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Marija Nikolova
XXL represented Macedonia in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest after winning the national final selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "100% te ljubam". Before Eurovision Skopje Fest 2000 The national final, was held on 19 February 2000 at the Universal Hall in Skopje. Katerina Krstevska and Dragan B. Kostic hosted the event. The voting was in 3 parts - an "expert" jury of 21 people (who each awarded 100 points to their favourite song), the votes of the audience in the Universal Hall (who could give 1 point to their favourite song) and televoting (with the favourite of the televoting getting 200 points, 2nd getting 180 points...)."https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/FYROM2000.html&date=2009-10-26+02:37:44 Toše Proeski won the televote with about 38,000 votes and XXL were second with about 30,000 votes. At Eurovision Voting References {{Eurovision Song Contest 2000 2000 File:2000 Event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skopje Fest
Skopje Fest ( mk, Скопје фест) or Festival na zabavni melodii Skopje (Фестивал на забавни мелодии Скопје) is one of the main musical events in North Macedonia. SkopjeFest began in 1968 in the Universal Hall in Skopje, and continued until 1980. In this short time, the festival became one of the biggest music events in Yugoslavia. Skopjefest was the place where famous Macedonian singers such as Slave Dimitrov, Zafir Hadzimanov, Nina Spirova made their performances together with eminent Yugoslav performers. Audiences enjoyed over 50 songs. After Macedonia gained its independence peacefully from Yugoslavia, SkopjeFest was revived in 1994, and has since taken over from MakFest as North Macedonia's premier music festival. The show involves some of North Macedonia's finest performers, singing original tracks submitted to MRT (Makedonska Radio Televizija), usually accompanied by the orchestra of MRT (excluding some of its latest editions). It ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigor Koprov
Grigor Koprov ( mk, Григор Копров) (born September 30, 1943)Jozo Tomasevich, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945, Vol. 2, Stanford University Press, 2002, , pp. 160-168. is arguably one of the most famous Macedonian pop music composers. He has worked with many stars like Toše Proeski, Vlado Janevski, Marjan Stojanovski, Martin Vučić, Karolina Gočeva, Andrijana Janevska and Robert Vukelić Biography In 1997 he composed the song "Ne Zori Zoro" with which Vlado Janevski represented then Republic of Macedonia (today North Macedonia) at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, the first contest for the Republic. Koprov has made many other attempts in the contest, with his songs failing to win the Macedonian National Final. He is best known for his work with Macedonia's "Elvis" - Toše Proeski. Koprov composed Proeski's mega hits: "Sonce Vo Tvoite Rusi Kosi" ("The Sun in Your Golden Hair"), "Usni Na Usni" ("Lips on Lips"), and "Nemir" ("Restless," which was sung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Macedonia In The Eurovision Song Contest
North Macedonia, previously presented in the contest as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R. Macedonia), has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 21 times since its official debut in 1998. The country had attempted to participate in 1996, but failed to qualify from the audio-only qualifying round. The current Head of Delegation is Meri Popova. Prior to 2019, North Macedonia's best result was a 12th-place finish with Elena Risteska in . Having qualified from the semi-final round only once in ten of the previous eleven contests (2008–18), North Macedonia achieved its best result to date in , when Tamara Todevska qualified and finished in seventh place in the final after winning the jury vote. History Prior to declaring independence in 1991, as a constituent country of SFR Yugoslavia, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia participated in the Yugoslav pre-selection called among the other Yugoslav federal units. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani Dimitrovska
Daniela Dimitrovska ( mk, Даниела Димитровска) (born 4 June 1979 in Skopje) or simply Dani, is a Macedonian pop music singer. Biography Dimitrovska started her career on the music contest ''Makfest'' in Štip with the song "Samo Ti Mi Trebaš". The single was well accepted both by audience and journalists. In 2000, she appeared on the national selection for Eurovision Song Contest with the song "A Nekogaš". The same year, she gave birth to her child, called Lazar. After her divorce, she decided to take a career break to raise her little son. The song "Srca Dve" (English: "Two Hearts" ) was her big comeback and it is considered to be Dimitrovska's greatest hit placing her on number 1 on all Macedonian charts for a month, and # 4 on MTV Adria. Dimitrovska was the first Macedonian singer to reach a place on the MTV Adria Top 20 chart. Singles * "Samo Ti Mi Trebaš" (English: I Need Only You) * "A Nekogaš" (English: And Sometime) * "Site Dragi Lugje" (English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Petreska
Elena Petreska ( mk, Елена Петреска, born August 1, 1980) is a Macedonian pop singer from Prilep Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko. Name The name of Prilep appear .... She started her career singing at children festivals and carried on with her studies on the Music Academy in Skopje. Currently she is working on her second album which has not got a name yet. Elena finished on the fifth place with 67 points at Skopje Festival 2007 (the Macedonian Eurovision selection) with the song "Peam" ("I sing"). During the Montenegrin festival, Budva 2007, Elena Petreska came in ninth place with the song "Kad Leptir Sleti" ("When the Butterfly Flies"). Singles * "Simni mi dzvezdi" ("Bring me down the stars") * "Ne gledaj nazad" ("Don't look back") – First prize from the Jury and third from the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovan Jovanov
Jovan Jovanov ( mk, Јован Јованов) is a Macedonian-Canadian music producer, record engineer and songwriter of pop, R&B, house, and hip-hop. Now based in Toronto, Ontario, Jovanov is working with Canadian artists such as Alx Veliz, NorthSideBenji, Liron, and many others. Macedonian audience knows Jovanov as a singer and composer of many hit songs performed by artists such a Toše Proeski, Elvir Mekic, Adrian Gaxha, Слаткаристика, Toni Zen, Next Time and many others. Jovanov has composed, written, and produced over 700 songs and received many awards and acknowledgments. Internationally his hits have over 200 million views on YouTube. He represented Macedonia as songwriter on the Eurovision song contest in 2004 (song "Life" for Toše Proeski) and in 2009 (song " Nešto što ḱe ostane" for Next Time), and on the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 (song " Prati Mi SMS" for Bobi Andonov). He also arranged Vlatko Ilievski's song for the Eurovision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darko Dimitrov
