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[2]

Format[]

Twenty-eight entries in total competed in Skopje Fest 2010, which consisted of two semi-finals on 18 and 19 February 2010 and a final on 20 February 2010. Fourteen entries competed in each semi-final with the top eight qualifying to the final from each semi-final. In the final, the winner was selected from the remaining sixteen competing entries. The results of the semi-finals and the final were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from an expert jury panel and public televoting, which was open in Macedonia as well as in Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

Competing entries[]

A submission period was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their entries between 10 November 2010 and 20 December 2010.[3] MKRTV received 126 submissions at the closing of the deadline. Twenty-eight entries were selected by a selection committee consisting of Gordana Andrashevska, Ljupčo Mirkovski, Meri Popova, Radica Mitić, Ariton Krliu, Zoran Mirchevski and Alexandra Jovanovska.[4] The competing artists and songs were announced on 30 December 2010 and 12 January 2011 respectively.[5]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Aleksandar Belov "Ostani" (Остани) Simon Trpčeski, Jovan Trpčeski
Angela Zdravkova "Zaboravaš" (Забораваш) Martin Vučić
Bojan Aleksovski "Beli konji" (Бели коњи) Anna Mojsovska, Ognen Nedelkovski
Bravo Band "Taa ima se" (Таа има се) Martin Vučić, Sanja Aleksov
Daniel Stojmanovski "Akcija reakcija" (Акција реакција) Aleksandar Masevski
Darko Ilievski "Lagi" (Лаги) Lazar Cvetkovski, Magdalena Cvetkoska
Dimitar Andonovski "Kameno srce" (Камено срце) Rade Vrčakovski
Duo Slide "Mrazam" (Мразам) Goran Micov
Esma's Band "Džipsi dens" (Џипси денс) Simeon Atanasov, Borče Nečovski
Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver and Pejčin "Jas ja imam silata" (Јас ја имам силата) Kristijan Gabroski
Gorjan Stojanovski "Najmila" (Најмила) Bertan Aslani
Igor Mitrović "Malečka" (Малечка) Boban Apostolov, Fani Hristova
Jova Radevska "Seušte čekame" (Сеуште чекаме) Jova Radevska
Kerber "Čorbadžiјa" (Чорбаџија) Dimče Kitrozoski, Kliment Srbinoski
Kristijan Jovanov "Nikoj na ovoj svet" (Никој на овој свет) Vanco Dimitrov, Jovan Jovanov
Maja Vukičević "Fama" (Фама) Aleksandar Masevski, Biljana Pasharikovska
Nade Talevska "Srekjen kraj" (Среќен крај) Grigor Koprov, Borče Dimitrov
Nataša Malinkova "Sever i jug" (Север и југ) Stole Avramov
Pampersi "Sni" (Сни) Daniel Mitrevski
Parketi "Ti si kisi fenomen" (Ти си киси феномен) Sašo Parket
Suzana Spasovska and Darko Nešovski "Bog go ima sekoј ključ" (Бог го има секој кључ) Sašo Livrinski, Ognen Nedelkovski
Teodora Trajkovska "Letam" (Летам) Valentino Skenderovski, Kristijan Gabroski
Treta Dimenzija "Bolest zaraza" (Болест зараза) Duško Temelkovski, Darko Risteski
Tumbao Salsa Band "Poludena vo nokjta studena" (Полудена во ноќта студена) Damir Imeri, Petar Rendžov
Viktorija Apostolova "Zaboravi na se" (Заборави на се) Zoran Aleksić
Vlatko Ilievski "Srekja" (Среќа) Vesna Malinova, Vladimir Dojčinovski, Risto Samardžiev
Vlatko Lozanoski "Letam kon tebe" (Летам кон тебе) Lazar Cvetkovski, Rade Vrčakovski
Vodolija "Solza" (Солза) Risto Apostolov

Semi-final 1[]

The first semi-final took place on 18 February 2010. Fourteen entries competed and the top eight entries qualified to the final by a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a jury panel.[6] The jury panel that voted in the first semi-final consisted of Miki Dzrnokrak, Kiril Lozance, Vasko Todorov, Kiril Zarlinov, Gjorgji Cuckovski and Gorazd Čapovski.[7] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by 2007 Macedonian Junior Eurovision representatives Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski and 2009 Macedonian Junior Eurovision representatives Sara Markoska.[8]

Semi-final 1 – 18 February 2010
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Duo Slide "Mrazam" 0 5 5 9
2 Suzana Spasovska and Darko Nešovski "Bog go ima sekoј ključ" 12 6 18 2
3 Kerber "Čorbadžiјa" 0 0 0 12
4 Treta Dimenzija "Bolest zaraza" 3 4 7 7
5 Tumbao Salsa Band "Poludena vo nokjta studena" 6 0 6 8
6 Bravo Band "Taa ima se" 2 10 12 5
7 Vlatko Ilievski "Srekja" 10 12 22 1
8 Gorjan Stojanovski "Najmila" 4 1 5 10
9 Aleksandar Belov "Ostani" 7 8 15 3
10 Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver and Pejčin "Jas ja imam silata" 8 7 15 4
11 Daniel Stojmanovski "Akcija reakcija" 0 0 0 12
12 Darko Ilievski "Lagi" 5 3 8 6
13 Nataša Malinkova "Sever i jug" 1 2 3 11
14 Igor Mitrović "Malečka" 0 0 0 12

Semi-final 2[]

