Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
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Macedonia (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Ninanajna" written by Darko Dimitrov and Rade Vrčakovski. The song was performed by Elena Risteska. The Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) organised the national final Specialen Evroviziski Den in order to select the Macedonian entry for the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece. Twenty entries competed in the competition on 4 March 2006 where "Ninanajna" performed by Elena Risteska was selected exclusively by a public televote, receiving 6,999 votes.
Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | ||||
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Country | Macedonia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Specialen Evroviziski Den | |||
Selection date(s) | 4 March 2006 | |||
Selected entrant | Elena Risteska | |||
Selected song | "Ninanajna" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 76 points) | |||
Final result | 12th, 56 points | |||
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Macedonia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2006. Performing during the show in position 11, "Ninanajna" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 20 May. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed tenth out of the 23 participating countries in the semi-final with 76 points. In the final, Macedonia performed in position 11 and placed twelfth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 56 points.