Archive for the ‘FYR Macedonia’ Category

Eurovision 2012 – The afternoon’s rehearsals saw semifinal 2 acts take to the Crystal Hall stage for the second time. Rehearsals and press conferences from Serbia, FRY Macedonia, The Netherlands, Malta, Belarus, Portugal, Ukraine & Bulgaria took place. See what you think to their second rehearsals.

FYR Macedonia: One of the first performers we bumped into at this year’s event was Kaliopi, serenading the locals in the old city of Baku on a carpet! Kaliopi did a beautiful version of her song and then an Azeri song too, and carried out interviews on the carpet in the middle of the old [...]

FYR Macedonia: Kaliopi Presents Song

Posted: February 29, 2012 by hulluna in FYR Macedonia

Kaliopi tonight premiered the song she will sing for FYR Macedonia  in Baku. On a lengthy show she demostrated several talents. She sings her own songs, writes them, acts, dances, and tells jokes/ does comedy sketches. Kaliopi has previously represented her country in ESC 1996. This year’s song ‘Crno i Belo‘ (Black and White) was [...]

FYR Macedonia – Eurovision viewers will be able to see the first performance of Kaliopi singing her entry  ‘Crno i belo‘ for FYR Macedonia tonight for the first time. The event will be streamed live on Eurovision.tv at 21.00 (CET) for 90 minutes via MKTV1. The song translates as ‘Black and White‘ and was written [...]

Macedonia: Final Version of “Crno i Belo” Ready

Posted: January 30, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia

  Macedonia – Kaliopi will represent the FYR Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest this year with the song “Crno i Belo” The music is a composition by Romeo Gril, who wrote Kaliopi’s hits such as “Bato” and “Kofer ljubavi.” In an interview with blic.rs, Kaliopi does not see the big names that will represent [...]

Macedonia: Kaliopi’s Entry Called “Black and White”

Posted: January 16, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia

  Macedonia – Kaliopi, who will represent her home country Macedonia at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest has selected the song she will compete with in Baku. The entry is called “Black and White” and as reported earlier will be performed in Macedonia. The entry was chosen out of a number of submissions, most of [...]

Macedonia: Kaliopi’s Flying Dancers

Posted: January 10, 2012 by skopjefest2011 in FYR Macedonia

  Macedonia – This year’s Macedonian representative,Kaliop Bukle,still has not found her song for the up-coming Eurovision Song Contest, but she is already making some plans about her performance on the stage, including the choreography. Dancers from Skopje have offered their services to her and advised her to be alone on stage to put an [...]

Macedonia: Song Selection for Kaliopi in February

Posted: December 6, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia

  FYR Macedonia – ESCxtra.com reports that the Macedonian song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be determined in 2012. The popular singer Kaliopi has already been internally selected to represent the Balkan country in Azerbaijan next year. The songs will not be found through an open call, but certain songwriters will be contacted [...]

Macedonia: Kaliopi To Sing In Macedonian

Posted: November 28, 2011 by luludrops in FYR Macedonia

  FYR Macedonia – According to several websites, it has been announced that Kaliopi will sing in her native language at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. Other details have emerged such as the fact that there will be three songs on offer, all in different styles and that the winning song will be [...]

FYR Macedonia: Skopje Fest No Longer the National Final

Posted: November 27, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia

  FYR Macedonia – The traditional Skopje Fest, which has served as Macedonia’s national final for years will no longer have this purpose. These news come as no surprise as Macedonia has already internally selected the popular singer Kaliopi at the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. MRKTV announced today that the bad results in recent [...]

FYR Macedonia: Kaliopi Selected For Eurovision

Posted: November 19, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia

  FYR Macedonia – The Macedonian national broadcaster MKRTV announced tonight, that popular pop-diva Kaliopi will represent the Balkan country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku. Kaliopi is one of the most recognisable names of the Balkan music scene and has received numerous awards. She is known for her strong voice and signature [...]

