Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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 Macedonia
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Artist: 17 September 2015 Song 9 October 2015 |
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| Selected entrant | Ivana Petkovska & Magdalena Aleksovska | |||
| Selected song | "Pletenka - Braid of Love" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 17th (last), 26 points | |||
| Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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"Pletenka - Braid of Love" |
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| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) |
Ivana Petkovska & Magdalena Aleksovska
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| Languages | |
| Composer(s) |
Magdalena Aleksovska
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| Lyricist(s) |
Ivana Petkovska
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| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "Ohrid i muzika" (2013) | |
Macedonia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 24 July 2015, it was confirmed that they would return to the contest after a one-year absence. The national broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) held auditions at their studios in September 2015. Ivana Petkovska & Magdalena Aleksovska represented Macedonia with the song "Pletenka - Braid of Love". Unfortunately, the country ended 17th (last) with 26 points.
It was announced on 24 July 2015, by the national broadcaster MRT, that Macedonia would be returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, after last taking part at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013. MRT held auditions at their broadcasting studios in September 2015, after making an invitation for submissions of participants and songs. On 17 September 2015, MRT announced that they had internally selected Ivana Petkovska and Magdalena Aleksovska to represent Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, to be held in neighbouring Bulgaria.
Ivana Petkovska and Magdalena Aleksovska who are both aged 13-years old, come from the Macedonian capital, Skopje.
Ivana Petkovska (Macedonian: Ивана Петковска) was born on 14 April 2002 in Skopje, Macedonia. She is an 8th grade pupil at the primary school Dimitar Makedonski. She made her first steps in music when she was only 5, performing at the Potochinja children’s festival. After three years she joined KUD Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov, a Macedonian national folklore ensemble, taking part in several performances in the country and abroad. In addition to dancing, she has also sung Macedonian folk songs at a large number of concerts throughout Macedonia. Ivana is also a member of her school choir.
Magdalena Aleksovska (Macedonian: Магдалена Алексовска) was born on 24 January 2002 in Skopje, Macedonia. She is a 9th grade primary school pupil. She is a sixth grade student in the State Music Ballet Centre, Skopje. Magdalena was a member of the Zlatno Slavejche (Golden Nightingale) children's festival choir from 2009 to 2014. She also plays flute and recorded her first song, Pupil in 2010. She has performed at several international children's festivals (including Istanbul and Belgrade), as well as national and international competitions (including Struga and Prilep, Macedonia). Magdalena’s most significant performance was at the Slavyanskiy Bazar 2013 international children's festival in Vitebsk, Belarus.
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