Skopje Fest

Skopje Fest
Also known asFestival na zabavni melodii Skopje
Genre
Country of originNorth Macedonia
Original languageMacedonian
No. of series24
Production
Production locationSkopje
Original release
NetworkMRT
Release1969 (1969)

Skopje Fest (Macedonian: Скопје фест), officially Festival na zabavni melodii Skopje (Фестивал на забавни мелодии Скопје, 'Festival of entertaining melodies of Skopje'), is a televised musical event in North Macedonia, and formerly in Yugoslavia. The show, organized by the national broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), involves some of North Macedonia's most popular performers, singing original tracks, usually accompanied by the MRT orchestra.

History

The festival began in 1968 at the Universal Hall in Skopje and continued until 1980. Popular Macedonian and Yugoslav singers, such as Slave Dimitrov, Zafir Hadžimanov, and Nina Spirova, performed at Skopje Fest during that period. The event was revived in 1994, after Macedonia gained its independence from Yugoslavia.

Since the late 1990s, Skopje Fest has been used as the Macedonian national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest. The first Macedonian representative at Eurovision, Vlado Janevski, won Skopje Fest 1998 with the song "Ne zori, zoro" and went on to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998.

Until 2002, Skopje Fest was the largest musical event in the country. However, it has since faced financial problems and was not held in 2003. It briefly returned in 2004 and was once again dormant until 2008, when it was used as the national final for Eurovision. In 2011, it was announced that Skopje Fest would continue being held as an independent event, without being involved in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[1] It was used again as the North Macedonian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, being dropped since then in favor of internal selections.[2]

Winners

Year Song Artist
1968 "Sramežlivi lugje" (Срамежливи луѓе) Violeta Tomovska, Ljupka Dimitrovska, Zafir Hadžimanov, and Dime Tomovski[3]
1969 "Soul Makedonijo" (Соул Македонијо) Bezimeni
1971 "Samo ti" (Само ти) Zoran Milosavljević
Miki Jevremović
1972 "Odi si" (Оди си) Dragan Mijalkovski
"Prispivna za rekata" (Приспивна за реката) Senka Veletanlić
1973 "Tivko tivko" (Тивко тивко) Goce Nikolovski
"Na ovoj den" (На овој ден) Nina Spirova
1974 "Golubica" (Голубица) Dragan Mijalkovski
"V oblak sonce" (В облак сонце) Maja Odžaklievska
1978 "O, ljubov neverna" (О, љубов неверна) Zafir Hadžimanov
1994 "Ne me dopiraj" (Не допирај ме) Maja Odžaklievska
1995 "Što te nema" (Што те нема) Lidija Kočovska
1996 "Samo ti" (Само ти) Kaliopi
1997 "Manastirski son" (Манастирски сон) Pece Ognenov
1998 "Ne zori, zoro" (Не зори, зоро) Vlado Janevski
1999 "Sejačot" (Сејачот) Sašo Gigov Giš
2000 "100% te ljubam" (100% те љубам) XXL
2001 "Nostalgija" (Носталгија) Andrijana Janevska
2002 "Od nas zavisi" (Од нас зависи) Karolina Gočeva
2007 "Mojot svet" (Mojoт свет) Karolina Gočeva
2008 "Vo ime na ljubovta" (Во име на љубовта) Tamara, Vrčak, and Adrian
2009 "Nešto što kje ostane" (Нешто што ќе остане) Next Time
2010 "Jas ja imam silata" (Јас ја имам силата) Gjoko Taneski feat. Billy Zver and Pejčin
2011 "Rusinka" (Русинкa) Vlatko Ilievski
2013 "Kje te čekam jas" (Ќе те чекам јас) Lambe Alabakovski
2014 "Lisja esenski" (Лисја есенски) Daniel Kajmakoski
2015 "Ubava" (Убава) Eye Cue

References

  1. ↑ Миленковска, В. (19 November 2011). "Калиопи на Евросонг, Скопски фестивал во ноември" [Kaliopi at Eurovision, Skopje Festival in November]. Вест (in Macedonian). Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Granger, Anthony (15 July 2014). "FYR Macedonia: 2015 Participation Is Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Aleksandar Džambazov". And the conductor is... Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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