The North Macedonian broadcaster MRT has published its programme plan for 2026, within which it discusses participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. MRT states in the document that:“MRT’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is a matter for which MRT has not yet made a final decision. North Macedonia withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with broadcaster MRT citing financial difficulties. Bobi Andonov, who represented North Macedonia at Junior Eurovision 2008, has expressed his interest in representing the country in 2026 to MRT. Image source: EBU / Nathan Reinds | Source: MRTNorth Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest North Macedonia (previously competing as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998.