Macedonia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song “Ti ne me poznavaš”, written by Irena Galabovska, and performed by Marija and Viktorija. The Macedonian participating broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), selected its entry for the contest through a national final. This was the first-ever entry from Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Junior Eurovision

National final Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) opened the submission window for songs from 1 February until 31 March 2003. From the singers submission window, 113 applications were received and from the song submission window, 32 songs were received. The jury of selecting the singers and songs consisted of Aleksandar Trposki, Iva Blaževska, Ivana Talevska, , Kiril Josifov, , and Vančo Dimitrov.

The first round of auditions were held in the M2 studio of MRT on 19 April 2003. The songs that passed to the final were announced on 22 April 2003. From the 113 singers, 57 singers were selected to the second round of auditions held on 10 May 2003. From the second round of auditions, the 25 potential performers were chosen with the 10 songs. The performers that qualified for the final were revealed on 25 April 2003.

The final was originally planned to be held on 14 June 2003 but was delayed to 28 June 2003. The show was held at Studio C of MRT and was broadcast on MTV 2 and MKTV Sat. The show was hosted by Rašela Ginovska. The results of the national selection were decided by 50% jury and 50% televoting.

Key: Winner Second place

+Final - 28 June 2003 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place 1Teodora Trajkovska“Sonuvam” (“Сонувам”) 2Monika Kitanovska“Ljubovta dviži se” (“Љубовта движи се”) 3Marija Arsovska, Viktorija Loba and Irena Galabovska“Ti ne me poznavaš” (“Ти не ме познаваш”) 1 4Angela Ljamova and Ivet Caro“Šareni peperutki” (“Шарени пеперутки”) 5Boban Simonovski and Hristijan Dimitrievski“Kako Hari Poter” (“Како Хари Потер”) 6Verica Spasovska and Martina Siljanovska“Bliznački” (“Близначки”) 7David Miloševski, Goce Marotov and Goran Gelevski“Čuden e ovoj svet” (“Чуден е овој свет”) 8Marija Hadžistojanova, Orhideja Dukova and “Do site deca” (“До сите деца”) 2 9Bisera and Bojana Iliovski“Ne sozdade ti” (“Не создаде ти”) 10Elisaveta Koševac, Maja Mihajlovska and “Sakam da sum” (“Сакам да сум”)

Preparations Before the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it was decided that Irena Galabovska would be a backing singer instead of being one of the main singers. A music video was also filmed for the song.

At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw, Macedonia were drawn to perform sixth on 15 November 2003, following Latvia and preceding Poland.

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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