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

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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!

 

North Macedonia: Za Evrosong final tonight!

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It’s time for North Macedonia to choose their representantive tonight, through the national final Za Evrosong.

Six artists will be claiming the victory, which will give them a ticket to Turin.

The songs

The six artists who will participate in the national final are the following (click on the title of the song to listen to it):

Format

The representative of North Macedonia in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest will be determined 50% by the online voting, which has already been going on for seven days, since last Friday, and 50% by the voting of an international jury.

Both the TV audience and the international jury will base their vote on the participants’ video clips. This is a process very similar to that of the national final of Czech Republic in December.

Za Evrosong will start at 20:15 CET and will last 55 minutes. You can watch it through the MRT frequency by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding the participation of North Macedonia in Eurovision 2022!

North Macedonia: Eurosong 2022 will be held via videoclips | EXCLUSIVE

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The Public Television of North Macedonia announced the return of the national final Eurosong, for the selection of the artist and the song that will represent the country in Eurovision 2022. Eurovisionfun exclusively reveals to you, the way in which the selection will be made.

A maximum of six songs will be selected, as announced, for the final selection of the Eurosong. In fact, in the relevant announcement, the public television of North Macedonia had previously announced the involvement of the public in the selection. Until the 16th of January, the interested creators and artists have the opportunity to send their proposal. Only citizens of North Macedonia have the right to participate in terms of performers, while the creators are allowed to be from abroad. The channel promises a transparent process, with the entries being presented to the public and with the result being judged by 50% by the international jury and 50% by the television audience of North Macedonia.

All of the above is known, but what is not known and you are reading it today, for the first time through Eurovisionfun, is that the competition process will be quite similar to that of the Czech Republic. Videoclips will be shot, in which the artists will probably perform their participations live, with a similar background, etc. Through these videos, the public and the international jury will be invited to vote, in order to select the song and the artist that will represent North Macedonia, at Eurovision 2022.

The television of North Macedonia does its best in order to organize a remarkable national final, even under these conditions, with democratic and meritocratic procedures, in order to select the best possible option for the contest. They hope that this will be the beginning of a series of national finals that in the long run, will become better at all levels.

North Macedonia was represented in last year’s competition by Vasil Garganliev, with the song Here I Stand, but without being able to reach the grand final.