Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
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Macedonia (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Life" written by Jovan Jovanov and Ilija Nikolovski. The song was performed by Toše Proeski, who was internally selected by the Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) to compete for Macedonia at the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. MRT returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their relegation from 2003 as one of the bottom five countries in the 2002 contest. Toše Proeski's appointment as the Macedonian representative was announced on 7 June 2003, while MRT organised Skopje Fest 2004 in order to select his song. Eight songs competed in the competition on 14 February 2004 where "Angel si ti" was selected following the combination of votes from an eleven-member jury panel, Proeski himself and a public televote. The song was later translated from Macedonian to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "Life".
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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Country | Macedonia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Skopje Fest 2004 | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 7 July 2003 Song: 14 February 2004 | |||
Selected entrant | Toše Proeski | |||
Selected song | "Life" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 71 points) | |||
Final result | 14th, 47 points | |||
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Macedonia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing during the show in position 15, "Life" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 15 May. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed tenth out of the 22 participating countries in the semi-final with 71 points. In the final, Macedonia performed in position 15 and placed fourteenth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 47 points.