FYR Macedonia will be represented by Vlatko Ilievski and the song Rusinka at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia held their Eurovision 2011 national final tonight. 20 acts battled out for the golden ticket to Germany.

Feminnem (Bosnia Herzegovina 2005, Croatia 2010), Elene Risteka (FYR Macedonia 2006)were guest performers at tonight's Eurovision 2011 Eurovision national finalSkopje Fest 2011which was held at the Skopje Universal Hall. The show lasted more than 4 hours and was hosted by Zoran Mirchevski and Elena Miteva. Vlatko Ilievskiwas favourite with both the jury and the audience at home. He will be representing FYR Macedonia with an uptempo song titledRusinka.

Vlatko Ilievski- Rusinka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kaXb1potk

FYR Macedonia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 with Vlado Janevski and is yet to win the contest.


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