Darko Dimitrov ( mk, Дарко Димитров ; born January 21, 1973) is a Macedonian songwriter, record producer, arranger and record executive. Highly acclaimed for revitalising the Yugoslav mainstream pop music scene, which also influenced the surrounding Balkan countries, he has received international recognition for working with many popular foreign artists. Biography Darko Dimitrov is born on January 21, 1973, in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia), to prominent Macedonian singer and composer, Slave Dimitrov. His family has a rich musical history—his grandfather was the prominent opera and traditional music singer, Blagoja Petrov Karagjule. Darko Dimitrov graduated at the Academy of Music in Skopje and he works in his family recording studio called 'Studio Dimitrovi' along with his father and his brother Oliver, the latter being notable for producing the debut album of the ska-punk band, '' Superhiks''. One of his first production hits was "Otvo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolina Gočeva
Karolina Gočeva ( mk, Каролина Гочева, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian pop singer. Gočeva launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local children's show and continued participating in the following years, receiving recognition for her talent. In 1992, she released her first children album titled ''Mamo, pušti me'' ( en, Mom, let me go). After several years of participating at the Skopje Fest, the Macedonian regional show for a song selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, she signed a contract with the record label Avalon Production in 2000. Gočeva's discography consists of a total of nine studio albums, spanning pop, R&B rock, traditional folk and ethno, jazz and world musical styles. Shortly after signing her contract with Avalon Production, Gočeva released her debut studio album '' Jas Imam Pesna'' which included the song "Nemir" featuring Toše Proeski. Her seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrijana Janevska
Andrijana Janevska ( mk, Андријана Јаневска, born December 6, 1981) is a famous Macedonian singer and musician. Biography Janevska was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia (in present-day North Macedonia) where she currently works and lives. Her occupation is a violinist for the Macedonian National Opera. In addition to her musical talents, Andrijana also enjoys playing chess as a hobby. She is also proficient in playing the piano and her first composition was created at the age of 11. Andrijana started her studies in the School Centre for Music Education in Skopje at the age of 6, and recently finished her master studies at the Faculty of Arts in Skopje. Andrijana Janevska's talent was first exposed to the public in 1998, when she took part in SkopjeFest. In October the next year, Andrijana was voted the best newcomer in the annual Makfest festival in Stip. At the festival, she sang a sensual ballad called "Ne mozam da zaljubam po tebe" ("I Can't Fall in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlado Janevski
Vladimir Vlado Janevski ( mk, Владимир Владо Јаневски ) is a popular Macedonian singer. He was North Macedonia's first Eurovision contestant, finishing 19th in Birmingham at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ne Zori, Zoro". Biography Vlado Janevski was born on 27 November 1960 in Skopje, resided most of his adult years in Čair and as of 2021 moved to Gevgelija. He majored in English language and literature at the university of Ss. Cyril and Methodius. He is fluent in English, German, Italian and Russian. He plays the guitar, piano and drums. He was a member of the popular bands Tost Sendvich (1976) and Bon-Ton (1986) as a drummer, and Fotomodel (1989) and Lastovica (1992) as a singer. He has participated in a number of festivals in Macedonia and other Ex-Yugoslav countries. He participated in Jugovizija in Belgrade in 1992 and also had revival participations in Belarus on Slavjanski Bazar in 1994, 1995 and 1996. In Macedonia, he took par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmina Mukaetova
Jasmina Mukaetova ( mk, Јасмина Мукаетова; born December 3, 1981 in Kavadarci) is a Macedonian turbo folk and popular music singer. In 2007, she conducted a world tour, performing in front of large diaspora audience. Jasmina Mukaetova has been involved with the Macedonian folk scene for many years. So far, she has been very successful as a singer. She was born in Kavadarci, Republic of Macedonia, where she also completed her primary music education and High School studies. She attended the University of Philosophy in Skopje. Her first singing experience was at the famous festival Pro fest, held in Probištip Probištip ( mk, Пробиштип ) is a town in North Macedonia, and seat of Probištip Municipality. The town has a population of 10,826. Features Probištip is located in the southwest corner of the Osogovo Mountains, in northeastern North ..., where she was awarded 'the best newcomer' by the jury and the audience. In 2000, she participated in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risto Samardžiev
Risto Samardžiev (Macedonian: Ристо Самарџиев), born 17 August 1964 in Skopje, is a Macedonian singer and songwriter. He started his musical career when he was 16 years old. He formed the Cilindar group in 1981, which was one of the first New Wave rock bands in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. He was also the frontman of New Romantic group Haos in Laos. In 1987 he was invited to perform on MakFest, the largest music festival in the country. The song he performed, Chilli Willi (Чили Вили) then became a hit in Macedonia. After that performance he continued to work independently, appearing in festivals as well as in bands (such as Memorija.) He has won MakFest four times as a performer, and has also written songs for other singers. In 2009 he won the pop night of Ohrid Fest in a duet with Vlatko Ilievski Vlatko Ilievski ( mk, Влатко Илиевски; 2 July 1985 – 6 July 2018) was a Macedonian pop rock singer and actor. He was the runner-up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
