North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country	North Macedonia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	2 November 2022
Selected entrant	Lara feat. Jovan and Irina
Selected song	"Životot e pred mene"
Selected songwriter(s)	Lara Trpčeska Simon Trpčeski Jovan Trpčeski Darko Dimitrov
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 54 points
North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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North Macedonia competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan. ^[1] Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) is responsible for the country's participation in the contest, ^[1] and selected Lara, Jovan and Irina as the Macedonian entrants. ^{[2] [3]}

Background

Main article: North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2022 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. ^{[4] [5]} North Macedonia were absent twice from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2014. ^[6] 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. ^[6] North Macedonia continued to participate in the contest, but the country withdrew in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[7] In the 2021 contest, Dajte Muzika represented the country with the song "Green Forces" and placed 9th with a total of 114 points, being the country's first second Top 10 placement in a row since 2008. ^[2]

Before Junior Eurovision

An audition round was held on 23 June 2022 at the MRT Studios in Skopje. ^[2] The selection criteria were vocal, artistic and scenic quality. ^[8] On 29 June 2022, it was revealed that Lara Trpčeska and Irina Dazidovska had been selected as Macedonian entrants by the committee. ^[9] Although originally not part of the act, Jovan Jakimovski was later added after Lara and Irina were selected, and on 2 November it was revealed Lara feat. Jovan and Irina will represent the country with the song "Životot e pred mene", written by Lara Trpčeska, Lara's wealthy and successful musician father Simon Trpčeski, Jovan Jakimovski and Darko Dimitrov. ^[10] The song premiered on 3 November 2022 during the MRT programme Dnevnik 2. ^{[11] [12]}

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 5 December 2022, it was announced that North Macedonia would perform tenth on 11 December 2022, following Ireland and preceding Spain. ^[13]

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. ^[14]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 9 December 2022 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 11 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. ^[15] 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.

Points awarded to North Macedonia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points   Ireland 4 points   Serbia 3 points 2 points   Ukraine 1 point   Netherlands North Macedonia received 42 points from the online vote.

Points awarded by North Macedonia Score Country 12 points   Armenia 10 points   France 8 points   Georgia 7 points   Ireland 6 points   Portugal 5 points   Spain 4 points   Poland 3 points   Netherlands 2 points   United Kingdom 1 point   Serbia

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from North Macedonia ^[16]

Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points Awarded
01	Netherlands	10	5	15	4	7	8	3
02	Poland	14	13	8	3	3	7	4
03	Kazakhstan	15	9	11	12	11	14
04	Malta	13	15	14	11	10	15
05	Italy	3	11	13	14	14	12
06	France	4	8	2	2	2	2	10
07	Albania	5	14	10	9	9	11
08	Georgia	7	1	1	8	8	3	8
09	Ireland	11	6	5	5	4	4	7
10	North Macedonia
11	Spain	9	4	9	6	5	6	5
12	United Kingdom	12	7	7	7	6	9	2
13	Portugal	2	3	12	10	15	5	6
14	Serbia	6	12	3	15	12	10	1
15	Armenia	1	2	4	1	1	1	12
16	Ukraine	8	10	6	13	13	13

Notes and references

References

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10. "Лара, Јован и Ирина со "Животот е пред мене" на Јуниорски Евросонг 2022". mrt.com.mk. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
11. Granger, Anthony (2 November 2022). "North Macedonia: Lara, Irina & Jovan Reveal Junior Eurovision Entry Tomorrow". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
12. Farren, Neil (3 November 2022). "🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Lara feat. Irina & Jovan Release "Životot E Pred Mene"". Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
13. "Junior Eurovision 2022: Running Order". Junioreurovision.tv. 5 December 2022.
14. Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
15. "Section 8 –Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 –Online Voting Terms and Conditions" (PDF). European Broadcasting Union. November 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2022.
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