Macedonia in the Turkvision Song Contest

Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Member station MRT 2
Appearances
Appearances 3
First appearance 2013
Best result 4th: 2015
Worst result DNQ: SF 2013

Macedonia is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the Turkvision Song Contest.[1]

History

2013

Macedonia made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] İkay Yusuf was internally selected to represent Macedonia in Turkey, it was originally announced that he would sing “Ağlama Benim İçin”,[2] however it was later announced he would sing "Düşlerde Yaşamak." At the semi final of Turkvizyon 2013 Macedonia performed 17th but failed to qualify for the final.

2014

Macedonia once again participated in the 2014 contest in Kazan, Tatarstan. Kaan Mazhar was internally selected as the Macedonian participant for the contest.[3] It was announced on 27 October 2014 that Kaan would sing "Yolumu Bulurum" in Kazan.,[4] the song was officially present on 12 November 2014.

In the semi final Macedonia were drawn to perform 23rd after Romania and before Khakassia, Kaan scored a total of 181 points and finished 7th bringing Macedonia to their first final. In the final Macedonia performed 13th and finished in 14th place with 166 points.

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Title Language Final Points Semi Points
2013 Ikay Yusuf[2] "Düşlerde Yaşamak" Turkish Failed to qualify
2014 Kaan Mazhar "Yolumu bulurum" Turkish 14 166 7 181
2015 "Böyle Olmamalıydı" Turkish 4 165 No semi-final

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (18 November 2013). "Macedonia: Ilkay Yusuf To Turkvision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Schneider, Patrick. "Macedonia/Yakutia: Turkvision entrants presented". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Macedonia: Kaan Mazahar To Sing "Yolumu Bulurum"". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
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