Saša Lozar (born 12 February 1980) is a Croatian singer. Lozar rose to fame in 2003 after finishing as runner-up on the first season of '' Story Supernova Music Talents''. In late 2003, Lozar formed the

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Saša, Tin i Kedžo Saša, Tin i Kedžo was the first Croatian boy band, that is now disbanded. Its members were Saša Lozar, Tin Samardžić, and Damir Kedžo, all finalists of the Story Supernova Music Talents, reality show aired on Nova TV (Croatia), Nova TV in lat ...

together with

Damir Kedžo Damir Kedžo (born 24 May 1987) is a Croatian pop singer. While he started his career in 2003 by participating in '' Story Supernova Music Talents'', he became even more famous in Croatia after winning the third season of '' Tvoje lice zvuči poz ...

and Tin Samardžić. Lozar began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album ''1 Dan'' (2007).

Early life

Lozar was born in Laduč, in the Yugoslav republic of

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. He has a younger brother named Ivan. He attended the Tituš Brezovački Gymnasium and earned his high school diploma in 1998.

Music career

Lozar's first musical appearance was in 1992 when he as a contestant on

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's ''Turbo Limach Show''. He made it to the finals where he lost to Renata Sabljak thus finishing as the runner-up. In 2003, Lozar auditioned for the first and only season of Nova TV's talent show '' Story Supernova Music Talents'' by singing "

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" and "Kad mi dođeš ti" by

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. He later advanced to the live shows. Lozar was announced as the runner-up for the first season of ''Story Supernova Music Talents''. A year after, in January 2004, he became a part of the Croatian boy band "

" along with

and Tin Samardžić. The band's debut album, titled ''Instant'', sold 10,000 copies in its chart run, while their debut single "365" topped the Croatian charts for six weeks. In 2005 the band disbanded allowing Lozar and the other members to pursue solo projects. On 29 May 2006, Lozar released his debut single "Na kraju dana". Lozar's debut album ''1 dan'' was released on 30 June 2007 through

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. On 7 September 2015, Lozar was announced to join the cast of the second season of television show '' Tvoje lice zvuči poznato'' ('' Your Face Sounds Familiar''), in which celebrity contestants impersonate a different iconic music artist on stage each week. In the season finale that took place on 6 December 2015, he was declared winner. He voiced Branch in the Croatian-language version of the commercially successful animated motion picture ''

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'' (2016). Lozar was among the participants of Dora 2024, the Croatian selection for the

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, with the song "Ne plačem zbog nje"; he advanced from his semi-final on 22 February 2024.

Personal life

On 27 August 2005 Lozar married his long-time girlfriend Marija Bajs. In 2009 he announced via social media that Marija had given birth to their daughter, Eva.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''1 dan'' (2007)

Singles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lozar, Sasa 21st-century Croatian male singers Living people 1980 births People from Zagreb County Croatian pop singers Tvoje lice zvuči poznato (Croatian TV series) winners