North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

North Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, having internally selected Vasil Garvanliev as their representative with the song "Here I Stand". He was due to compete in the 2020 contest with the song "You" before the event's cancellation. In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals, North Macedonia failed to qualify for the final, placing fifteenth out of the 16 participating countries with 23 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country North Macedonia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 20 January 2021
Song: 11 March 2021
Selected entrantVasil
Selected song"Here I Stand"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th)
North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 contest, North Macedonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since its first entry in 1998 as F.Y.R. Macedonia.[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 2019, Tamara Todevska managed to qualify for the final with her song "Proud", marking the nation's first appearance in the final since 2012, and subsequently achieving the nation's first ever top 10 result.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 20 January 2021, MRT confirmed that Vasil will represent North Macedonia in the 2021 contest. Following the announcement, a song submission period was opened for interested composers to submit their songs until 27 January 2021.[2] On 16 February 2021, it was announced that Vasil would perform the song "Here I Stand", written and composed by Borče Kuzmanovski, Davor Jordanovski and Vasil himself.[3] "Here I Stand" was presented to the public on 11 March 2021 via the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.[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 in 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. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, was used. North Macedonia was placed into the first semi-final, which was held on 18 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[5]

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. North Macedonia was set to perform in position 6, following the entry from Australia and preceding the entry from Ireland.[6]

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[7] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[8] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[9][10]

Points awarded to North Macedonia

Points awarded by North Macedonia

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the North Macedonia jury:[9][10]

  • Robert Bilbilov
  • Jana Burčeska (jury member in semi-final 1)
  • Lara Ivanova
  • Erhan Shukri
  • Ile Spasev
  • Darko Tasev (jury member in the final)
Detailed voting results from North Macedonia (Semi-final 1)[11]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Lithuania1413715151374
02  Slovenia994798383
03  Russia4103374738
04  Sweden88910810113
05  Australia1011109101215
06  North Macedonia
07  Ireland12141411131414
08  Cyprus6611867456
09  Norway115154149212
10  Croatia2286538112
11  Belgium13151214111592
12  Israel11112112101
13  Romania5121313121111
14  Azerbaijan1546545647
15  Ukraine7751236565
16  Malta33221210210
Detailed voting results from North Macedonia (Final)[12]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Cyprus101215949256
02  Albania51811181112210
03  Israel471853822
04  Belgium1262516141423
05  Russia81141321101101
06  Malta952576513
07  Portugal112671581321
08  Serbia13922112112
09  United Kingdom21101312121620
10  Greece14161210171716
11   Switzerland3423435647
12  Iceland26953167412
13  Spain23191424132025
14  Moldova22201726232415
15  Germany24211921262524
16  Finland20172117182292
17  Bulgaria158202291511
18  Lithuania25222623202617
19  Ukraine625246151174
20  France2267104765
21  Azerbaijan16151011221883
22  Norway1823819191918
23  Netherlands13241825242326
24  Italy7131621038
25  Sweden1913161418314
26  San Marino17142220252119

References
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  2. "Vasil is back for North Macedonia!". Eurovision. 20 January 2021.
  3. Herbert, Emily (12 February 2021). "North Macedonia: Vasil To Sing "Here I Stand" At Eurovision 2021". Eurovoix. Retrieved 29 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Granger, Anthony (1 March 2021). "🇲🇰 North Macedonia: "Here I Stand" To Be Released March 11". Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. Groot, Evert (17 November 2020). "2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021". eurovision.tv. Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. "Semi-Final running orders revealed". Eurovision.tv. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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  9. "Juries in the First Semi-Final of Rotterdam 2021". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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