Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The Republic of Macedonia (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Martin Vucic with the song "Make My Day". The song is written by Branka Kostić and composed by Dragan Vučić.

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country Republic of Macedonia
National selection
Selection processNacionalen Evrosong 2005
Selection date(s)February 19, 2005
Selected entrantMartin Vučić
Selected song"Make My Day"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (9th, 97 points)
Final result17th, 52 points
Republic of Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2004 • 2005 • 2006►

Martin was born on 7 August 1982 in Skopje. He became a drummer and composer for the group Arija and went on to enter the Music Academy as an extremely popular percussionist. Martin is currently a senior at the Music Academy in Skopje. He enjoys success in Macedonia and in the Balkan region with participations and festivals such as OhridFest, Budva, and Beovizija.

Before Eurovision

Nacionalen Evrosong 2005

Nacionalen Evrosong 2005 was be the national final format developed by MKRTV in order to select Macedonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The competition consisted of two stages: the first to select two artists and the second to select the best combination among the two artists performing four songs each.

Performers selection

128 artists were presented to MKRTV, from which 6 were selected for the next stage. However, Kaliopi, one of the originally selected artists, refused to participate. The five artists were then presented on 7 November 2004 where two finalists were chosen through a 50/50 combination of public televoting and the votes of an eight-member jury consisting of seven individual members and an eighth aggregate twenty-member press vote. The results were announced on 14 November 2004.[1][2]

Performer selection – 7 November 2004
Draw Artist Points Place
1 Martin Vučić 87 1
2 Tamara Todevska 35 5
3 Tijana Dapčević 37 4
4 Superhiks 44 3
5 Aleksandra Pileva 53 2

Song Selection

The final took place on 19 February 2005 at the Universal Hall in Skopje, where Aleksandra Pileva and Martin Vučić, the two finalists, performed four songs each: three selected from a submission period opened by MKRTV and one of Pileva and Vučić's own choosing. The winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, one song per artist advanced to the second round based on the votes of an expert jury (1/3), votes cast by the audience in the Universal Hall (1/3) and public televoting (1/3). In the second round, the winner was selected by the public, audience and jury vote.[1][3] Aleksandra Pileva was the winner of the televote in both rounds, receiving six times more votes that Martin Vučić in the second round. However, Martin Vučić and the song "Ti si son" was selected as the winner after winning both the jury and audience vote.[1][3]

First Round – 19 February 2005
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Aleksandra Pileva "Ne" 136 3
2 Martin Vučić "Dali vredi" 51 7
3 Aleksandra Pileva "Baknež za kraj" 34 8
4 Martin Vučić "Kolku bolka ostana" 67 4
5 Aleksandra Pileva "Izvini" 52 6
6 Martin Vučić "Ljubovna parada" 54 5
7 Aleksandra Pileva "Sonce i mesečina" 216 2
8 Martin Vučić "Ti si son" 254 1
Second Round – 19 February 2005
DrawArtistSong Jury Audience TelevoteTotalPlace
1Aleksandra Pileva"Sonce i mesečina" 2 0 50,159 12142
2Martin Vučić"Ti si son" 10 14 8,790 0241

Preparation

For Eurovision, "Ti si son" was translated from Macedonian to English, titled "Make My Day".

At Eurovision

Because Macedonia placed 14th at the 2004 contest,Martin was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final, held two days before the final he performed 17th, following Finland and preceding the Andorra,his song came 9th in the semi-final, with 97 points, and progressed to the final. In the final he performed 15th, following Sweden and preceding the Ukraine came 17th with 52 points. As Macedonia failed to reach the top 11 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2006 contest. The spokesperson who revealed Macedonia's votes for other countries was 2002 and 2007 Contest entrant Karolina Gočeva.[4]

Points awarded by 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

See also

References
  1. "(FY) REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA NATIONAL FINAL 2005".
  2. "Aleksandra Pileva and Martin Vucic to final". Esctoday. 15 November 2004.
  3. "Macedonia 2005".
  4. Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
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