Format Digital download Genre Pop | Recorded 2016 Length 3:00 | |
Released 7 March 2016 (2016-03-07) Label Kaliopi Music Production | ||
"Dona" (Macedonian: Дона) is a song performed by Macedonian singer-songwriter Kaliopi. The song represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The song was written by Kaliopi and Romeo Grill. The official music video for the song was released on 7 March 2016. It was released as a digital download on 21 March 2016 via Kaliopi Music Production. It came 11th in the second semi-final, narrowly missing out on a semi-final place.
Eurovision Song Contest
On 24 November 2015, Macedonian Radio Television announced that it had selected Kaliopi to represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. On 16 February 2016, it was announced that Kaliopi would perform the song "Dona" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, with music composed by Romeo Grill and lyrics written by Kaliopi herself. "Dona" was presented to the public in a special show titled Kaliopi za Makedonija (English: Kaliopi for Macedonia), which took place on 7 March 2016. Kaliopi performed the song during the second semi-final of the 2016 contest on 12 May, 2016 held at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, but failed to qualify for the May 14 final.