Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
CountryFlag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 17 September 2015
Song 9 October 2015
Selected entrantIvana Petkovska and Magdalena Aleksovska
Selected song"Pletenka - Braid of Love"
Finals performance
Final result17th (last), 26 points
Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Macedonia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 24 July 2015, it was confirmed that they would return to the contest after a one-year absence. The national broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) held auditions at their studios in September 2015. Ivana Petkovska & Magdalena Aleksovska represented Macedonia with the song "Pletenka - Braid of Love". Unfortunately, the country ended in 17th place (last) with 26 points.

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Before Junior Eurovision

It was announced on 24 July 2015, by the national broadcaster MRT, that Macedonia would be returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, after last taking part at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013. [1] MRT held auditions at their broadcasting studios in September 2015, after making an invitation for submissions of participants and songs. [2] On 17 September 2015, MRT announced that they had internally selected Ivana Petkovska and Magdalena Aleksovska to represent Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, to be held in neighbouring Bulgaria. [2]

Artist and song information

Flag of North Macedonia.svg "Pletenka - Braid of Love"
Ivana Petkovska & Magdalena Aleksovska at stage of JESC 2015.jpg
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Ivana Petkovska and Magdalena Aleksovska
Languages
Composer(s)
Magdalena Aleksovska
Lyricist(s)
Ivana Petkovska
Entry chronology
◄ "Ohrid i muzika" (2013)

Ivana and Magdalena

Ivana Petkovska and Magdalena Aleksovska who were both 13 at the time of the contest, come from the Macedonian capital, Skopje.

Ivana Petkovska (Macedonian : Ивана Петковска) was born on 14 April 2002 in Skopje, Macedonia. She is an 8th grade pupil at the primary school Dimitar Makedonski. She made her first steps in music when she was only 5, performing at the Potochinja children's festival. After three years she joined KUD Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov, a Macedonian national folklore ensemble, taking part in several performances in the country and abroad. In addition to dancing, she has also sung Macedonian folk songs at a large number of concerts throughout Macedonia. Ivana is also a member of her school choir.

Magdalena Aleksovska (Macedonian : Магдалена Алексовска) was born on 24 January 2002 in Skopje, Macedonia. She is a 9th grade primary school pupil. She is a sixth grade student in the State Music Ballet Centre, Skopje. Magdalena was a member of the Zlatno Slavejche (Golden Nightingale) children's festival choir from 2009 to 2014. She also plays flute and recorded her first song, Pupil in 2010. She has performed at several international children's festivals (including Istanbul and Belgrade), as well as national and international competitions (including Struga and Prilep, Macedonia). Magdalena's most significant performance was at the Slavyanskiy Bazar 2013 international children's festival in Vitebsk, Belarus.

Pletenka - Braid of Love

Pletenka - Braid of Love (English: Braid) is a song by Macedonian child singers Ivana Petkovska and Magdalena Aleksovska. It represented Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 15 November 2015, Macedonia were drawn to perform ninth on 21 November 2015, following Russia and preceding Belarus. [3]

The final was broadcast in Macedonia on MRT 1 with commentary by Tina Tautovic and Spasija Veljanoska. The Macedonian spokesperson, who announced the Macedonian votes during the final, was Aleksandrija Čaliovski.

Final

Ivana and Magdalena started their performance in the center of the stage, together with their three dancers, making a circle. The camera focused on their feet, right before the song started and the dancers started to move. Magdalena was wearing trousers and a hat and Ivana was wearing a black dress with flowers. The dancers were wearing pink vests. All 5 girls were wearing braids (like the title of the song, 'Pletenka').

At the end of the voting, Macedonia placed 17th (last) with 26 points. [4]

Voting

The voting during the final 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, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. 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. The individual rankings of each jury member were released one month after the final.

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Macedonia had placed 15th with the public televote and 17th (last) with the jury vote. In the public vote, Macedonia scored 22 points, while with the jury vote, Macedonia scored 12 points. [5]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Macedonia and awarded by Macedonia in the final and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the final.

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Macedonian jury: [7]

  • Božidar Noev
  • Boban Mirkovski
  • Ksenija Nikolova
  • Trajče Organdjijev
  • Maja Vukićević
Detailed voting results from Macedonia [7]
DrawCountryB. NoevB. MirkovskiK. NikolovaT. OrgandjijevM. VukićevićAverage Jury PointsTelevoting PointsPoints Awarded
01Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 121212710121012
02Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 51
03Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1512151
04Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7103
05Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 45
06Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 262
07Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 31275
08Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 102103573
09Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia
10Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 74761284
11Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 61062461210
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 11
13Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3586
14Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 13
15Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 4346445
16Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 263277
17Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 888881028

Notes

  1. ↑ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

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Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Life" written by Jovan Jovanov and Ilija Nikolovski. The song was performed by Toše Proeski, who was internally selected by the Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) to compete for Macedonia at the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. MRT returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their relegation from 2003 as one of the bottom five countries in the 2002 contest. Toše Proeski's appointment as the Macedonian representative was announced on 7 June 2003, while MRT organised Skopje Fest 2004 in order to select his song. Eight songs competed in the competition on 14 February 2004 where "Angel si ti" was selected following the combination of votes from an eleven-member jury panel, Proeski himself and a public televote. The song was later translated from Macedonian to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "Life".

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Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Rusinka" written by Grigor Koprov, Jovan Jovanov, Vladimir Dojčinovski and Marko Marinković. The song was performed by Vlatko Ilievski. The Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) organised Skopje Fest 2011 in order to select the Macedonian entry for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. Twenty entries competed in the competition on 27 February 2011 where "Rusinka" performed by Vlatko Ilievski was selected following the combination of votes from a fifteen-member jury panel and a public televote.

Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Crno i belo" written by Kaliopi and Romeo Grill. The song was performed by Kaliopi, who was internally selected by the Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) to compete for Macedonia at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Kaliopi's appointment as the Macedonian representative was announced on 19 November 2011, while her song, "Crno i belo", was presented to the public in a television special titled Evrosong 2012 on 29 February 2012.

Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Pred da se razdeni" written by Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkoski, Simeon Atanasov and Magdalena Cvetkoska. The song was performed by Esma and Lozano, which were internally selected by the Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) to compete for Macedonia at the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. Esma and Lozano's appointment as the Macedonian representatives were announced on 29 December 2012, while their song, "Imperija", was presented to the public in a television special on 27 February 2013. "Imperija" was later withdrawn due to negative reactions from the public and replaced with the song "Pred da se razdeni", which was presented to the public on 15 March 2013.

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