Karolina Gočeva Karolina Gočeva ( mk, Каролина Гочева, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian pop singer. Gočeva launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local ch ...

represented Macedonia in the

2002 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tallinn, Estonia, following the country's victory at the with the song "Everybody" by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. Organised by the Eur ...

with the song "Od nas zavisi" after winning the national final selection, for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.

Before Eurovision

Skopje Fest 2002

The final was held on 16 February 2002 at the Macedonian National Theatre in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and List of cities in North Macedonia by population, largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Sk ...

, hosted by

Igor Džambazov Igor Džambazov ( mk, Игор Џамбазов, ; born 15 July 1963) is a North Macedonia, Macedonian actor, showman, TV presenter, comedian, singer, songwriter, and Prose, prosaist. He was born on July 15, 1963, in Skopje to composer Aleksandar ...

. The winner was chosen by a combination of votes from the audience in the hall (20%), televoting (40%) and an expert jury (40%). Other participants included Andrijana Janevska who was the runner-up with the French lyrics song "O šeri, mon šeri" (O cherie mon cherie) and

Risto Samardžiev Risto Samardžiev (Macedonian: Ристо Самарџиев), born 17 August 1964 in Skopje, is a Macedonian singer and songwriter. He started his musical career when he was 16 years old. He formed the Cilindar group in 1981, which was one of the ...

who came third with "Nema veke pesni tazni".

At Eurovision

Karolina Gočeva performed 9th on the night of the contest, following Estonia and preceding Israel. At the close of the voting she had received 25 points, placing 19th in a field of 24, thus relegating Macedonia from the 2003 contest.

Voting

References

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