Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Macedonia
National selection
Selection process	Dečja pesna Eurovizije
Selection date(s)	26 September 2008
Selected artist(s)	Bobi Andonov
Selected song	"Prati mi SMS"
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 93 points
Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

North Macedonia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held at the Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center in Cyprus.

Before Junior Eurovision

Dečja pesna Eurovizije

The final took place on 26 September 2008, hosted by Gorast Cvetkovski and Ivona Bogoevska. Twelve songs competed and the winner was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel (50%) and televoting (50%).

**Final – 26 September 2008**
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
1	Petar Gjurevski	"Sonuvam"	38	7	749	8	15	4
2	Gorazd Grmashkovski	"Ajde gore race"	24	2	85	0	2	11
3	Bisera Bazer	"Sever-jug"	29	4	364	6	10	6
4	Dejana, Blagoja and Sara	"Pejte so nas"	29	5	809	10	15	3
5	Dorijan and Filipa	"Srechni sme"	45	10	538	7	17	2
6	Natasha Latinovcka	"Parichka"	28	3	35	0	3	10
7	Mirjana Burnaz	"Simpatijo moja"	17	0	118	1	1	12
8	Mila Milivojevic	"Uchiliste najmilo"	44	8	265	5	13	5
9	Marija Zafirovska	"Mojot as"	34	6	144	2	8	7
10	Marija and Natasha	"Srechen Den"	22	1	223	3	4	9
11	Bobi Andonov	"Prati mi SMS"	49	12	1,162	12	24	1
12	Aneta and Maja	"Ljubov moja"	19	0	234	4	4	8

At Junior Eurovision

On 14 October 2008 the running order for Junior Eurovision took place, and the Macedonian song was given the spot to perform fourteenth. The song placed in 5th position with 93 points, which is the country's best result to date. The entry also received points from every country, the most being ten points from Romania.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Macedonia^[2]
Score	Country
12 points^[a]
10 points	Romania
8 points	Serbia Ukraine
7 points	Belarus
6 points	Armenia Lithuania
5 points	Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Malta Netherlands
4 points	Belgium Russia
3 points	Georgia
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Macedonia^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Serbia
10 points	Lithuania
8 points	Romania
7 points	Ukraine
6 points	Malta
5 points	Belarus
4 points	Georgia
3 points	Bulgaria
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Russia

Notes

^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

^ "Final of Lemesos 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Lemesos 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[3] All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

[1] "Final of Lemesos 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[2008detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Lemesos 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

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