Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The Republic of Macedonia (officially competing under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") was represented by Elena Risteska in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Ninanajna".

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country Macedonia
National selection
Selection processSpecialen Evroviziski Den
Selection date(s)4 March 2006
Selected entrantElena Risteska
Selected song"Ninanajna"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (10th, 76 Points)
Final result12th, 56 points
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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"Ninanajna" is an uptempo R&B pop song that contains some disco/dance elements. The music/arrangement was done by Darko Dimitrov with lyrics by Rade Vrchakovski.

Before Eurovision

Specialen Evroviziski Den

Specialen Evroviziski Den was the national final format developed by MKRTV in order to select Macedonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.[1] The show took place on 4 March 2006 at the MKRTV studios in Skopje, hosted by Biljana Dragičević and Zoran Ljutkov and was broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat.

Competing entries

A submission period was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their entries between 20 December 2005 and 15 January 2006.[1] MKRTV received 51 submissions at the closing of the deadline. Twenty entries were selected and the competing artists and songs were announced on 23 January 2006.[2]

ArtistSong (English translation) Composer(s)
Adnan"Kje prespijam na kauč" (I'll spend the night on the couch) Aleksandar Ristovski-Princ
Adrijan & Esma"Ljubov e..." (Love is...) Jovan Jovanov, Elvir Mekić, Borche Nechovski
Arči"Skokotaj me" (Tricking me) Alexandr Stefanovski-Jablan
Bagaž"Mala odmazda" (Little revenge) Trajko Karov, Aleksandar Stefanovski
Bojana Atanasovska"Posle nas" (After us) Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski
"Svetlina" (Light) Branka Kostić
"Vo mojot son" (In my dream) Hari Kotlarovski, Kristijan Gabroski
Džoksi"Zlatni žici" (Golden wire) Džoksi, Ognen Nedelkovski
Elena Risteska"Ninanajna" Darko Dimitrov, Rade Vrčakovski
Enedin Biševac & Daria Ilievska"Podaj raka" (Give me a hand) Enedin Biševac
Eva Nedinkovska"Taan i med" (Oriental spice and honey) Garo Tavitjan jr., Kaliopi
Filip Jordanovski"Bidi diva" (Be a diva) Blaže Temelkov
Ibrahim Islamoski"Zemi se" (Take it all) Ibrahim Islamovski, Robert Milevski
Kaliopi"Silna" (Strong) Kaliopi
Lambe Alabakovski"More od solzi" (Sea of tears) Darko Dimitrov, Elena Risteska
Maja Odžaklievska"Koj pat da izberam" (Which way should I choose) Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski
Nataša Gulevska"Kje blesne zrak za nas" (The ray will flash for us) Nataša Gulevska, Ognen Nedelkovski
Nataša Mijatović"Cvet vo postela" (Flower in bed) Nataša Mijatović
Panta Rei"Mori mome" (Hey girl) Koce Dinev, Aco Stoyanov
Petar Mehandžiski"Moja najmila" (My dearest) Jovan Vasilevski

Final

The final took place on 4 March 2006. Twenty entries competed and public televoting exclusively selected "Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska as the winner.[3]

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 & 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 & 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

At Eurovision

Points awarded to Macedonia
Points awarded to Macedonia (Semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Macedonia (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Macedonia

See also

References
  1. Bakker, Sietse (20 December 2005). "FYR Macedonia reveals plans 2006 selection". Esctoday.
  2. Bakker, Sietse (23 January 2006). "The 20 songs for FYR Macedonia!". Esctoday.
  3. "(FY) REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA NATIONAL FINAL 2006".
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