Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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

Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Macedonia
Selection process	Dečja pesna Eurovizije
Selection date	20 September 2008
Competing entry
Song	"Prati mi SMS"
Artist	Bobi Andonov
Placement
Final result	5th, 93 points
Participation chronology
◄2007 • 2008 • 2009►

Before Junior Eurovision

Dečja pesna Eurovizije

The final took place on 20 September 2008, hosted by Gorast Cvetkovski and Ivona Bogoevska.^[1] Twelve songs competed and the winner was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel (50%) and televoting (50%).

Final – 20 September 2008^[2][3]

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.^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Macedonia[5] 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[5] 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

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