Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Esma and Lozano's appointment as the Macedonian representatives were announced on 29 December 2012, while their song, "Imperija", was presented to the public in a television special on 27 February 2013.Performing during the show in position 3, "Pred da se razdeni" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.[3] On 29 December 2012, MRT announced that they had internally selected Esma Redžepova and Vlatko Lozanoski to represent Macedonia in Malmö.Both singers previously attempted to represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest by competing in the country's national final selections on several occasions.[10] On 8 March 2013, several Macedonian media outlets reported that "Imperija" would be withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest and replaced with a new song written by Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkovski and Simeon Atanasov due to negative reactions from the public, particularly with the music video which was claimed to be a glorification of the government-backed Skopje 2014 construction project.[11][12][13] The new song, "Pred da se razdeni", was presented to the public on 15 March 2013 during the MRT evening news programme Dnevnik."Pred da se razdeni" was composed by Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkovski and Simeon Atanasov with lyrics written by Magdalena Cvetkoska.This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.
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