F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

FYR Macedonia selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 on 24 February 2007 via Skopje Fest 2007, which consisted of twelve songs, with an additional three being commissioned by MKRTV. Karolina Gočeva gained a landslide victory, earning 144 points, which was the maximum amount that could be awarded. "Mojot Svet" is a rhythmic pop song with ethnic elements. The song was written by Grigor Koprov and composed by Ognen Nedelkovski. Karolina is the first artist to represent Macedonia twice at Eurovision.

Karolina Gočeva was born on 28 April 1980 in Bitola. She has participated numerous times in national Eurovision selections achieving respectable results. In 2002, Karolina participated in Tallinn, Estonia with the song "Od Nas Zavisi", earning only 25 points and placing nineteenth. She is notably one of the most successful Macedonian artists who have broken into music markets in neighboring countries as well having music videos in rotation on MTV Adria.

Prior to the contest, Karolina made a small promo tour to Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia. In addition to visiting the Balkan region, Karolina also arranged a pre-contest concert in Skopje at the Metropolis Arena. The final Eurovision version of the song was finalized with changes occurring to the last versus of the song, performed in the English language. Karolina competed in the semi-final evening of Eurovision, finishing in ninth position in the competition, thus qualifying for the final, along with nine other competitors. At Eurovision, the song was performed eighteenth, following Portugal's Sabrina with "Dança Comigo (vem ser feliz)" and preceding Norway's Guri Schanke with "Ven A Bailar Conmigo".

Result of National Final

References

ee also

Republic of Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW0pWCr0mdg Video of song "Mojot svet" at the final of eurovision 2007]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXWJbcpG-Lw Video of song "Mojot svet" at the semifinal of eurovision 2007]