FYR Macedonia
Daniel Kajmakoski
10 Leta (10 Summers)
A convincing win in X Factor Adria’s 1st series secured Daniel Kajmakoski a safe place and numerous fans in the highly competitive music stardom of the Balkan region.

Daniel is a Macedonian-born pop & rock singer, composer, songwriter, and guitar and piano player living in Vienna, where he represented Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with Autumn Leaves.

After a host of appearances in music talent shows across Austria, Macedonia, and Bulgaria, his breakthrough as a composer came in 2011, thanks to a huge hit (Ne se vrakjas/You Are Not Coming Back) performed by seasoned Macedonian singer Karolina Goceva.

In 2013 he auditioned for X Factor Adria and amazed both the jury and the audience with his brilliant performances. After his triumph in March, 2014. Daniel has been unstoppable.

He has since released a single (Skopje-Beograd), a duet with Zeljko Joksimovic, and a song (Ne mogu protiv srca svog/I Can’t Go Against My Heart) from the “We’ll Be World Champions” movie soundtrack, which topped the MTV Adria chart for weeks.

In January 2015 Daniel joined a diverse team of world-famous singers at the Grand Opening of the Men’s Handball World Championship in Doha.
Daniel was awarded the prestigious MTV BEST ADRIA ACT 2015 award.

In May this year he won the popular TV show “Your Face Sounds Familiar” in Belgrade.
Following the spring release of Samo za ljubav/ Only For Love he performed as an opening act at John Newman’s concert in Skopje.
Poradi tebe jas ne spijam, 
zošto znam nikoj ne me čeka 
Vo moite džebovi težat kamenja, 
a ti si reka 
Si odiš gorda i ubava, 
i ne, ne se vrtiš nazad 
Sakam da izlezeš od srcevo, 
no ne, nema takva sila 

Možeš se da praviš, 
ništo naše da ne spomeneš, 
Da ne se javiš, 
izbriši se, ime i broj, 
Ama pamti srceto, jas ne bev bilo koj 
Možeš se da praviš, 
posle edno 10 leta so mene ќe slaviš, 
Isto e se, race i glas, 
Se duri dišam jas ќe navivam za nas 

Te pamti tebe ovoj grad, 
I nema da zaboravi i site naši spomeni, živeat 
Te pamti tebe ovoj grad, 
I site tvoi nasmevki, 
I se što ostana vo nas, se spomeni
Sakam jas da bidam tvoj…
(english translation)

Because of you I don’t sleep,
for I know no one is waiting for me
There are heavy stones in my pockets
And you are a river
You go away proud and beautiful
And no, you don’t turn back
I want you out of my heart,
But no, there’s no such power

You can do anything,
Not even mention a single memory
Nor even call
Erase everything, my name and number
But the heart remembers,
I was not just any guy
You can do anything
After 10 summers you’ll celebrate with me
Everything is the same, your face and voice
As long as I breathe I’ll want us back together

This city remembers you
It won’t forget you, all our memories are alive
This city remembers you
All your smiles
and all that remains inside us are memories
I want to be yours…