Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Skopje Fest 2010 was a song contest organized by MRT that served as Macedonia's national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition consisted of three shows held between 18 and 20 February 2010, all taking place at the Universal Hall in Skopje, hosted by Aleksandra Jovanovska and Sanja Arsovska and were broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat. The final was also broadcast online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[2]

Twenty-eight entries in total competed in Skopje Fest 2010, which consisted of two semi-finals on 18 and 19 February 2010 and a final on 20 February 2010. Fourteen entries competed in each semi-final with the top eight qualifying to the final from each semi-final. In the final, the winner was selected from the remaining sixteen competing entries. The results of the semi-finals and the final were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from an expert jury panel and public televoting, which was open in Macedonia as well as in Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

A submission period was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their entries between 10 November 2010 and 20 December 2010.[3] MKRTV received 126 submissions at the closing of the deadline. Twenty-eight entries were selected by a selection committee consisting of Gordana Andrashevska, Ljupčo Mirkovski, Meri Popova, Radica Mitić, Ariton Krliu, Zoran Mirchevski and Alexandra Jovanovska.[4] The competing artists and songs were announced on 30 December 2010 and 12 January 2011 respectively.[5]

The first semi-final took place on 18 February 2010. Fourteen entries competed and the top eight entries qualified to the final by a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a jury panel.[6] The jury panel that voted in the first semi-final consisted of Miki Dzrnokrak, Kiril Lozance, Vasko Todorov, Kiril Zarlinov, Gjorgji Cuckovski and Gorazd Čapovski.[7] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by 2007 Macedonian Junior Eurovision representatives Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski and 2009 Macedonian Junior Eurovision representatives Sara Markoska.[8]

The second semi-final took place on 19 February 2010. Fourteen entries competed and the top eight entries qualified to the final by a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a jury panel.[9] The jury panel that voted in the second semi-final consisted of Miki Dzrnokrak, Kiril Lozance, Vasko Todorov, Kiril Zarlinov, Gjorgji Cuckovski and Gorazd Čapovski.[7] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by the group Synthesis.[10]

The final took place on 20 February 2010. Sixteen entries competed and a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a jury panel selected "Jas ja imam silata" performed by Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver & Pejcin as the winner.[1] The jury panel that voted in the final consisted of Avni Qahili, Naum Petreski, Darko Gelev-Brejk, Sašo Gigov-Giš, Aleksandar Džambazov and Sasha Nikolovski-Gjumar.[7] Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver & Pejcin and Vlatko Ilievski both received 22 points and were tied for first place, however Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver & Pejcin were declared the winners after receiving the most votes from the jury. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by 2002 and 2007 Macedonian Eurovision representative Karolina Gočeva, 2010 Albanian Eurovision representative Juliana Pasha and 2010 Bosnian Eurovision representative Vukašin Brajić.

• In the Semi-final 1 Macedonia came 15th with 37 points: the public awarded Macedonia 15th place with 30 points and the jury awarded 10th place with 62 points.

The Macedonian broadcaster revealed the full jury vote breakdown for the grand final as well as the members of the Macedonian jury. No information is known about the televoting results.

The following five members comprise the Macedonian jury:

• Rade Spasovski - journalist in the international coordination department of MRT, chairman of the jury
• Aleksandra Jovanovska - journalist in the MTV Entertainment department
• Oliver Dimitrov - journalist in the MTV Entertainment department
• Lile Avtovska - music collaborator in MTV
• Suzana Stefska - entertainment editorial office of MRT[12]

Jury Voting Results from Macedonia
Draw	Country	Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Average Jury Rank	Jury Points
01	Azerbaijan	7	8	6	8	5	5	6
02	Spain				1
03	Norway
04	Moldova	3			5		10	1
05	Cyprus
06	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	7	8	6	8	3	8
07	Belgium
08	Serbia
09	Belarus		1
10	Ireland
11	Greece
12	United Kingdom
13	Georgia	6	6	10	10	12	2	10
14	Turkey	10	10	7	7	2	4	7
15	Albania	12	12	12	12	6	1	12
16	Iceland	2		3	2
17	Ukraine		5	4			9	2
18	France					1
19	Romania	4	4	1		4	8	3
20	Russia
21	Armenia	5	2			10	7	4
22	Germany	1	3	5	4	7	6	5
23	Portugal			2
24	Israel				3
25	Denmark