The scandal surrounding Skopje Fest is thickening – today the Macedonian broadcaster MRT has released a statement about the allegations of vote fixing and has welcomed an investigation into the matter. Macedonia’s national final has been subjected to claims that the result of the contest was rigged in order for Daniel Kajmakoski to win and represent Macedonia in Eurovision 2015. …
Macedonia: Skopje Fest accused of televote fixing
It wouldn’t be a Eurovision season without scandals and the first national final of 2015 has already given us one. Skopje Fest has been accused of rigging the televote in favour of Macedonia’s representative Daniel Kajmakoski using phone cards, according to Vecer.mk. The rules of the show stipulate that only one vote could be cast from each mobile number, with …
LIVE BLOG: Skopje Fest 2014
It’s time to finally kick off the upcoming national final season! Skopje Fest will determine the Macedonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The show starts at 20.15 CET – you can watch it HERE! We will constantly update this page with live blog entries about the show – so make sure to keep an eye on it! [liveblog]
How to watch Skopje Fest live
We’re understandably excited by tonight’s Skopje Fest at ESC United as we can officially kick off the journey to Vienna in May with the first song of 2015! If you’re looking forward to Macedonia’s national selection tonight and want to watch the action live you can view it online from 20:15 CET here, with a stream provided by Macedonian broadcaster …
Tonight: Macedonia decides!
Can you believe it? It feels like the curtain has only just fallen on Copenhagen, but tonight the national final season for 2015 officially kicks off! Macedonia will begin the exciting journey to Vienna early this year as tonight (12th November) the country hosts Skopje Fest 2014 to decide their artist and song for 2015. 20 artists have been chosen …
Macedonia: 20 Skopje Fest participants revealed
Less than five months after the 2014 edition in Copenhagen, Macedonia’s preparations for the upcoming contest in May are already well underway. Today, the Macedonian broadcaster MRT announced the 20 hopefuls that will be competing for a ticket to Vienna. Over 200 songs were submitted to the competition. After having stuck to internal selections in the past few years, the …
(FYR) Macedonia will take part in 2015
The public broadcaster of (FYR) Macedonia has confirmed that the country will indeed be present in 2015, despite the worrying results of a poll conducted by MRT. The broadcaster also confirmed today that the winner of Skopje Fest will represent the nation at the 60th contest in Austria, with the national final set to take place on November 13th of …
2015: Are (FYR) Macedonia about to quit?
Worrying news once again from the Balkans – the national broadcaster of Macedonia, MRT, have been running an online poll since the start of June concerning the country’s participation in Eurovision 2015, with worrying results. The poll’s three options provide some optimism for Eurovision fans, with the broadcaster asking whether they should select an entry through Skopje Fest (a Macedonian …