 During February 2006, Alabakovski took part in a charity song called "Otvori Oci" ("Open Your Eyes") written by Darko Dimitrov, in which the Macedonian divas Elena Risteska, Kaliopi, as well as Aleksandra Pileva, Adrian Gaxha and Maja Grozdanovska-Pancheva participated.Shortly after that, MKTV revealed the list of participants for the national Macedonian Eurovision selection for 2006 and Alabakovski was a participant with the song "More od Solzi" ("Sea of Tears") written by Darko Dimitrov and lyrics by Elena Risteska.In March, Alabakovski and nineteen other artists took the stage in Skopje to compete for first place.