Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Republic of Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through a televised national final, organised by Macedonian broadcaster Makedonska Radio Televizija.
Before Eurovision
Skopje Fest 2011
Skopje Festival 2011 was a song contest organized by MRT that served as Macedonia's national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.Competing entries
A submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries was opened on 10 January 2011. Songs were required to be performed by national citizens of Macedonia. MRT received 88 submissions at the close of the deadline, and 20 entries were chosen for the national final.After the list was released, Nade Talevska withdrew from the competition due to overseas arrangements. Dule i Koki also withdrew from the competition, explaining that Skopje Fest is rigged. It was later announced that "Kukuriku" performed Rok Agresori and "Posledna pesna" performed by Amir Ibrahimovski & Art Sound would participated in the national selection instead.
Artist | Song ' | Composer |
Amir Ibrahimovski & Art Sound | "Posledna pesna" ' | Jovan Vasilevski, Gligor Kodoski |
Angelina Stojanoska | "Znaeš li" ' | Daniel Mitrevski, Petar Dimitrovski, Irena Dimovska |
Bobi Mojsoski | "Te krade toj" ' | Lazar Cvetkovski, Ognen Nedelkovski |
Emilija Gievska feat. Andrej Miske | "Paranoja" ' | Boban Apostolov, Zoran Rudan |
Filip Jordanovski | "Sekogaš nekoj povekje vredi" ' | Darko Tasev, Blaže Temelkov |
Goran Kargov | "Lažes deka ne boli" ' | Hris Marin, Vladimir Dojčinovski, Petar Acev |
Ile Spasov | "Tugja si" ' | Ile Spasov, Ognen Nedelkovski |
Ivan Jovanov | "Kockar" ' | Denis Hajdarević, Ivan Jovanov, Jovan Jovanov |
Lidija Kočovska | "Božji Pateki" ' | Aleksandar Čerkezi, Maja Pavlovska |
Martin Srbinovski | "Ram tam tam" | Martin Srbinovski, Goce Simonovski |
Natalija Slaveva | "Ne mi trebaš" ' | Stole Avramov, Zoran Aleksić, Daniel Bankov |
Nataša Malinkova | "Greška" ' | Stole Avramov, Zoran Aleksić, Menče Avramova |
Offside | "Sekoj den" ' | Goce Simonovski, Milan Milanov |
Olivera Gjorgovska | "Na Kraj" ' | Goce Simonovski, Rade Vrčakovski |
Riste Tevdoski | "Ne se menuva ljubovta" ' | Milan Milanov, Lazar Cvetkovski |
Rok Agresori | "Kukuriku" ' | Zoran Trikov, Aleksandar Ristovski-Prince, Zoran Trikov |
Skipi & Tyzee | "Ostavi politika i pojačaj ton" ' | Skipi, Tyzee |
Vlatko Ilievski | "Rusinka" ' | Grigor Koprov, Vladimir Dojčinovski, Jovan Jovanov |
Vodolija | "Ne vrakjaj se" ' | Risto Apostolov |
Zdravka Mirčevska | "Ludost" ' | Zdravka Mirčevska, Kiril Babamov |
Final
The final was held on 27 February 2011 at the Universal Hall in Skopje, hosted by Elena Miteva and Zoran Mircevski. The winner was chosen through a 50/50 combination of public televoting and the votes of an "expert" jury. At the conclusion of the voting, the combination of votes from the jury and public vote selected Daniel Kajmakoski and the song "Lisja esenski" as the winner.At Eurovision
On 12 May, Macedonia competed eleventh in the second semi-final of the contest. They placed sixteenth with 36 points and failed to qualify for the final.Split results
- In the Semi-final 2 Macedonia came 16th with 36 points: the public awarded Macedonia 17th place with 33 points and the jury awarded 14th place with 47 points.
Points awarded by Macedonia
Semi-final 2
Final
12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |