Saša Lozar
Born (1980-02-12) 12 February 1980
Laduč near Brdovec, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2003–present
LabelsCroatia Records, Agapa

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 boy band Saša, Tin i Kedžo together with Damir Kedžo 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 Croatia.[1] 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 Hrvatska radiotelevizija's Turbo Limach Show.[2] He made it to the finals where he lost to Renata Sabljak thus finishing as the runner-up.[3]

In 2003, Lozar auditioned for the first and only season of Nova TV's talent show Story Supernova Music Talents by singing "Hero" and "Kad mi dođeš ti" by Oliver Dragojević. He later advanced to the live shows.[4] Lozar was announced as the runner-up for the first season of Story Supernova Music Talents.[5]

A year after, in January of 2004, he became a part of the Croatian boy band "Saša, Tin i Kedžo" along with Damir Kedžo and Tin Samardžić.[6] 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.[7] In 2005 the band disbanded allowing Lozar and the other members to pursue solo projects.[8]

On 29 May 2006, Lozar released his debut single "Na kraju dana".[9] Lozar's debut album 1 dan was released on 30 June 2007 through Croatia Records.[10]

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.[11] In the season finale that took place on 6 December 2015, he was declared winner.[12]

He voiced Branch in the Croatian-language version of the commercially successful animated motion picture Trolls (2016).

On 15 December 2023, Lozar was announced among the participants of Dora 2024, the Croatian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Ne plačem zbog nje".[13]

Personal life

On 27 August 2005 Lozar married his long-time girlfriend Marija Bajs.[14] In 2009 he announced via social media that Marija had given birth to their daughter, Eva.[15]

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1 dan (2007)

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CRO
[16]
"Žena sve vidi" 2013 18 Non-album singles
"Opčinjen" 2014 7
"Nitko kao mi" 2
"Za nas dvoje" 2016 33
"Tebi" 2017 13
"Tajno" 6
"Da" 2018 3
"Šala" 7
"Budi" 2019 2
"Hej, Badnjak je" 3
"Dama" 2020 18
"Vrijeme" 6
"Vrati se" 2021 5
"Daleko od raja" 4
"Lagano na vrijeme" 2023 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

  1. ↑ "Saša Lozar: Neke stvari radiš da ostaneš prisutan u javnosti" (in Croatian). N1. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Štignjedec, Nikolina (2 February 2017). "Nekad i sad: Oni su na početku svoje karijere bili turbo limači" (in Croatian). 24sata. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pogledajte tko je karijeru započeo u Turbo Limach Showu" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Habijan, Ivana (26 November 2014). "Pobijedio u Story Supernovoj, ali jedini nije napravio karijeru" (in Croatian). 24sata. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Marinović, Barbara (3 September 2018). "Kakav je to show bio" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Rafo snimio prvi singl "Ja sam Rafo"" (in Croatian). Index. 31 January 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Krnić, Hana (3 July 2019). "Damir Kedžo: Nemam prave prijatelje na hrvatskoj estradi" (in Croatian). 24sata. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Svi znaju gdje su Saša i Kedžo, ali gdje je nestao Tin?" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Saša Lozar na kraju dana s balerinom" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Saša Lozar - 1 dan, album prvijenac u prodaju" (in Croatian). Croatia Records. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Druga sezona 'Tvoje lice zvuči poznato' ove nedjelje u 20 sati" (in Croatian). 24sata. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Saša Lozar pobjednik druge sezone showa Tvoje lice zvuči poznato" (in Croatian). Šibenik IN. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Croatia 2024: HRT reveal the 'Dora' lineup". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  14. ↑ Lindić, Loredana (28 August 2019). "Saša Lozar otkriva tajnu uspješnog braka" (in Croatian). 24sata. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Saša Lozar: Ne mogu opisati svoju ljubav prema kćeri" (in Croatian). Gloria. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  16. ↑ Peak positions in Croatia:
    • For "Žena sve vidi": "HRTop40 Week 09 2013" (PDF) (in Croatian). Institut Hrvatske Glazbe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
    • For "Opčinjen": "HRTop40 Week 17 2014" (PDF) (in Croatian). Institut Hrvatske Glazbe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
    • For "Nitko kao mi": "HRTop40 Week 41 2014" (PDF) (in Croatian). Institut Hrvatske Glazbe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
    • For "Za nas dvoje": "HRTop40 Week 18 2016" (in Croatian). top-lista. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Tebi": "HRTop40 Week 02 2017" (in Croatian). top-lista. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Tajno": "HRTop40 Week 36 2017" (in Croatian). top-lista. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Da": "HRTop40 Week 13 2018" (in Croatian). top-lista. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Šala": "HRTop40 Week 50 2018" (in Croatian). top-lista. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Budi": "HRTop40 Week 26 2019" (in Croatian). top-lista. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Hej, Badnjak je": "HRTop40 Week 53 2019" (in Croatian). top-lista. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Dama": "HRTop40 Week 17 2020" (in Croatian). top-lista. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
    • For "Vrijeme": "HR TOP 40 Week 39 2020" (in Croatian). top-lista. 4 October 2020. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
    • For "Vrati se": "HR TOP 40 Week 7 2021" (in Croatian). top-lista. 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
    • For "Daleko od raja": "HR TOP 40 Week 7 2022" (in Croatian). top-lista. 20 February 2022. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
    • For "Lagano na vrijeme" "HR TOP 40 Week 10 2023" (in Croatian). top-lista. 12 March 2023. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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