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Macedonia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Macedonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Ninanajna" , composed by Darko Dimitrov, with lyrics by Rade Vrčakovski, and performed by Elena Risteska. The Macedonian participating broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. Twenty entries competed in the competition on 4 March 2006 where "Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska was selected exclusively by a public televote, receiving 6,999 votes. Macedonia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2006. Performing during the show in position 11, "Ninanajna" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 20 May. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed tenth out of the 23 participating countries in the semi-final with 76 points. In the final, Macedonia performed in position 11 and placed twelfth out of the 24 par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Radio Television
Macedonian Radio Television (), or MRT () for short, is the public broadcasting organisation of North Macedonia. It was founded in 1993 by the Assembly of North Macedonia, Macedonian Assembly. Its legally defined service is the production and broadcasting of radio and television programmes of all genres, which should satisfy the public information, cultural, educational and recreational needs of the people of North Macedonia. MRT is directed by Marijan Cvetkovski. MRT has 1,200 employees. History Radio in Vardar Macedonia began in 1941, when Skopje was administrative capital of Vardar Banovina in Kingdom of Yugoslavia. On 27 January 1941 ''Radio Skoplje'' (''Радио Скопље'') started broadcasting in Serbian and retransmitting some programs from Radio Belgrade. On 20 April 1941 Radio Skopje was relaunched under Military history of Bulgaria during World War II, Bulgarian control as ''Radio Skopie'' (''Радио Скопие''), retransmitting some programs from Bulgari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esma Redžepova
Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska (, ; 8 August 1943 – 11 December 2016) was a Macedonian Romani vocalist, songwriter and humanitarian. She was nicknamed "the Queen of the Gypsies" per her contribution to Romani culture and music. She started to sing while she was a teenager in the 1950s, and her career spans over five decades. Her musical success was closely linked to her marriage with Stevo Teodosievski, who was a composer, arranger and director of a musical ensemble Ansambl Teodosievski. He wrote many of her songs and fully managed her career until his death in 1997. Her musical style was mostly inspired by traditional Romani and Macedonian music. Some other influences are also noticeable, such as pop music. Esma Redžepova started her career at a period when Romani music was very denigrated in Yugoslavia and Romani people considered it shameful for women to sing in public. Redžepova was one of the first singers to sing in Romani language on radio and television. Redžepo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Macedonia In The Eurovision Song Contest
North Macedonia has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 21 times since its official debut in . The country had attempted to participate in 1996, but failed to qualify from the audio-only qualifying round. The Macedonian participating broadcaster in the contest is the Macedonian Radio Television (MRT). Prior to 2019, North Macedonia's best result was a twelfth place finish with " Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska in . Having qualified from the semi-final round only once in ten of the previous eleven contests (2008–18), North Macedonia achieved its best result to date in , when "Proud" by Tamara Todevska qualified and finished in seventh place in the final after winning the jury vote. Following a further two non-qualifications, MRT opted out of participating in and has yet to return. Participation The Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1 January 1993, thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Vučić
Martin Vučić (, sr-Cyrl, Мартин Вучић) is a Macedonian pop musician. Biography He finished elementary school in Skopje and expressed his interests in music at an early age. He started playing drums at the age of 3 and at the age of 7, he participated at numerous music festivals for children. He represented Macedonia at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, finishing 17th with the song "Make My Day". He won second place at Ohrid Fest with the song "Rano mi e da se vrzam". The song was ranked as the 'Most Popular Song of the Year 2002' in the Republic of Macedonia. At the 2002 Budva festival in Serbia and Montenegro, he won the prize awarded by journalists and critics. He was voted as the 'Discovery of the Year 2002' in the country, winning an album contract with BKSound. He was also voted 'Discovery of the Year 2002' in the Republic of Macedonia. He won the Interpretation Award at Mak fest for the song "Harem". He was 'Singer of the Year 2004' in Macedonia and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Four (Eurovision)
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision (network), Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. The contest was inspired by and based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Italian Riviera since 1951. Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (except for due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU and invited associate members are eligible to compete; broadcasters from List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, 52 countries hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Odžaklievska
Maja Odžaklievska (in Macedonian, ; in English, ; born April 21, 1954, in Skopje), is a Macedonian, Serbian and ex- Yugoslav singer and songwriter popular across Europe. She lives and works in Serbia. Biography Maja Odžaklievska began her musical career as a 15-year-old girl, appearing at an audition for Radio Skopje. In 1970, she moved to Belgrade. Radoslav Grajić invited her to participate in the radio show "Maksimetar", which she won and then received a supporting role in an adaptation of "Rabelais" by Jean-Louis Barrault. She has participated in numerous festivals throughout the former Federation including several candidatures at the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1982, Odžaklievska competed in Jugovizija with the song "Julija", scoring 57 points and placing second. She returned to the competition the following year in 1983 with the song "Lidu Lidu Du" and scored 46 points and placed third. In 1984, she entered once again with the song "Niki", scoring 51 points and placing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambe Alabakovski
