MRT, the FYR Macedonian national broadcaster of the Eurovision Song Contest, have released the names of the 20 artists who will be taking part in the 2014 Skopje Fest later this year in November.

Earlier today, MRT confirmed to ESCToday that the FYR Macedonian national final Skopje Fest had been preponed to the 12 November, a day earlier than its original scheduled date. MRT have received around 200 entries for the national final which have since been narrowed down to 20 entries. Check out which artists have been selected to participate in the 2014 Skopje Fest below.

The participants

1. Risto Samardziev & Vlatko Ilievski – North–South
2. Lena Zatkoska – Hello
3. Aleksandra Janeva – In your world
4. Nade Talevska – I know
5. Sanja Gjoshevska – I want to fly
6. Viktorija Loba – I’m missing someone like you
7. Goran Naumovski & Sanja Kerkez – A moment without you
8. Lidija Kochovska & Marjan Stojanovski – Sunshine through the clouds
9. Vera Jankovikj – I want to fly
10. Evgenija Chanchalova – If I don’t love you
11. Daniel Kajmakoski – Perfect storm
12. Tamara Todevska – Sinking ship
13. Aleksandar Tarabunov & Toni Mihajlovski – Maria
14. Dimitar Andonovski – Everything I promised
15. Verica Pandilovska – Just for you
16. Tanja Carovska – I miss you like hell
17. Myatta – Deep down inside me
18. Joce Panov – Neither “L” form love
19. Aleksandra Mihova – Heart keeps memories
20. Sasho Gigov–Gish – Blues

The 20 acts will compete against each other in a bid to represent their country at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. The FYR Macedonian entry will be selected via a 50/50 public-jury deliberation.

FYR Macedonia officially debuted at the contest in 1998 in the host city of Birmingham when Vlado Janevski was selected to represent his country with the song Ne zori, zoro. FYR Macedonia’s best result to date was when Elena Risteska represented her country in 2006 with her song Ninanajna, ending in 12th position with a total of 56 points.

Tijana, with her song To the sky, was internally selected to represent FYR Macedonia at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in the host city of Copenhagen. Competing in the second semi-final, Tijana ended in 13th position with a total of 33 points, therefore failing to qualify to the grand final.

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