Vlatko Ilievski to Represent Macedonia

Macedonia became the latest country to choose its song for Dusseldorf after a marathon weekend of finals. Vlatko Ilievski beat nineteen other songs to become Macedonia’s 11th Eurovision Song Contest entry.  He will sing a song called Rusinka

The show itself was a bit of an all-nighter, lasting four hours. It was hosted by Elena Miteva and Zoran Mirchevski from Universal Hall in the capital, Skopje.

Rok Agresori Kukuriku (Aleksandar Ristovski-Prince & Zoran Trikov)
Bobi Mojsoski Te Krade Toj (Lazar Cvetkovski & Ognen Nedelkovski)
Olivera GorgoskaNa Kraj (Goce Simonovski & Radi Vrcakovski)
Angelina StojanoskaZnaesh Li (Daniel Mitrevski, Petar Dimitrovski & IrenaDimovska)
Skipi & TajziOstavi Politika I Pojachaj Ton (Skipi & Tajzi)
Amir Ibraimovski & Art SoundPosledna Pesna (Gligor Kodoski & Jovan Vasilevski)
Emilija Gievska feat. Andrej MiskeParanoja (Boban Apostolov & Zoran Rudan)
Riste TevdoskiNe Se Menuva Ljubovta (Lazar Cvetkovski & Milan Milanov)
Martin SrbinoskiRam Tam Tam (Goce Simonovski & Martin Srbinovski)
Lidija KochovskaBozhji Pateki (Aleksandar Cekredzi & Maja Pavlovska)
Goran KargovLazham Deka Ne Boli (Hris Marin, Vladimir Dojcinovski & Petar Acev)
Zdravka MirchevskaLudost (Zdravka Mircevska & Kiril Babamov)
Natasha MilankovaGreshka (Stole Avramov, Zoran Aleksic & Mence Avramova)
Ile SpasovKoshmar Moj (Ile Spasov & Ognen Nedelkovski)
Filip Jordanovski Sekogash Nekoj Povekje Vredi (Darko Tasev & Blaze Temelkov)
Natalija Slaveva Ne Mi Trebash (Zoran Aleksic, Stole Avramov & Daniel Bankov)
Ivan Jovanov & Denis EksKockar (Denis Hajdarevic & Ivan Jovanov)
Offside Sekoj Den (Milan Milanov & Goce Simonovski)
Vlatko IlievskiRusinka (Gilgor Koprov, Vladimir Dojcinovski & Jovan Jovanov)
VodolijaNe Vrakjaj Se (Risto Apostolov)

During the show, viewers were entertained by last year’s Macedonian representative, Gjoko Taneski and Croatian group, Feminem and Elena Ristesa, who performed her 2006 Eurovision entry, Ninanajna

The winner was decided by a combination of a viewer phone vote a jury.  Vlatko achieved the top score in both and will try to qualify from the second semi-final.

Source: EuroVisionary, eurovision.tv
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