North Macedonia’s 2019 Eurovision entrant, Tamara Todevska has released an International Sign Language version of “Proud”.
Ahead of the contest in just under two weeks time, Tamara Todevska has released an International Sign Language version of her Eurovision Song Contest entry. She will perform her song in 17th position in the second semi-final on Thursday 16th May.
Tamara will take to the stage in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for her first rehearsal alongside eight other countries. You can follow our coverage of the rehearsals here.
Who is Tamara Todevska?
Tamara Todevska has previous experience within the contest on several occasions. Previously she was a backing singer in 2004 for the late artist Tose Proeski. 10 years later she then served once more as a backing singer for her sister Tijana with her entry “To The Sky”.
Tamara was also the representative of her country in 2008 in Belgrade with “Let Me Love You” alongside Vrčak and Adrian Gaxha. The song failed to qualify for the final as they finished in 10th place in their semi final. Under the old voting system, only the top 9 in the televote were guaranteed a space in the final with a backup jury selecting the final country. In this instance they opted for Sweden to advance instead, under the current system North Macedonia would have qualified.
Source: Tamara Todevska
North Macedonia has had a string of poor results in recent years failing to reach the final every year since 2012. The country debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, however, two years earlier they attempted to participate but was knocked out in the pre-qualifying round. In 2016 they were represented by Kaliopi for a second time with the song “Dona”, she missed out on the final finishing in 11th in her semi-final. North Macedonia’s best result to date is a 12th place finish in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest represented by Elena Risteska and the song “Ninanajna”.
