Daniel Kajmakoski

Daniel Kajmakoski

Kajmakoski in 2015
Background information
Born (1983-10-17) 17 October 1983
Struga, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Origin Struga, Macedonia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Website danielkajmakoski.mk

Daniel Kajmakoski (Macedonian: Даниел Кајмакоски, born 17 October 1983 in Struga)[1] is a Macedonian singer and songwriter. He is best known for having won the first series of X Factor Adria.[2] He represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria with the song "Autumn Leaves" after winning the Skopje Festival 2014.[3][4]

Life and career

1983–2013: Early career

Kajmakoski was born in the city of Struga, South Macedonia, on 17 October 1983. When he was just 7 years old, he moved to Vienna, Austria, together with his family. Daniel has two brothers, Dalibor and Filip. Daniel participated in many competitions. He was 17 years old when he participated in a show for the first time. He reached top 12. In 2009, was his first performance in Macedonia at Ohrid Fest with the song "Nezhna ko princeza" which was composed and written by himself. Daniel has also participated in the Bulgarian show "Pej S'men. After that he returned to Vienna, where he got a job but meanwhile he always worked around the music. In 2010, he was part of the "One-Worl-Projekt" of Thomas Raber, which was one of the Austrian candidates for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, but the jury didn't vote it for the final show. In 2011, he wrote a song for Karolina Goceva called "Ne se vrajkas" which become a huge hit in Macedonia and in the Balkans.

2013–2014: X Factor Adria

Winning X-Factor Adria
Live performing 2014

In 2013, he appeared in the auditions of the first series of X Factor Adria. He sang the song "Red" by Daniel Merriweather on his first audition and already impressed everyone. Later, he won the show on 23 March 2014. Daniels first single came the summer right after his victory. The song is called "Skopje-Beograd" and it's a duet between Daniel and one of the X-Factor juries, Željko Joksimović, who represented Serbia during the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song Nije Ljubav Stvar and became 3rd in Baku, Azerbaijan

2014–present: Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Skopje Festival 2014

Daniel Kajmakoski represented Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, which was held in Vienna, Austria.[3] Kajmakoski was selected to represent the nation through his victory at the Skopje Festival 2014, which was organised by Macedonian Radio Television in order to select Macedonia's entry for the 2015 Contest. With his song "Lisja esenski", he won the competition after placing second with an international jury and achieving first place from a public televote.[3] At Eurovision the song received 28 points placing 15th (second to last) in the semi final therefore not qualifying for the final. This was the 3rd time in a row that Macedonia did not qualify for the grand final.

On May 22, 2016 he won the third season of Tvoje lice zvuči poznato (Serbian version of Your Face Sounds Familiar).[5]

Discography

Singles

References

  1. ↑ "MTV.com". MTV Artists. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Daniel Kajmakoski wins first Balkan X Factor Retrieved 12 November 2014
  3. 1 2 3 Ko, Anthony (12 November 2014). "FYR Macedonia: Daniel Kajmakoski Is Off To Eurovision After Winning Skopje Fest 2014". wiwibloggs.com. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (12 November 2014). "Macedonia: Danijel Kajmakoski Has Won". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  5. ↑ http://tlzp.prva.rs/vesti/1367/daniel-kajmakoski-pobednik-3-sezone-presrecan-sam-svi-smo-se-trudili-da-ovaj-sou-bude-dobar.html
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
First		 X Factor Adria
Winner
2014 		Succeeded by
Amel Ćurić
Preceded by
Tijana Dapčević
with "To the Sky"		 Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2015 		Succeeded by
Kaliopi
with "Dona"

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