MKRTV, the North Macedonian national broadcaster, has confirmed that North Macedonia will not compete at the forthcoming 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Austria, but is eyeing to compete at Eurovision 2027.
Thus North Macedonia joins the list of the countries who confirmed their participation at the upcoming Eurovision edition in Austria.
MKRTV is planning to return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027 as stated during MKRTV’s Council meeting earlier this week. The North Macedonian national broadcaster is expected to kick off its preparations for its potential participation at ESC 2027 in due time. The broadcaster is currently negotiating with the EBU in order to host JESC 2026
North Macedonia in Eurovision
North Macedonia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 and is yet to win the competition. North Macedonia attempted to debut at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo with Kaliopi, but didn’t make through the special premliminary audio semi-final.
The country has competed 21 times in the Eurovision Song Contest and has only qualified to the Grand Final on 9 times. North Macedonia achieved its best result in the contest in 2019 when Tamara Todevska placed 7th in the Grand Final in Tel Aviv.
In 2019 MKRTV opted for an internal selection and selected Tamara Todevska to defend the Macedonian colours at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv with her epic entry ‘Proud’. North Macedonia won the jury voting in Eurovision 2019 and placed 7th after the combined televoting/jury deliberation, thus achieving its best result in the competition so far.
2019 saw North Macedonia enter the TOP 10 of the Eurovision scoreboard for the very first time. Andrea represented the Balkan country at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with her entry ‘Circles‘.
