Menil Velioski

Menil Velioski is a folk singer born on 26 April 2001 in Labuništa, a village in the southwest of North Macedonia. Soon after his birth his family moved to Nova Gorica in Slovenia, where he grew up.

He started making music at six, when his father, a musician himself and his main inspiration, bought him a keyboard. In February 2016 he appeared on Neki novi klinci, a talent show for singers under 16 broadcast by Prva and OBN, whose winner receives two songs from Grand Production. His performances of Šerif Konjević's "Nisam te ponizio" and Šaban Šaulić's "Dva galeba bela" drew wide attention, and the video passed a million views on YouTube. He reached the final, where the public chose Džejla Ramović as the winner.

After the show Sabit Saša Dervišević took over his management. His first single, "Prava ljubav", came out on YouTube on 25 November 2016 and passed a million views in less than a month. "Ja sam je samo voleo" followed in September 2017, the duet "Drama" with Tea Tairović in November 2017, and "Tron" in September 2018.

His official channel also gathers "Ničiji sin", "Tvoje ime moje prezime", "Pozlata" (2025), "Suza večna" and "Kad prođeš ti kroz vene", as well as television duets with Mile Kitić ("Dom") and Rada Manojlović ("Dobro jutro, moja voljena").