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Tamara Todevska Тамара Тодевска | |
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 Todevska performing in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (age 40) |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Tamara Todevska (Macedonian:Тамара Тодевска, pronounced[ˈtamaraˈtɔdɛvska]ⓘ, born 1 June 1985), known professionally asTamara, is a Macedonian singer. She hasrepresented North Macedonia in theEurovision Song Contest on two occasions; in2008, she performed the song "Let Me Love You" withVrčak andAdrian Gaxha and failed to qualify for the final, performing, and in2019, she placed seventh in the final with the song "Proud", earning North Macedonia its best-ever result in the contest.[1][2]
Tamara began her music career in 2003 following the release of her debutstudio albumSino. She has won on various music competitions throughout her career such as MAKFest in 2006 and Skopje Fest in 2007.
Todevska is the younger sister of singerTijana Dapčević, and they have collaborated several times.
Tamara Todevska was born inSkopje. She was raised in a musical family. Her father, Velko Todevski, is a Macedonian professor in a music school and her mom, Brana, is aBosnian Serb opera singer. Tamara's mom influenced her deep, operatic vocal style.
Her older sister isTijana Dapčević. On 27 June 2015, Tamara married former basketball playerAleksandar Dimitrovski.[3] They have one daughter named Hana and one son Daren.[4] The couple divorced after seven years of marriage.[5]
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 theMontenegrin festival Budva, where she placed 2nd.
In 2005, her first album was realized under the titleSino (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).[6] 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.
Tamara was successful during the MacedonianEurovision selection. She gained 105 points, placing second with the song "Kazi Koj Si Ti" ("Tell Me Who You Are")[citation needed].
In February 2008, Tamara won theSkopje Fest 2008 with the song "Vo ime na ljubovta" featuringVrčak andAdrian, thus gaining the right to representMacedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.[7] The song became a hit in theBalkans, and was predicted to do well in the Eurovision. They recorded the song in six languages: Macedonian, English,Serbian,Turkish,Russian andAlbanian, and the music video was made byDejan Milićević.
In theEurovision Song Contest 2008, which was held inBelgrade,Serbia, they performed in the second semi-final, on 24 May 2008. They sang the English version of the song, called "Let Me Love You" and reached 10th place in the semifinal. However, whilist it would have been enough to qualify in previous and upcoming years, in 2008 and 2009 only the top nine places qualified automatically and the tenth place was decided based on the votes of the backup juries, and this time, juries chose Sweden to qualify over Macedonia, meaning that Macedonia ultimately failed to qualify.
Todevska representedNorth Macedonia in theEurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv with the song “Proud”.[8] In the final, she finished in seventh place with 305 points and placed first in the jury vote. This is North Macedonia’s best result at the contest.
In December 2019, Tamara participated in the21st edition ofKënga Magjike with the song "Monsters" and finished fifth overall.
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| Preceded by | Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest (withVrčak andAdrian) 2008 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | Succeeded by |
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