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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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]

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 …

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 …

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 …