The running order of this year's FYR Macedonian national final, SkopjeFest 2008, has been announced. The draw was held on a special show aired by MKTV 1, where some parts of the demo versions of the competing songs have been played.
The running order for Skopje Fest 2008 has been fixed as follows:
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Docna e (It's late) –Synthesis. Composer: Grigor Koprov
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Poraka (Message) – Aneta Kazurkova. Composers: Robert Bilbilov, Aneta Kazurkova
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Strawberry – Parketi. Composer: Parketi
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Mediteran ska (Mediterranean song) – Risto Samard�iev. Composer: Risto Samard�iev
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Prašuvam bez glas (I am asking voiceless) – Tuna. Composer: Tuna
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Zemjo moja (My land) – Lambe Alabakovski. Composer: Darko Dimitrov
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Armija (Army) – Elvir Mekić. Composer: Jovan Jovanov
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Sé što znam (All I know) – Saša Vuzković. Composer: Saša Vuzković
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Izgubena vo noćta (Lost in the night) – Tamara feat. Vrzak & Adrian Gaxha. Composer: Vrzak
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So drugi zborovi (With other words) – Vlatko Ilievski. Composer: Vlatko Ilievski
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Vrati se (Come back) – None. Composer: Kristijan Gabroski
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Jas sum ovde (I am here) – Yova Radevska. Composer: Yova Radevska
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Se sakame (We love each other) – Igor Mitrović. Composer: Vladimir Dojzinovski
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Balada (Ballad) – Sonja Tarzulovska. Composer: Mesrur Sait
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Samovila (Fairy) – Nokaut. Composer: Nikola Perevski, Vladimir Krstevski
These 15 acts will fight it out to represent their country, FYR Macedonia, in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest to be held in May in Belgrade (Serbia). The FYR Macedonian national final will take place on February 23rd at the Metropolis Arena, in Skopje. Regarding the voting system, both the public and a panel of experts will be entitled to vote at a 50%-50% split. Each segment will give 1-8, 10 and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs. In case of tie, the jury votes will have prevalence.
FYR Macedonia will participate in one of the two semifinals of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for May 20th and 22nd.