Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Macedonia (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Ninanajna" written by Darko Dimitrov and Rade Vrčakovski. The song was performed by Elena Risteska. The Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) organised the national final Specialen Evroviziski Den in order to select the Macedonian entry for the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece. Twenty entries competed in the competition on 4 March 2006 where "Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska was selected exclusively by a public televote, receiving 6,999 votes.

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country Macedonia
National selection
Selection processSpecialen Evroviziski Den
Selection date(s)4 March 2006
Selected entrantElena Risteska
Selected song"Ninanajna"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (10th, 76 points)
Final result12th, 56 points
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Macedonia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2006. Performing during the show in position 11, "Ninanajna" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 20 May. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed tenth out of the 23 participating countries in the semi-final with 76 points. In the final, Macedonia performed in position 11 and placed twelfth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 56 points.

Background
Main article: Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2006 contest, Macedonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest five times since its first entry in 1998.[1] The nation's best result in the contest to this point was fourteenth, which it achieved in 2004 with the song "Life" performed by Toše Proeski. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Macedonia had featured in every final.

The Macedonian national broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), broadcasts the event within Macedonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Macedonia had previously selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through both national finals and internal selections. MRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest on 20 December 2005.[2] Since 1996, Macedonia selected their entries using a national final, a procedure that continued for their 2006 entry.

Before Eurovision

Specialen Evroviziski Den

Specialen Evroviziski Den ("Special Eurovision Day") was the national final organised by MRT that selected Macedonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. Twenty entries participated in the competition which took place on 4 March 2006 at Studios 2 and 3 of MRT in Skopje, hosted by Biljana Dragičević and Zoran Ljutkov and was broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat.[3]

Competing entries

A submission period was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their songs between 20 December 2005 and 15 January 2006.[4] MRT received 51 submissions at the closing of the deadline and twenty entries were selected by a four-member committee consisting of Ilija Pejovski (composer and conductor), Trajče Organdžiev (MRT), Avni Veliu (MRT) and Susana Pavlovska (MRT).[5] The twenty competing artists and songs were announced on 23 January 2006 during a press conference.[6][7]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Adnan "Kje prespijam na kauč" (Ќе преспијам на кауч) Aleksandar Ristovski-Princ
Adrijan and Esma "Ljubov e..." (Љубов е...) Jovan Jovanov, Elvir Mekić, Borče Nečovski
Arči "Skokotaj me" (Скокоткај ме) Alexandr Stefanovski-Jablan
Bagaž "Mala odmazda" (Мала одмазда) Trajko Karov, Aleksandar Stefanovski
Bojana Atanasovska "Posle nas" (После нас) Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski
"Svetlina" (Светлина) Branka Kostić
"Vo mojot son" (Во мојот сон) Hari Kotlarovski, Kristijan Gabroski
Džoksi "Zlatni žici" (Златни жици) Džoksi, Ognen Nedelkovski
Elena Risteska "Ninanajna" (Нинанајна) Darko Dimitrov, Rade Vrčakovski
Enedin Biševac and Daria Ilievska "Podaj raka" (Подај рака) Enedin Biševac
Eva Nedinkovska "Taan i med" (Таан и мед) Garo Tavitjan, Kaliopi
Filip Jordanovski "Bidi diva" (Биди дива) Blaže Temelkov
Ibrahim Islamoski "Zemi se" (Земи се) Ibrahim Islamovski, Robert Milevski
Kaliopi "Silna" (Силна) Kaliopi
Lambe Alabakovski "More od solzi" (Море од солзи) Darko Dimitrov, Elena Risteska
Maja Odžaklievska "Koj pat da izberam" (Кој пат да изберам) Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski
Nataša Gulevska "Kje blesne zrak za nas" (Ќе блесне зрак за нас) Nataša Gulevska, Ognen Nedelkovski
Nataša Mijatović "Cvet vo postela" (Цвет во постела) Nataša Mijatović
Panta Rei "Mori mome" (Мори моме) Koce Dinev, Aco Stoyanov
Petar Mehandžiski "Moja najmila" (Моја најмила) Jovan Vasilevski

Final

The final took place on 4 March 2006. The running order was determined through a draw held on 27 January 2006 during the MRT programme Urban Šik.[8] Twenty entries competed and public televoting exclusively selected "Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska as the winner.[9] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured a guest performance by the Rebis Ballet Studio.[10]

Final – 4 March 2006
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Bojana Atanasovska"Svetlina"43514
2Eva Nedinkovska"Taan i med"63110
3Bagaž"Mala odmazda"18919
4Ibrahim Islamoski"Zemi se"1,9765
5Bojana Atanasovska"Posle nas"20417
6Kaliopi"Silna"1,7006
7Enedin Biševac and Daria Ilievska"Podaj raka"45613
8Nataša Mijatović"Cvet vo postela"1,0528
9Nataša Gulevska"Kje blesne zrak za nas"16420
10Bojana Atanasovska"Vo mojot son"47312
11Adrijan and Esma"Ljubov e..."6,8662
12Adnan"Kje prespijam na kauč"31616
13Filip Jordanovski"Bidi diva"20218
14Lambe Alabakovski"More od solzi"5,2823
15Petar Mehandžiski"Moja najmila"61611
16Džoksi"Zlatni žici"2,3484
17Elena Risteska"Ninanajna"6,9991
18Maja Odžaklievska"Koj pat da izberam"9829
19Arči"Skokotaj me"52815
20Panta Rei"Mori mome"1,1057

Promotion

Elena Risteska specifically promoted "Ninanajna" as the Macedonian Eurovision entry on 11 March 2006 by performing the song during the Serbian and Montenegrin Eurovision national final Evropesma-Europjesma 2006.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2005 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 18 May 2006 in order to compete for the final on 20 May 2006; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. On 21 March 2006, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order for the semi-final and Macedonia was set to perform in position 11, following the entry from Monaco and before the entry from Poland.[11] At the end of the show, Macedonia was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed tenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 76 points.[12] The draw for the running order for the final was done by the presenters during the announcement of the ten qualifying countries during the semi-final and Macedonia was drawn to perform in position 11, following the entry from Russia and before the entry from Romania. Macedonia placed twelfth in the final, scoring 56 points.[13]

The semi-final and final were broadcast in Macedonia on MTV 1 and MTV Sat with commentary by Karolina Petkovska. The Macedonian spokesperson, who announced the Macedonian votes during the final, was Martin Vučić who previously represented Macedonia at the contest in 2005.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Macedonia and awarded by Macedonia in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Albania in the semi-final and to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final of the contest.

Points awarded to Macedonia

Points awarded by Macedonia

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