North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
| Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  North Macedonia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Za Evrosong 2022 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 February 2022 | |||
| Selected entrant | Andrea | |||
| Selected song | "Circles" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
| |||
| North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
| ||||
North Macedonia is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song "Circles", written by Aleksandar Masevski and Andrea Koevska. The song will be performed by Andrea, who was selected via the national final Za Evrosong 2022 organised by the Macedonian national broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT). The competition featured six entries and took place between 28 January 2022 and 4 February 2022, with the winner determined via a combination of public voting and international jury voting in a live show on 4 February 2022.
Background[]
Prior to the 2022 contest, North Macedonia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since its first entry in 1998.[1] The nation's best result in the contest to this point was seventh, which it achieved in 2019 with the song "Proud" performed by Tamara Todevska. Following the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the contest in 2004, North Macedonia has featured in only six finals. In 2021, North Macedonia was represented by Vasil with the song "Here I Stand", which failed to qualify for the final, finishing in 15th place in the first semi-final with 23 points.
The Macedonian national broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), broadcasts the event within North Macedonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. North Macedonia has previously selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through both national finals and internal selections. MRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on 20 October 2021.[2] For 2015, North Macedonia selected their entry using the national final Skopje Fest. Between 2016 and 2021, the broadcaster internally selected North Macedonia's entries, resulting in a single qualification to the final during this period, in 2019. The broadcaster returned to using a national final to select the Macedonian entry for 2022.[3]
Before Eurovision[]
Za Evrosong 2022[]
Za Evrosong 2022 was the national final developed by MRT in order to select Macedonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition commenced on 28 January 2022 and the winner was announced in a live final on 4 February 2022.[4] Six acts competed, and the voting results were revealed in a live televised show on 4 February 2022 held at MRT's Studio 1 in Skopje and hosted by 2017 Macedonian entrant Jana Burčeska and co-head of delegation for North Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest Aleksandra Jovanovska. The winner was selected through a professional international jury panel and a public televote. The show was broadcast on MRT 1 as well as streamed online via the MRT's satellite broadcast.[5][6][7]
Competing entries[]
A submission period was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their entries between 10 December 2021 and 16 January 2022. MRT received 47 submissions at the closing of the deadline. Six entries were selected by a special jury from the submissions and were announced on 21 January 2022.[4][8] The jury consisted of Meri Popova (MRT 1 editor and Macedonian Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest), Zoran Mirčevski (MR 2 editor-in-chief), Biljana Nikolovska (MR 1 music editor), Aleksandra Jovanovska (MR 2 journalist), Jana Burčeska (journalist at MRT 3), Maja Trpčanovska (MRT 1 journalist) and Ardita Imeri (MRT 2 journalist).[9] The competing entries were released to the public on 28 January 2022.
Final[]
 | This section contains numerous links to pages on foreign language Wikipedias. They are shown as red links with the language codes in [small blue letters] in brackets. Click on the language code to see the page in that language. |
The six competing artists and songs were presented to the public on 28 January 2022 during the MRT programme Stisni Plej. The public was able to vote online for their favorite entry until 4 February 2022. A 50/50 combination of the online vote and an international jury panel. A monetary prize of €2,000 was also awarded to the winner. In addition to the competing entries, 2019 North Macedonian entrant Tamara Todevska and 2021 North Macedonian entrants in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Dajte Muzika made guest appearances.[10][11]
The international jury panel consisted of Gordon Bonello (Maltese TV producer and journalist), Tali Eshkoli (music critique and head of delegation for Israel), Natia Mshvenieradze (TV producer and head of delegation for Georgia), Felix Bergsson (writer, actor and head of delegation for Iceland) and David Tserunyan (TV producer and head of delegation for Armenia). Each juror ranked the competing entries from 1–6 based on their personal preference. These rankings were then converted into points that contributed to half of the final result.[12]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| Andrea | "Circles" | , Andrea Koevska | 10 | 12 | 4,300 | 8 | 20 | 1 |
| Kaly | "Love and Light" | Davor Jordanovski, Vesna Malinova | 22 | 6 | 7,539 | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| Lara Ivanova | "Flower of Sorrow" | , Robin Zimbakov | 12 | 10 | 1,186 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
| Ris Flower | "Flying to Berlin" | Boris Cvetanovski | 24 | 5 | 1,367 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| Viktor Apostolovski | "Superman" | Vladimir Dojcinovski, | 16 | 8 | 12,621 | 12 | 20 | 2 |
| Yon Idy | "Dreams" | Jon Ajdini | 21 | 7 | 3,743 | 7 | 14 | 5 |
| Song |  MLT |
 ISR |
 GEO |
 ISL |
 ARM |
Total | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Circles" | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| "Love and Light" | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 6 |
| "Flower of Sorrow" | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| "Flying to Berlin" | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 5 |
| "Superman" | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
| "Dreams” | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7 |
Preparation[]
On 5 February 2022, MRT announced that "Circles" would undergo a production revamp prior to the contest in May as a part of a €2,000 budget allocated by the broadcaster to improve the nation's entry prior to the contest and for contributions to staging at the contest.[13] The revamp was revealed in the first live performance of the song in Romania's national selection on 5 March 2022, with the official music video premiered on the Eurovision YouTube channel on 10 March 2022.[14][15]
Promotion[]
Prior to the contest, it was revealed that Andrea would perform in both Montenegro's song presentation show Montenegro, dodici punti on 4 March 2022 and in the final of Romania's national selection on 5 March 2022.[16][17]
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 for 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. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. North Macedonia has been placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2022, and has been scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[18]
References[]
- ^ "F.Y.R. Macedonia Country Profile". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "REVEALED: the 41 countries joining Eurovision in Turin 2022". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Farren, Neil (10 December 2021). "North Macedonia: National Final to Select Eurovision 2022 Entry". Eurovoix. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Ibrayeva, Laura (21 January 2022). "North Macedonia: Eurosong 2022 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Ibrayeva, Laura (3 January 2022). "North Macedonia: National Selection to Use Similar Format to ESCZ". Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (28 January 2022). "North Macedonia: Za Evrosong Voting Commences". Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Farren, Neil (4 February 2022). "North Macedonia: Andrea to Eurovision 2022". Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Luukela, Sami (21 January 2022). "MRT reveals the six national finalists for Za Evrosong 2022". ESCXTRA.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Селектирани песните кои ќе се натпреваруваат во Националниот избор за песна и претставник на Евровизија 2022". mrt.com.mk (in Macedonian). MRT. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "КОНКУРС ЗА ИЗБОР НА НАЦИОНАЛЕН ПРЕТСТАВНИК И КОМПОЗИЦИЈА ШТО ЌЕ ЈА ПРЕТСТАВУВА РЕПУБЛИКА СЕВЕРНА МАКЕДОНИЈА НА ИЗБОРОТ ЗА ПЕСНА НА ЕВРОВИЗИЈА 2022 ВО ТОРИНО, ИТАЛИЈА". mrt.com.mk (in Macedonian). MRT. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (4 February 2022). "North Macedonia: Andrea will fly to Turin!". ESCToday. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Popescu, David (4 February 2022). "North Macedonia: Andrea wins Za Evrosong after a tie!". ESCUnited. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (6 February 2022). "North Macedonia: "Circles" To Undergo Production Revamp For Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ Grace, Emily (5 March 2022). "