Jana Burčeska to Represent FYR Macedonia!

Public broadcaster MRT have announced that Jana Burčeska will represent FYR Macedonia in Kyiv next year for Eurovision 2017. The song that Jana will sing will be released at a later date. Jana rose to fame in 2011, when she featured on the first season of Macedonian Idol. She ended up in 5th place, the…

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JESC First Impressions: The Highs and Lows of First Rehearsals

With Junior Eurovision only days away, every country has now taken to the stage for their first rehearsals. In these rehearsals, it’s really only a first impression. We hear the vocals live, we see the staging and we sometimes see the final costumes. Although this certainly isn’t the final product (to read our feature of…

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2016 JESC Reviews – FYR Macedonia – Martija Stanojković – Love Will Lead Our Way

FYR Macedonia certainly aren’t the most successful of nations when it comes to Junior Eurovision, with 2 last places in their 2 last appearances in 2013 and 2015. This year, hoping to change their luck is Martija Stanoković with the song Love Will Lead our Way, sung in a mix of Macedonian and English. Let’s…

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43 Countries to Compete in Kyiv!

The EBU has now officially announced that there will be a record high 43 countries participating in Eurovision 2017 held in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. This equals the total from 2008 and 2011, which also featured 43 countries. The countries returning to the contest after absence include Portugal and Romania, who did not participate in…

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JESC: FYR Macedonia Releases Love Will Lead Our Way

Earlier in the Junior Eurovision season, we reported on Martija Stanojković, who was internally selected by the Macedonian national broadcaster to represent her nation at Junior Eurovision later this year. Earlier this week, their song was released, and it’s titled Love Will Lead Our Way (Ljubovta ne Vodi). The song was co-written by Aleksandar Masevski,…

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17 Participants Confirmed for JESC 2016!

It has now been confirmed by the EBU that a total of 17 nations will take to the stage later this year all with the hopes of winning the 14th edition of Junior Eurovision. The contest is taking place on the 20th of November in Malta, and now we know which countries we will be…

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Best of the Bunch: FYR Macedonia

This week, we’ll be looking at the last 10 years of FYR Macedonia in Eurovision – from 2006 to 2015. Their first appearance at Eurovision was in 1998, however had previously made an effort to enter the contest two years before this, however failed to qualify from the pre-selection round. Let’s look back on 2006,…

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FYR Macedonia has picked Martija Stanojković for JESC!

The Macedonian national broadcaster MKRTV have announced their act for Junior Eurovision later this year. The participant is Martija Stanojković, who is 12 years old. Martija originates from a city called Kumanovo, which is only 20 kilometres away from the nation’s capital, Skopje. When she was at the young age of 5, she began expressing…

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2016 Reviews – FYR Macedonia – Kaliopi – Dona

Once again, we are welcoming Kaliopi to Eurovision, with her last attempt back in 2012, where she took her nation to the finals. This year, she’s back with a song titled Dona (no, not donut), but will this song improve on her previous results at Eurovision? Her last entry Crno I Belo was a crowd…

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F.Y.R Macedonia: Kaliopi presents Dona

Earlier in the national final season, it was announced that Kaliopi would be returning to the Eurovision stage once again to participate for FYR Macedonia. In a special show held by the broadcaster MKRTV, the video clip was premiered for her competing song, titled Dona. Her entry was composed by Romeo Grill, and the lyrics…

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