Maja Odžaklievska (in

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, ; in English, ; born April 21, 1954, in

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), is a

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and ex- Yugoslav singer and songwriter popular across Europe. She lives and works in

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Biography

Maja Odžaklievska began her musical career as a 15-year-old girl, appearing at an audition for Radio Skopje. In 1970, she moved to

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. Radoslav Grajić invited her to participate in the radio show "Maksimetar", which she won and then received a supporting role in an adaptation of "Rabelais" by

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. She has participated in numerous festivals throughout the former Federation including several candidatures at the

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. In 1982, Odžaklievska competed in Jugovizija with the song "Julija", scoring 57 points and placing second. She returned to the competition the following year in 1983 with the song "Lidu Lidu Du" and scored 46 points and placed third. In 1984, she entered once again with the song "Niki", scoring 51 points and placing second. Her final participation was in 1988, performing "Te Ljubam Ludo" with group Gu-Gu. They scored 42 points and placed sixth. In 1974 she won Skopje fest with the song "V oblak sonce, .In 1994, Odžaklievska won Skopje Fest with the song "Ne me dopiraj" composed by Grigor Koprov with lyrics by Odžaklievska herself. In 2006, Odžaklievska took part in the selection to represent

Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Macedonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Ninanajna" , composed by Darko Dimitrov, with lyrics by Rade Vrčakovski, and performed by Elena Risteska. The Macedonian participating broadcaster, Macedonian Radio T ...

with the song "Koj pat da izberam". She finished ninth in a field of 20 songs. On 2 March 2013, Maja competed in Beosong 2013, the national final to select the Eurovision entry for Serbia with the song "Anđeo s neba". Her song did not advance from the semifinal.

Discography

Albums

* ''Biće sve u redu'' (

PGP RTB PGP-RTB ( sh-Cyrl, Продукција грамофонских плоча Радио телевизије Београд, translit=Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Beograd ) was a major state-owned record label and chain record ...

, 1982) * ''Bele njive'' (

PGP RTS PGP-RTS ( sr-Cyrl, Продукција грамофонских плоча Радио телевизије Србије, translit=Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Srbije ) is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is ...

, 1995)

Singles

* ''Kad nežne svirke zamre ton''/''V oblak sonce'' (PGP RTB, 1974) * ''Mjesečev san''/''Šapni mi'' ( RTV Ljubljana, 1976) * ''Ti si moj sledeći promašaj''/''Danjne'' (PGP RTS, 1979) * ''Odnosiš mi srce moje''/''Vraćam se'' (PGP RTB, 1980) * ''Između nas''/''Tako mora biti'' (PGP RTB, 1981) * ''Ne podnosim dan''/''Slušam te, gledam te'' (PGP RTB, 1981)

References

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