North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Festival 16

North Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 16 with the song "Magnet" written by Lazar Cvetkoski and Tyzee. The song was performed by Antonia Gigovska. The North Macedonian entry for the sixteenth contest in Odesa, Ukraine was selected through the national final POP IKON Makedonija 5, organised by Makedonska Radio Televizija (MRT). An initial 12 entries competed in the national final which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and the final. Entries were selected to advance in the competition based on the votes from the public. In the final, "Magnet" performed by Antonia Gigovska was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a jury-vote.
==POP IKON Makedonija==
===Semi-Final 1===
Duel	Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote/App	Televote/App	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Points 	Result
I 	01 	Arta Memedi 	"Problem" 	1,223 	12 	1
I 	02 	Arta Memedi 	"Shote galica" 	1,009 	10 	2
II 	01 	FUNK SHUI 	"Krik" 	109 	5 	6
II 	02 	FUNK SHUI 	"Ne vreme" 	547 	7 	4
III 	01 	Barbara Popovic	"Ne si ti kriv"	322 	6 	5
III 	02 	Barbara Popovic	"Sve ti uzimam"	876 	8 	3
===Semi-Final 2===
Duel	Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote/App	Televote/App	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Points 	Result
I 	01 	VASIL 	"Sudbina" 	88 	5 	6
I 	02 	VASIL 	"Ave Maria" 	321 	6 	5
II 	01 	Lara Ivanova 	"Zero gravitation"	1,245 	10 	2
II 	02 	Lara Ivanova 	"Za nas" 	980 	8 	3
III 	01 	Antonia Gigovska	"Magla" 	552 	7 	4
III 	02 	Antonia Gigovska	"Magnet" 	1,333 	12 	1
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote/App	Televote/App	Result
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Points 	Result
01 	Lara Ivanova 	"Zero gravitation"	1,886 	10 	2
02 	Barbara Popovic 	"Sve ti uzimam" 	1,122 	7 	4
03 	Antonia Gigovska	"Magnet" 	1,986 	12 	1
04 	Arta Memedi 	"Problem" 	1,536 	8 	3
05 	VASIL 	"Ave Maria" 	405 	5 	6
06 	FUNK SHUI 	"Ne vreme" 	887 	6 	5