Tonight we saw the presentation of the Macedonian entry and Kaliopi’s song “Dona”, a trully emotional track. Kaliopi also served as the host of her show along with popular tv faces Aleksandra & Marko. During the show many young and aspiring singers, that shot their glory from several regional singing competitions, performed Kaliopi’s songs in duets with her. There …
Kaliopi will sing Dona
As you already know, Kaliopi will once again represent Macedonia, four years after her last participation when she sang Crno i Belo. Kaliopi will present her song Dona on March 7th in a special show that will air on MRT at 20.15 CET. She wrote the lyrics, while Romeo Grill composed the song and did the arrangement. People who …
Kaliopi to represent Macedonia in 2016
Big news for many Eurovision fans breaking in the last few minutes; Kaliopi, who represented Macedonia in 2012 and the 1996 prequalification round, will once again take to the Eurovision stage in Stockholm. The popular singer was the last Macedonian performer to take the Balkan nation to the final and it therefore seems to be the hope from MRT that …
JESC: Macedonia Send “Pletenka” [LISTEN]
After taking a break from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Marsa, Malta last year, Macedonia will be returning to the JESC stage, this year in Sofia. Ivana Petkovska and Magdalena Aleksovska will be representing their nation on the 21st of November with their song “Pletenka” in hope of gaining the first win for Macedonia in any Eurovision. Macedonia have …
Macedonia: Skopje Fest to decide 2016 entrant
The national broadcaster of Macedonia, MRT, has confirmed that the winner of the annual Skopje Fest will once again represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest. As a result, this makes Macedonia the latest country to confirm its continued involvement with Europe’s favourite competition, despite a poor performance in Vienna. The selection for the Balkan nation will take place on …
Dream Team 2016 – Macedonia
Next up on our search for the ideal 2016 line-up is Macedonia. Who did you want to see singing for the country and return them to the final after three years? It seems you trust the last Macedonian finalist to do the job again! Kaliopi was our readers’ poll favourite to represent Macedonia in 2016. The singer, who gained many …
LIVE COVERAGE: Rehearsal Day 1
It’s finally here, the moment fans across the continent (and now from down under) have been waiting for. We’re LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna for the first rehearsals of 2015! Today will see the first rehearsals from the countries in the first half of semi-final one. Moldova, Armenia, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Greece, Estonia and Macedonia will …
OGAE: Three Big 5 clubs in fourth set of votes
It’s time for some more votes. Macedonia, France, Italy and United Kingdom have their votes revealed by OGAE International today and here are their votes! Macedonia 12 Italy 10 Spain 8 Sweden 7 Albania 6 Slovenia 5 Estonia 4 Belgium 3 Australia 2 Israel 1 Azerbaijan France France’s club votes had been revealed by us earlier on but they have …
Lest We Forget: Aleksandra Mihova
In a new series of editorials I will be looking at some of the songs I feel unfairly missed out on making the Eurovision finals. 2015 is great year, but let’s remind ourselves of what could’ve been… This editorial represents my personal opinions and does not represent those of ESC United as a whole, the EBU or other editors and …
Macedonia: Four questioned in relation to vote rigging scandal
Three people have been questioned and one is awaiting questioning after they were allegedly involved in a televote rigging scandal in this year’s Skopje Fest. The accusation is that the phone votes were rigged in favour of certain songs due to the cash reward the Top 3 artists recieve from Macedonia’s broadcaster MRT. We can now reveal that the four …