Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
| Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) | |||
| Country |  Macedonia | |||
| Selection process | Skopje Fest 2002 | |||
| Selection date | 16 February 2002 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Od nas zavisi" | |||
| Artist | Karolina | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 19th, 25 points | |||
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Macedonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Od nas zavisi" (Од нас зависи), composed by Nikola Perevski, with lyrics by Vladimir Krstevski, and performed by Karolina. The Macedonian participating broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), organised the national final Skopje Fest 2002 to select its entry for the contest. Eighteen entries competed in the national final on 16 February 2002 and "Od nas zavisi" performed by Karolina was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a nine-member jury panel, an audience vote and a public televote.
Macedonia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2002. Performing during the show in position 9, Macedonia placed nineteenth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 25 points.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2002 contest, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice since its first entry in 1998. Its best result in the contest to this point was fifteenth, achieved in 2000 with the song "100% te ljubam" performed by XXL.[1][dead link]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, MRT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had previously selected both of its entries for the contest by using the national final Skopje Fest. For 2002, the broadcaster again opted to select its entry through Skopje Fest.[citation needed]
Before Eurovision
[edit]Skopje Fest 2002
[edit]MRT used the 2002 edition of the Skopje Fest song contest to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. A submission period was opened for interested composers to submit their songs and MRT received 121 submissions at the closing of the deadline. Eighteen competing artists and songs were selected in late September 2001 by a nine-member committee consisting of Nikola Dimuševski, Aleksandar Džambazov, Ilija Pejovski, Živoin Glisić, Trajče Organdžiev, Bodan Arsovski, Biljana Nikolovska, Dragan Kostić and Zoran Mirčevski. Bilen Eminov, Maja Odžaklievska (in a duet with Andrijana Janevska) and Marijan Stojanovski were originally announced as performers of the songs, but were ultimately not included in the final list having been replaced by Aneta Eftimova and Marjan Nikolovski.[2][3]
Skopje Fest 2002 took place on 16 February 2002 at the Macedonian National Theatre in Skopje, hosted by Igor Džambazov and broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat. The eighteen entries competed and a combination of a nine-member jury panel (40%), public televoting (40%) and votes from the audience in the venue (20%) selected "Od nas zavisi" performed by Karolina Gočeva as the winner, followed by Andrijana Janevska who was the runner-up with "O šeri, mon šeri" and Risto Samardžiev who came third with "Nema veke pesni tazni". Karolina was the favourite with all three voting groups.[4]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Gjorgji Krstevski | "Pesna za tebe" (Песна за тебе) | Kaliopi Grill | 159 | 5 |
| 2 | Fani | "Lejdi" (Лејди) | Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Biba | "Neobičen krug" (Необичен круг) | Biljana Dodeva, Ana Antovska | 16 | 15 |
| 4 | Žarmena | "Somnež" (Сомнеж) | Dimče Kitrozoski | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Vera Janković | "Veti mi" (Вети ми) | Ljupčo Mirkovski, Ognen Nedelkovski | 34 | 13 |
| 6 | Lidija Kočovska | "Lice i opačina" (Лице и опачина) | Zoran Ilievski | 96 | 7 |
| 7 | Karolina Gočeva | "Od nas zavisi" (Од нас зависи) | Nikola Perevski, Vladimir Krstevski | 346 | 1 |
| 8 | Marjan Nikolovski and Lozena | "Kaži mi, kaži" (Кажи ми, кажи) | Zlatko Crvenkovski | 57 | 11 |
| 9 | Ana Simonovska | "Kako mi e mene" (Како ми е мене) | Ana Simonovska | 15 | 16 |
| 10 | Pece Ognenov | "Sakam da sme zaedno" (Сакам да сме заедно) | Andrijana Janevska | 13 | 17 |
| 11 | Andrijana Janevska | "O šeri, mon šeri" (О шери, мон шери) | Grigor Koprov | 238 | 2 |
| 12 | Desko and Suzana | "Sekjavanje" (Сеќавање) | Stevče Črcev, Gjoko Georgiev | 70 | 9 |
| 13 | Risto Samardžiev | "Nema vekje pesni tažni" (Нема веќе песни тажни) | Vladimir Dojčinovski, Risto Samardžiev | 224 | 3 |
| 14 | Bagaž | "Kje te najdam" (Ќе те најдам) | Bubo Karov | 89 | 8 |
| 15 | Aneta Eftimova | "Za samo edna nokj" (За само една ноќ) | Jovica Karallievski | 58 | 10 |
| 16 | Tijana | "Izgrev" (Изгрев) | Vladimir Dojčinovski, Vesna Malinova | 177 | 4 |
| 17 | Marija Georgieva and Gjoko Taneski | "Koga molčat očite" (Кога молчат очите) | Angel Josifov, Ristenka Pecova | 45 | 12 |
| 18 | Ljubko Angelov | "Totalen kolaps" (Тотален колапс) | Trajče Organdžiev, Vančo Tarabunov | 127 | 6 |
At Eurovision
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 took place at Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia, on 25 May 2002.[5] The participants list included the previous year's winning country, the "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom), any eligible countries which did not compete in the 2001 contest, and countries which had obtained the highest average points total at the previous year's contest, up to 24 total participants. Macedonia did not compete in the 2001 contest and thus were permitted to participate. On 9 November 2001, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Macedonia was set to perform in position 9, following the entry from Estonia and before the entry from Israel.[6]
During the performance, Karolina appeared donning a dress and a golden corsette designed by Aleksandar Nošpal.[7] Macedonia finished in nineteenth place with 25 points.[8] In a later review of her performance, Katerina Stevovska of the Macedonian journal Sloboden Pečat opined that Karolina "perfectly" sang her song.[7]
Voting
[edit]Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Macedonia and awarded by Macedonia in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Romania in the contest.[9]
MRT appointed Biljana Debarlieva as its spokesperson to announce the Macedonian jury votes during the show.[citation needed]
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References
[edit]- ^ "F.Y.R. Macedonia Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "Скопски фестивал 2002". skopjeeurosong.com (in Macedonian). 8 February 2002. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Skopje 2002 plans begin to take shape". Eurovision Song Contest Online (ESCOL). Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Од Каролина зависи како ќе поминеме на "Песната на Евровизија" во Естонија". time.mk. 18 February 2002. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Tallinn 2002–Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002" (PDF). European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 28 September 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ a b Stevovska, Katerina (12 May 2024). "Сите досегашни македонски претставници на Евровизија: 'Proud' нѐ направи горди, а цела Европа танцуваше на 'Нинанајна'" [All Macedonian representatives at Eurovision: 'Proud' made us proud, all of Europe danced to 'Ninanajna']. Sloboden Pečat. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.