Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Skopje Fest 2008 was a song contest organized by MKRTV that served as Macedonia's national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The competition took place on 23 February 2008 at the Metropolis Arena in Skopje, hosted by Živkica Gjurčinovska and Borislav Tnokovski and was broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat.

MKRTV received 130 submissions from interested artists and composers during a submission period. Fifteen entries were selected from the open submissions, while an additional six entries were submitted by well-known composers directly invited by MKRTV for the competition. The twenty-one competing artists and songs were announced on 12 January 2008.[2]

On 14 January 2008, all six entries written by invited composers: "Apolon" performed by Maja Vukićević, "Kubana" performed by Agon & Džoksi, "Životot e tvoj" performed by Sanja Lefkova, "Slatka mala" performed by Igor Šarevski, "Eden čekor ili dva" performed by Filip Jordanovski and "Holivud" performed by Bojan & Big Mama, were withdrawn from the competition due to negative reactions from the composers of entries selected from the open submissions.[3]

The final took place on 23 February 2008.[4] Fifteen entries competed and a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a jury panel selected "Vo ime na ljubovta" performed by Tamara feat. Vrčak & Adrian Gaxha as the winner. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by 2008 Belarusian Eurovision representative Ruslan Alekhno, 2006 Bosnian Eurovision representative Hari Mata Hari and a tribute to 2004 Macedonian Eurovision representative Toše Proeski who died in 2007.[5]