1983–2013: Early career Kajmakoski was born in the city of
Struga,
Yugoslavia, 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 Kajmakovski. 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 became a huge hit in Macedonia and in the Balkans.
2013–2014: X Factor Adria 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, eventually winning the show on 23 March 2014. Daniel's first single came the summer right after his victory. The song was called "Skopje-Beograd" and was a duet between Daniel and one of the
X Factor jury members,
Željko Joksimović, who represented Serbia during the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song
Nije ljubav stvar. • Week 1: "
One" (by
U2) • Week 2: "Čija si" (by
Tose Proeski) • Week 3: "Sonce ne me gree" (by
Vlatko Lozanoski) • Week 4: "
Counting Stars" (by
OneRepublic) • Week 5: "
Wake Me Up" (by
Avicii) • Week 6: "
Stay" (by
Hurts) • Week 7: "
Unchained Melody" ("Ghost") • Week 8: "Ljubavi" (by
Željko Joksimović) • Final: "
Sex on Fire" (by
Kings of Leon), "
Angels" (by
Robbie Williams), "
The Hardest Thing" (by
Toše Proeski), "Red" (by Daniel Merriweather)
2014–present: Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Daniel Kajmakoski represented Macedonia at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015, which was held in
Vienna,
Austria. 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. ==Discography==