| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |  Macedonia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Skopje Fest 2009 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 19 February 2009 20 February 2009 Final: 21 February 2009 | |||
| Selected entrant | Next Time | |||
| Selected song | "Nešto što kje ostane" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (10th) | |||
| Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Macedonia (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Nešto što kje ostane" written by Jovan Jovanov, Damjan Lazarov and Elvir Mekić. The song was performed by the duo Next Time. The Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) organised Skopje Fest 2009 in order to select the Macedonian entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. 32 entries competed in the competition which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Sixteen songs competed in each semi-final and the top eight from each semi-final qualified to the final. In the final, "Nešto što kje ostane" performed by Next Time was selected following the combination of votes from a twelve-member jury panel and a public televote.
Macedonia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 13, "Nešto što kje ostane" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed tenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 45 points.