Macedonia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. Macedonian broadcaster MRT was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Marija Spasovska was internally selected on 18 August 2018 as the Macedonian representative.
Background
Prior to the 2018 contest, Macedonia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times, under the provisional reference of "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", since its debut at the inaugural contest in . Macedonia were absent twice from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in and . They have never won the contest, with their best results being at the and , represented by the duo Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski, and Bobi Andonov respectively, achieving fifth place. In the 2017 contest, Mina Blažev represented her country in Tbilisi, Georgia with the song "Dancing Through Life". The song ended 12th out of 16 entries with 69 points.
Before Junior Eurovision On 24 August 2018, the Macedonian broadcaster revealed that they had chosen the thirteen-year-old artist Marija Spasovska internally to represent the Republic of North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Her song for the contest was revealed on 19 October 2018.
Artist and song information
Marija Spasovska Marija Spasovska (born 10 May 2005) is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018.
Marija Spasovska was born on 10 May 2005 in Skopje the Republic of Macedonia. She has been singing since she was 4. Numerous performances from various manifestations, competitions and promotions. From the experience so far, over twenty awards, praise and diplomas from different music festivals and competitions at the domestic and international level are listed. She has a role in the first Macedonian musical "My Secret" dedicated to Toše Proeski. Her first teenage song "Igraj so srce" (Играј со срце; lit. Play the heart) was released on 30 May 2018.
At Junior Eurovision During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Macedonia was drawn to perform sixteenth on 25 November 2018, following France and preceding Armenia.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Macedonia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Macedonia received 35 points from the online vote
+ Points awarded by Macedonia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results The following members comprised the Macedonian jury:
Ana Kostaninovska Ivo Matevski Kjara Blažev Mina Blaževrepresented Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Nataša Milat Krstevska
+ Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 5 9 4 2 1 2 10 02 16 17 16 18 16 18 03 1 13 3 5 4 3 8 04 9 4 14 14 5 10 1 05 11 6 13 15 9 12 06 17 18 19 17 18 19 07 18 8 12 12 11 13 08 10 14 15 6 3 11 09 14 19 18 11 14 17 10 19 3 8 8 10 9 2 11 2 1 1 7 15 1 12 12 3 5 7 1 13 4 7 13 4 2 5 9 17 6 5 14 13 16 10 13 12 14 15 6 10 2 10 2 5 6 16 17 12 12 17 19 8 15 18 15 11 11 16 19 16 19 7 7 9 3 6 7 4 20 8 15 6 4 7 8 3
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