We’re firing the starting gun this week and letting loose our Superfans as they dive into the first reviews for this years contest contenders. We also head to the Balkans for our National triple play, and your fan favourite choice is an Irish winner! Plus our regular catch up on another busy week of Eurovision news…
Show Timeline
This Weeks Highlights
North Macedonia, previously presented in the contest as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R. Macedonia), has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 21 times since its official debut in 1998. The country had attempted to participate in 1996, but failed to qualify from the audio-only qualifying round. The current Head of Delegation is Meri Popova. Prior to 2019, North Macedonia’s best result was a 12th-place finish with Elena Risteska in 2006. Having qualified from the semi-final round only once in ten of the previous eleven contests (2008–18), North Macedonia achieved its best result to date in 2019, when Tamara Todevska qualified and finished in seventh place in the final after winning the jury vote.
Andrea Koevska is best known under her mononym Andrea, and is a Macedonian singer from Skopje. While posting short videos of herself singing famous pop and rock songs, producer Aleksandar Masevski noticed her and offered Andrea the chance to work with him.
In 2022, Andrea was selected to represent North Macedonia after winning the national selection, Za Evrosong 2022. As there was a tie for first place, Andrea was declared the winner as she received maximum points from the international jury. At Eurovision, Andrea performed on 12 May 2022, in the second semi-final. She failed to qualify to the grand final, finishing 11th out of 18 participants.
Track List
| 1 | You’re Not Alone | Joe And Jake | 2016 United Kingdom |
| 2 | Stronger Every Minute | Lisa Andreas | 2004 Cyprus |
| 3 | Neshto Shto Ke Ostane | Next Time | 2009 North Macedonia |
| 4 | Pred Da Se Razdeni | Esma & Lozano | 2013 North Macedonia |
| 5 | Circles | Andrea | 2022 North Macedonia |
| 6 | A ba-ni-bi | Izhar Cohen | 1978 Israel |
| 7 | Duje | Albina & Familja Kelmendi | 2023 Albania |
| 8 | Heart of Steel | Tvorchi | 2023 Ukraine |
| 9 | Because of You | Gustaph | 2023 Belgium |
| 10 | Si | Gigliola Cinquetti | 1974 Italy |
| 11 | Rock’n Roll Kids | Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan | 1994 Ireland |
| 12 | Mr. Nobody | Anzej Dezan | 2006 Slovenia |
| 13 | Warrior | Amber Bondin | 2015 Malta |
