Macedonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "" , composed by Grigor Koprov, with lyrics by Vlado Janevski, and performed by Janevski himself. The Macedonian participating broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), selected its entry through Skopje Fest 1998. This was the first-ever entry from independent Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Macedonian in the contest, after MRT was unable to debut in the by failing to pass the qualifying round.
Before Eurovision
Skopje Fest 1998 Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) held the national final on 7 March 1998 at the in Skopje accompanied by the big orchestra of MKRTV. Milanka Rašik and Aleksandar Delovski hosted the event, and the winner was selected by televoting.
+ Final – 7 March 1998 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place 1 Tanja Carovska "Preku moreto" () Tanja Carovska 1,339 12 2 Kaliopi "Ne zaboravaj" () Kaliopi, Romeo Grill 3,834 9 3 Monika Sokolovska "Son" () Petar Georgiev-Kalica 862 15 4 Toše Proeski and Megatim Plus "Ostani do kraj" () Kristijan Gabrovski, Hari Kotlarovski 4,210 8 5 Tanja, Lidija and Zorica Pančić "Daj mi pričina da se razbudam" () Zorica Pančić, Igor Cvetkovski 2,459 11 6 Sašo Gigov-Giš "Samovilska svadba" () Jordan Danailovski, Grigor Koprov 34,774 2 7 Iskra Trpeva and Granit "Ne baraj me" () Ljubomir Brangolica 681 20 8 Risto Samardžiev "Ne veruvam" () Risto Samardžiev 8,866 5 9 Dule and Koki "Daj mi šansa" () Miodrag Vrčakovski, Grigor Koprov 23,615 3 10 Biljana Dodeva "Koj si ti" () Liljana Vasileva, Biljana Dodeva 828 16 11 Pece Ognenov and Andrijana Janevska "Te sakam beskrajno" () Adrijana Janevska 1,100 13 12 Duo Maratov "Bez tebe" () Blagoj Morotow 764 17 13 Intervali "Ljubovta nema granici" () Boris Gavrilovski 694 19 14 Maja Grozdanovska and Bumerang "Kameleon" () Metodi Ivanov 3,319 10 15 Marjan Nečak "Andrea" () Marjan Nečak 725 18 16 Suzana Spasovska "Opomena" () Boško Smakoski, Vančo Dimitrov 5,441 6 17 Maja Vukičević "Broj do deset" () Aleksandar Mitevski, Stefče Črčev 908 14 18 Vlado Janevski "Ne zori, zoro" () Vlado Janevski, Grigor Koprov 38,642 1 19 Karolina Gočeva "Ukradeni nokji" () Miodrag Vrčakovski, Kire Kostov 10,454 4 20 Mičo Atanasiu "Pari pari" () Vladimir Petrovski, Mičo Atanasiu 4,453 7
At Eurovision Vlado Janevski performed last in the running order on the night of the contest, following Turkey. "Ne zori, zoro" scored 16 points, finishing in 19th place out of 25 countries. Due to low placement Macedonia was relegated from the 1999 contest, but it would eventually return in 2000.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Macedonia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Macedonia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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