Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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Country | Macedonia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 28 August 2013 Song: 22 February 2014 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Tijana | |||
Selected song | "To the Sky" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (13th) | |||
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 2014 with the song "To the Sky" written by Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkoski and Elena Risteska. The song was performed by Tijana, who was internally selected by the Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) to compete for Macedonia at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. Songwriter Elena Risteska represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Ninanajna" where she placed twelfth in the grand final of the competition. Tijana's appointment as the Macedonian representative was announced on 22 February 2014, while her song, "To the Sky", was presented to the public in a special edition of the MRT show Hit na mesecot.
Macedonia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 11, "To the Sky" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed thirteenth out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 33 points.