The 32 songs to compete FYR Macedonia's national selection for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest have now been drawn into two semi finals. The two heats will be held on 19th and 20th February and eight entries out of each round will move forward to the national final on 21st February.
The line-up of the first semi final, 19th February 2009:
- Kostadin Papa – Za nea postojam
- Ana Simonovska – Dobar kraj
- Andrijana Janevska – Drvo bez koren
- Treta Dimnzija – Isto sto si ti
- Vodoliva – Mojot TV
- Verce Pandilovska – Severno od mene, juzno od tebe
- Dimitar Andonovski – Me pronajde ti
- Risto Samardjiev – Samo son ke ni ostane
- Lili – Za kraj
- Zarmenia – Igra so nas
- Ohrid rules – Gengsta oro
- Emilija Gievska- Patuvam niz vremeto
- Projekt Makedonija – Pomalku naivno
- Daniel – Sila na ljubovta
- Next time – Nesto sto ke ostane
- Jane Dulimaglovski – Gledas ne sum sam
The line-up of thesecond semi final, 20th February 2009:
- Dejan Trifunovski – Ljubovta doaga
- Stefan Cvetkovski – Zemi sve
- Jasmina Dimitrovska – Na moe mesto
- Filip Jordanovski – Volsebnik
- Vlatko Ilievski – Najbogat na svet
- Venera – Povtorno ljubena
- Patnici – Nasmej se
- Aleksandar Belov – Sastano solzi izbrici
- Kaliopi & Naum – Rum dum dum
- Amir Ibraimovski – Otvori go srceto
- Bravo – Devojiko
- Vlatko Lozanovski – Bliski do mene
- Pampersi – Zboguvanje
- Rock Agresori – Ding dong
- Nade Talevska – Dali mislis na nas
- Kristijan – Nema da zboram
FYR Macedonia has qualified for the Eurovision Song Contestfinal in every year with one semi final just to miss the top ten. Last year, Tamara, Vrcak & Adrijan would have also qualified according to the televoting as they finished 10th with their song Let me love you. However, the jury joker was given to Sweden eliminatingthe FYRMacedonian entry in thesecond semi final.
