Rumours had been gathering pace in the Balkans that our third artist of the 2017 contest may be around the corner – annd today MRT confirmed the news! Jana Burčeska, most famous for her work with Macedonian rock band Mizar and her previous participations in Skopje Fest, has been given the Macedonian ticket to Kiev and will represent her nation …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Macedonia has decided, Daniel Kajmakoski with song Lisja Esenski (Autumn Leaves) will represent his country on Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna. In this year’s edition of Skopje Fest a total of 20 songs were competing. Last year’s winner of regional version of X Factor Daniel Kajmakoski was voted the best with 50:50 international jury/televoting system gaining 10 points from …
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 …
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 …
