The Government congratulates to the American people its national holiday, the Independence Day. We understand that mistakes can unintentionally happen in emotional moments, but thank our singers for their beautiful performances. We have deep respect for the traditions, history, heroes, and future of our friend, partner, and ally “North Macedonia”. The US Embassy in Skopje and North Macedonia’s Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev also goes with that Tamara’s mistake was unintentional. Again I apologize for the mistake and I hope you will find room in your hearts to forgive me. Driven by the emotions and the euphoria, unfortunately, inadvertently, I left out a part of the anthem.
There are no words to describe my sorrow for the omission I made during the performance. There is no greater honor for an artist than to perform the national anthem, and this is why I accepted the US Embassy invitation. Tensions blew up, and today Tamara apologazied for the mistake on her Facebook page, just as North Macedonia’s Prime Minister got involved.Īllow me, from the bottom of my heart, to apologize for the mistake I made yesterday. In the public, Tamara’s move was widely seen as deliberate and part of the on-going attempts to rewrite North Macedonia’s history with treaties with several neighboring countries which the US Government strongly supports. This episode coincides with North Macedonia’s bitter dispute with Bulgaria over the nationality of Goce Delcev, as Bulgaria claimes that Delcev was Bulgarian. Yesterday, she performed the country’s national anthem quite different from the original version – a version, she today apologised for.ĭuring the celebration of the American Independence Day in the US Embassy in Skopje, Tamara Todevska performed North Macedonia’s national anthem, but left out the verse which mentions the names of Goce Delcev, Pitu Guli, Dame Gruev, Sandanski, who in the past were fighting for the countrie’s national rewival. It successfully qualified from the second semi-final, finishing in 7th place with 305 points - the country's best result since it began participating in the Contest.North Macedonia’s Eurovision darling Tamara Todevska now finds herself in a difficult situation in her native country. It was announced that she would represent her home country, the newly-named North Macedonia, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, with the song " Proud". Returning the following year with rapper Vrčak and singer Adrian Gaxha, they won the right to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade with the song " Let Me Love You" but failed to advance to the final as the juries selected Sweden to advance instead. She first attempted to represent her home country at Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki but finished as runner-up in the national final. She is the younger sister of singer Tijana Dapčević. To date she has released two studio albums and several singles. Tamara Todevska is a Macedonian pop singer who began her career in 1997 with the release of her debut single, a duet with her sister Tijana Dapčević who would go on to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and fail to qualify for the final. " Let Me Love You" (with Vrčak and Adrian Gaxha)
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