After promotion through concerts and festivals, Karolina released her second album “Zošto sonot ima kraj” (Why the dream has an end) in 2002. Karolina gained more popularity in former Yugoslavia, by performing at Sunčane Skale festival with the song “Jamajka” (“Jamaica”). Karolina released “Ti mozes” (“You could”) and “Ke bide se vo red” (“Everything will be okay”) as singles in Macedonia. On Karolina’s album, she included three English versions of her songs titled “I’m looking for Jamaica”, “You could”, and “Tell me”. 2002 became even more successful for Karolina because she was crowned the winner of “Skopje Eurosong 2002 with “Od nas zavisi” (“It Depends on Us”), which allowed her to represent Macedonia in front of a European audience. Some controversy surrounded Karolina participation and it dealt with the language of the song. MKTV submitted the participation form with the performing language selected as Macedonian. Karolina and her record label thought that this would be a handicap and that Karolina should sing in English so she could successfully compete with the other nations. MKTV dragged out the incident, threatening to send 2nd placed performer Andrijana Janevska if Karolina did not sing in Macedonian. At last MKTV offered Karolina the possibility of performing the song in Macedonian and English, but she eventually declined. The deadline for changes passed and Karolina ended up going to Tallinn, Estonia with the Macedonian version of her song. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, she ended up in 19th place. During 2002 she held numerous concerts in Macedonia, including three in the “Univerzalna sala” in Skopje. On March of 2003 she released her third album “Znaeš kolku vredam” (You know how much I’m worth). Also she held many concerts during the “Ilinden” celebrations, such as a concert in Ohrid on the stage of “Dolni Saraj” with her special guest star Vlado Janevski. Karolina released music videos for her songs “Hipokrit” (“Hipocrite”), “Ljubov pod oblacite” (“Love under the clouds”), and “Srescemo se opet” (“We will meet again”). She was featured on many television programs on TV stations in Macedonia. After 2003, her career expanded to include Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia, where her CDs are now also released. Karolina went into the studios and recorded all of her songs from her third album in the Serbian language so she could appeal to a wider market in those areas. Her first Serbian language album was titled “Kad zvezde nam se sklope…kao nekada” (When the stars align…like once before). In 2005, Karolina participated once again at Herceg Novi in the Sunčane Skale festival. Her song “Ruza Ruzica” (“Red Rose”) became an instant hit placing her 4th in the festival. Karolina also released her new song “Se lazam sebe” (“I’m lying to myself”), which was written by the diva of Macedonian pop music, Kaliopi. At the end of 2005, she released the album “Vo zaborav” (In Oblivion). However the promotion of the album started with a scandal when the Czech based “Imperial Video Production” accused Karolina of unprofessionalism during the shooting of the “Plovime” video. Karolina had arrived in Prague in late 2005 to shoot two music videos but left soon after the shooting of the first video. The production company had taken Karolina to court and had sued for 100,000 Euros in damages. Karolina continued with her career releasing the Serbian version of her album called “U Zaboravu” and a special Croatian version, which contained song sung in the Jekavski dialect. Karolina’s music videos have been rotating on MTV Adria. Shortly before going on summer break, Karolina released the song “Umiram bez tebe” (“Dying without you”). At the moment, Karolina has a duet with Aki Rahimovski titled “Bela Pesna” (“White Song”), which has become a big hit in the Ex-Yugoslavian region. Eurovision 2007 Karolina participated and won the Macedonian Eurosong competition with the song “Mojot Svet” (engl. My world). She gained an astounding 144 points, twelve points from all voting districts, giving her a landslide victory. The song was written by Grigor Koprov and composed by Ognen Nedelkovski. The competition took place on 24 February 2007 at the Universal Hall in Skopje. Karolina is the first artist to represent Macedonia twice at Eurovision. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Karolina performed “Mojot Svet” in Macedonian and English. The song is a dramatic ballad. Karolina sings about the power of music, explaining that it is her world. She sings that “It has no religions or borders/My world is eight notes/One Balkan soul”.