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participated in the

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which took place on 24 November 2019 in

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, Poland. The national broadcaster

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was responsible for organising North Macedonia's entry for the contest. On 9 July 2019, Mila Moskov was internally selected as the Macedonian representative.

Background

Prior to the 2018 contest, Macedonia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times, under the provisional reference of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", since its debut at the inaugural contest in . Macedonia was absent twice from the

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in and and has never won the contest. Its best result is the fifth place at the and contests, represented by the duo Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski, and Bobi Andonov, respectively. In the 2018 contest, Marija Spasovska represented her country in

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with the song "Doma". The song ended 12th out of 20 entries with 99 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

On 9 July 2019, the national broadcaster revealed that they had chosen Mila Moskov internally to represent North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Her song for the contest, "Fire", written by Lazar Cvetkoski and Magdalena Cvetkoska, was revealed on 15 October 2019.

Artist and song information

Mila Moskov

Mila Moskov (born 8 March 2005) is a Macedonian singer. She represented North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Fire". She started her music career when she was six years old. Her singing career began at her local music school where she learned to sing and play the

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Fire

"Fire" is a song by Macedonian child singer Mila Moskov. It represented North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, North Macedonia was drawn to perform fourth on 24 November 2019, following Russia and preceding Spain.

Voting

Detailed voting results

References

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