last seen in 2022
North Macedonia at Eurovision
North Macedonia first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 and has entered 21 contests, the last of them in 2022. It has never won; its best result is 7th place, in 2019.
- 21
- contests
- 0
- wins
- 7th
- best
- first song
- 1998
- last song
- 2022
- contests
- 21
- wins
- none
- best result
- 7th — 2019
- in the final
- 6 of 18 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
- sung in
- English (14), Macedonian (11), Romani (1)
- not in the line-up
- 1999, 2001, 2003
- sang as
- Macedonia, then North Macedonia
Every song
All 22 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.
| Year | Artist | Song | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Turin | Andrea | “Circles” English | Out in semi-final 2 (11th of 18) | 76 |
| 2021 Rotterdam | Vasil | “Here I Stand” English | Out in semi-final 1 (15th of 16) | 23 |
| 2020 Rotterdam | Vasil | “You” English | Contest cancelled | — |
| 2019 Tel Aviv | Tamara Todevska | “Proud” English | 7th of 26 | 305 |
| 2018 Lisbon | Eye Cue | “Lost and Found” English | Out in semi-final 1 (18th of 19) | 24 |
| 2017 Kyiv | Jana Burčeska | “Dance Alone” English | Out in semi-final 2 (15th of 18) | 69 |
| 2016 Stockholm | Kaliopi | “Dona (Дона)” Macedonian | Out in semi-final 2 (11th of 18) | 88 |
| 2015 Vienna | Daniel Kajmakoski | “Autumn Leaves” English | Out in semi-final 1 (15th of 16) | 28 |
| 2014 Copenhagen | Tijana | “To the Sky” English | Out in semi-final 2 (13th of 15) | 33 |
| 2013 Malmö | Esma and Lozano | “Pred da se razdeni (Пред да се раздени)” Macedonian, Romani | Out in semi-final 2 (16th of 17) | 28 |
| 2012 Baku | Kaliopi | “Crno i belo (Црно и бело)” Macedonian | 13th of 26 | 71 |
| 2011 Düsseldorf | Vlatko Ilievski | “Rusinka (Русинкa)” Macedonian, English | Out in semi-final 2 (16th of 19) | 36 |
| 2010 Oslo | Gjoko Taneski | “Jas ja imam silata (Јас ја имам силата)” Macedonian | Out in semi-final 1 (15th of 17) | 37 |
| 2009 Moscow | Next Time | “Nešto što kje ostane (Нешто што ќе остане)” Macedonian | Out in semi-final 1 (10th of 18) | 45 |
| 2008 Belgrade | Tamara, Vrčak and Adrijan | “Let Me Love You” English | Out in semi-final 2 (10th of 19) | 64 |
| 2007 Helsinki | Karolina | “Mojot svet (Мојот свет)” Macedonian, English | 14th of 24 | 73 |
| 2006 Athens | Elena Risteska | “Ninanajna (Нинанајна)” English, Macedonian | 12th of 24 | 56 |
| 2005 Kyiv | Martin Vučić | “Make My Day” English | 17th of 24 | 52 |
| 2004 Istanbul | Toše Proeski | “Life” English | 14th of 24 | 47 |
| 2002 Tallinn | Karolina | “Od nas zavisi (Од нас зависи)” Macedonian | 19th of 24 | 25 |
| 2000 Stockholm | XXL | “100% te ljubam (100% те љубам)” Macedonian, English | 15th of 24 | 29 |
| 1998 Birmingham | Vlado Janevski | “Ne zori, zoro (Не зори, зоро)” Macedonian | 19th of 25 | 16 |
Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.
Sent more than once
The four acts North Macedonia has sent to more than one contest.
- Karolina Gočeva 2002, 2007
- Tamara Todevska 2008, 2019
- Kaliopi 2012, 2016
- Vasil Garvanliev 2020 (cancelled), 2021
On air at home
The channels that carried the contest in North Macedonia, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.
- 2026
- MRT 1, MRT 2 Eli Tanaskovska
- 2025
- MRT 1, Radio Skopje Aleksandra Jovanovska
- 2024
- MRT 1, Radio Skopje Aleksandra Jovanovska
- 2023
- MRT 1, MRT 2, Radio Skopje Aleksandra Jovanovska and Eli Tanaskovska
- 2022
- MRT 1, MRT 2 Eli Tanaskovska
- 2021
- MRT 1, MRT 2 Eli Tanaskovska
- 2019
- MRT 1 Toni Cifrovski
- 2018
- MRT 1, MRT 2 Karolina Petkovska
- 2017
- MRT 1 Karolina Petkovska
- 2016
- MRT 1 Karolina Petkovska
- 2015
- MRT 1, MRT Sat, Radio Skopje Karolina Petkovska
- MRT 2, MRT 2 Sat
- 2014
- MRT 1, MRT Sat, Radio Skopje Karolina Petkovska
- 2013
- MRT 1 Karolina Petkovska
- 2012
- MRT 1 Karolina Petkovska
- 2011
- MTV 1 Eli Tanaskovska
- 2009
- MRT Karolina Petkovska and Aleksandra Jovanovska
- 2008
- MRT
- 2007
- MRT 1 Milanka Rašić
- 2006
- MRT Karolina Petkovska
- 1992
- MTV 1
In our contest stories
Lines about North Macedonia from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1996 The contest nobody saw
Seven countries were out: Denmark, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Romania, Russia — and Germany.
- 1996 The contest nobody saw
For Macedonia it would have been a first appearance.
- 1998 Germany, reprieved
Macedonia made its first appearance, two years after falling at the audio qualifier.
- 2007 The semi-final
The ten that went through were Serbia, Hungary, Turkey, Belarus, Latvia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Georgia, Macedonia and Moldova.
- 2008 One place for the juries
Macedonia finished tenth with viewers and went home.
- 2015 What went wrong
The jury votes of Macedonia and Montenegro were left out of the final result under the rules, and those two countries' points were based on their televotes alone.
- 2018 All aboard
Macedonia was blocked for ten days over its broadcaster's unpaid debts, and then let in.
- 2019 The result
The juries put North Macedonia first and Sweden second.
- 2023 A smaller field
Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia stayed away, mainly because of the cost in the middle of an energy crisis.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from North Macedonia was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.