Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country	Macedonia
National selection
Selection process	Skopje Fest 2010
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: 18 February 2010 19 February 2010 Final: 20 February 2010
Selected artist(s)	Gjoko Taneski
Selected song	"Jas ja imam silata"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kristijan Gabrovski
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (15th)
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2009 • 2010 • 2011►

Macedonia (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Jas ja imam silata" written by Kristijan Gabroski. The song was performed by Gjoko Taneski featuring Billy Zver and Pejčin. The Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) organised Skopje Fest 2010 in order to select the Macedonian entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. 28 entries competed in the competition which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Fourteen songs competed in each semi-final and the top eight from each semi-final qualified to the final. In the final, "Jas ja imam silata" performed by Gjoko Taneski was selected following the combination of votes from a six-member jury panel and a public televote.

Macedonia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 11, "Jas ja imam silata" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed fifteenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 37 points.

Background

Main article: Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2010 contest, Macedonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in 1998. ^[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 four finals.

The Macedonian national broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), broadcasts the event within Macedonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Macedonia had previously selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through both national finals and internal selections. MRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest on 31 October 2009. ^[2] Since 2008, Macedonia selected their entries using the national final Skopje Fest but failed to qualify to the final on every occasion. For 2011, the broadcaster again opted to select the Macedonian entry through Skopje Fest.

Before Eurovision

Skopje Fest 2010

Skopje Fest 2010 was a song contest organised by MRT that served as Macedonia's national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Twenty-eight entries participated in the competition which consisted of two semi-finals on 18 and 19 February 2010 leading to a sixteen-song final on 20 February 2010. All three shows took place at the Universal Hall in Skopje, hosted by Aleksandra Jovanovska and Sanja Arsovska and were broadcast on MTV 1, MTV Sat and Macedonian Radio. ^{[3] [4]} The final was also broadcast online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv. ^[5]

Format

The format of the competition included two semi-finals on 18 and 19 February 2010 and a final on 20 February 2010. Fourteen songs competed in each semi-final and the top eight from each semi-final qualified to complete the sixteen song lineup in the final. 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. ^[6] The public could vote through telephone and SMS; the SMS voting was also open in Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. ^[7]

Competing entries

A submission period was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their entries between 10 November 2010 and 20 December 2010. ^[2] MRT received 126 submissions at the closing of the deadline and twenty-eight entries were selected by a seven-member committee consisting of Gordana Andrashevska (MTV), Ljupčo Mirkovski (artistic director of Skopje Fest), Meri Popova (MTV), Radica Mitić (MR 2), Ariton Krliu (MR 2), Zoran Mirchevski (MR) and Alexandra Jovanovska (MTV). ^[8] The twenty-eight competing songs were announced on 30 December 2009, while their artists were announced on 12 January 2010. ^[9] Tumbao Salsa Band later replaced Verica Pandilovska as the performer of the song "Bravo", retitled as "Poludena vo nokjta studena". ^[10]

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	"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-finals

The two semi-finals took place on 18 and 19 February 2010. Fourteen entries competed in each semi-final and top eight entries qualified to the final by a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a six-member jury panel. ^{[11] [12]} The jury panel that voted in the semi-finals consisted of Miki Crnokrak (fashion designer), Kiril Lozance (professor at the Faculty of Medicine), Vasko Todorov (K-15), Kiril Zarlinov (Antena 5), Gjorgji Cuckovski (MOB) and Gorazd Čapovski (musician). ^[10] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the first semi-final featured guest performances by 2007 Macedonian Junior Eurovision representative Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski, 2009 Macedonian Junior Eurovision representative Sara Markoska and 2009 Macedonian Eurovision representative Next Time, while the second semi-final featured a guest performance by Synthesis. ^{[13] [14]}

Semi-final 1 – 18 February 2010

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
			Votes	Points	Votes	Points
1	Duo Slide	"Mrazam"	3	0	162	5	5	9
2	Suzana Spasovska and Darko Nešovski	"Bog go ima sekoј ključ"	45	12	269	6	18	2
3	Kerber	"Čorbadžiјa"	12	0	108	0	0	12
4	Treta Dimenzija	"Bolest zaraza"	24	3	128	4	7	7
5	Tumbao Salsa Band	"Poludena vo nokjta studena"	28	6	35	0	6	8
6	Bravo Band	"Taa ima se"	22	2	500	10	12	5
7	Vlatko Ilievski	"Srekja"	44	10	1,157	12	22	1
8	Gorjan Stojanovski	"Najmila"	26	4	110	1	5	10
9	Aleksandar Belov	"Ostani"	30	7	312	8	15	3
10	Gjoko Taneski	"Jas ja imam silata"	40	8	297	7	15	4
11	Daniel Stojmanovski	"Akcija reakcija"	17	0	79	0	0	12
12	Darko Ilievski	"Lagi"	26	5	136	3	8	6
13	Nataša Malinkova	"Sever i jug"	21	1	119	2	3	11
14	Igor Mitrović	"Malečka"	10	0	36	0	0	12

