Macedonia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and selected its entry by a national final. Dorijan Dlaka with the song “Žimi ovoj frak” won the national final and represented Macedonia at Junior Eurovision 2011. Dorijan Dlaka got 12th place with 31 points.
Before Junior Eurovision
Dečja pesna Eurovizije The submission window for the national final was held until 1 September 2011. After the submission window closed, MRT received 12 entries, which 5 of them were selected to compete in the national final. The participants of the national final were revealed on 9 September 2011. Among the participants was Dorijan Dlaka who previously was the backing dancer for the 2010 Junior Eurovision Macedonian entry.
The final was held on 24 September 2011 in MKRTV studios. The final was hosted by Elizabeth and Anja Veterova. The results were decided by 50% professional jury and 50% public voting. +Final - 24 September 2011R/OArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlaceVotesPoints1Ivana Simoska“Vo srcevo”7379101722Gjorgji Gjorgjiev“Igraj”5151053Teodora Nastoska“Srekja”813471534Kjara Golja “Novo chuvstvo”62661245Dorijan Dlaka“Žimi ovoj frak”102018181
At Junior Eurovision Macedonia performed 8th in the running order of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011, following Ukraine and preceding Netherlands. Dorijan Dlaka got 12th with 31 points out of the 13 countries, with the highest score from a country being 5 points from Moldova. Anja Veterova announced the Macedonian points for the contest. +Points given to MacedoniaScoreCountry12All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.1087654321 +Points given by MacedoniaScoreCountry121087654321
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