Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The Republic of Macedonia (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their entry was selected through an internal selection, organised by the Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT). Macedonia was represented by the song "To the Sky" performed by Tijana, which failed to qualify from the second semi-final, placing 13th with a score of 33 points. The song was written by Elena Risteska, Darko Dimitrov and Lazar Cvetkoski.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Macedonia
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 28 August 2013
Song: 22 February 2014
Selected entrantTijana
Selected song"To the Sky"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify
(13th, 33 points)
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2013 • 2014 • 2015►

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 28 August 2013, MRT announced that they had internally selected Tijana Dapčević to represent Macedonia in Copenhagen during the MRT evening news programme Dnevnik.[1] Dapčević had previously attempted to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest on several occasions by competing in several Macedonian national final selections over the years: in 1996 with the song "Ti prostuvam" which placed third, in 2002 with the song "Izgrev" which placed fourth, and in 2005 in the artist selection. She also competed in the 2006 Serbian and Montenegrin national final with the song "Greh", which placed eighth.

Dapčević received over 50 songs from composers across the Balkan region, and it was announced that she would perform the song "To the Sky", written by Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkoski, Elena Risteska and Laura Rosca, at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. "To the Sky" was presented to the public during a special edition of the MRT programme Hit na mesecot (Hit of the Month) hosted by Marko Mark and Aleksandra Jovanovska, which took place on 22 February 2014 and was broadcast on MRT 1, MRT Sat and online via the broadcaster's official website mrt.com.mk.[2] In November 2013, Dapčević stated that she favoured all three songs received from Darko Dimitrov, and that her contest entry would be called "Pobeda" (Victory).[3] However, it was later revealed to be the working title for the entry.[2][4] "To the Sky" was also recorded in Macedonian, titled "Tamu kaj što pripagjam" (There where I belong).[3]

At Eurovision
Tijana at the second semi-final dress rehearsal

During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Macedonia was drawn to compete in the second half of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014.[5] In the second semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Macedonia would perform 11th, following Belarus and preceding Switzerland.[6] Macedonia failed to qualify from the second semi-final, placing 13th in a field of 15 songs with a score of 33 points.

Tijana Dapčević was joined on stage by her younger sister Tamara Todevska, who performed as a backing vocalist.[7] Todevska previously represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Dimitar Andonovski and Nikola Perevski - Pere also joined Dapčević on stage as backing vocalists along with choreographer and dancer Dejan Kolarov.[8] The Macedonian performance featured Tijana performing and interacting with the backing dancer while the LED screens projected white moving lines and concentric patterns.[9]

In Macedonia, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on MRT 1, MRT Sat and Radio Skopje with commentary by Karolina Petkovska.[10][11][12] The Macedonian spokesperson revealing the result of the Macedonian vote in the final was Marko Mark.[13]

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

Points awarded by Macedonia

Split voting results

The following five members comprise the Macedonian jury:[14]

  • Milanka Rashich – Chairperson – independent music/film producer
  • Valentino Skenderovski – composer, arranger, sound engineer, music producer
  • Ivan Bechkovich – music journalist
  • Robert Bilbilov – composer, arranger, sound engineer, music producer
  • Maja Trpcanovska-Markova – independent producer

Semi-final 2

The Macedonian votes in the second semi-final were based on 100% jury voting.[15]

Semi-final 2 – Macedonian Results
Draw Country M. Rashich V. Skenderovski I. Bechkovich R. Bilbilov M. Trpcanovska-Markova Average Jury Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Malta 3 3 2 3 3 1 12
02  Israel 9 5 5 11 1 6 5
03  Norway 2 6 12 2 10 7 4
04  Georgia 13 13 14 13 14 14
05  Poland 5 14 6 5 4 8 3
06  Austria 4 9 4 6 5 5 6
07  Lithuania 14 11 8 12 7 11
08  Finland 6 2 7 4 2 2 10
09  Ireland 8 4 1 7 8 4 7
10  Belarus 7 10 3 9 6 9 2
11  Macedonia
12   Switzerland 12 8 9 10 13 10 1
13  Greece 11 12 13 8 11 13
14  Slovenia 10 7 11 14 12 12
15  Romania 1 1 10 1 9 3 8

Final

The Macedonian votes in the grand final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[16]

Final – Macedonian Results
Draw Country M. Rashich V. Skenderovski I. Bechkovich R. Bilbilov M. Trpcanovska-Markova Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Ukraine 17 19 18 21 7 18 12 15
02  Belarus 21 20 6 16 9 13 11 12
03  Azerbaijan 12 22 17 9 17 16 26 23
04  Iceland 22 5 24 22 22 22 21 24
05  Norway 16 16 20 14 21 19 18 21
06  Romania 3 4 5 15 5 3 14 7 4
07  Armenia 9 7 12 2 23 10 2 3 8
08  Montenegro 5 18 1 5 2 2 1 1 12
09  Poland 14 26 9 17 4 12 3 6 5
10  Greece 20 21 25 6 24 24 17 22
11  Austria 18 25 16 4 11 14 5 8 3
12  Germany 19 6 23 23 10 17 19 20
13  Sweden 23 13 22 12 19 21 7 13
14  France 24 15 26 13 18 23 25 26
15  Russia 8 3 11 11 8 5 9 5 6
16  Italy 4 9 13 10 3 4 16 9 2
17  Slovenia 10 8 14 24 20 15 6 10 1
18  Finland 15 1 10 25 12 11 20 16
19  Spain 13 14 2 18 6 9 13 11
20   Switzerland 26 24 7 26 26 26 4 14
21  Hungary 1 2 4 1 1 1 10 2 10
22  Malta 6 17 3 8 13 7 24 18
23  Denmark 7 12 15 3 14 8 23 17
24  Netherlands 2 10 8 7 15 6 8 4 7
25  San Marino 25 11 21 20 25 25 22 25
26  United Kingdom 11 23 19 19 16 20 15 19

See also

References
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  14. Brey, Marco (1 May 2014). "Who will be in the expert juries?". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  15. "F.Y.R Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Second Semi-Final". Eurovision.tv. 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014. The voting of Macedonia in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest was based on 100% jury voting. In case of technical issues with the televoting or an insufficient amount of votes, the Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest state that 100% jury voting shall apply.
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