Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Pesna za Evrovizija 2007 was the national final organised by MRT that selected Macedonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Fifteen entries participated in the competition which took place on 24 February 2007 at the Universal Hall in Skopje, hosted by Milanka Rašić, Živkica Gjurčinovska and Igor Džambazov and was broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat.[3]

A submission period was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their songs between 20 November 2006 and 20 December 2006.[4] MRT received 150 submissions at the closing of the deadline.[5] Twelve entries were selected from the open submissions, while an additional three entries were wildcards submitted by well-known artists directly invited by MRT for the competition.[6][7] The twelve selected songs from the open submissions were announced on 6 January 2007, while their artists were announced on 24 January 2007 along with the three wildcard entries. Among the competing artists was Karolina Gočeva who represented Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. Among the competing composers, Elena Risteska represented Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.[8]

The final took place on 24 February 2007. All fifteen competing entries were accompanied by the MRT orchestra, conducted by Kire Kostov, and regional televoting selected "Mojot svet" performed by Karolina Gočeva as the winner.[9][10] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by 2005 Croatian Eurovision representative Boris Novković, 2006 Macedonian Eurovision representative Elena Risteska and 2007 Belarusian Eurovision representative Dmitry Koldun.[11]

On 25 March, Karolina filmed the official music video for "Mojot svet".[12] The music video, directed by the production company Tomato Production, was released on 3 April along with the English version of the song.[13] MRT originally intended for "Mojot svet" to be performed solely in Macedonian at the Eurovision Song Contest, but it was later decided together with Karolina that the song would be performed in a mixture of English and Macedonian at the contest.[14][15]

Karolina made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Mojot svet" as the Macedonian Eurovision entry. On 5 March, Karolina performed "Mojot svet" during the presentation show of the 2007 Bosnian Eurovision entry, BH Eurosong Show 2007.[16] Karolina also performed the song during the final of the Serbian Eurovision national final Beovizija 2007 on 8 March.[17] In addition to her international appearances, on 26 April, Karolina held a pre-contest concert at the Metropolis Arena in Skopje.[18]

Karolina took part in technical rehearsals on 4 and 6 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May.[19] The Macedonian performance featured Karolina performing in a short green dress together with a ballerina, a dancer and three backing vocalists which began the song seated on chairs. The background LED screens displayed a starry sky and the performance also featured the use of a wind machine and pyrotechnics.[20][21] The five backing performers that joined Karolina on stage were Ana Kostova Kostadinovska, Andrijana Janevska, Boban Kovačevski, Sara Projkovska Nikolovska and Stevo Cjepinovski.[22]

At the end of the show, Macedonia was announced as having finished in the top ten and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Macedonia placed ninth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 97 points.[23]

The draw for the running order for the final was done by the presenters during the announcement of the ten qualifying countries during the semi-final and Macedonia was drawn to perform in position 6, following the entry from Finland and before the entry from Slovenia. Karolina once again took part in dress rehearsals on 11 and 12 May before the final and performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 12 May. Macedonia placed fourteenth in the final, scoring 73 points.[24]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Macedonia and awarded by Macedonia in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Serbia in the semi-final and the final of the contest.