Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

The Republic of Macedonia[1] (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Dance Alone" performed by Jana Burčeska and written by Bobi-Leon Milanov, Alex Omar, Joacim Perrson and Florence A. The singer and song were internally selected by the Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) to compete for Macedonia at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine.

Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Country Macedonia
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 21 November 2016
Song: 10 March 2017
Selected entrantJana Burčeska
Selected song"Dance Alone"
Selected songwriter(s)Borislav Milanov
Alex Omar
Joacim Perrson
Florence A.
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th, 69 points)
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Macedonia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 3, "Dance Alone" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.

Background

Prior to the 2016 contest, Macedonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry in 1998.[2] The nation's best result in the contest to this point was twelfth, which it achieved in 2006 with the song "Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Macedonia had featured in only five finals. In 2016 Kaliopi failed to bring the country to the final with her song Dona, that marked the nations fourth failure in a row.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 21 November 2016, MRT announced that they had internally selected Jana Burčeska to represent Macedonia in Kiev. On 2 December it was announced that MRT began a public search for Jana's entry. The said they hoped to send an entry that delivers a "quality and dignified representation" of the nation but also said they wanted a "modern and attractive" entry.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[3] On 31 January 2017, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Macedonia was placed into the second semi-final, held on 11 May 2017, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[4]

Points awarded to Macedonia
Points awarded to Macedonia (Semi-final 2)
Televote
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Jury
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 from Macedonia (Semi-final 2)
Draw Country Jury Televote
S. Mase K. Velkovska M. Mark Silvi A. Gigovska Average Rank Points Rank Points
01 Serbia17121481114112
02 Austria12397178311
03 Macedonia
04 Malta144333815
05 Romania2522221083
06 Netherlands5105465692
07 Hungary9661756556
08 Denmark423544712
09 Ireland1016715711101
10 San Marino1115131381216
11 Croatia16171712121738
12 Norway13111210151313
13  Switzerland8131161610165
14 Belarus1471514131514
15 Bulgaria31111112210
16 Lithuania78811107417
17 Estonia69101699274
18 Israel1514169141647
Split voting results from Macedonia (final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
S. Mase K. Velkovska M. Mark Silvi A. Gigovska Average Rank Points Rank Points
01 Israel141720121415101
02 Poland22141814111626
03 Belarus21191716171824
04 Austria118711191123
05 Armenia20181213121422
06 Netherlands1912156131217
07 Moldova7101575692
08 Hungary23112322262383
09 Italy15201920242138
10 Denmark4310114714
11 Portugal2424421047
12 Azerbaijan16151124201721
13 Croatia242624232325210
14 Australia315353820
15 Greece26252521252612
16 Spain12242126212225
17 Norway1013410109219
18 United Kingdom9714798315
19 Cyprus25232625152413
20 Romania868967411
21 Germany18222215182016
22 Ukraine17211618221918
23 Belgium1316617161374
24 Sweden691319810165
25 Bulgaria12322112112
26 France559836556
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References
  1. Participating member of EBU as former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  2. "F.Y.R. Macedonia Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. Jordan, Paul (25 January 2017). "Semi-Final Allocation draw to take place in Kyiv". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. Jordan, Paul (31 January 2017). "Results of the Semi-Final Allocation Draw". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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