Skopje Fest 2008 was a song contest organized by MKRTV that served as Macedonia’s national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The competition took place on 23 February 2008 at the Metropolis Arena in Skopje, hosted by Živkica Gjurčinovska and Borislav Tnokovski and was broadcast on MTV 1 and MTV Sat.
Competing entries
MKRTV received 130 submissions from interested artists and composers during a submission period. Fifteen entries were selected from the open submissions, while an additional six entries were submitted by well-known composers directly invited by MKRTV for the competition. The twenty-one competing artists and songs were announced on 12 January 2008.
On 14 January 2008, all six entries written by invited composers: „Apolon“ performed by Maja Vukićević, „Kubana“ performed by Agon and Džoksi, „Životot e tvoj“ performed by Sanja Lefkova, „Slatka mala“ performed by Igor Šarevski, „Eden čekor ili dva“ performed by Filip Jordanovski, and „Holivud“ performed by Bojan and Big Mama, were withdrawn from the competition due to negative reactions from the composers of entries selected from the open submissions.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
| Aneta Kačurkova | „Poraka“ (Порака) | Robert Bilbilov, Aneta Kačurkova |
| Elvir Mekić | „Armija“ (Армиjа) | Jovan Jovanov, Elvir Mekić |
| Goran Naumovski | „Tajna skriena“ (Таjна скриена) | Saša Vučković |
| Igor Mitrović | „Jas i ti“ (Jас и ти) | Vladimir Dojčinovski, Vesna Malinova |
| Jova Radevska | „Jas sum ovde“ (Jас сум овде) | Jova Radevska |
| Lambe Alabakoski | „Zemjo moja“ (Земjо моjа) | Darko Dimitrov, Lambe Alabakovski, Maksim Ristevski |
| Nokaut | „Samovila“ (Самовила) | Nikola Perevski, Vladimir Krstevski |
| None Nedelkovska | „Vrati se“ (Врати се) | Kristijan Gabroski |
| Parketi | „Strawberry“ | Sašo Parket |
| Risto Samardžiev and Flash | „Dojdi do mene“ (Доjди до мене) | Risto Samardžiev |
| Sašo Gigov-Giš | „Docna e“ (Доцна е) | Grigor Koprov |
| Sonja Tarčulovska | „Sever i jug“ (Север и jуг) | Mesrur Sait, Vesna Malinova |
| Tamara, Vrčak and Adrian | „Vo ime na ljubovta“ (Во име на љубовта) | Rade Vrčakovski |
| Tuna | „Prašuvam bez glas“ (Прашувам без глас) | Darko Dimitrov, Maksim Ristevski |
| Vlatko Ilievski | „So drugi zborovi“ (Со други зборови) | Vlatko Ilievski |
Final
The final took place on 23 February 2008. Fifteen entries competed and a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a jury panel selected „Vo ime na ljubovta“ performed by Tamara feat. Vrčak & Adrian Gaxha as the winner. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by 2008 Belarusian Eurovision representative Ruslan Alekhno, 2006 Bosnian Eurovision representative Hari Mata Hari and a tribute to 2004 Macedonian Eurovision representative Toše Proeski who died in 2007.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sašo Gigov-Giš | „Docna e“ | 7 | 1,420 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 2 | Aneta Kačurkova | „Poraka“ | 2 | 195 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Parketi | „Strawberry“ | 5 | 953 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | Risto Samardžiev and Flash | „Dojdi do mene“ | 10 | 1,761 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
| 5 | Tuna | „Prašuvam bez glas“ | 6 | 615 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Lambe Alabakoski | „Zemjo moja“ | 8 | 2,401 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
| 7 | Elvir Mekić | „Armija“ | 0 | 1,588 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Goran Naumovski | „Tajna skriena“ | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Tamara, Vrčak and Adrian | „Vo ime na ljubovta“ | 12 | 3,441 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 10 | Vlatko Ilievski | „So drugi zborovi“ | 0 | 827 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | None Nedelkovska | „Vrati se“ | 3 | 857 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | Jova Radevska | „Jas sum ovde“ | 0 | 1,026 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 | Igor Mitrović | „Jas i ti“ | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Sonja Tarčulovska | „Sever i jug“ | 1 | 2,086 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| 15 | Nokaut | „Samovila“ | 4 | 222 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