|As Macedonia had not finished the previous Contest in the top ten, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed 18th. At the close of voting, it had received 97 points, placing 9th in a field of 28 and qualifying Macedonia for the final. In the final, it was performed sixth. At the close of voting, it had received 73 points, placing 14th in a field of 24 and returning Macedonia to the semi-final for the next contest 2008. The result represented the fourth consecutive occasion that Macedonia had qualified for the final but failed to make the top ten - something which has happened each year since the institution of the semi-final. The song “Mojot svet” is quite unusual with other songs as it is in 7-4 timing, meaning that there are 7 crotchet beats to a bar. Eurovision Song Contest 2002 - Tallinn|Entry for FYROM Performer: Karolina|Song title: Od Nas Zavisi|Song writer(s): Vladimir Krstevski|Song composer(s): Nikola Perevski Sang In Position: 9|Final Position: 19|Total Points: 25 The small capital of Tallinn was the poud host of the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest. The rules for the 2002 contest stated that only 22 countries would be able to participate, but the European Broadcasting Union later changed this into 24 countries being allowed into the competition. Israel accepted the invitation as the first runner-up in the pool of countries that were initially doomed to stay at home. Portugal, the second runner-up declined to go to Tallinn, so Latvia was able to enter the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest. This was a rather peculiar situation, since Latvia ended up winning the whole contest in the end! There was no clear favorite among the 24 countries competing. Sweden, Germany and the host country Estonia were tipped as winners, but it was Marie N (Marija Naumova) who was able to hold the trophy in her hands. Marie N had already tried to enter the 2000 and 2001 Eurovision Song Contests, but narrowly missed out both times. Her 2002 entry I Wanna had a stunning dress change gimmick as Marie started her song wearing a white suit - only to end it wearing a sexy red dress! This was the start of many more intriguing dress changes in the following Eurovision Song Contests. However, Marie N’s I Wanna didn’t prove to be a big success in the European charts as the single of it was only released months after the Latvian victory. The tragic figure of the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest was the Danish singer Malene. Seen by many fans as one of the favorites to win, she ended up in the last position with just seven points in total. That was a severe blow to the Danish nation who won the contest in 2000 and who came 2nd in 2001, but would miss out on the 2003 competition in Riga. Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Semi-Final - Helsinki|Entry for FYROM Performer: Karolina|Song title: Mojot Svet|Song writer(s): Grigor Koprov, Ognene Nedelkovski, Vladimir dojcinovski|Song composer(s): Grigor Koprov, Ognene Nedelkovski, Vladimir dojcinovski Sang in Position: 18|Final Position: 9|Total Points: 97 |Eurovision Song Contest 2007 GRAND FINAL - Helsinki Sang in Position: 6|Final Position: 14|Total Points: 73 Host Broadcaster YLE adopted the True Fantasy as the theme for this year’s contest. The Finnish design agency Dog Design won a competition to design the visual theme of the contest, which incorporated colourful, kaleidoscopic patterns. The high-tech stage was constructed in the shape of a kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument. The contest’s Presenting Partner was TeliaSonera, International Presenting Partners were Nobel Biocare and the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All. The Final opened with Lordi, the monster rock band that brought Finland its first ever Eurovision Song Contest history the year before. Along with Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi, Krisse Salminen co-hosted the show from the green room and the Senate Square. Star guest to open the voting was Santa Clause, who came from northern Finland for this special occasion. The outcome of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest caused commotion in Western Europe, where audience and media critisized the credibility of the results. The results were even brought up in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Swedish paper Expressen wrote about feeling “shame” over the reactions in many Western European countries, and claimed that “the Eurovision Song Contest had never been better” and calling the Serbian winner a “worthy, historic winner.” Serbia, participating as an independent country for the first time, won the contest, closely followed by respectively Ukraine and Russia. In 2000, 2003 and 2006, Russia was also close to victory, but so far the country has not been so lucky as Ukraine, winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest. It was the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was produced and broadcast in High Definition. British broadcaster BBC and Swedish broadcaster SVT aired the contest in HD-quality on their respective HD channel; Almost 9 milion votes were cast all over Europe, either by telephone or SMS.| |
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