North Macedonia: Andijana Janevska was approached to represent the country in Eurovision 2024!

Even though North Macedonia did not participate in Eurovision 2024 after all, however, it seems that there have been preparations for a possible participation in the competition, that now belongs to the past.

In detail, the famous singer Andrijana Janevska revealed that she had been approached by MRT, the country’s public broadcaster, in order to represent them at Eurovision 2024. But the singer seems to have rejected this opportunity.

“Last year I was approached by a team from MRT, to represent my country at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. I answered them that I would gladly accept, if it was 2000, when I competed with “Your Letter My Bible” or 2001 when I won at the Skopje Festival with “Nostalgia”. Then I was 20, my career was on the rise and I had a desire to do something for North Macedonia. There were also times when Eurovision was still some kind of cultural-artistic competition between nations and when every country competed with a song in its own language. Today I am 42 years old and I feel fulfilled, happy and accomplished on a private and professional level. As for my desire to do something for North Macedonia, I did it through the doctoral thesis I worked on for nine years, with which I managed to protect over 150 North Macedonian folk songs in the regions of Mala Prespa, Golo Brdo and Gora, which neighboring countries previously started presenting as their own. Thanks to MRT for the opportunity, but after this edition of Eurovision, I think I made the right decision”

The Balkan country withdrew from the Contest in 2023 for financial reasons. This year they preferred to focus on the 60th anniversary of public television and 80 years of radio, so their entire budget was used there.

However, the country did broadcast Eurovision 2024, so there’s still a chance it could return next year.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, in Switzerland!

Source : Andrijana Janevska