North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
CountryFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 12 October 2021
Song: 12 November 2021
Selected entrantDajte Muzika
Selected song"Green Forces"
Selected songwriter(s)Robert Bilbilov
Robin Zimbakov
Finals performance
Final result9th, 114 points
North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 •2021• 2022►

North Macedonia took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France. The national broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), is responsible for the country's participation in the contest. [1] MRT selected four singers from the television show Dajte muzika to represent North Macedonia with the song "Green Forces". [2]

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The country returned to the contest after an absence of one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

Prior to the 2021 contest, North Macedonia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times, under the provisional reference of "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", since its debut at the inaugural contest in 2003. [3] [4] North Macedonia were absent twice from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2014. [5] They have never won the contest, with their best results being at the 2007 and 2008, represented by the duo Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski, and Bobi Andonov respectively, achieving fifth place. [5] North Macedonia continued to participate in the contest, but the country withdrew in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]

Before Junior Eurovision

On 12 October 2021, MRT announced that a group of children from the television series Dajte muzika (Дајте музика) will represent the country in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The selected song "Green Forces" was composed by Robert Bilbilov and Robin Zimbakov, and was released on November 12. [7] [8]

Artist and song information

Dajte Muzika

Dajte Muzika
Даjте Музика
Dajte Muzika mk jesc2021.jpg
Background information
Origin Skopje, North Macedonia
GenresPop
Years active2019–present
Members
  • Kristina Mukaetova
  • Anastasija Džabirska
  • Miha Gigov
  • Filip Popovski

Dajte Muzika is a group from the Macedonian TV program of the same name that represented North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France. [9]

Green Forces

Flag of North Macedonia.svg "Green Forces"
Dajte Muzika mk jesc2021.jpg
Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Dajte Muzika
Lyricist(s)
  • Robert Bilbilov
  • Robin Zimbakov
Entry chronology
◄ "Fire" (2019)

"Green Forces" is a song by Dajte Muzika, written by Robert Bilbilov and Robin Zimbakov. [10] It represented North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France. The song was released on 12 November, 2021.

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that North Macedonia would perform eighteenth on 19 December 2021, following Serbia and preceding Portugal. [11]

At the end of the contest, North Macedonia received 114 points, placing 9th out of 19 participating countries.

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [12]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 17 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for three songs. [13] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from North Macedonia [14]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1657131511
02Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 9318838
03Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6269965
04Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1111310574
05Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 71714141014
06Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 18133617101
07Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24224112
08Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 131416171618
09Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 101591792
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8617161112
11Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 110431210
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 151811111316
13Flag of France.svg  France 4757656
14Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 512155383
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 141112151215
16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 12810121413
17Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 31684247
18Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
19Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 17918181817

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  13. ↑ "You can vote on the winner of Junior Eurovision! 🗳". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020.{{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  14. 1 2 3 "Results of the Final of Paris 2021". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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