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January 22, 2019

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North Macedonia on the World Stage

Preface: As the new accepted name for FYR Macedonia is North Macedonia, that is how this post will refer to the country. All sources from before this name change will be cited as FYR Macedonia. Also this post is a continuation of the previous blog posts and will not make sense without them. Lastly, watch the videos in the reference list before reading. Eurovision is the most watched song competition on earth. It is an arena to show off one’s country to the whole world and has become almost political as competitors must be careful as to not enter a song that another country or group will take with strong political offense. A result of this is that one can look at a country’s Eurovision entries and examine what kind of image the country is trying to output; this post aims to do just that with the Macedonian performance from 2016, “Dona”, and 2017, “Dance Alone”. Both the performances themselves and what each performance says about North Macedonia’s attitudes towards diversity will ...

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Hello all! This is a blog that will closely examining the recent Macedonian performances in the Eurovision Song Contest, and connections those performances either have or are lacking to the national state of the country. As Macedonia is still a newer country trying to find a name and a place among international nations, the face that it creates for itself at international events like the Eurovision Song Contest are very important and in part define how some parts of the world will see Macedonia in these coming years. I will be looking at the face that Macedonia is aiming to create for itself, and comparing that to the face it is giving itself in the competition after analyzing each component separately. I hope you enjoy!

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