North Macedonia will be represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "", written by Ilcho Nechovski and Nikola Micevski, and performed by Ana Stojanoska. The Macedonian participating broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), selected its entry internally.
Background
Prior to the 2026 contest, North Macedonia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twenty times, since its debut at the inaugural contest in . North Macedonia were absent thrice from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in and and 2020. They have never won the contest, with their best results being at the and , represented by the duo Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski, and Bobi Andonov respectively, achieving fifth place. In the 2025 contest, Nela Mančeska represented the country with the song "Miracle" and placed 7th out of 18 countries; their best result since .
Before Junior Eurovision
Internal selection MRT confirmed its intention to participate in the 2026 contest on 30 October 2025. On 19 May 2026, the broadcaster made an open call for singers and songs that would close on 27 May; the day after it was set to close, the deadline for song submissions was extended until 10 June. Selected applicants were invited to perform two songs at an audition round on 1 June; they would be tested on their stage presence, naturalness of expressions, vocal capacity and complete artistic interpretations of compositions. The audition round featured nine artists and was aired on 16 June on MRT 1 and , with Ana Stojanoska announced as the selected entrant during the broadcast and "Idnata jas", written by Ilcho Nechovski and Nikola Micevski, revealed as the selected entry in a press release. Stojanoska recorded the song between 4 and 5 July.
Key: Selected entrant
+Audition round participants Artist Song 1 Song 2Ana Stojanoska"" ()"Proud"Anastasija Marinoska"From the Start" "Part of Your World"Iris Dojčinovska"Padam, padam…""Once Upon a December"Iva Molovska"Empire State of Mind""Listen"Jana Dimitrovska"" ()"Part of Your World"Jovana Taseva"I Have Nothing""" ()Kaja Dimitrova"Voilà""Gabriela"Marija Stojanovska"" ()"Set Fire to the Rain"Mihaela Purdeska"Part of Your World""Damn Your Eyes"
At Junior Eurovision The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is set to take place at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali, Malta on 24 October 2026.
On stage, Ana will be joined by dancers Kalina, Kaja and Elena, with Ilija Kardakoski as the choreographer. Ana's outfit will be designed by Elena Luka.
In North Macedonia, the contest is set to be broadcast on MRT 1.
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