FYR Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest (1998-2009) Video

Macedonia, present in the Eurovision Song Contest under the provisional reference of "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" or "FYR Macedonia", debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998. However, the country first took part in Eurovision at the 1996 pre-selection contest. Its song, "Samo ti" (Само ти) sung by Kaliopi, failed to qualify to the final.

The country's best result was in 2006, when Elena Risteska sang "Ninanajna" (Нинанајна) in Athens, Greece and came 12th. Despite never finishing in the top 10, their record of qualifying for every final was only broken in 2008, when the jury vote used in the semi-final chose Sweden as a finalist, despite Tamara, Vrčak and Adrian having come 10th in the televote.

Makedonska Radio Televizija (MKRTV), which broadcasts the event, has used the Skopje Fest festival to select the national entry since the country's debut, although it made several changes in the national final format, so the 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 national finals were organised outside the Skopje Festival.

Prior declaring independence in 1991, as a constituent country of SFR Yugoslavia, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia participated in the Yugoslav pre-selection called among the other Yugoslav federal units.[Also, Macedonian composers wrote songs for candidates from other parts of Yugoslavia. However, the Macedonian entries never managed to win, and the SR Macedonia was among the few federal states never to send a Yugoslav entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. An exception occurred when Maja Odžaklievska won the Yugoslav competition in 1980, but she did not perform in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 due to the Yugoslavian decicison not to participate that year.

1998 Vlado Janevski "Ne zori, zoro" (Не зори, зоро)
2000 XXL "100% te ljubam" (100% те љубам)
2002 Karolina Gočeva "Od nas zavisi" (Од нас зависи)
2004 Toše Proeski "Life"
2005 Martin Vučić "Make My Day"
2006 Elena Risteska "Ninanajna" (Нинанајна)
2007 Karolina Gočeva "Mojot svet" (Мојот свет)
2008 Tamara, Vrčak and Adrian "Let Me Love You"
2009 Next Time "Nešto što kje ostane" (Нешто што ќе остане)

In 2008 and 2009 Macedonia did not progress to the final due to the results of the juries: in 2008 Sweden beat Macedonia to the final, while the same occurred in 2009 with Finland.

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SaNBeanz: 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2009 are Great Entries from Macedonia! 2005 and 2006 are the BEST, so AWESOME!!! Great country in Eurovision but are underrated.

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