Jana Burčeska

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Jana Burčeska
Јана Бурческа
Burčeska on the red carpet of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine
Burčeska on the red carpet of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine
Background information
Born (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 30)
Skopje, Macedonia
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2010–present
Websitejanaburcheska.mk

Jana Burčeska (

Dance Alone". Burčeska first came to prominence in her native country in 2011 after competing in Macedonian Idol
.

During the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, she acted as a press assistant and jury voting spokesperson for the Macedonian Radio Television.

Biography

In 2011, Burčeska competed in

Dance Alone". She took part in the second semi-final of the contest on 11 May 2017, however failed to qualify to the final, placing 15th with 69 points.[1] In her Eurovision postcard, aired before her performance, she announced her pregnancy.[2] Later that evening, when interviewed on-air by host Timur Miroshnychenko, her boyfriend Alexander proposed to her and she accepted. The news made headlines worldwide with a few news outlets stating it "stole the show".[3][4][5]

In October 2017, Burčeska gave birth to a baby girl named Dona.

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
MKD
[6]
"
Dance Alone
"
2017 8 Non-album single

References

  1. ^ Jordan, Paul (13 May 2017). "EXCLUSIVE: Here are the results of the Semi-Finals!". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ^ Houghton, Rianne (11 May 2017). "Macedonian Eurovision hopeful reveals her pregnancy during tonight's semi-final – AND gets engaged too". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. ^ Johnson, Alex (11 May 2017). "Eurovision 2017: Live Marriage Proposal Steals the Show From Saturdays Finalists". NBC News. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ Birney, Karen (12 May 2017). "Dramatic Eurovision proposal steals the show". Irish Independent. independent.ie. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Eurovision 2017: Live marriage proposal surprises audiences". BBC News Online. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Macedonia:

External links

Preceded by
Dona
"
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2017
Succeeded by
Lost and Found
"