Born 25/01/81
 
In the summer of 1999, Tose had his first solo concert in Skopje which, in spite of the rain, was unforgettable for all the fans.
 
2003 Tose is awarded the humanitarian award "Mother Theresa" for his humanitarian concert and activities.
 
Tose even performed the national anthem (doesn't say which one) in front of 18000 fans before the Macedonia- England Euro2004 qualification game this year. Apparently this event was broadcast on a number of TV stations worldwide.
 
Finally he was in Spain this year, pumping dolls...no, that should be with the Pumping Dolls, recording some tracks for his new album.

The Singer
 
It's looking like Tose is partial to the odd bit of S&M. The video features Tose standing proud with his red rubber tank top and patent black leather wrist bands, urging us all to live life like a book. If I lived life like the books I read, I’d be in the down-below clinic more often than Jordan. If you are interested, I reckon his voice isn't the worst by any stretch of the imagination.

The Past
FYROM have always been one of my favourite Eurovision nations, mostly for their knack to stubbornly march on to defeat with ethnic efforts year and year. They have never wandered into what I would call Euro-pop territory, and are the other side of the coin to Sweden and the UK in that regard.
And what with the most bizarre and sunny of all European national flags, you just must wish them well. More Karolina please.

The Song

You can learn a lot from this song. "Life is a book, and you gotta read it." Wise words Tose. The song reads like an advertisement for the Skopje library service, which can't be a bad thing, since our kids are our future. 
As is the norm with Mediterranean singers, the male Tose is surrounded by scantily clad ladies, this time dressed in outfits manufactured from rubber straps. Starts of with cheesy rousing stringy chords then ridiculously let down with those lyrics.

Overall

Yet again, I'm hoping for a strong show from FYROM, but I've got a terrible feelingTM, that the curse of the ethno fast-pop genre that the country churns out time after time yet again won't be appreciated by the rest of Europe.
So starts strongly, has varied ethno-instrumentation, the English lyrics are truly dire (which is not a handicap), and it finishes well. Not enough "wonnas", "wannas", "na's", or "da's" though so it won't win, but it must make it to the final.

In a Nutshell
"Dip your Tose into the calming pool of ESC"

Angel si ti

Od utro do mrak vo mislive
Na pochetokot nash se sekjavam
Koga od son me razbudi
So pogledot dusha mi otvori

Posakav v mig da te imam
I vechno kraj mene da si ti
A koga ljubov mi podari
Na dusha beleg mi ostavi

Angel si ti, jas peam za tebe
Angel si ti, te chuvam vo sebe
Angel si ti koj samo za mene
Mozhe da zapre i vreme

Angel si ti, jas peam za tebe
Angel si ti, te chuvam vo sebe
Angel si ti koj samo za mene
Mozhe da zapre i vreme

Patot po koj sega chekoram
So rozi e poslan i nema kraj
A koga jas ke te pregrnam
Senkite dve kako edna se, znaj

A ljubovta obichna
Ja smeni vo posebna
Ti si mojot blagoslov
Komu davam sé vo zhivotot moj

Angel si ti, jas peam za tebe
Angel si ti, te chuvam vo sebe
Angel si ti koj samo za mene
Mozhe da zapre i vreme

Angel si ti, jas peam za tebe
Angel si ti, te chuvam vo sebe
Angel si ti koj samo za mene
Mozhe da zapre i vreme

(Angel si ti, jas peam za tebe)
(Angel si ti, te chuvam vo sebe)
(Angel si ti koj samo za mene)
Mozhe da zapre i vreme...

(Angel si ti, jas peam za tebe)
(Angel si ti, te chuvam vo sebe)
Angel si ti koj samo za mene
Mozhe da zapre i vreme...

(Angel si ti, jas peam za tebe)
Angel si ti, te chuvam vo sebe
Angel si ti koj samo za mene
Mozhe da zapre i vreme

 Life Is
 
I saw my ID and it wasn't me
It was someone else's identity
Why do I need to prove myself
And who is the judge of my sanity

Roaming through my old emotions
I find new feelings of misery
I bet with my soul to get back to truth
Where I would face reality

Life is a book and you gotta read it
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

Life is a book and you gotta read it
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

Walking around with some thoughts on my mind
I search for a place where I'll be free
From all that I said and all that's been done
it'll be hard to find it inside of me

Life is a book and you gotta read it
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

(Life is a book and you gotta read it)
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

I know that I've gotta try
No one can see me cry
I can't take it any more
I must find a way to let myself go

(Life is a, life is...)
Oh it's true
You know it, don't you

Life is a book and you gotta read it
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

(Life is a book and you gotta read it)
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

(Life is a book and you gotta read it)
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it
Prediction Semi Final 5th
Final 4th
Tose
Herve (look Boss, the planes, the planes) Villechaize