{{short description|Macedonian singer (born 1995)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sara Markoska | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Sara Markoska | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|06|27|df=y}}<ref name="birth date">{{cite web|url=http://www.saramarkoska.mk/|title=Sara Markoska was born on 27 June 1995|language=Macedonian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521124722/http://www.saramarkoska.mk/|archivedate=21 May 2014}}</ref> | birth_place = Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia) | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = Pop | occupation = Singer, songwriter | instrument = | years_active = 2006–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = http://www.saramarkoska.mk/ }}
'''Sara Markoska''' ({{langx|mk|Сара Маркоска}}; born 27 June 1995) is a Macedonian singer. She represented North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Za ljubovta" (За љубовта), ranking 12th with 31 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/participant-profile?song=24783|title=Sara Markoska to represent Macedonia in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009|publisher=Junior Eurovision Song Contest}}</ref>
==Career== Markoska lives in Skopje, North Macedonia. She went to the eight grade at an elementary school and was a great student. When the new school building was built, she had the honour to sing the new school anthem! Singing is her greatest love. She went to music school and took private singing lessons with professor Vlado Srbinovski as well.
===2006: Begins her career – ''Stars''=== Markoska performed at the international festival Zvezdichkiy (Stars), and won the third place for interpretation of the song Cama Niz Cahara (Through Sahara On My Own).
===2007–2008 First attempt for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and participation in other festivals=== Sara participated in the Macedonian national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and came in second with the song "Mislish Na Mene" (You Think Of Me). Afterwards she was asked to join the team performing in Rotterdam as a backing vocalist and dancer. She has been to Ukraine at two festivals. At the ''Music Umbrella'' festival in Vinnytsia, and in 2008, at a festival in Mariupol. 2008 was very successful for her. She has taken part in many festivals and humanitarian concerts. She was noticed and accepted, and met many children from Macedonia and other countries.
===2009–present: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009=== She performed in Nesebar, Bulgaria, where she took part in the ''Sun, Joy and Beauty'' festival and took the 3rd place between of 78 participants, with the song "Time will tell us". She was looking forward to visiting Ukraine once again, but this time to represent Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Za Ljubovta" (For Love) which she wrote herself. She came 12th place with 31 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/participant-profile?song=24783|title=Sara Markoska to represent Macedonia in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009|publisher=Junior Eurovision Song Contest}}</ref> In 2010 she went to a Spanish festival where she won with the song "In love there is time". In 2011, Sara competed in a show called "M2–Searching for a Star" with the song "No Shame" where she won and then she sang the same song in the ''Baltic Song Festival'' in Sweden passing to the finals. In 2012 Sara participated in the Makfest 2012 with the song ''Posle Nego'' and she got the grand prize and the Best Newcomer award.<ref name="Career">{{cite web|url=http://www.saramarkoska.mk/|title=Sara Markoska's career|publisher=Sara Markoska|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521124722/http://www.saramarkoska.mk/|archivedate=2014-05-21}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Singles=== *"Mizlich Na Menye" (2008) *"Time will tell us" (2009) *"Za ljubovta" (2009–<small>participated in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with it</small>) *"In love there is time" (2010) *"No Shame" (2011) *"Bez Sram" (2011) *"Posle Nego" (2012) *"Private Show" (2014)
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140521124722/http://www.saramarkoska.mk/ Official website] {{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before=Bobby Andonov<br />with "Prati mi SMS" | title=North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | years=2009 | after=Anja Veterova<br />with "Eooo, Eooo" }} {{s-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Markoska, Sara}} Category:1995 births Category:Macedonian child singers Category:Macedonian pop singers Category:Macedonian women pop singers Category:21st-century Macedonian women singers Category:Singers from Skopje Category:Living people Category:Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants
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