North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

North Macedonia is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France. Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) is responsible for the country's participation in the contest,[1] and selected four singers from the television show Dajte muzika to represent the nation with the song "Green Forces".[2]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country North Macedonia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 12 October 2021
Song: 12 November 2021
Selected entrantDajte Muzika
Selected song"Green Forces"
Selected songwriter(s)Robert Bilbilov
Robin Zimbakov
North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 • 2021

The country is to return to the contest after an absence of one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background
Main article: North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 contest, North Macedonia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times, under the provisional reference of "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", since its debut at the inaugural contest in 2003.[3][4] North Macedonia were absent twice from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2014.[5] They have never won the contest, with their best results being at the 2007 and 2008, represented by the duo Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski, and Bobi Andonov respectively, achieving fifth place.[5] North Macedonia continued to participate in the contest, but the country withdrew in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Before Junior Eurovision

On 12 October 2021, MRT announced that a group of children from the television series Dajte muzika (Дајте музика) will represent the country in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The selected song "Green Forces" was composed by Robert Bilbilov and Robin Zimbakov, and was released on November 12.[7][8]

Artist and song information

Dajte Muzika
Dajte Muzika

Даjте Музика
OriginSkopje, North Macedonia
GenresPop
Years active2019–present
Members
  • Kristina Mukaetova
  • Anastasija Džabirski
  • Miha Gigov
  • Filip Popovski
Past members
  • Sasha
  • John
  • Bono
  • Teo

Dajte Muzika is a Macedonian group from the North Macedonian TV program of the same name that are set to represent North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France.[9]

Green Forces
"Green Forces"
Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Dajte Muzika
Lyricist(s)
  • Robert Bilbilov
  • Robin Zimbakov
Entry chronology
◄ "Fire" (2019)

"Green Forces" is a song by Dajte Muzika, written by Robert Bilbilov and Robin Zimbakov.[10] It will represent North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France. The song was released on 12 November, 2021.

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that North Macedonia will perform eighteenth on 19 December 2021, following Serbia and preceding Portugal.[11]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.

The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on Sunday 19 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for a maximum of three songs.[12] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.


References
  1. Granger, Anthony (21 July 2021). "🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Returns to Junior Eurovision in Paris". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. Granger, Anthony (22 October 2021). "🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Dajte Muzika to Perform "Green Forces" at Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix.
  3. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. Granger, Anthony (31 August 2014). "JESC history: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  5. "F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  6. Granger, Anthony (27 July 2020). "North Macedonia: MRT Will Not Participate in Junior Eurovision 2020". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. "Децата од серијалот "Дајте музика" се нашите претставници на Јуниорскиот Евросонг 2021". MRT (in Macedonian). 12 October 2021.
  8. Granger, Anthony (8 November 2021). "🇲🇰 North Macedonia: "Green Forces" to be Released on November 12". Eurovoix.
  9. "Dajte Muzika". junioreurovision.tv. 12 October 2021.
  10. "Dajte muzika - Green Forces Lyrics". genius.com. 11 November 2021.
  11. "Junior Eurovision: Running order revealed… 🇫🇷". Junioreurovision.tv. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  12. "You can vote on the winner of Junior Eurovision! 🗳". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020.
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