she took part in the Macedonian Eurovision Song Contest. Gočeva's entry "Za nas" () written and composed by Darko Dimitrov, landed at second place, with 916 points. After promotion through concerts and festivals, she released her second studio album Zošto Sonot Ima Kraj () in 2002. The album contained 11 new songs in Macedonian and 3 songs in English. In 2001, she gained wider regional popularity in the countries of former-Yugoslavia, by placing third at the Sunčane Skale festival held on 12, 13 and 14 July in Herceg Novi with the song "Kaži mi" (), written by Peri and Franc from the band Nokaut. She released "Ti možeš" () and "Ke bide se vo red" () as singles from the album in North Macedonia. On her album, she included three English versions of her songs titled "I'm looking for Jamaica", "You could", and "Tell me". In 2002, Gočeva was crowned the winner of Skopje Fest 2002 with her entry "Od nas zavisi" (), which allowed her to represent the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to a European audience. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, she placed 19th. She was also nominated for Miss Eurovision 2002. 2003–2007: Znaeš Kolku Vredam, Vo Zaborav and ESC 2007 In March 2003, Gočeva released her third studio album Znaeš Kolku Vredam (). She released music videos for her songs "Hipokrit" (), "Ljubov pod oblacite" (), and "Sreščemo se opet" (). After 2003, her career expanded to former Yugoslav countries Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia, where her albums started being released. To appeal to the wider audience from those countries, Gočeva recorded songs from her third album in Serbian. Her first Serbian language album and fifth overall was titled Kad zvezde nam se sklope... kao nekada (); the title song became a success in both Serbia and North Macedonia. In 2005, Gočeva participated once again in Herceg Novi at the Sunčane Skale festival. Her song "Ruža Ružica" () became an instant hit placing her 4th in the festival. She also released her new song "Se lažam sebe" (), written by Kaliopi. At the end of 2005, she released her fifth studio album titled Vo Zaborav in Macedonian () and U Zaboravu in Serbian; the album included a total of nine new songs. The Serbian language version produced numerous singles which gained popularity in many former Yugoslav countries; these included "Teško srcu pada"