The second semi-final took place on 19 February 2010. Fourteen entries competed and the top eight entries qualified to the final by a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a jury panel.[9] The jury panel that voted in the second semi-final consisted of Miki Dzrnokrak, Kiril Lozance, Vasko Todorov, Kiril Zarlinov, Gjorgji Cuckovski and Gorazd Čapovski.[7] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by the group Synthesis.[10]

Semi-final 2 – 19 February 2010
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Pampersi "Sni" 0 0 0 13
2 Vodolija "Solza" 1 3 4 8
3 Nade Talevska "Srekjen kraj" 6 8 14 4
4 Teodora Trajkovska "Letam" 0 2 2 10
5 Bojan Aleksovski "Beli konji" 2 0 2 11
6 Dimitar Andonovski "Kameno srce" 3 0 3 9
7 Angela Zdravkova "Zaboravaš" 4 6 10 7
8 Viktorija Apostolova "Zaboravi na se" 8 5 13 5
9 Vlatko Lozanoski "Letam kon tebe" 10 10 20 1
10 Jova Radevska "Seušte čekame" 0 1 1 12
11 Esma's Band "Džipsi dens" 7 12 19 2
12 Maja Vukičević "Fama" 12 4 16 3
13 Kristijan Jovanov "Nikoj na ovoj svet" 5 7 12 6
14 Parketi "Ti si kisi fenomen" 0 0 0 13

Final[]

The final took place on 20 February 2010. Sixteen entries competed and a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a jury panel selected "Jas ja imam silata" performed by Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver and Pejčin as the winner.[1] The jury panel that voted in the final consisted of Avni Qahili, Naum Petreski, Darko Gelev-Brejk, Sašo Gigov-Giš, Aleksandar Džambazov and Sasha Nikolovski-Gjumar.[7] Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver and Pejčin and Vlatko Ilievski both received 22 points and were tied for first place, however Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver and Pejčin were declared the winners after receiving the most votes from the jury. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by 2002 and 2007 Macedonian Eurovision representative Karolina Gočeva, 2010 Albanian Eurovision representative Juliana Pasha and 2010 Bosnian Eurovision representative Vukašin Brajić.

Final – 20 February 2010
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Vodolija "Solza" 12 0 86 0 0 14
2 Treta Dimenzija "Bolest zaraza" 18 2 108 0 2 11
3 Tumbao Salsa Band "Poludena vo nokjta studena" 14 1 27 0 1 12
4 Darko Ilievski "Lagi" 5 0 190 0 0 14
5 Angela Zdravkova "Zaboravaš" 30 6 146 0 6 8
6 Kristijan Jovanov "Nikoj na ovoj svet" 9 0 432 1 1 12
7 Bravo Band "Taa ima se" 29 5 2,030 4 9 6
8 Viktorija Apostolova "Zaboravi na se" 11 0 78 0 0 14
9 Nade Talevska "Srekjen kraj" 26 4 2,807 7 11 5
10 Aleksandar Belov "Ostani" 0 0 4,011 8 8 7
11 Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver and Pejčin "Jas ja imam silata" 51 12 5,605 10 22 1
12 Maja Vukičević "Fama" 37 8 2,580 6 14 3
13 Suzana Spasovska and Darko Nešovski "Bog go ima sekoј ključ" 20 3 670 2 5 9
14 Esma's Band "Džipsi dens" 10 0 1,953 3 3 10
15 Vlatko Lozanoski "Letam kon tebe" 33 7 2,314 5 12 4
16 Vlatko Ilievski "Srekja" 43 10 7,877 12 22 2

At Eurovision[]

Macedonia competed 15 out of 17 entries competing in the first Semi-final, the countries entry failed to make it to the final. Macedonia came 15th with 37 points, with the public awarding the country 15th place with 30 points and the jury awarding 10th place with 62 points.[11][12]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Macedonia[]

Points awarded to Macedonia (Semi-final 1)[13]
Score Country
12 points  Albania
10 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points  Serbia
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points  Moldova
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Macedonia[]

Detailed voting results[]

The Macedonian broadcaster revealed the full jury vote breakdown for the grand final as well as the members of the Macedonian jury. No information is known about the televoting results.

The following five members comprise the Macedonian jury:[15]

  • Rade Spasovski - journalist in the international coordination department of MRT, chairman of the jury
  • Aleksandra Jovanovska - journalist in the MTV Entertainment department
  • Oliver Dimitrov - journalist in the MTV Entertainment department
  • Lile Avtovska - music collaborator in MTV
  • Suzana Stefska - entertainment editorial office of MRT
Detailed jury voting results from Macedonia (Final)[15]
Draw Country Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Total Average Jury Rank Jury Points
01  Azerbaijan 7 8 6 8 5 34 5 6
02  Spain 1 1
03  Norway
04  Moldova 3 5 8 10 1
05  Cyprus
06  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 7 8 6 8 37 3 8
07  Belgium
08  Serbia
09  Belarus 1 1
10  Ireland
11  Greece
12  United Kingdom
13  Georgia 6 6 10 10 12 44 2 10
14  Turkey 10 10 7 7 2 36 4 7
15  Albania 12 12 12 12 6 54 1 12
16  Iceland 2 3 2 7
17  Ukraine 5 4 9 9 2
18  France 1 1
19  Romania 4 4 1 4 13 8 3
20  Russia
21  Armenia 5 2 10 17 7 4
22  Germany 1 3 5 4 7 20 6 5
23  Portugal 2 2
24  Israel 3 3
25  Denmark

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