Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country  Macedonia
National selection
Selection process Internal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 18 August 2018
  • Song: October 2018
Selected entrant Marija Spasovska
Selected song "Doma"
Selected songwriter(s) Darko Dimitrov
Elena Risteska
Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2017 • 2018

Macedonia will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which will take place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Macedonian broadcaster MRT was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Marija Spasovska was internally selected on 18 August 2018 as the Macedonian representative.

Background

Prior to the 2017 contest, Macedonia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times, under the provisional reference of "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", since its debut at the inaugural contest in 2003.[1][2] Macedonia were absent twice from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2014.[3] They have never won the contest, with their best results being at the 2007 and 2008, represented by the duo Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski, and Bobi Andonov respectively, achieving fifth place.[3] In the 2017 contest, Mina Blažev represented her country in Tbilisi, Georgia with the song "Dancing Through Life". The song ended 12th out of 16 entries with 69 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

On 24 August 2018, the Macedonian broadcaster revealed that they had chosen the thirteen-year-old artist Marija Spasovska internally in order to represent the Republic of Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[4] Her song for the contest will be revealed on 2 September 2018.

Artist and song information

Marija Spasovska
Born (2005-10-05) 5 October 2005[5]
Skopje, Macedonia
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals

Marija Spasovska

Marija Spasovska (born 5 October 2005) is a Macedonian singer. She will represent Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018.[4]

Marija Spasovska was born on 5 October 2005 year in Skopje the Republic of Macedonia. She has been singing since she was 4. Numerous performances from various manifestations, competitions and promotions. From the experience so far, over twenty awards, praise and diplomas from different music festivals and competitions at the domestic and international level are listed. She has a role in the first Macedonian musical "My Secret" dedicated to Toše Proeski. Her first teenage song "Igraj so srce" (Играј со срце; lit. Play the heart) was released on 30 May 2018.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Granger, Anthony (31 August 2014). "JESC history: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "FYR Macedonia: Marija Spasovska to Junior Eurovision 2018 - Eurovoix". Eurovoix. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  5. ↑ Marija Spasovska will represent FYR Macedonia in Minsk!
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