Saša Lozar

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).

Saša Lozar
Born	(1980-02-12) 12 February 1980 Laduč, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (today Croatia)
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Croatia Records, Agapa

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 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]

Personal life

On 27 August 2005 Lozar married his long-time girlfriend Marija Bajs.[13] In 2009 he announced via social media that Marija had given birth to their daughter, Eva.[14]

Discography

Studio albums

• 1 dan (2007)

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		CRO [15]
"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

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. 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. Lindić, Loredana (28 August 2019). "Saša Lozar otkriva tajnu uspješnog braka" (in Croatian). 24sata. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
14. "Saša Lozar: Ne mogu opisati svoju ljubav prema kćeri" (in Croatian). Gloria. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
15. 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. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Tebi": "HRTop40 Week 02 2017" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Tajno": "HRTop40 Week 36 2017" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Da": "HRTop40 Week 13 2018" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Šala": "HRTop40 Week 50 2018" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Budi": "HRTop40 Week 26 2019" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Hej, Badnjak je": "HRTop40 Week 53 2019" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    • For "Dama": "HRTop40 Week 17 2020" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

External links

• Saša Lozar discography at Discogs
• Saša Lozar on IMDb