| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
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| Country |  Macedonia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dečja pesna Eurovizije | |||
| Selection date(s) | 26 September 2008 | |||
| Selected entrant | Bobi Andonov | |||
| Selected song | "Prati mi SMS" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 93 points | |||
| Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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North Macedonia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held at the Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center in Cyprus.
The final took place on 26 September 2008, hosted by Gorast Cvetkovski and Ivona Bogoevska. Twelve songs competed and the winner was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel (50%) and televoting (50%).
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petar Gjurevski | "Sonuvam" | 38 | 7 | 749 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 2 | Gorazd Grmashkovski | "Ajde gore race" | 24 | 2 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Bisera Bazer | "Sever-jug" | 29 | 4 | 364 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 4 | Dejana, Blagoja and Sara | "Pejte so nas" | 29 | 5 | 809 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| 5 | Dorijan and Filipa | "Srechni sme" | 45 | 10 | 538 | 7 | 17 | 2 |
| 6 | Natasha Latinovcka | "Parichka" | 28 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Mirjana Burnaz | "Simpatijo moja" | 17 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Mila Milivojevic | "Uchiliste najmilo" | 44 | 8 | 265 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| 9 | Marija Zafirovska | "Mojot as" | 34 | 6 | 144 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | Marija and Natasha | "Srechen Den" | 22 | 1 | 223 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Bobi Andonov | "Prati mi SMS" | 49 | 12 | 1,162 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 12 | Aneta and Maja | "Ljubov moja" | 19 | 0 | 234 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
On 14 October 2008 the running order for Junior Eurovision took place, and the Macedonian song was given the spot to perform fourteenth. The song placed in 5th position with 93 points, which is the country's best result to date. The entry also received points from every country, the most being ten points from Romania. [1]
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Cyprus has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 10 times since debuting at the first contest in 2003. The country's best result was eighth place, which was achieved both at the 2004 and 2006 contests with Marios Tofi and the song "Oneira" and Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi and the song "Agoria koritsia" respectively. The national broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) has hosted the event for Cyprus once, in 2008 in Limassol. The nation's last appearance in the contest was in 2017.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is the world's largest song contest for children. It was held at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus and hosted by Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva. The theme of the event was "Fun in the Sun". It was won by the Georgian trio Bzikebi, with the song "Bzz..". Ukraine took 2nd place and Lithuania finished 3rd. Bzikebi also became the first group act to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Romania was represented by Mădălina & Andrada at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Salvaţi planeta!", a song about saving the planet. "Salvaţi planeta!" was the winner of the Romanian national final Selecţia Naţională Eurovision Junior 2008, held on 1 June 2008.
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Belarus selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2008 through Song For Eurovision, a national final consisting of 20 songs which had to qualify through a semi final to get to the final. The winners were Dasha, Alina & Karina with the song Sertse Belarusi.
The Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest entry for 2008 through Junior Songfestival 2008, a national final consisting of 10 songs spread out into two semi-finals and a final. The final winner was Marissa with the song "1 Dag".
Russia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Lemesos, Cyprus. The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by Russian broadcaster All-Russia State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK). The final was held on 1 June 2008. Mikhail Puntov and his song "Spit angel" won the national final, getting 10.81% of votes.
Georgia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 which took place on 22 November 2008, in Lemesos, Cyprus. Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Group Bzikebi was externally selected to represent Georgia with the song "Bzz..". Georgia won the contest with 154 points.
Belgium chose their Junior Eurovision entry for 2008 through Junior Eurosong, a national final consisting of 10 songs split into two quarter-finals, a semi-final and a grand final. The winner of Junior Eurosong was Oliver Symons, with the song "Shut Up!".
Bulgaria selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry by a national final, which was held on 18 September 2008. The winner was Krestiana Kresteva with the song "Edna Mechta" which represented Bulgaria in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 on 22 November 2008.
Serbia selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2008 through a national final consisting of 12 songs. The winning song was selected by televoting and jury voting, which was Maja Mazić with "Uvek kad u nebo pogledam"..
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