Macedonia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. 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.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Country |  Macedonia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
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| Selected entrant | Marija Spasovska | |||
| Selected song | "Doma" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Darko Dimitrov Elena Risteska | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 12th, 99 points | |||
| Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background edit
Prior to the 2018 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 edit
On 24 August 2018, the Macedonian broadcaster revealed that they had chosen the thirteen-year-old artist Marija Spasovska internally to represent the Republic of North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[4] Her song for the contest was revealed on 19 October 2018.
Artist and song information edit
Marija Spasovska | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 5 October 2005[5] Skopje, Macedonia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Marija Spasovska edit
Marija Spasovska (born 5 October 2005) is a Macedonian singer. She represented 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 edit
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.[6]
Voting edit
The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[7]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 25 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs.[8] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.
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Detailed voting results edit
| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Ukraine
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5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 02 |  Portugal
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16 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 18 | |
| 03 |  Kazakhstan
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1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 04 |  Albania
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9 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 05 |  Russia
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11 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 12 | |
| 06 |  Netherlands
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17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
| 07 |  Azerbaijan
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18 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | |
| 08 |  Belarus
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10 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| 09 |  Ireland
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14 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 17 | |
| 10 |  Serbia
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19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| 11 |  Italy
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2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 |  Australia
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3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 |  Georgia
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4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 5 |
| 14 |  Israel
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13 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 14 | |
| 15 |  France
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6 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 16 | Macedonia
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| 17 |  Armenia
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12 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 15 | |
| 18 |  Wales
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15 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 16 | |
| 19 |  Malta
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7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 20 |  Poland
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8 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
References edit
- ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (31 August 2014). "JESC history: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ a b "F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ a b "FYR Macedonia: Marija Spasovska to Junior Eurovision 2018 – Eurovoix". Eurovoix. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Marija Spasovska will represent FYR Macedonia in Minsk!
- ^ Zwart, Josianne (19 November 2018). "Running order of Junior Eurovision 2018 revealed". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision fans: Cast your vote online!". Junioreurovision.tv. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Minsk 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.