North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country North Macedonia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 20 January 2021
Song: 11 March 2021
Selected entrantVasil
Selected song"Here I Stand"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th)
North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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North Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, having internally selected Vasil Garvanliev as their representative with the song "Here I Stand". He was due to compete in the 2020 contest with the song "You" before the event's cancellation. In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals, North Macedonia failed to qualify for the final, placing fifteenth out of the 16 participating countries with 23 points.

Background[]

Main article: North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 contest, North Macedonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since its first entry in 1998 as F.Y.R. Macedonia.[1] The nation's best result in the contest to this point was twelfth, which it achieved in 2006 with the song "Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Macedonia had featured in only five finals. In 2019, Tamara Todevska managed to qualify for the final with her song "Proud", marking the nation's first appearance in the final since 2012, and subsequently achieving the nation's first ever top 10 result.

Before Eurovision[]

Internal selection[]

On 20 January 2021, MRT confirmed that Vasil will represent North Macedonia in the 2021 contest. Following the announcement, a song submission period was opened for interested composers to submit their songs until 27 January 2021.[2] On 16 February 2021, it was announced that Vasil would perform the song "Here I Stand", written and composed by Borče Kuzmanovski, Davor Jordanovski and Vasil himself.[3] "Here I Stand" was presented to the public on 11 March 2021 via the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.[4]

At Eurovision[]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, was used. North Macedonia was placed into the first semi-final, which was held on 18 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[5]

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. North Macedonia was set to perform in position 6, following the entry from Australia and preceding the entry from Ireland.[6]

Voting[]

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[7] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[8] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[9][10]

Points awarded to North Macedonia[]

Points awarded by North Macedonia[]

Detailed voting results[]

The following members comprised the North Macedonia jury:[9][10]

  •  [mk]
  • Jana Burčeska (jury member in semi-final 1)
  • Lara Ivanova
  • Erhan Shukri
  • Ile Spasev
  • Darko Tasev (jury member in the final)
Detailed voting results from North Macedonia (Semi-final 1)[11]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Lithuania 14 13 7 15 15 13 7 4
02  Slovenia 9 9 4 7 9 8 3 8 3
03  Russia 4 10 3 3 7 4 7 3 8
04  Sweden 8 8 9 10 8 10 1 13
05  Australia 10 11 10 9 10 12 15
06  North Macedonia
07  Ireland 12 14 14 11 13 14 14
08  Cyprus 6 6 11 8 6 7 4 5 6
09  Norway 11 5 15 4 14 9 2 12
10  Croatia 2 2 8 6 5 3 8 1 12
11  Belgium 13 15 12 14 11 15 9 2
12  Israel 1 1 1 1 2 1 12 10 1
13  Romania 5 12 13 13 12 11 11
14  Azerbaijan 15 4 6 5 4 5 6 4 7
15  Ukraine 7 7 5 12 3 6 5 6 5
16  Malta 3 3 2 2 1 2 10 2 10
Detailed voting results from North Macedonia (Final)[12]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Cyprus 10 12 15 9 4 9 2 5 6
02  Albania 5 18 11 18 11 12 2 10
03  Israel 4 7 1 8 5 3 8 22
04  Belgium 12 6 25 16 14 14 23
05  Russia 8 11 4 13 21 10 1 10 1
06  Malta 9 5 2 5 7 6 5 13
07  Portugal 11 26 7 15 8 13 21
08  Serbia 1 3 9 2 2 1 12 1 12
09  United Kingdom 21 10 13 12 12 16 20
10  Greece 14 16 12 10 17 17 16
11   Switzerland 3 4 23 4 3 5 6 4 7
12  Iceland 26 9 5 3 16 7 4 12
13  Spain 23 19 14 24 13 20 25
14  Moldova 22 20 17 26 23 24 15
15  Germany 24 21 19 21 26 25 24
16  Finland 20 17 21 17 18 22 9 2
17  Bulgaria 15 8 20 22 9 15 11
18  Lithuania 25 22 26 23 20 26 17
19  Ukraine 6 25 24 6 15 11 7 4
20  France 2 2 6 7 10 4 7 6 5
21  Azerbaijan 16 15 10 11 22 18 8 3
22  Norway 18 23 8 19 19 19 18
23  Netherlands 13 24 18 25 24 23 26
24  Italy 7 1 3 1 6 2 10 3 8
25  Sweden 19 13 16 14 1 8 3 14
26  San Marino 17 14 22 20 25 21 19

References[]

  1. ^ "F.Y.R. Macedonia". EBU. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Vasil is back for North Macedonia!". Eurovision. 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ Herbert, Emily (12 February 2021). "North Macedonia: Vasil To Sing "Here I Stand" At Eurovision 2021". Eurovoix. Retrieved 29 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony (1 March 2021). WIKI