One of the smaller members of our happy Eurovision family is a country near Greece. It’s known officially as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Or unofficially as the Republic of Macedonia. But don’t you FYROM it, oh dear me no. But such is this place’s notoriety, it caused a whole rule change. One of the performers that almost fell foul of this rule was Ѓоко Танески/Gjoko Taneski. At least, he would’ve fallen foul of the rule if he’d finished 10th and then been overlooked. Sadly he finished 15th. But Albania liked his song. And Bosnia. And Hercegovina. Gjoko is 38 today.
Среќен роденден, Ѓоко!