Semi-final 2 – 19 February 2010

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
			Votes	Points	Votes	Points
1	Pampersi	"Sni"	6	0	23	0	0	13
2	Vodolija	"Solza"	14	1	126	3	4	8
3	Nade Talevska	"Srekjen kraj"	29	6	515	8	14	4
4	Teodora Trajkovska	"Letam"	12	0	99	2	2	10
5	Bojan Aleksovski	"Beli konji"	16	2	34	0	2	11
6	Dimitar Andonovski	"Kameno srce"	20	3	63	0	3	9
7	Angela Zdravkova	"Zaboravaš"	23	4	231	6	10	7
8	Viktorija Apostolova	"Zaboravi na se"	43	8	190	5	13	5
9	Vlatko Lozanoski	"Letam kon tebe"	48	10	524	10	20	1
10	Jova Radevska	"Seušte čekame"	13	0	68	1	1	12
11	Esma's Band	"Džipsi dens"	37	7	1,410	12	19	2
12	Maja Vukičević	"Fama"	53	12	165	4	16	3
13	Kristijan Jovanov	"Nikoj na ovoj svet"	25	5	340	7	12	6
14	Parketi	"Ti si kisi fenomen"	9	0	54	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 six-member jury panel selected "Jas ja imam silata" performed by Gjoko Taneski as the winner. ^[15] The jury panel that voted in the final consisted of Avni Qahili (lyricist and showman), Naum Petreski (singer), Darko Gelev-Brejk (City Radio, Jungle TV), Sašo Gigov-Giš (poet and musician), Aleksandar Džambazov (composer) and Sasha Nikolovski-Gjumar (professor and conductor). ^{[16] [17]} Gjoko Taneski and Vlatko Ilievski were tied at 22 points each but since Gjoko Taneski received the most votes from the jury he was declared the winner. 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. ^[18]

Final – 20 February 2010

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
			Votes	Points	Votes	Points
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	"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

Promotion

Gjoko Taneski specifically promoted "Jas ja imam silata" as the Macedonian Eurovision entry on 14 March by performing the song during the presentation show of the 2010 Bosnian Eurovision entry, BH Eurosong Show 2010. ^[19]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, 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 7 February 2010, a special 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. Macedonia was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 25 May 2010, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. ^[20] The running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw on 23 March 2010 and Macedonia was set to perform in position 15, following the entry from Portugal and before the entry from Belarus.

The two semi-finals and final were broadcast in Macedonia on MTV 1 and MTV Sat with commentary by Karolina Petkovska. The Macedonian spokesperson, who announced the Macedonian votes during the final, was Maja Daniels.

Semi-final

Gjoko Taneski, Billy Zver and Pejčin took part in technical rehearsals on 17 and 21 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 24 and 25 May. This included the jury show on 9 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.

The Macedonian performance featured Gjoko Taneski performing in a black suit together with three dancers sitting on three silver boxes behind Taneski at the beginning. Billy Zver wore a silver suit with sunglasses and white trainers while Pejčin wore a white shirt with a scarf and black trousers; both performers joined Taneski later in the performance. The stage was dark with predominately green, red and white flashing spotlights. ^{[21] [22]} The three dancers that joined Gjoko Taneski, Billy Zver and Pejčin on stage were Deana Nikolovska, Jana Andrejević and Martina. ^[23]

At the end of the show, Macedonia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed fifteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 37 points. ^[24]

Voting

Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Macedonia had placed fifteenth with the public televote and tenth with the jury vote in the first semi-final. In the public vote, Macedonia scored 37 points, while with the jury vote, Macedonia scored 62 points. ^[25]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Macedonia and awarded by Macedonia in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Albania in the semi-final and the final of the contest.

Points awarded to Macedonia

Points awarded to Macedonia (Semi-final 1) ^[26]

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	Iceland   Russia   Slovakia

Points awarded by Macedonia

Points awarded by Macedonia (Semi-final 1) [26] Score Country 12 points   Albania 10 points   Serbia 8 points   Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 points   Moldova 6 points   Malta 5 points   Belarus 4 points   Belgium 3 points   Greece 2 points   Portugal 1 point   Iceland

Points awarded by Macedonia (Final) [27] Score Country 12 points   Albania 10 points   Turkey 8 points   Germany 7 points   Serbia 6 points   Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 points   Georgia 4 points   Armenia 3 points   Azerbaijan 2 points   Denmark 1 point   France

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 members comprised the Macedonian jury: ^[28]

• Rade Spasovski (jury chairperson) – journalist in the international coordination department of MRT
• 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) ^[28]

Draw	Country	Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Total	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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