FYR Macedonia's semi-finalists known
07 January 2009 at 15:07 CETThe open competition ended on 31st of December 2008, out of 142 songs that applied, on 5th of January the selection jury chose 32 that will compete in the two semifinals. The chosen songs and their respective writers are:
- Dobar Kraj (Good End) - Simonovska Ana
- Patuvam Niz Vremeto (Traveling Through Time) - Zoran Ilievski
- Ti Peam Pesna (I Am Singing A Song For You) - Kire Kostov
- Ne Igraj Si, Devojko (Girl, Don’t Play) - Simon Trpcevski
- Drvo Bez Koren (Rootless Tree) - Andrijana Janevska
- Nema Da Zboram (I’ll Not Speak) - Vanco Dimitrov
- Povtorno Ljubena (Loved Again) - Stevce Grozdanov
- Pomalku Naivno (Less Naive) - Nikola Perevski, Vladimir Krstevski
- Ljubovta Doaga (Love Is Coming) - Lazar Cvetkovski
- Zastani, Solzi Izbrisi (Wipe Your Tears) - Grigor Koprov
- Samo Son Ke Ni Ostane (We’ll Have Only A Dream) - Grigor Koprov
- Severno Od Mene, Juzno Od Tebe (North Of Me, South Of You) - Kaliopi Bukle
- Blisku Do Mene (Close To Me) - Lazar Cvetkovski
- Otvori Go Srceto (Open Your Hearth) - Jovan Vasilevski
- Igra So Nas (Play With Us) - Dimce Kitrozoski
- Volsebnik (A Magician) - Blaze Temelkov
- Ding Dong (Ding Dong) - Zoran Trpkov
- Zemi Se (Take Everything) - Ljupco Trajkovski
- Mojot TV (My TV) - Risto Apostolov
- Za Nea Postojam (I Live For Her) - Kostadin Papa
- Gengsta Oro (Gengsta Dance) - Daniel Joveski
- Zboguvanje (Goodbye) - Daniel Mitrevski
- Za Kraj (At An End) - Davor Jordanovski
- Nasmevni Se (Smile) - Zdravka Mircevska
- Me Pronajde Ti (You Found Me) - Hari Kotlarovski
- Na Moe Mesto (In My Place) - Bojan Gjosevski
- Rum Dum Dum (Rum Dum Dum) - Kire Kostov
- Gledas, Ne Sum Sam (Look , I Am Not Alone) - Vladimir Dojcinovski
- Sakam Da Ti Kazam, Ostani (I Want To Say, Stay) - Vladimir Dojcinovski
- Sila Na Ljubovta (The Power Of Love) - Aleksandar Masevski
- Nesto Sto Ke Ostane (Something That Will Remain) - Damjan Lazarov, Jovan Jovanov
- Dali Mislis Na Nas (Do You Think Of Us) - Goce Simonovski
No information about the performers has been released yet. The semi-finals will take place on the 19th and 20th of February. The final with the 16 finalists will take place on the 21st of February. The drawing of the running order for the two semi-finals will be broadcast in a special show on MKRTV Channel 1 live in mid-February.