Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Macedonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Ne zori, zoro", composed by Grigor Koprov, with lyrics by Vlado Janevski, and performed by Janevski himself. The Macedonian participating broadcaster, Macedonian Radio Television, selected its entry through Skopje Fest 1998. This was the first-ever entry from independent Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Macedonian in the contest, after MRT was unable to debut in the by failing to pass the qualifying round.
Before Eurovision
Skopje Fest 1998
Macedonian Radio Television held the national final on 7 March 1998 at the in Skopje accompanied by the big orchestra of MKRTV. Milanka Rašik and Aleksandar Delovski hosted the event, and the winner was selected by televoting.| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Tanja Carovska | "Preku moreto" | Tanja Carovska | 1,339 | 12 |
| 2 | Kaliopi | "Ne zaboravaj" | Kaliopi, Romeo Grill | 3,834 | 9 |
| 3 | Monika Sokolovska | "Son" | Petar Georgiev-Kalica | 862 | 15 |
| 4 | Toše Proeski and Megatim Plus | "Ostani do kraj" | Kristijan Gabrovski, Hari Kotlarovski | 4,210 | 8 |
| 5 | Tanja, Lidija and Zorica Pančić | "Daj mi pričina da se razbudam" | Zorica Pančić, Igor Cvetkovski | 2,459 | 11 |
| 6 | Sašo Gigov-Giš | "Samovilska svadba" | Jordan Danailovski, Grigor Koprov | 34,774 | 2 |
| 7 | Iskra Trpeva and Granit | "Ne baraj me" | Ljubomir Brangolica | 681 | 20 |
| 8 | Risto Samardžiev | "Ne veruvam" | Risto Samardžiev | 8,866 | 5 |
| 9 | Dule and Koki | "Daj mi šansa" | Miodrag Vrčakovski, Grigor Koprov | 23,615 | 3 |
| 10 | Biljana Dodeva | "Koj si ti" | Liljana Vasileva, Biljana Dodeva | 828 | 16 |
| 11 | Pece Ognenov and Andrijana Janevska | "Te sakam beskrajno" | Adrijana Janevska | 1,100 | 13 |
| 12 | Duo Maratov | "Bez tebe" | Blagoj Morotow | 764 | 17 |
| 13 | Intervali | "Ljubovta nema granici" | Boris Gavrilovski | 694 | 19 |
| 14 | Maja Grozdanovska and Bumerang | "Kameleon" | Metodi Ivanov | 3,319 | 10 |
| 15 | Marjan Nečak | "Andrea" | Marjan Nečak | 725 | 18 |
| 16 | Suzana Spasovska | "Opomena" | Boško Smakoski, Vančo Dimitrov | 5,441 | 6 |
| 17 | Maja Vukičević | "Broj do deset" | Aleksandar Mitevski, Stefče Črčev | 908 | 14 |
| 18 | Vlado Janevski | "Ne zori, zoro" | Vlado Janevski, Grigor Koprov | 38,642 | 1 |
| 19 | Karolina Gočeva | "Ukradeni nokji" | Miodrag Vrčakovski, Kire Kostov | 10,454 | 4 |
| 20 | Mičo Atanasiu | "Pari pari" | Vladimir Petrovski, Mičo Atanasiu | 4,453 | 7 |
At Eurovision
Vlado Janevski performed last in the running order on the night of the contest, following Turkey. "Ne zori, zoro" scored 16 points, finishing in 19th place out of 25 countries. Due to low placement Macedonia was relegated from the 1999 contest, but it would eventually return in 2000.Voting
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| 10 points | |
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| Score | Country |
| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
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| 1 point |