Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Macedonia
National selection
Selection process	Phase 1: Selection of two finalists Phase 2:National Final
Selection date(s)	February 19, 2005
Selected entrant	Martin Vučić
Selected song	"Make My Day"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (9th, 97 points)
Final result	17th, 52 points
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The Republic of Macedonia, participating under the name F.Y.R. Macedonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Martin Vucic with the song "Make My Day".

National final

The 2005 Macedonian national final was held on 19 February 2005 in Skopje and featured two artists: Aleksandra Pileva and Martin Vucic. During the first phase of the selection process both of them were selected to participate in the final by a jury of sixteen music professionals. The two performed four songs each - one song was of their own choosing, and the other three were from an open competition to submit songs for the final. Aleksandra Pileva was the definite winner of the televote with six times the votes that Martin Vucic gained. However, the jury and studio audience awarded full points to Martin crowning him the winner with the song "Ti Si Son". At Eurovision he performed the song in English. The song is written by Branka Kostic and composed by Dragan Vucic.

Martin was born on 7 August 1982 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. He became a drummer and composer for the group Arija and went on to enter the Music Academy as an extremely popular percussionist. Martin is currently a senior at the Music Academy in Skopje. He enjoys success in Macedonia and in the Balkan region with participations and festivals such as OhridFest, Budva, and Beovizija.

At Eurovision

The spokesperson who revealed Macedonia's votes for other countries was 2002 and 2007 Contest entrant Karolina Gočeva.^[1]

Points awarded by Macedonia

Semi-final Points awarded in semi-final: 12 points  Croatia 10 points  Moldova 8 points  Bulgaria 7 points  Slovenia 6 points  Belarus 5 points  Romania 4 points  Hungary 3 points   Switzerland 2 points  Norway 1 point  Israel

Final Points awarded in the final 12 points  Albania 10 points  Serbia and Montenegro 8 points  Croatia 7 points  Greece 6 points  Sweden 5 points  Moldova 4 points  Turkey 3 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 points  Romania 1 point  Hungary

See also

• Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2005

References

Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Artists 1990s Kaliopi 1997 Vlado Janevski 1999 2000s XXL 2001 Karolina Gočeva 2003 Toše Proeski Martin Vučić Elena Risteska Karolina Gočeva Tamara, Vrčak and Adrian Next Time 2010s Gjoko Taneski, Billy Zver & Pejčin Vlatko Ilievski Kaliopi Esma and Lozano Tijana Daniel Kajmakoski Kaliopi
Songs 1990s "Samo ti" 1997 "Ne zori, zoro" (Не зори, зоро) 1999 2000s "100% te ljubam" 2001 "Od nas zavisi" 2003 "Life" "Make My Day" "Ninanajna" "Mojot svet" "Let Me Love You" "Nešto što kje ostane" 2010s "Jas ja imam silata" "Rusinka" "Crno i belo" "Pred da se razdeni" "To the Sky" "Autumn Leaves" "Dona"
(Note: Entries scored out are when Macedonia did not compete)