Vlado Janevski was born on 27 November 1960 in
Skopje, resided most of his adult years in
Čair and as of 2021 moved to Gevgelija. He majored in English language and literature at the university of
Ss. Cyril and Methodius. He is fluent in English, German, Italian and Russian. He plays the guitar, piano and drums. He was a member of the popular bands Tost Sendvich (1976) and Bon-Ton (1986) as a drummer, and Fotomodel (1989) and Lastovica (1992) as a singer. He has participated in a number of festivals in
Macedonia and other
Ex-Yugoslav countries. He participated in Jugovizija in
Belgrade in 1992 and also had revival participations in
Belarus on Slavjanski Bazar in 1994, 1995 and 1996. In Macedonia, he took part in Interfest in 1994 where he got the grand prize, and on Makfest where got the second prize and the first in 1995. He took place in the first
Skopje Fest 1998 with the song "
Ne Zori, Zoro" and won the contest which allowed him to represent Macedonia for the first time in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1998. Vlado Janevski is under an exclusive recording contract with Menart (Croatia) as of 2023. ==Eurovision 1998==