In fact, the first song chosen was chosen more than a month ago, when the country of Macedonia held Skopje Fest 2014 to choose their entrant to send to Vienna.
It was a perfectly nice show, especially for a country of 2 million people in one of the poorer areas of Europe, yet at times it did feel like talent night on a cruise ship.
Risto Samardžiev & Vlatko Ilievski "Sever-Jug"
Aleksandra Mihova "Srce čuva spomeni"
None of them were horrible, but none of them screamed "success at Eurovision".
Out of the twenty songs competing, the winning song was the one I would have chosen:
Daniel Kajmakoski "Lisja esenski"
Will it get out of the semifinal? If it's staged like it is in the above clip, not likely. Kajmakoski looks kind of tragic in the outfit he's wearing and the song sounds rather generic.
It's also hard to watch when compared to the interval act. Kaliopi, the Macedonian entrant in 2012. performed three of her songs and put all of the other singers to shame.
Kaliopi "Ne zaboravaj"
I will confess I am a Kaliopi fan--"Crno i Belo" was my favorite song from the 2012 contest--but there is not comparison between this years entrant and Kaliopi. Kajmakoski is nowhere near the level of Kaliopi and makes it seem less likely for Kajmakoski to actually succeed.
However, the Macedonians have six months to get the song, staging, and performance perfect and turning my opinion today on its heels.
However, the Macedonians have six months to get the song, staging, and performance perfect and turning my opinion today on its heels.
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