Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Republic of North Macedonia (officially competing under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia" and afterwards "North Macedonia") was represented by Elena Risteska in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Ninanajna".
| Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | ||||
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| Country |  Macedonia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Specialen Evroviziski Den | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 March 2006 | |||
| Selected entrant | Elena Risteska | |||
| Selected song | "Ninanajna" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 76 Points) | |||
| Final result | 12th, 56 points | |||
| Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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"Ninanajna" is an uptempo R&B pop song that contains some disco/dance elements. The music/arrangement was done by Darko Dimitrov with lyrics by Rade Vrchakovski.
Before Eurovision
Specialen Evroviziski Den
Specialen Evroviziski Den was the national final format developed by MKRTV in order to select Macedonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.[1] The show took place on 4 March 2006 at the MKRTV studios in Skopje, hosted by Biljana Dragičević and Zoran Ljutkov and was broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their entries between 20 December 2005 and 15 January 2006.[1] MKRTV received 51 submissions at the closing of the deadline. Twenty entries were selected and the competing artists and songs were announced on 23 January 2006.[2]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Adnan | "Kje prespijam na kauč" (Ќе преспијам на кауч) | Aleksandar Ristovski-Princ |
| Adrijan and Esma | "Ljubov e..." (Љубов е...) | Jovan Jovanov, Elvir Mekić, Borče Nečovski |
| Arči | "Skokotaj me" (Скокоткај ме) | Alexandr Stefanovski-Jablan |
| Bagaž | "Mala odmazda" (Мала одмазда) | Trajko Karov, Aleksandar Stefanovski |
| Bojana Atanasovska | "Posle nas" (После нас) | Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski |
| "Svetlina" (Светлина) | Branka Kostić | |
| "Vo mojot son" (Во мојот сон) | Hari Kotlarovski, Kristijan Gabroski | |
| Džoksi | "Zlatni žici" (Златни жици) | Džoksi, Ognen Nedelkovski |
| Elena Risteska | "Ninanajna" (Нинанајна) | Darko Dimitrov, Rade Vrčakovski |
| Enedin Biševac and Daria Ilievska | "Podaj raka" (Подај рака) | Enedin Biševac |
| Eva Nedinkovska | "Taan i med" (Таан и мед) | Garo Tavitjan, Kaliopi |
| Filip Jordanovski | "Bidi diva" (Биди дива) | Blaže Temelkov |
| Ibrahim Islamoski | "Zemi se" (Земи се) | Ibrahim Islamovski, Robert Milevski |
| Kaliopi | "Silna" (Силна) | Kaliopi |
| Lambe Alabakoski | "More od solzi" (Море од солзи) | Darko Dimitrov, Elena Risteska |
| Maja Odžaklievska | "Koj pat da izberam" (Кој пат да изберам) | Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski |
| Nataša Gulevska | "Kje blesne zrak za nas" (Ќе блесне зрак за нас) | Nataša Gulevska, Ognen Nedelkovski |
| Nataša Mijatović | "Cvet vo postela" (Цвет во постела) | Nataša Mijatović |
| Panta Rei | "Mori mome" (Мори моме) | Koce Dinev, Aco Stoyanov |
| Petar Mehandžiski | "Moja najmila" (Моја најмила) | Jovan Vasilevski |
Final
The final took place on 4 March 2006. Twenty entries competed and public televoting exclusively selected "Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska as the winner.[3]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Bojana Atanasovska | "Svetlina" | 435 | 14 |
| 2 | Eva Nedinkovska | "Taan i med" | 631 | 10 |
| 3 | Bagaž | "Mala odmazda" | 189 | 19 |
| 4 | Ibrahim Islamoski | "Zemi se" | 1,976 | 5 |
| 5 | Bojana Atanasovska | "Posle nas" | 204 | 17 |
| 6 | Kaliopi | "Silna" | 1,700 | 6 |
| 7 | Enedin Biševac and Daria Ilievska | "Podaj raka" | 456 | 13 |
| 8 | Nataša Mijatović | "Cvet vo postela" | 1,052 | 8 |
| 9 | Nataša Gulevska | "Kje blesne zrak za nas" | 164 | 20 |
| 10 | Bojana Atanasovska | "Vo mojot son" | 473 | 12 |
| 11 | Adrijan and Esma | "Ljubov e..." | 6,866 | 2 |
| 12 | Adnan | "Kje prespijam na kauč" | 316 | 16 |
| 13 | Filip Jordanovski | "Bidi diva" | 202 | 18 |
| 14 | Lambe Alabakovski | "More od solzi" | 5,282 | 3 |
| 15 | Petar Mehandžiski | "Moja najmila" | 616 | 11 |
| 16 | Džoksi | "Zlatni žici" | 2,348 | 4 |
| 17 | Elena Risteska | "Ninanajna" | 6,999 | 1 |
| 18 | Maja Odžaklievska | "Koj pat da izberam" | 982 | 9 |
| 19 | Arči | "Skokotaj me" | 528 | 15 |
| 20 | Panta Rei | "Mori mome" | 1,105 | 7 |
At Eurovision
Points awarded to Macedonia
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Points awarded by Macedonia
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References
- Bakker, Sietse (20 December 2005). "FYR Macedonia reveals plans 2006 selection". Esctoday.
- Bakker, Sietse (23 January 2006). "The 20 songs for FYR Macedonia!". Esctoday.
- "(FY) REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA NATIONAL FINAL 2006".
- "Results of the Semi-Final of Athens 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- "Results of the Grand Final of Athens 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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