Sunday, February 20, 2011

Ламбе Алабакоски.

Lambe Alabakoski is a Macedonian singer.
Lambe Alabakovski showed an interest in music at a young age and was encouraged by his father. Lambe is currently attending the Euro-College in Kumanovo. He became famous when he won the M2 Production's Play: Search For A New Star 2004. He made it to the finals and performed the hit "Spasi Me" ("Save Me"), composed by Darko Dimitrov and won by the televoting audience. Lambe was signed to the M2 Production's label who also discovered Elena Risteska and Aleksandra Pileva through an earlier version of the same competition. Lambe’s popularity grew very quickly and his songs became very popular and topped the charts. In 2005, Lambe recorded his next single, "Kade Pesno Moja" ("Where’s My Song"), a cover of a song by Slave Dimitrov, which not only became an instant radio hit, but was also the very first Macedonian song to be sold as an internet download. He is the most fantastic singer and hopes to perform on Eurovision. Lambe was born in Resen in Macedonia.
In 2005, Lambe, along with former M2 colleague, Aleksandra Pileva, traveled to Brashov, Romania to participate in the Golden stag festival. He performed his Macedonian hit "Kade Pesno Moja" and a Romanian song called "Dragostea Mea". Later that year in October, Lambe took part In the annual Macedonia festival, Makfest 2005, where he successfully promoted his new song "Eh Da Mozam" ("If I Could"). During the holidays, Lambe released another single called "Kazano E Se" ("Everything is Said"), which dominated the charts.
During February, 2006, Lambe took part in a charity song called "Otvori Oci" ("Open Your Eyes") written by Darko Dimitrov , in which the Macedonian divas Elena Risteska, Kaliopi, as well as Aleksandra Pileva, Adrian Gaxha and Maja Grozdanovska-Pancheva participated. Shortly after that, MKTV revealed the list of participants for the national Macedonian Eurovision selection for 2006 and Lambe was a participant with the song "More od Solzi" ("Sea of Tears") written by Darko Dimitrov and lyrics by Elena Risteska. In March, Lambe and nineteen other artists took the stage in Skopje to compete for first place. Although he did not win, Lambe scored third place with 5282 points. After having so many successful songs, Lambe released his debut album titled More od Solzi, which contained 10 song composed of his past hits and some new material. In June, Lambe competed in the Budva festival in Montenegro with a Serbian song and in a duet with Aleksandra Pileva. They reached the final with "Da Mogu Vreme Vratiti" and finished in 12th place.
Lambe competed at Skopje Fest, the Macedonian Eurovision Song Selection. He performed the song "Belo e Se" which was written by Elena Risteska and composed by Robert Bilbilov. The song gained 101 points, placing Lambe in third position for a consecutive year. Lambe competed in the Macedonian Eurovision qualifier on 23 February 2008, with the song "Zemjo Moja".




Елена Ристеска.

Elena Risteska ; born April 27, 1986 in  is a is born in Macedonia,Skopje and she's a Macedonia singer and writer. She represented Macedonia in the Eurovision song Contest in 2006, held in Atheens with the song "Ninanajna" and finished on the 12th place. That is the best result made by Macedonia in the Eurovision Song contest ever. Risteska is also an occasional songwriter, writing for artists such as 4Play, Lambe Alabakoski, and Aleksandra Pileva.
Elena Risteska was born in Skopje on the 27th of April, SFR Yugoslavia (today Macedonia) and showed an interest in the arts at an early age. Her mother's name is Desa and her father's Acko. Elena inherited her musical interest from her mother but also pursued other hobbies and interests. In 1994, Elena joined the KUD "Kočo Racin", which was a club for folk dance and songs. Elena took part in school activities such as singing in the "Young Imitators" show and becoming a member of the drama club.In 1996, Elena made her television debut during the Mak-Karaoke Show performing the song "Flamingo" on the commercial channel A1. The same year she started to take a course on the English and French Languages. Elena started to sing in the school choir and went to Bulgaria for her first tour with the folk dance club. In 1998, Elena took part in many competitions and won many local, national, and international awards in drawing. In 2000, Elena went on tour in Bulgaria with the folk dance club.



Каролина Гочева.

