Vlatko Illievski was a Macedonian pop rock singer and actor. At age of 12, he started playing guitar and singing in local bands in Skopje. In 2000 he performed at the Macedonian Rock-Fest with the band "Made in Macedonia", and won two prizes. In 2000, Macedonian rock band Morality asked Ilievski to join their band. In 2001, they recorded songs and in 2003 they finished the album, Koga Patuvam.
Vlatko started his solo career in 2007. His first solo concert was on 5 June 2010, in the Boris Trajkovski Hall, Skopje, Macedonia, one of the largest arenas in the country. He filled the venue with an audience of around 10,000 and was joined on-stage by his old band. He was supported by local bands Shvaleri and DZHMS; the lead guitarist of the latter is Ivan Ivanov, son of the Macedonian President George Ivanov, who was in the audience.
He was the runner-up to be the Macedonian entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo and finally represented his home country a year later in Düsseldorf with the song Rusinka, which failed to qualify for the final.
Aside from singing, he was a student of acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Skopje, where he graduated in 2010 with the drama "Anger" by Stephen King.
He attempted to represent his home country again at the 2015 contest in Vienna as part of a duo but finished in last place in the national final.
He died in 6 July 2018, of unknown causes. However, his body was found in an automobile.
