FYR Macedonia: MRT reveals 20 finalists for Skopje Fest, including Tamara Todevska and Vlatko Ilievski

On November 12, the FYR Macedonia will stage a showdown in Skopje, as Skopje Fest becomes the country’s national selection for Eurovision 2015. Today MRT, the Macedonian broadcaster, revealed the 20 lucky acts who will take the stage in pyrotechnic glory! Among them are Eurovision alums Tamara Todevska and Vlatko Ilievski.

All y’all should remember Miss Todevska: she is Tijana’s younger sister and served as one of her backing vocalists in Copenhagen! Tamara placed second at the Macedonian national selection in 2007, and then won in 2008. She did well at Eurovision, placing tenth in her semi-final with her song “Let me love you.” In most years that would have been enough to make the grand final. Alas. The jury had the power to send one act through that year, and it chose to put Sweden’s Charlotte Perrelli in the final over Tamara. As she told us in Copenhagen, she can’t even remember what Perrelli sang…

Here’s Tamara working it in Belgrade.

You’ll remember Vlatko from Eurovision 2011, where he wielded a guitar and shared the stage with five funky dancers who clearly moonlight as aerobics instructors.

http://youtu.be/JrCOhclzLbEt

Skopje Fest Finalists

Risto Samardziev & Vlatko Ilievski – Sever-jug
Lena Zatkoska – Alo
Aleksandra Janeva – Vo tvojot svet
Nade Talevska – Znam
Sanja Gjosevska – Sakam da letam
Viktoria Loba – Mi fali nekoj kako tebe
Goran Naumovski & Sanja Kerkez – Mig bez tebe
Lidija Kocovska & Marjan Stojanovski – Sonce bez oblaci
Vera Jankovik – Sakam da letam
Evgenija Cavcalova – Da ne te sakam
Danijel Kajmakoski – Sovrsena bura
Tamara Todevska – Brod sto tone
Aleksandar Tarabunov – Marija
Dimitar Andonovski – Se sto vetiv
Verica Pandilovska – Samo za tebe
Tanja Carovska – Pekolno mi nedostasuvas
Mijata – Dlaboko vo sebe
Joce Panov – Ni lj od ljubovta
Aleksandra Mihova – Srce cuva uspomeni
Saso Gigov-Gis – Bluz