Karolina Gočeva, often credited as Karolina Gocheva ; born April 28, 1980, in Bitola,Macedonia is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia  in the 2002 and 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, ranking 19th and 14th, respectively. She became the first female Macedonian singer to represent Macedonia twice at Eurovision.Karolina Goceva was  in relationship with Jovan Panovski.
In 2000, she joined the record label Avalon Productions, on which her debut album "Jas imam pesna" (I've got a song) was released. Gočeva released several singles off her first album, including "Sakaj me" ("Love me"), "Bez ogled na se"("No matter what") and "Nemir" ("Restless"), the latter of which she sang in a duet with Toshe Proeski. With her first album released, she took part in the Macedonian Eurovision song selection. Gočeva nearly won, but missed out coming in 2nd place with the song "Za nas" ("For us") from Darko Dimitrov, which managed to receive 916 points. After promotion through concerts and festivals, she released her second album "Zošto sonot ima kraj" (Why the dream has an end) in 2002. She gained more popularity in the former Yugoslavia, by performing at the Sunčane Skale festival with the song "Kaži mi" ("Tell me"). She released "Ti možeš" ("You could") and "Ke bide se vo red" ("Everything will be okay") as singles in Macedonia. On her album, she included three English versions of her songs titled "I'm looking for Jamaica", "You could", and "Tell me".






Тоше Проески.

Todor Toše Proeski ; January 25, 1981 – October 16, 2007) was a Macedonian multi-genre singer, songwriter and actor. He was popular across the entire Balkan Area and further north, and locally he was considered a top act of the Macedonia music scene. Proeski was known for his strong vocal performances and trademark quote "Ve sakam site" (I Love You All), and was once dubbed "Elvis Presliey of the Balkans" by BBC news. He died in a car crash in Croatia on October 16, 2007.

Proeski, was born in Prilep,SFRJ Jugoslavia (today Macedonia), to Dominika and Nikola Proeski from Krushevo, his hometown, where he spent most of his childhood. After his musical talent was discovered at the age of 12, he was chosen to perform at the popular children's song festival Zlatno Slavejče (eng.: Golden Nightingale) in Skopje, performing the song „Јаs i мојоt dеdо“ in Aromanian language. This was his first public music performance; however, his successful career began in 1996 when he participated in the teenage music festival Melfest in Prilep.
Following this public exposure, he was awarded for his strong vocal capabilities. This led to his rise to fame when he participated in the music festival Makfest in Shtip with the song "Pusti Me" ("Let Me Go") in 1997. His fanbase quickly grew and he continued to make use of festivals, such as SkopjeFest and OhridFest, as a platform for promotion and publicity. Proeski collaborated with one of Macedonia’s acclaimed lyricists and composers, Grigor Koprov, to produce some of the greatest hits of his career such as "Usni na Usni" ("Lips over Lips") and "Sonce vo Tvoite Rusi Kosi" ("Sun in Your Golden Hair"). In 1999, he released his debut album, Nekade vo Nokta (Somewhere in the Night), which contained eleven tracks. In the summer of the same year, Proeski performed his first solo concert in Skopje.
DEATH:
During the early morning of October 16, 2007, at 6:20 a.m., Proeski died in a car accident on the Zagreb-Lipovac highway near Nova Gradishka, Croatia. He was a passenger along with his manager Ljiljana Petrović in a Volgswageng Tuareg driven by Georgij Georgijevski. The Touareg crashed into the back of a truck and then into the median barrier, killing Proeski instantly, crushing the third vertebrae of the neck, although the truck sustained no damage. Proeski was asleep in the front passenger seat at the time of the crash. Of the other two passengers, only the driver suffered serious injuries (nead trauma).
Proeski's body arrived at midnight in Skopje by helicopter of the Macedonian Army, and was transported by car to his home town Krushevo. Grieving citizens gathered to pay their last respects at the airport and also in Macedonia Square. The Embassy of the USA, the USAID and the Diplomatic mission of the European Union published official statements on the death of Toše Proeski. October 17 was pronounced a national day of mourning in Macedonia. The three days following his death were pronounced days of mourning in the City of Kruševo.


After his death, the government of the Republic of Macedonia, gave him the title "Honorable citizen of Macedonia"