Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
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| Country |  Macedonia | |||
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| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
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| Selected artist(s) | Marija Spasovska | |||
| Selected song | "Doma" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Darko Dimitrov Elena Risteska | |||
| Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Macedonia will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which will take place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Macedonian broadcaster MRT was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Marija Spasovska was internally selected on 18 August 2018 as the Macedonian representative.
Background
Prior to the 2017 contest, Macedonia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times, under the provisional reference of "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", since its debut at the inaugural contest in 2003.[1][2] Macedonia were absent twice from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2014.[3] 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.[3] In the 2017 contest, Mina Blažev represented her country in Tbilisi, Georgia with the song "Dancing Through Life". The song ended 12th out of 16 entries with 69 points.
Before Junior Eurovision
On 24 August 2018, the Macedonian broadcaster revealed that they had chosen the thirteen-year-old artist Marija Spasovska internally in order to represent the Republic of Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[4] Her song for the contest was revealed on 19 October 2018.
Artist and song information
Marija Spasovska | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 5 October 2005[5] Skopje, Macedonia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
Marija Spasovska
Marija Spasovska (born 5 October 2005) is a Macedonian singer. She will represent Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018.[4]
Marija Spasovska was born on 5 October 2005 year in Skopje the Republic of Macedonia. She has been singing since she was 4. Numerous performances from various manifestations, competitions and promotions. From the experience so far, over twenty awards, praise and diplomas from different music festivals and competitions at the domestic and international level are listed. She has a role in the first Macedonian musical "My Secret" dedicated to Toše Proeski. Her first teenage song "Igraj so srce" (Играј со срце; lit. Play the heart) was released on 30 May 2018.
At Junior Eurovision
During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Macedonia was drawn to perform sixteenth on 25 November 2018, following France and preceding Armenia.
Voting
The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country will have a national jury that will consist of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury will be 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 first phase of the online voting will start on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances will be shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting will stop on Sunday, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country’s song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries.
Points awarded to Macedonia
| Jury | ||||
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
- Macedonia received 35 points from Online voting.
Points awarded by Macedonia
Split voting results
See alsoReferences
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