Daniel Kovac ( Slovene : Kova? ; born 27 September 1956) is a German - Slovenian singer, best known for his participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 .

Kovac moved to Germany with his family in 1968, and started working as a session singer in the late 1970s. In the 1980s, he became a presenter for the Munich -based television music channel musicbox , at the same time hosting radio shows for Bayerischer Rundfunk . Kovac met Ralph Siegel through his studio work, and in 1990 was offered the chance by Siegel to perform a song in the German Eurovision selection. The song, " Frei zu leben " ( Free to Live ) was a duet with Chris Kempers , and won the selection by a convincing margin. ^[1] "Frei zu leben" went forward to the 35th Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 5 May in Zagreb , where it placed ninth of 22 entries. ^[2]

Kovac subsequently worked as a presenter for music channel VH1 . He remains musically active, leading his own band.

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• Daniel Kovac Band website (German)