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Junior Eurovision 2024: Exclusive TV footage from all seventeen second rehearsals!

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The rehearsals at Caja Mágica are in full swing as the first technical rehearsals have concluded and the second round is now underway.

The second set of rehearsals at Junior Eurovision has given delegations the opportunity to address any issues that came up during the first round. This has allowed the artists to feel more confident and secure as they prepare to take the main stage.

However, details about the performances remain limited, as accredited journalists are not allowed to attend either the first or second rehearsals. To give fans a sneak peek, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has shared a recap of all the seventeen second rehearsals on YouTube via the official Junior Eurovision channel. This exclusive footage offers highlights from today’s sessions, providing viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the preparation process.

You can watch the recap of the second rehearsals below:

What’s next?

On Friday, November 15, the two Dress Rehearsals will be held. The Dress Rehearsals are full run-throughs of the show from start to finish, including the performances, interval acts, and voting sequence.

Then and it is time for Dress Rehearsals. The First Dress Rehearsal will take place on Friday morning, while the Second Dress Rehearsal will take place in the evening. The Second Dress Rehearsal is particularly important as it is also the Jury Final. This is when the seventeen national juries will watch the full show and cast their votes, which will help determine the final outcome of the competition.

Moreover, on Friday the first phase of the Online Voting will commence and the half of the contest’s outcome will be determined.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  1. Italy: Simone Grande – “Pigiama Party”
  2. Estonia: Annabelle – “Tänavad”
  3. Albania: Nikol Çabeli – “Vallëzoj”
  4. Armenia: Leo – “Cosmic Friend”
  5. Cyprus: Maria Pissarides – “Crystal Waters”
  6. France: Titouan – “Comme ci, comme ça”
  7. North Macedonia: Ana and Aleksej – “Marathon”
  8. Poland: Dominik Arim – “All Together”
  9. Georgia: Andria Putkaradze – “To My Mom”
  10. Spain: Chloe DelaRosa – “Como la Lola”
  11. Germany: Bjarne – “Save the Best For Us”
  12. Netherlands: Stay Tuned – “Music”
  13. San Marino: Idols SM – “Come noi”
  14. Ukraine: Artem Kotenko – “Hear Me Now”
  15. Portugal: Victoria Nicole – “Esperança”
  16. Ireland – Enya Cox Dempsey – “Le Chéile”
  17. Malta: Ramires Sciberras – “Stilla ċkejkna”

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

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North Macedonia: Absent from Eurovision for the third year in a row!

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Unpleasant news from North Macedonia, since according to the budget of the country’s public television that was posted publicly, there is no relevant provision for participation in the Eurovision Contest. This practically means that MRT, the public television of North Macedonia, will be absent from the competition for the third year in a row!
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North Macedonia: MRT is eager to broadcast Eurovision 2025 and Junior Eurovision 2025!

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MRT‘s 2025 Program Plan shows that the country’s broadcaster proposes to broadcast two Eurovision contests next year.

North Macedonia‘s broadcaster has published its proposed draft program for 2025, with references to both the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Under the proposed plan, MRT will broadcast the 2025 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest and Junior Eurovision.

No details are outlined in the proposed plan as to whether North Macedonia plans to compete in both competitions. North Macedonia has not participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2023, but has continued to broadcast the contest. Meanwhile, they continue to compete in Junior Eurovision.

North Macedonia pulled out of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, UK, with broadcaster MRT citing financial difficulties.

Source: MRT

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Junior Eurovision 2024: Ana Vanchevska & Aleksej Ivanovski will represent North Macedonia in Madrid!

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Despite the country’s non-participation in Eurovision in recent years, North Macedonia keeps on participating in Junior Eurovision, and in fact, a while ago the representatives for the next Contest in Madrid were announced! Read more

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

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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. Read more

North Macedonia: MRT to broadcast Eurovision 2024, with Aleksandra Jovanovska in the commentary!

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North Macedonia’s broadcaster MRT has announced plans to broadcast the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, with Aleksandra Jovanovska confirmed to commentate on the live broadcasts.

In a press release from MRT, the broadcaster confirms that they are broadcasting both the semi-finals and the grand final of Eurovision 2024. The program will be available to watch live on TV and radio via MRT1.

The commentator is going to be Aleksandra Jovanovska. She is no stranger to the Eurovision Song Contest. Aleksandra has served in various roles in North Macedonia’s Eurovision delegation: as head of press on several occasions, head of delegation for Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam, assistant head of delegation for Eurovision 2022 in Turin, the last time North Macedonia participated .

