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Kaliopi
Kaliopi sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 2012 and 2016, for North Macedonia. The best result was 13th place in 2012, with “Crno i belo”.
- who
- Macedonian singer and songwriter
- born
- 28 December 1966, Ohrid
- contests
- 2012, 2016
- best result
- 13th, 2012
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1976
- record labels
- Hayat Production, Hit Records, City Records
- sang for
- North Macedonia
Biography
Kaliopi is a Macedonian singer-songwriter who went from fronting a band of the same name in 1980s Yugoslavia to a long career as a singer and composer across the former Yugoslavia. “Crno i belo” finished 13th in Baku in 2012, and “Dona” finished eleventh in its semi-final in Stockholm in 2016, one place short of the final.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Kaliopi”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2012 Baku
“Crno i belo (Црно и бело)”
13th of 26 Finished 13th of 26 in the final, with 71 points.
- Sung in
- Macedonian
- Written by
- Romeo Grill, Kaliopi
- Running order
- 22nd of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 9th of 18, 53 points
- Age on the night
- 45
- Won that year
- Sweden: Loreen, “Euphoria”
The story of Eurovision 2012: Euphoria in Baku, and a host under scrutiny
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2016 Stockholm
“Dona (Дона)”
Out in the second semi-final Went out in the second semi-final: 11th of 18, with 88 points.
- Sung in
- Macedonian
- Written by
- Romeo Grill, Kaliopi
- Age on the night
- 49
- Won that year
- Ukraine: Jamala, “1944”
The story of Eurovision 2016: A new way of counting, and a winner who topped neither vote
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