North Macedonia: Andrea is representing the country in Eurovision 2022!

The grand final of Za Evrosong, the national final of North Macedonia, has just been completed, with the country choosing Andrea as the festival’s winner and therefore their representative for Eurovision 2022 in Turin. This is the first time the country organized a national final since 2015.

A total of six finalists, that were picked among 47 submitted songs, competed in the national final, claiming the ticket to Turin.

The six artists

The six candidates of the night were:

1. Andrea – “Circles“
2. Kaly – “Love and Light“
3. Lara – “Flower of Sorrow“
4. Ris Flower – “Flying to Berlin“
5. Viktor Apostolovski – “Superman“
6. Yon Idy – “Dreams“

The voting

The results will be decided by 50% international jury vote and 50% online vote. The online voting opened on January 28 and closed today, exclusively for citizens of North Macedonia.

The juries of Za Evrosong, that decide  50% of the voting , are :

• Gordon Bonello (head of Maltese delegation)
• Tali Eshkoli (head of Israeli delegation)
• Natia Mshvenieradze (head of Georgian delegation)
• Robin Bergsson (head of Icelandic delegation)
• David Tserunyan (head of Armenian delegation)

The Results

The results of the vote of Za Evrosong 2022 were as follows:

Juries (50%)

Each jury voted from 1 to 6 giving 1 to his/her favourite song and 6 to the least favourite song.

• Andrea – 10 (converts to  12 points)
• Lara – 12 (converts to  10 points)
• Viktor – 16 (converts to 8 points)
• Yon Idy – 21 (converts to 7 points)
• Kaly – 22 (converts to 6 points)
• Ris Flower – 24 (converts to 5 points)

Public vote (50%)

• Andrea – 4300 (converts to 8 points
• Lara – 1186 (converts to 5 points)
• Viktor – 12621 (cpnverts to 12 points)
• Yon Idy – 3743 (converts to 7 points)
• Kaly – 7539 (converts to 10 points)
• Ris Flower – 1367 (converts to 6 points)

After the public and the international juries voted, the results of the national final are:

• Andrea – 20
• Viktor – 20
• Kaly – 16
• Lara – 15
• Yon Idy – 14
• Ris Flower – 11

The competition’s tie-breaker rule says that the vote of the jury is the one that counts and thus, the big winner of Za Evrosong 2022 was Andrea with the song “Circles”

You can listen to Andrea’s song here:

Do you agree with North Macedonia’s choice of representative for Turin? Tell us in the comments!