The non-participating countries that will broadcast the contest are:

  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Unted States of America – Peacock
  • Kosovo – RTK
  • Montenegro – RTCG
  • Slovakia – Radio_FM

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North Macedonia: With Tamara Grujeska in Junior Eurovision 2023!

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The public broadcaster of North Macedonia MRT announced that Tamara Grujeska is going to represent the country in the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

The 12-year-old Tamara Grujeska will fly the country’s flag at the upcoming Junior Eurovision 2023 which is going to take place in Nice, France. Tamara was selected through auditions held in Skopje by MRT last week.

About Tamara Grujeska

Tamara was born on December 2, 2010 in Gostivar. She made her first beginnings in the world of music when she was only five years old, and since then she has been constantly active at children’s festivals in the country and abroad.

Her first appearance at an international competition is in 2021 at “Ezerski Biseri” in Struga, where she wins First Place Laureate I degree. In the same year, she participated in the International Festival “Zvezdichki” in Prilep where she won the highest Grand Prix award with her song “Music has a home in me”.

In 2022, Tamara also participates in the most prestigious festival and competition in Vladimir “Golden Stars Rain”, where she won the Grand Prix award in competition with 150 competitors from several countries.

Tamara is a student at the elementary school “Goce Delchev” – Gostivar in the VII grade and at the elementary school of music “Todor Skalovski” – Tetovo section “solo singing”.

Source: Eurovoix

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North Macedonia: MRT will broadcast Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

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Just a while ago, the public broadcaster from North Macedonia, MRT, announced that they are going to broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 as usual, despite the fact that they withdrew from this year’s contest. Citizens of North Macedonia, will be able to watch the two semi-finals in May 9 and 11, as well as the Grand Final in May 13, on MRT1.

North Macedonia is the only one of the three countries that withdrew this year, that has confirmed to broadcast the contest. The other two countries that withdrew (Bulgaria and Montenegro) have not, as of yet, stated anything about the broadcast of the contest. All three countries, will not take part this year, regarding financial issues.

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OGAE Poll 2023: The results of the Netherlands and North Macedonia

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The next countries to cast their votes for the OGAE annual poll are the Netherlands and North Macedonia.

The 105 members of OGAE the Netherlands voted the following countries:

  • 12 points to Finland
  • 10 points to Sweden
  • 8 points to France
  • 7 points to Austria
  • 6 points to Norway
  • 5 points to the UK
  • 4 points to Czechia
  • 3 points to Italy
  • 2 points to Spain
  • 1 point to Armenia

The 16 members of OGAE North Macedonia voted like this:

  • 12 points to Italy
  • 10 points to Finland
  • 8 points to Sweden
  • 7 points to France
  • 6 points to Norway
  • 5 points to Serbia
  • 4 points to Spain
  • 3 points to Slovenia
  • 2 points to the UK
  • 1 point to Croatia

The total results of the 19 clubs that have voted so far are the following:

It becomes evident that the margin between Sweden and Finland is gradually shrinking,whilst Croatia receives their first set of points.

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Source:Ogae International

North Macedonia: Discussions for Eurovision participation going on!

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Last month MRT celebrated their 208th meeting of their Program Council Member.  During this meeting, the country discussed their future participation in both the Eurovision and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.  One of the main issues discussed was how to improve the country’s results in both contest.

We must remember that North Macedonia failed to qualify to the Grand Final in their last two Eurovision participations.  North Macedonia ended in 14th place in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Nevertheless, Director of the Program Council Smilka Janeska Sarkanjac stressed that future participation in both Eurovision and the Junior Eurovision are on the table once the broadcaster recovers from the financial crisis.  According to Ms. Sarkanjac both contests give an opportunity to present the broadcaster brand to a wider European audience.

Junior Eurovision participation

North Macedonia was last represented by Lara, Jovan and Irina.  Diana Gogova-Atanasova, Editor of the Children’s TV channel MRT 5, and Rade Spasovski, the Head of Delegation for North Macedonia discussed their last result.  Although they were not satisfied with their result, they supported their last representatives.

During the meeting, various Council Members urged the broadcaster to consider a future Junior Eurovision participation and to continue developing the country’s children talent.  However, there were discussions about the tight deadline to select their last Junior Eurovision representative.  According to Program Council Member Snezhana Klincharova, preparations for Junior Eurovision should start in the future no later than Mid-March.

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