North Macedonia, presented as F.Y.R. Macedonia until 2019, has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since its debut in the inaugural contest. The Macedonian participating broadcaster in the contest is Macedonian Radio Television (MRT). It has participated in every contest with the exceptions of , , and contests.
North Macedonia holds the record for having competed in the most editions of the contest without ever winning. The country's best result is a fifth-place finish, which they achieved in and .
Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) debuted in the inaugural 2003 contest with the song "Ti ne me poznavaà ¡" performed by Marija and Viktorija. The song placed 12th in a field of 16 countries.
Its best performance at the contest has been 5th place, achieved twice to date â in when North Macedonia was represented by the song "Ding Ding Dong" performed by Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski, and in with "Prati mi SMS" performed by Bobi Andonov.
MRT did not participate in 2012 due to issues with the voting process in the contest and the lack of budget available for participation. However, North Macedonia returned to the contest in 2013, held in Kyiv, Ukraine. North Macedonia did not return to the contest in 2014, but returned again in 2015. MRT did not participate in the due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but returned to the 2021 contest in France.
For the 2022 contest, an audition round was held on 23 June 2022 at the MRT Studios in Skopje. The selection criteria were vocal, artistic and scenic quality. On 29 June 2022, it was revealed that Lara TrpÃÂeska and Irina Dazidovska had been selected as Macedonian entrants by the committee. Although originally not part of the act, Jovan Jakimovski was later added after Lara and Irina were selected, and on 2 November it was revealed Lara feat. Jovan and Irina will represent the country with the song "à ½ivotot e pred mene", written by Lara TrpÃÂeska, Simon TrpÃÂeski, Jovan Jakimovski and Darko Dimitrov. The song premiered on 3 November 2022 during the MRT programme Dnevnik 2.
For the 2023 contest, an audition round was held on 11 May 2023 at the MRT Studios in Skopje, and on 16 May 2023, it was revealed that 12 year-old Tamara Grujeska had been selected as Macedonian entrant by the committee. Her entry, "Kaà ¾i mi, kaà ¾i mi koj", was released on 16 October 2023.
The country again planned to take part in 2025. Nela ManÃÂeska was selected as the nation's entrant on 13 June 2025, following an audition that was held on 27 May 2025. On 4 November it was revealed that ManÃÂeska's song would be "Miracle" written by Lazar Cvetkoski and Magdalena Cvetkovska; it was released on 7 November 2025. At the contest, North Macedonia placed seventh out of eighteen entries with 141 points. This marked the country's highest placing since 2019 and its second highest point tally in history.