Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Vlado Janevski represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 after winning the national final selection with the song "Ne zori, zoro", which made altogether a country debut at the Eurovision Song Contest.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
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| Country |  Macedonia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Skopje Fest 1998 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 March 1998 | |||
| Selected entrant | Vlado Janevski | |||
| Selected song | "Ne zori, zoro" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 19th, 16 points | |||
| Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Skopje Fest 1998
The final held on 7 March 1998 at the Universal Hall Skopje in Skopje accompanied by the big orchestra of MKRTV. Milanka Rašik and Aleksandar Delovski hosted the event, and the winner was selected by televoting for the first time.[1]
| Final – 7 March 1998 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Tanja Carovska | "Preku moreto" | Tanja Carovska | 1,339 | 12 |
| 2 | Kaliopi | "Ne zaboravaj" | Kaliopi, Romeo Grill | 3,834 | 9 |
| 3 | Monika Sokolovska | "Son" | Petar Georgiev-Kalica | 862 | 15 |
| 4 | Toše Proeski & Megatim Plus | "Ostani do kraj" | Kristijan Gabrovski, Hari Kotlarovski | 4,210 | 8 |
| 5 | Tanja, Lidija & Zorica Pančić | "Daj mi pričina da se razbudam" | Zorica Pančić, Igor Cvetkovski | 2,459 | 11 |
| 6 | Sašo Gigov-Giš | "Samovilska svadba" | Jordan Danailovski, Grigor Koprov | 34,774 | 2 |
| 7 | Iskra Trpeva & Granit | "Ne baraj me" | Ljubomir Brangolica | 681 | 20 |
| 8 | Risto Samardžiev | "Ne veruvam" | Risto Samardžiev | 8,866 | 5 |
| 9 | Dule & Koki | "Daj mi šansa" | Miodrag Vrčakovski, Grigor Koprov | 23,615 | 3 |
| 10 | Biljana Dodeva | "Koj si ti" | Liljana Vasileva, Biljana Dodeva | 828 | 16 |
| 11 | Pece Ognenov & Adrijana Janevska | "Te sakam beskrajno" | Adrijana Janevska | 1,100 | 13 |
| 12 | Duo Maratov | "Bez tebe" | Blagoj Morotow | 764 | 17 |
| 13 | Intervali | "Ljubovta nema granici" | Boris Gavrilovski | 694 | 19 |
| 14 | Maja Grozdanovska & Bumerang | "Kameleon" | Metodi Ivanov | 3,319 | 10 |
| 15 | Marjan Nečak | "Andrea" | Marjan Nečak | 725 | 18 |
| 16 | Suzana Spasovska | "Opomena" | Boško Smakoski, Vančo Dimitrov | 5,441 | 6 |
| 17 | Maja Vukičević | "Broj do deset" | Aleksandar Mitevski, Stefche Chrchev | 908 | 14 |
| 18 | Vlado Janevski | "Ne zori, zoro" | Vlado Janevski, Grigor Koprov | 38,642 | 1 |
| 19 | Karolina Gočeva | "Ukradeni nokji" | Miodrag Vrčakovski, Kire Kostov | 10,454 | 4 |
| 20 | Mičo Atanasiu | "Pari pari" | Vladimir Petrovski, Mičo Atanasiu | 4,453 | 7 |
At Eurovision
Vlado Janevski performed last in the running order on the night of the contest, following Turkey. "Ne zori, zoro" scored 16 points (highest being 6 from Croatia) finishing in 19th place out of 25 countries.
Macedonia gave the decisive points of the night: it was the last country to vote, and at that point, it was anyone's guess as to who was going to prevail, with Israel and Malta locked in battle and the United Kingdom just a few points behind. When Macedonia finally came to award the points, Israel was the first of the three contenders to be mentioned, receiving eight points. That was enough to knock the UK out of contention for victory, but left plenty of room for Israel to be overtaken by their principal rival, Malta. Next, the ten points went to the UK, nudging them into what looked like being an extremely fleeting spell in second place, since most of the audience assumed the twelve points were destined for Malta. Instead, there were gasps as Macedonia sent the final points of the evening to fellow Balkan nation Croatia, handing Israel the final victory.
Due to low placement Macedonia was relegated from the 1999 contest, but it would eventually return in 2000.
Points awarded to Macedonia
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Macedonia
| 12 points |  Croatia |
| 10 points |  United Kingdom |
| 8 points |  Israel |
| 7 points |  Ireland |
| 6 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| 5 points |  Turkey |
| 4 points |  Portugal |
| 3 points |  Netherlands |
| 2 points |  France |
| 1 point |  Finland |
See also
References
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