Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Marija Spasovska (born 5 October 2005) is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018.[4]

Marija Spasovska was born on 5 October 2005 year in Skopje the Republic of Macedonia. She has been singing since she was 4. Numerous performances from various manifestations, competitions and promotions. From the experience so far, over twenty awards, praise and diplomas from different music festivals and competitions at the domestic and international level are listed. She has a role in the first Macedonian musical "My Secret" dedicated to Toše Proeski. Her first teenage song "Igraj so srce" (Играј со срце; lit. Play the heart) was released on 30 May 2018.

The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest were determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. This jury were asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they could not vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting started on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting stopped on Sunday, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and started right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers voted for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They could also vote for their own country’s song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, thus it received 20% of the available points. The public vote counted for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% came from the professional juries.

• Macedonia received 35 points from Online voting.