North Macedonia: Vasil to perform 'Here i Stand" at Eurovision 2021

North Macedonia: Vasil to perform 'Here i Stand
Friday, 12 February 2021

  • Vasil Garvanliev, North Macedonia's Eurovision 2021 hopeful, has revealed that he will be participating in the contest in Rotterdam with the song "Here I Stand".

     

    Following Vasil's invitation back to this year's contest, MRT opted for a internal song selection making an open call to interested composers to send in their music proposals. Through his twitter account, the North Macedonian Eurovision representative shared the title of the entry which is titled "Here I Stand". 

     

    The previous days Vasil filmed his Eurovision postcard at MRT's studios in Skopje while the date of the official release of the song remains unknown. 

    Twitter Vasil

     

    A Few words about Vasil

    Vasil Garvanliev was born 2 November 1984 in Strumica, also known mononymously as Vasil . He began his musical journey at the age of 7 , when he participated in some of the most popular children’s festivals in North Macedonia. Later on he moved with his parent to the United States, where he attended a children’s choir of Chicago.

    In the year’s to follow he attended more than 50 opera performances at music festivals accross the globe and has collaborated with some of the most talented acts in the world. After returning back to North Macedonia in 2018, he released 3 successful singles (Gjerdan, Patuvam και Mojata Ulica), while his first concerts on home soil last November was sold out .

    His first solo concert in his native Strumica in November 2019 was sold out and showcased his vast musical experience from across the world.

     

    North Macedonia in Eurovision

    The Balkan country debuted at the comeptition in 1998 with the name FYR Macedonia. As FYR Macedonia the country attempted to participate for the first time at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo with Kaliopi, but didn’t make through the special premliminary audio semi-final. In its 19 years of participation the best result came this year with Tamara Todevska and her entry “Proud” which finished 7th in the final , while it has qualified only 9 times in the final.

    In 2019 internally selected Tamara , not only interrupted the six years of non qualifying results by coming 7th in the final, but also achieved to top the jury voting. This was the country’s first top ten placing.

    Last year, the country selected internally Vasil to represent the nation at Eurovision 2020 with the song "You"  which we never got the chance to see him perform on the Eurovision stage as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. 

     

    News Source/Image: Vasil Garvanliev / MRT