North Macedonia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan. Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) is responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and selected Lara, Jovan and Irina as the Macedonian entrants.
Background
Prior to the 2022 contest, North Macedonia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times, under the provisional reference of "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", since its debut at the inaugural contest in . North 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. North Macedonia continued to participate in the contest, but the country withdrew in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021 contest, Dajte Muzika represented the country with the song "Green Forces" and placed 9th with a total of 114 points, being the country's first second Top 10 placement in a row since 2008.
Before Junior Eurovision An audition round was held on 23 June 2022 at the MRT Studios in Skopje. The selection criteria were vocal, artistic and scenic quality. On 29 June 2022, it was revealed that Lara Trpčeska and Irina Dazidovska had been selected as Macedonian entrants by the committee. Although originally not part of the act, Jovan Jakimovski was later added after Lara and Irina were selected, and on 2 November it was revealed Lara feat. Jovan and Irina will represent the country with the song "Životot e pred mene", written by Lara Trpčeska, Lara's wealthy and successful musician father Simon Trpčeski, Jovan Jakimovski and Darko Dimitrov. The song premiered on 3 November 2022 during the MRT programme Dnevnik 2.
At Junior Eurovision After the opening ceremony, which took place on 5 December 2022, it was announced that North Macedonia would perform tenth on 11 December 2022, following Ireland and preceding Spain.
Voting
Points awarded to North Macedonia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point North Macedonia received 42 points from the online vote.
+ Points awarded by North 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 + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 10 5 15 4 7 8 3 02 14 13 8 3 3 7 4 03 15 9 11 12 11 14 04 13 15 14 11 10 15 05 3 11 13 14 14 12 06 4 8 2 2 2 2 10 07 5 14 10 9 9 11 08 7 1 1 8 8 3 8 09 11 6 5 5 4 4 7 10 11 9 4 9 6 5 6 5 12 12 7 7 7 6 9 2 13 2 3 12 10 15 5 6 14 6 12 3 15 12 10 1 15 1 2 4 1 1 1 12 16 8 10 6 13 13 13
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