was opened for interested artists and composers to submit their songs between 20 November 2006 and 20 December 2006. MRT received 150 submissions at the closing of the deadline. Twelve entries were selected from the open submissions, while an additional three entries were wildcards submitted by well-known artists directly invited by MRT for the competition. The twelve selected songs from the open submissions were announced on 6 January 2007, while their artists were announced on 24 January 2007 along with the three wildcard entries. Among the competing artists was Karolina Gočeva who represented Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. Among the competing composers, Elena Risteska represented Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. Final The final took place on 24 February 2007. All fifteen competing entries were accompanied by the MRT orchestra, conducted by Kire Kostov, and regional televoting from twelve districts across Macedonia selected "Mojot svet" performed by Karolina Gočeva as the winner; Gočeva received maximum points from all twelve voting districts. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the competition featured guest performances by 2005 Croatian Eurovision representative Boris Novković, 2006 Macedonian Eurovision representative Elena Risteska and 2007 Belarusian Eurovision representative Dmitry Koldun. Preparation On 25 March, Karolina filmed the official music video for "Mojot svet". The music video, directed by the production company Tomato Production, was released on 3 April along with the English version of the song. MRT originally intended for "Mojot svet" to be performed solely in Macedonian at the Eurovision Song Contest, but it was later decided together with Karolina that the song would be performed in a mixture of English and Macedonian at the contest. Promotion Karolina made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Mojot svet" as the Macedonian Eurovision entry. On 5 March, Karolina performed "Mojot svet" during the presentation show of the 2007 Bosnian Eurovision entry, BH Eurosong Show 2007. Karolina also performed the song during the final of the Serbian Eurovision national final Beovizija 2007 on 8 March. In addition to her international appearances, on 26 April, Karolina held a pre-contest concert at the Metropolis Arena in Skopje. At Eurovision According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2006 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 10 May 2007 in order