North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

  • Artist: 9 July 2019
  • Song: 15 October 2019
Selected entrantMila MoskovSelected song"Fire"Selected songwriter(s)Lazar Cvetkoski
Magdalena CvetkoskaFinals performanceFinal result6th, 150 pointsNorth Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2018 2019 2021►

North Macedonia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which took place on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland. The national broadcaster MRT was responsible for organising North Macedonia's entry for the contest. On 9 July 2019, Mila Moskov was internally selected as the Macedonian representative.

Background

Prior to the 2018 contest, Macedonia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times, under the provisional reference of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", since its debut at the inaugural contest in 2003.[1][2] Macedonia was absent twice from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2014 [3] and has never won the contest. Its best result is the fifth place at the 2007 and 2008 contests, represented by the duo Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski, and Bobi Andonov, respectively.[3] In the 2018 contest, Marija Spasovska represented her country in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Doma". The song ended 12th out of 20 entries with 99 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

On 9 July 2019, the national broadcaster revealed that they had chosen Mila Moskov internally to represent North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Her song for the contest, "Fire", written by Lazar Cvetkoski and Magdalena Cvetkoska, was revealed on 15 October 2019.

Artist and song information

Mila Moskov
Background information
Born (2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 19)
Prilep, North Macedonia
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals, Piano
North Macedonia "Fire"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Mila Moskov
Languages
Macedonian, English
Composer(s)
Lazar Cvetkoski
Lyricist(s)
Magdalena Cvetkoska
Finals performance
Final result
6th
Final points
150
Entry chronology
◄ "Doma" (2018)

Mila Moskov

Mila Moskov (born 8 March 2005) is a Macedonian singer. She represented North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Fire". She started her music career when she was six years old. Her singing career began at her local music school where she learned to sing and play the piano.

Fire

"Fire" is a song by Macedonian child singer Mila Moskov. It represented North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, North Macedonia was drawn to perform fourth on 24 November 2019, following Russia and preceding Spain.[4]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[5]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 24 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs.[6] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Points awarded to North Macedonia[7]
Score Country
12 points  Malta
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points  Belarus
4 points
3 points  Armenia
2 points
1 point  France
North Macedonia received 50 points from the online vote
Points awarded by North Macedonia[7]
Score Country
12 points  Serbia
10 points  Spain
8 points  Italy
7 points  Poland
6 points  Armenia
5 points  Kazakhstan
4 points  Netherlands
3 points  Georgia
2 points  Ireland
1 point  France

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from North Macedonia[7]
Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Awarded
01  Australia 5 11 13 9 14 11
02  France 9 5 17 16 6 10 1
03  Russia 15 17 16 14 10 16
04  North Macedonia
05  Spain 3 6 2 6 5 2 10
06  Georgia 10 3 8 5 12 8 3
07  Belarus 11 13 18 15 13 15
08  Malta 16 16 15 13 18 17
09  Wales 14 12 7 11 16 14
10  Kazakhstan 2 10 5 12 4 6 5
11  Poland 6 1 9 4 11 4 7
12  Ireland 12 9 11 3 15 9 2
13  Ukraine 13 14 12 7 9 13
14  Netherlands 17 8 3 2 7 7 4
15  Armenia 4 7 6 10 2 5 6
16  Portugal 18 18 14 17 17 18
17  Italy 8 4 4 8 3 3 8
18  Albania 7 15 10 18 8 12
19  Serbia 1 2 1 1 1 1 12

References

  1. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. ^ "This is the Junior Eurovision 2019 running order!". European Broadcasting Union. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  6. ^ "How to vote for your favourites in Junior Eurovision 2019". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Gliwice-Silesia 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.