Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Participating broadcaster	Macedonian Radio Television (MRT)
Country	Macedonia
National selection
Selection process	Skopje Fest 2000
Selection date(s)	19 February 2000
Selected artist(s)	XXL
Selected song	"100% te ljubam"
Selected songwriter(s)	Dragan Karanfilovski Bojs; Orče Zafirovski; Vlado Janevski;
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 29 points
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Macedonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "100% te ljubam" (100% те љубам), written by Dragan Karanfilovski Bojs, Orče Zafirovski, and Vlado Janevski, and performed by XXL. The Macedonian participating broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), selected its entry through Skopje Fest 2000.

Before Eurovision

Skopje Fest 2000

Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) held the national final on 19 February 2000 at the Universal Hall in Skopje, hosted by Katerina Krstevska and Dragan B. Kostic. The voting was in 3 parts - an "expert" jury of 21 people (who each awarded 100 points to their favourite song), the votes of the audience in the Universal Hall (who could give 1 point to their favourite song) and televoting (with the favourite of the televoting getting 200 points, 2nd getting 180 points...).^[1] Toše Proeski won the televote with about 38,000 votes and XXL were second with about 30,000 votes.

Final – 19 February 2000
Draw	Artist(s)	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Ivana Andonovska	"Nov den" (Нов ден)	Ivana Andonovska	12	17
2	Mama	"Doždot pagja" (Дождот паѓа)	Trajče Organđijev, Tanja Trčkova	31	14
3	Verica Pandilovska	"Znaeš deka znam" (Знаеш дека знам)	Toše Pop-Simonov	119	7
4	Klik Klak	"Samo ljubi me" (Само љуби ме)	Vesna Malinova, Jovica Karallievski	9	18
5	Erzana	"Iluzija" (Илузија)	Klementina Krstanovska, Erzana Beriša	111	8
6	Risto Samardžiev	"Kade što denot boite gi sokriva" (Каде што денот боите ги сокрива)	Risto Samardžiev, Hari Kotlarovski	248	4
7	Lidija Kočovska	"Samo tvoja sum" (Само твоjа сум)	Igor Cvetkovski	2	20
8	Marjan Stojanoski	"Dali ti si ova nebo" (Дали ти си ова небо)	Petar Georgiev-Kalica	54	12
9	Jasmina Mukaetova	"Dali si osamen" (Дали си осамен)	Ano Josifov, Ristanka Pečova	0	22
10	XXL	"100% te ljubam" (100% те љубам)	Orče Zafirovski, Dragan Karanfilovski-Bojs, Vlado Janevski	1,768	1
11	P.S.	"Kaži što kјe napraviš" (Кажи што ќе направиш)	Aneta Kachurkova, Dimitar Dimitrov	20	16
12	Džina Papas Džoksi	"Zaboravi" (Заборави)	Ana Genchovska, Džina Papas Džoksi	2	20
13	Maja Vukičević	"Nemoj da si naiven" (Немоj да си наивен)	Toše Pop-Simonov	5	19
14	Area	"Ti bi sakal" (Ти би сакал)	Ruzica Miloshevska-Brchioska, Ivica Brchioski	93	9
15	Andrijana Janevska	"Tvoeto pismo moja biblija" (Твоето писмо моjа библиjа)	Vlado Janevski, Grigor Koprov	163	6
16	Tanja Angelova	"Slušni me" (Слушни ме)	Ivo Nastevski	27	15
17	Karolina Gočeva	"Za nas" (За нас)	Aleksandar Ristovski, Darko Dimitrov	916	2
18	Magija	"Dali se ušte si moja" (Дали се уште си моjа)	Jovan Jovanov	195	5
19	Elena Petreska	"Svetlina" (Светлина)	Orče Bozzinovski, Elena Petreska	71	11
20	Toše Proeski	"Solzi pravat zlaten prsten" (Солзи прават златен прстен)	Ognen Nedelkovski, Grigor Koprov	395	3
21	Dani	"A nekogaš" (А некогаш)	Vesna Dodeva, Ljupčo Mirkovski	81	10
22	Pece Ognenov	"Sakav da sum edinstven" (Сакав да сум единствен)	Hari Kotlarovski	40	13