| Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
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| Country |  Macedonia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 19 November 2011 Song: 29 February 2012 | |||
| Selected entrant | Kaliopi | |||
| Selected song | "Crno i belo" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 53 points) | |||
| Final result | 13th, 71 points | |||
| 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 2012 with the song "Crno i belo" written by Kaliopi and Romeo Grill. The song was performed by Kaliopi, who was internally selected by the Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) to compete for Macedonia at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Kaliopi's appointment as the Macedonian representative was announced on 19 November 2011, while her song, "Crno i belo", was presented to the public in a television special titled Evrosong 2012 ("Eurosong 2012") on 29 February 2012.
Macedonia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 2, "Crno i belo" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 26 May. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed ninth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 53 points. In the final, Macedonia performed in position 22 and placed thirteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 71 points.