Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

North Macedonia (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 Borislav Milanov, Alex Omar, Joacim Persson 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 Kyiv, 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)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th)
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
Main article: Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2017 contest, Macedonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry in 1998.[1] 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 Kyiv. On 2 December 2016, a song submission period was opened for interested composers to submit their songs that are "modern and attractive" and can deliver a "quality and dignified representation" of the nation until 25 December 2016. MRT received over 200 submissions at the closing of the deadline.

On 10 March 2017 during the MRT programme Stisni Plej, it was announced that Burčeska would perform the song "Dance Alone" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. "Dance Alone" was also presented to the public during the programme.[2] The song was written and composed by Borislav Milanov, Alex Omar, Joacim Persson and Florence A. who are members of the songwriting team Symphonics & REDFLY. The music video of the song was later revealed on 10 March, while it was released as a digital download a month later, on 10 April.[3][4]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (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.[5] 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.[6]

Points awarded to Macedonia
Points awarded to Macedonia (Semi-final 2)[7]
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Bulgaria
10 points  Serbia
8 points
7 points
6 points  Croatia
5 points  Israel  Serbia
4 points  San Marino
3 points   Switzerland
2 points  Hungary
1 point

Points awarded by Macedonia

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Macedonian jury:[9]

  • Aleksandar Masevski (Sasho Mase; jury chairperson) – composer, music producer
  • Kalina Velkovska – singer
  • Marko Mark – radio DJ
  • Silvana Mučić Plevneš (Silvi) – singer
  • Antonia Gigovska – singer
Detailed voting results from Macedonia (Semi-final 2)[7]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Sasho 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
Detailed voting results from Macedonia (Final)[8]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Sasho 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

References
  1. "F.Y.R. Macedonia Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. Senkishev, Georgi (10 March 2017). "Watch now: FYR Macedonia presents Jana Burčeska's song for Kyiv". Esctoday. Retrieved 20 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Herbert, Emily (10 March 2017). "FYR MACEDONIA: JANA BURČESKA REVEALS "DANCE ALONE" FOR EUROVISION 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
  4. Jordan, Paul (10 March 2017). "Jana Burceska is ready to 'Dance Alone' in Kyiv". Eurovision TV. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. Jordan, Paul (25 January 2017). "Semi-Final Allocation draw to take place in Kyiv". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  6. Jordan, Paul (31 January 2017). "Results of the Semi-Final Allocation Draw". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  7. "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Kyiv 2017". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  8. "Results of the Grand Final of Kyiv 2017". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. Jordan, Paul (29 April 2017). "Who will be the expert jurors for Eurovision 2017?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
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