Macedonia: Download “Rusinka” in 4 Languages

Posted: March 21, 2011 by skopjefest2011 in FYR Macedonia

FYR Macedonia – The official Macedonian preview video for the Eurovision Song Contest  was presented 3 days ago. The filming of the video lasted 12 hours and included a cast of 12 performers featuring top Macedonian fashion model Elena Trajanovska. She is best known as the only Macedonian selected at the casting for new models [...]

FYR Macedonia – After over 4 hours of national final, Macedonia has taken its decision about whom to send to Düsseldorf. Vlatko Illievski was the favourite of both the jury and the televoters. He will represent Macedonia in Germany with his song “Rusinka”. A total of 20 artists had competed for the honour of representing [...]

LIVE: Macedonia Decides – Final of Skopski Festival

Posted: February 27, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia

FYR Macedonia – Tonight the Macedonian national final will be held and the country’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be chosen. In the “Skopski Festival” 20 artists will compete for the right to fly the Macedonian flag in Düsseldorf. The 20 competitors were chosen out of almost 90 submissions. Gjoko Taneski and [...]

Recap – This Eurovision season it seems to turn into a certainty that Eastern European countries love to change dates, selection formats and even line-ups they announced before.Here some examples (and also some national final line-ups) :

Eurovision recap (25)

Posted: February 3, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia

Today with news from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Slovenia, Macedonia, Finland, the Netherlands and Portugal Netherlands – The 3Js, the Dutch representatives at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will probably sing their entry “Je vecht nooit alleen” (I don’t fight alone”) in its English version. Armenia – Gohar Gasparyan,the Armenian Head of Delegation has told OGAE [...]

FYR Macedonia: Entries revealed

Posted: January 27, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia

FYR Macedonia – The Macedonian national broadcaster has revealed the participants of “Skopje Fest 2011″. The line-up includes a number of former national final participants such as Nade Talevska and Vodolija (2009, 2010), Emilija Gievska, Zdravka Mirčevska and Riste Tevdovski (2009), Vlatko Ilievski (2008,2010), Filip Jordanovski (2006,2009), Lidija Kočovska (1995) and Dule i Koki (1998). [...]

Macedonia: National final details

Posted: January 21, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia

Macedonia – The Macedonian national broadcaster has revealed that a total of 88 songs have been submitted for “Skopje 2011″. 20 have been selected for the televised stage of the selection process. However, the artists have not been disclosed yet. The national final will be held in the Universal hall in Skopje on February 26. [...]

Eurovision recap (21)

Posted: December 22, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Malta

This time with news from FYR Macedonia, Estonia and Albania Malta – PBS, the Maltese national broadcaster has announced the date of next year’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The Mediterranean island will select their entry on February 12. PBS received 141 songs from which 24 semi-finalists were chosen. The semi-final [...]

Eurovision recap (18)

Posted: November 29, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia, Germany, Malta, Turkey

This time with news from Germany, Malta, FYR Macedonia and Turkey Turkey – eurovision.tv reports tonight, that the Turkish public broadcaster TRT will decide on their Eurovision entrant in January, putting an end to countless specultations. According to rumors Atiye Deniz or Tarkan have already been asked to represent Turkey in Düsseldorf. TRT will stick [...]

National finals: Poland, Macedonia and Israel

Posted: November 3, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia, Israel, Poland

Poland – TVP has just published the rules for the 2011 Polish national final and thus confirmed its participation in Düsseldorf next year. The national final is set for February 17, while songs can be submitted until December 21. The submitted songs will then be checked for accordance to the rules and will be revealed [...]

Score analysis 6: Semifinal 1

Posted: June 28, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Analysis, Estonia, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia

17. Latvia – Aisha – What for? From 2005 until 2008 Latvia always made it to the final, but last year and this year, they were less fortunate. In 2009 they came last with “Intars Busulis” in the second semifinal and this year they repeat this failure coming last in the first semifinal. Aisha’s singing [...]