Lambe Alabakovski (, ; born 15 November 1987, in Ljubojno, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian singer. Biography Alabakovski attended the Euro-College in Kumanovo. He won the M2 Production's Play: Search For A New Star 2004. He made it to the finals and performed the hit "Spasi Me" ("Save Me"), composed by Darko Dimitrov and won by the televoting audience. Alabakovski was signed to the M2 Production's label. In 2005, Alabakovski recorded his next single, "Kade Pesno Moja" ("Where, My Song"), a cover of a song by Slave Dimitrov, which was the first Macedonian song to be sold as an internet download. In 2005, Alabakovski, along with former M2 colleague, Aleksandra Pileva, traveled to Braşov, Romania to participate in the Golden Stag Festival. He performed his Macedonian hit "Kade Pesno Moja" and a Romanian song called "Dragostea Mea". Later that year in October, he took part in the annual Macedonia festival, Makfest 2005, where he promoted his new song "Eh Da Mozam" ("If I Could"). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliopi
Kaliopi Bukle (, ; born 28 December 1966 as Kaljopa Bukleska (Macedonian: Каљопа Буклеска)), known professionally as Kaliopi, is a Macedonian singer-songwriter. In her career, Kaliopi has progressed from singing lead vocal with her eponymous band in 1980s Yugoslavia to being an established vocalist and composer working in North Macedonia and across former Yugoslavia. She represented Macedonia twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, first in 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with " Crno i belo" and a second time in 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden with the song " Dona". Biography Early life and career beginnings Kaliopi was born into a mixed Aromanian– Macedonian family in Ohrid and raised up in Kičevo. She showed interest in music at a young age. In 1976, she entered a Macedonian children's festival called "Zlatno Slavejče", which she won with the song "Mojata učitelka". She later toured with the choir of Zapro Zaprov "Razvigorče", performing in Czechoslovakia, Slovenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garabet Tavitjan
Garabet Tavitjan () is a Macedonian drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums. Most contemporary western music ensemble, bands that play Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, or Contemporary R&B, R&B music include a drummer for purposes including timekeepi ... of Armenian descent who has been a member of the rock group Leb i sol. He is considered the most acclaimed Macedonian drummer. Discography * Гаро и Парамециум Live (МКП, МРТВ 1995) * Live (SJF Records 1995) * Гарабет Тавитијан (Gemini 2 1996) * А бре, Македонче (Matav 2001) References External linksGarabet Tavitijan Discography at Discogs Living people 1953 births Musicians from Skopje Progressive rock drummers Macedonian drummers Jazz drummers Macedonian people of Armenian descent {{drummer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Nedinkovska
Eva Nedinkovska () (born August 26, 1983) is a Macedonian singer. Biography Nedinkovska was born in Ohrid. Her career started in 2003 with the song "''Dali Denot Ke E Raj''". She has performed on many music contests including "'' Ohrid Fest''" in her native city, Ohrid. Almost on every contest she has the award for the ''best stage performance''. The song "''Enigma''" is considered to be Eva's biggest hit. "''Enigma''" is a modern pop song with R&B elements. The video was No.1 almost on every chart in North Macedonia. National selection for Eurovision 2006 On the national selection, Eva had 631 votes placing her on the 11th place. Her song "Taan i Med" (Lyrics by the Macedonian diva Kaliopi ) was in oriental style with nice choreography. Discography Albums * ''Talisman'' Singles * Eva - Tvoja Fantazija (Music Video) *Eva - Tvoja Fantazija (Music Video) * * Eva - Tvoja Fantazija (video) * Eva - Tvoja Fantazija (video) * * Eva - Tvoja Fantazija (Music Video) * Eva - Tvoja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigor Koprov
Grigor Koprov (; born September 30, 1943, Ohrid, Kingdom of Bulgaria) is a Macedonian pop music composer, who also had an important impact on the Yugoslav music scene. He has worked with many stars like Toše Proeski, Vlado Janevski, Marjan Stojanovski, Martin Vučić, Karolina Gočeva, Andrijana Janevska and Robert Vukelić Biography In 1997 he composed the song "Ne Zori Zoro" with which Vlado Janevski represented Republic of Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, the first contest for the Republic. Koprov has made many other attempts in the contest, with his songs failing to win the Macedonian National Final. He is best known for his work with Macedonia's "Elvis" - Toše Proeski. Koprov composed Proeski's mega hits: "Sonce Vo Tvoite Rusi Kosi" ("The Sun in Your Golden Hair"), "Usni Na Usni" ("Lips on Lips"), and "Nemir" ("Restless," which was sung in duet with Karolina Gočeva). He composed the music for the first ever Macedonian entry for Eurovision in Birmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Mekić
Elvir Mekić () (born 15 October 1981) is a Macedonian musician. He gained popularity after performing his single "Opasno" with Maja Sazdanovska at Ohrid Fest in 2007. He went on to release a second and third single from his debut album, '' Opasno'', titled "Ušte Te Ima" and "Nekade Posle Dva", respectively. Mekić also competed in the 2008 Macedonian Eurovision qualifier, Skopje Fest 2008, with the song "Armija". Early life and career Of Bosniak origin, Mekić's career began when he was a teenager and his talent was soon discovered. His first song "Se Seknuvam" became very popular in the Republic of Macedonia. After successfully producing several singles, he took a break from producing his own music so he could begin writing lyrics for other artists that were popular in the Republic of Macedonia. He returned to music-making in 2007 with the song "Neka Te Zaboravi", of the studio album, ''Opasno''. After performing the song "Armija" at Skopje Fest 2008, Elvir, along with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
