As previously reported by, FYR Macedonia will select its next Eurovision Song Contest entry on Saturday 21st February following two semi finals on Thursday 19th February and Friday 20th February. 16 songs will participate in each semi final and the top half will qualify for the final. Today, national broadcaster, MKRTV, have announced the 32 songs and composers that have reached the semi finals.
A special draw to decide the running order of the semi finals will be made live on television next month. The 32 songs in the running were picked from 142 songs entered. At this stage, no singers have been confirmed, but the composers' names have been revealed.
The 32 semi final songs for FYR Macedonia are:
- Dobar Kraj (Good End) – Simonovska Ana
- Patuvam Niz Vremeto (Traveling Through Time) – Zoran Ilievski
- Ti Peam Pesna (I Am Singing A Song For You) – Kire Kostov
- Ne Igraj Si, Devojko (Girl, Don’t Play) – Simon Trpcevski
- Drvo Bez Koren (Rootless Tree) – Andrijana Janevska
- Nema Da Zboram (I’ll Not Speak) – Vanco Dimitrov
- Povtorno Ljubena (Loved Again) – Stevce Grozdanov
- Pomalku Naivno (Less Naive) – Nikola Perevski, Vladimir Krstevski
- Ljubovta Doaga (Love Is Coming) – Lazar Cvetkovski
- Zastani, Solzi Izbrisi (Wipe Your Tears) – Grigor Koprov
- Samo Son Ke Ni Ostane (We’ll Have Only A Dream) – Grigor Koprov
- Severno Od Mene, Juzno Od Tebe (North Of Me, South Of You) – Kaliopi Bukle
- Blisku Do Mene (Close To Me) – Lazar Cvetkovski
- Otvori Go Srceto (Open Your Heart) – Jovan Vasilevski
- Igra So Nas (Play With Us) – Dimce Kitrozoski
- Volsebnik (A Magician) – Blaze Temelkov
- Ding Dong (Ding Dong) – Zoran Trpkov
- Zemi Se (Take Everything) – Ljupco Trajkovski
- Mojot TV (My TV) – Risto Apostolov
- Za Nea Postojam (I Live For Her) – Kostadin Papa
- Gengsta Oro (Gengsta Dance) – Daniel Joveski
- Zboguvanje (Goodbye) – Daniel Mitrevski
- Za Kraj (At An End) – Davor Jordanovski
- Nasmevni Se (Smile) – Zdravka Mircevska
- Me Pronajde Ti (You Found Me) – Hari Kotlarovski
- Na Moe Mesto (In My Place) – Bojan Gjosevski
- Rum Dum Dum (Rum Dum Dum) – Kire Kostov
- Gledas, Ne Sum Sam (Look , I Am Not Alone) – Vladimir Dojcinovski
- Sakam Da Ti Kazam, Ostani (I Want To Say, Stay) – Vladimir Dojcinovski
- Sila Na Ljubovta (The Power Of Love) – Aleksandar Masevski
- Nesto Sto Ke Ostane (Something That Will Remain) – Damjan Lazarov, Jovan Jovanov
- Dali Mislis Na Nas (Do You Think Of Us) – Goce Simonovski