{{short description|German-Slovenian singer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Daniel Kovac | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Daniel Kovač | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1956|9|27}} | death_date = | birth_place = [[Črna na Koroškem]], [[PR Slovenia]], [[FPR Yugoslavia]] | instrument = | genre = Pop | occupation = Singer | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = [http://www.danielkovac.de/ Daniel Kovac Band] | current_members = }}
'''Daniel Kovac''' ({{langx|sl|Kovač}}; born 27 September 1956) is a [[Germany|German]]-[[Slovenia]]n singer, best known for his participation in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1990]].
Kovac moved to Germany with his family in 1968, and started working as a session singer in the late 1970s. In the 1980s, he became a presenter for the [[Munich]]-based television music channel ''musicbox'', at the same time hosting radio shows for [[Bayerischer Rundfunk]]. Kovac met [[Ralph Siegel]] through his studio work, and in 1990 was offered the chance by Siegel to perform a song in the German Eurovision selection. The song, "[[Frei zu leben]]" (''Free to Live'') was a duet with [[Chris Kempers]], and won the selection by a convincing margin.<ref>[http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Germany1990.html ESC National Finals database 1990]</ref> "Frei zu leben" went forward to the 35th Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 5 May in [[Zagreb]], where it placed ninth of 22 entries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=643 |title=ESC History 1990 |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-date=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903215233/https://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=643 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Kovac subsequently worked as a presenter for music channel [[VH1]]. He remains musically active, leading his own band.
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== External links == * [http://www.danielkovac.de/ Daniel Kovac Band website] (German)
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