Tamara Todevska
Tamara Todevska Тамара Тодевска | |
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Background information | |
Born | Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia | 1 June 1985
Genres | Pop |
Occupation | Singer |
Years active | 2003–present |
Website | www |
Tamara Todevska (Template:Lang-mk [ˈtamara ˈtɔdɛfska] , born 1 June 1985), sometimes known simply as Tamara, is a Macedonian singer. Todevska began her music career in 2003, afterwards releasing her debut studio album Sino (2005). She has represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest on two occasions; in 2008, she failed to qualify from the semi-final, performing the song "Let Me Love You" with Vrčak and Adrian Gaxha, and in 2019, she placed first in jury votes, twelfth in televoting, and seventh overall in the final with the song "Proud", earning the country their best result in the contest ever.
Todevska is the younger sister of Macedonian-Serbian singer Tijana Dapčević, and they have collaborated several times.
Early life
Tamara Todevska was born in Skopje. She was raised in a musical family. Her father, Velko Todevski, is a Macedonian professor in a music school and her mom, Branka Todevska, is a Bosnian Serb opera singer. Tamara's mom influenced her deep, operatic vocal style.
Her older sister is Tijana Dapčević.
Career
Her first official song is a duet with her sister Tijana called "Igra luda" (Crazy game), released in 1997. Her music career broke through in 2003 when she sang "1003" at the Montenegrin festival Sunčane skale, where she placed 2nd.
"Sino"
In 2005, her first album was realized under the title Sino (English translation "Blue"). The music producer and composer of this album is Aleksandar Masevski with whom had Tamara cooperated since 2004. The album won Album of the year (2005).[citation needed] Hits from that album are: "Sino", "Molci, molci" (ft. Ronin), "A, shto ako?", "Ljubovna prikazna" (ft. Ugro), "Najverni prijateli", "Ljubi, ljubi" (duet with Tuna), "Shetaj" etc.
Nacionalen Eurosong 2007
Tamara was successful during the Macedonian Eurovision selection. She gained 105 points, placing second with the song "Kazi Koj Si Ti" ("Tell Me Who You Are")[citation needed].
Skopje Fest 2008
In February 2008, Tamara won the Skopje Fest 2008 with the composition "Vo ime na ljubovta" featuring Rade Vrchakovski and Adrian Gaxha.[1] The song was a hit in the Balkans, and was predicted to do well in the ESC 2008. The song was sung in six languages (Macedonian, English, Serbian, Turkish, Russian and Albanian) and the quality video was made by Dejan Milicevic. In the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 they set in the second semifinal on the number 18. They sang the English version of "Vo ime na ljubovta" called "Let me love you" and reached 10th place in the semifinal. With the decision of the jury they failed to qualify.
Eurovision 2019
Todevska represented North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv with the song “Proud”.[2] In the final, she finished in seventh place with 305 points and won the international jury vote. This is North Macedonia’s best result at the contest.
Personal life
On 27 June 2015, Tamara married former basketball player Aleksandar Dimitrovski.[3] They have one daughter named Hana and one son Daren.[4]
Discography
Albums
Singles
- 1997 "Igra luda" (feat. Tijana Dapčević - Skopje Fest)
- 2002 "Dali znam"
- 2002 "Koga bi mozela" (feat. Branka Todevska - Ohrid Fest)
- 2003 "1003" (Suncane Skale)
- 2004 "Sex"
- 2004 "Sino"
- 2004 "Molci molci" (ft. Ronin) - cover of Nina Spirova's song - Kirilico Ispeana (2009)
- 2005 "Najverni Prijateli"
- 2005 "Ljubi, ljubi" (duet with Tuna)
- 2005 "Šetaj"
- 2005 "A, što ako?"
- 2005 "Ljubovna prikazna" (ft. Ugro)
- 2006 "Losa Devojka"
- 2006 "Sedmo Nebo" (feat. Vrčak - winner of MakFest)
- 2007 "Kaži Koj Si Ti" (runner up of Nacionalen Evrosong)
- 2007 "Luda" (feat. DNK, Vrčak)
- 2007 "Za Makedonija" (feat. Toni Zen - Makedonija Naviva)
- 2007 "Smešhno zar ne" (MakFest)
- 2008 "Vo ime na ljubovta/Let me love you/Tebe volim/Yoksun/Vo imja ljobovi/Dashuri Mistike"[5] (feat. Vrčak & Adrian Gaxha, Skopje Fest winner, Macedonian entry for Eurovision Song Contest)
- 2008 "So maki sum se rodila" (old Macedonian folklore song sung by Tamara in techno version [6] - Makedonija Zasekogaš)
- 2008 "Dajem Ti Sve" (Budva Fest)
- 2009 "Usne ko krv"[7] (Serbian Radio-Festival)
- 2009 "Una magia Pandev" (feat. Toni Zen)
- 2009 "Šarena Pesma" (Budva Fest)
- 2009 "Davam Jas Se" (Dajem Ti Sve - Macedonian cover)
- 2019 "Proud" (Macedonian entry for Eurovision Song Contest)
Compilations
- 2007 Makedonija Naviva
- 2008 Makedonija Zasekogaš
- 2009 Kirilico Ispeana
See also
References
- ^ "FYR Macedonia: Tamara, Vrcak & Adrian win - Eurovision Song Contest Tel Aviv 2019". www.eurovision.tv.
- ^ Gligorov, Miki (25 January 2019). "Tamara Todevska is announced as North Macedonia's Eurovision 2019 representative". escxtra.com. ESCXtra. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Тамара Тодевска стана мајка".
- ^ Video on YouTube
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- ^ Video on YouTube
External links
- 1985 births
- Living people
- LGBT rights activists from North Macedonia
- Macedonian musicians
- Macedonian female singers
- Macedonian pop singers
- Musicians from Skopje
- Macedonian Eurovision Song Contest entrants
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2008
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2019
- Macedonian people of Serbian descent
- 21st-century women singers
- Macedonian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent