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Adnan Babajić
Adnan Babajić (born 28 May 1988) is a Bosnian singer and television personality, who came to media attention as the winner of talents show '' Operacija trijumf'', and thus signed a recording contract for an album for foreign market with Universal Music Group. Life and career Early life and career (1988–2008) Babajić was born and raised in Živinice into a Bosniak family. Before taking part in '' Operacija trijumf'', he appeared in many musical show on television. Babajić plays piano, drums and accordion, and cites Bryan Adams and Željko Joksimović as his idols. ''Operacija trijumf'' (2008–09) The regional reality show for music talents '' Operacija trijumf'' began on 29 September 2009 on the B92. As one of only two contestants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with early expelled Jasmina Midžić, Babajić was one of the favourites. He was once nominated, after performing "Viva Las Vegas" by Elvis Presley", but beat Milica Majstorović in voting. Babajić won the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvezde Granda
''Zvezde Granda'' ( sr-Cyrl, Звезде Гранда; "''Grand Stars''") is a Serbian singing competition show, created by Saša Popović. The show has been airing since 2004 on several networks in the western Balkans, and is considered to be most popular and longest running reality television shows in the region. ''Zvezde Granda'' is currently broadcast on TV Pink, Nova BH and Kanal 5. The show has declared 16 winners over its 15 seasons. ''Zvzede Granda'' have launched the careers of numerous regionally poplar singers, which among others include: Milica Todorović, Branislav Mojićević, Tanja Savić, Rada Manojlović, Milan Stanković, Darko Lazić, Milica Pavlović, Aleksandra Prijović, Katarina Grujić, Tea Tairović, Teodora Džehverović and Džejla Ramović. Format Before the show starts recording, potential contestants are scouted by Grand Production through an audition process. ''Zvezde Granda'' is consisted of around six rounds where contestants sing one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leb I Sol
Leb i sol ( mk, Леб и сол) is a Macedonian and former Yugoslav rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski (guitar), Bodan Arsovski (bass guitar), Nikola Kokan Dimuševski (keyboards) and Garabet Tavitjan (drums). Tavitjan ceded the drumwork to Dragoljub Đuričić for some of the albums, while Kiril Džajkovski replaced Kokan on ''Kao Kakao'' and ''Putujemo''. Beside being the most eminent Macedonian band, they were also one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock scene. History "Leb i sol" is a traditional greeting which literally translates to "bread and salt". It is often used as an expression of spite or determination; e.g. "I will eat ''bread and salt'' if I have to, but I will not give in!", but that has nothing to do with the band's name. More commonly, distinguished visitors to villages and communities would be offered a piece of home-baked bread and a dip of salt as a traditional welcome, which is where the name of the band really came from. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlado Georgiev
Vladimir "Vlado" Georgiev ( sr-cyr, Владо Георгиев, ; born 6 June 1976) is a Serbian singer-songwriter and producer. Georgiev remains one of the most prominent musicians in the Balkans. Georgiev served as a judge on television series ''Prvi glas Srbije'' in 2011 and 2012, and '' Tvoje lice zvuči poznato'' in 2016. Biography Family and personal life Georgiev was born in Dubrovnik to Dragoljub, (a Bulgarian from Dimitrovgrad, Serbia) and Borka (a Serb from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Vlado Georgiev odbio pasoš Crne Gore! , ''Kurir'', 21 September 2010,) He has an older brother, Saša. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to |
Petar Grašo
Petar Grašo (born 19 March 1976) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Split to basketball player Zoran Grašo, he rose to prominence when Oliver Dragojević performed one of his first songs "Boginja" on the Dora contest in 1995. Since then, he has collaborated greatly with Dragojević, and has also worked with Doris Dragović, Danijela Martinović, Tonči Huljić, Goran Bregović, and Lepa Brena. In 1996, he won the Zadarfest music festival in Zadar with his song "Trebam nekoga", which promulgated him to wide fame. He placed second in Dora 1997, Croatia's qualifying competition for Eurovision Song Contest 1997. Today, he is one of the most popular male pop singers in Croatia, and is also well known in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, and North Macedonia. Grašo co-wrote the lyrics to the song "Metak sa posvetom" with Antonija Šola for Lepa Brena's 2011 album ''Začarani krug'', and composed the music himself. His songs "Volim i postojim" (1997) and "K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toše Proeski
Todor "Toše" Proeski ( mk, Тодор "Тоше" Проески, ; 25 January 1981 – 16 October 2007) was a Macedonian multi-genre singer and songwriter. Considered a top act of the local Macedonian and Balkan music scene, Proeski's music was popular across multitude of countries of Southeast Europe. He was dubbed the "Elvis Presley of the Balkans" by BBC News. He died in a car crash on the Zagreb–Lipovac A3 highway, near Nova Gradiška in Croatia, on the morning of 16 October 2007, aged 26.Staff writerMacedonia's government declares day of mourning over singer death FOCUS News Agency. Retrieved 17 October 2007. Biography Early years Proeski was born in PrilepBiography at Toše Proeski's Official Site and grew up in |
Bojan Marović
Bojan Marović ( sr-cyrl, Бојан Маровић; born 21 May 1984) is a Montenegrin singer and actor. He is from Podgorica where he resides. Biography Bojan was born to parents Darko (1963–2001) and Sanja (1967). On April 7, 2001, his father Darko (1963–2001) died at age 38. On his 18th birthday, his mother, Sanja, Darko's widow, gave him his song "Više te nema", which won him third place in the Sunčane Skale festival. He has a younger brother, Boris, who is Bojan's inspiration, according to an interview. Discography * Krio sam (2004) * Litar neba (''A litre of the sky'') (2007) * Za tebe i mene ("For you and me") (2011) Singles * ''Svaki korak tvoj'' (Pjesma Mediterana ''Pjesma Mediterana'' ( sh-Cyrl, Пјесма Медитерана, lit=Song of the Mediterranean; formerly ''Music Festival Budva'', sh-Latn-Cyrl, Muzički festival Budva, Музички фестивал Будва) was a pop music festival held ... 2010) Filmography * Imam nešto važno da vam ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Paunović
Nikola Paunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Пауновић; born 25 July 1985, in Kragujevac, Serbia) is a Serbian singer and television personality. He came to media attention as one of sixteen contestants on the B92's ''Operacija trijumf'', Balkan version of Endemol's ''Fame Academy'' and Spanish ''Operación Triunfo''. As one of four members of OT Band, he took part in Beovizija 2009, Serbian selection for Eurovision 2009, with the song "Blagoslov za kraj", and the band placed second in the final. Discography Solo singlovi * 2010: "Nepozvan" – (Suncane skale in Herceg Novi, Montenegro) * 2011: "Odlazim od tebe" (feat. Cvija) OT Band singles * 2009: "Blagoslov za kraj" (feat. Kaya) * 2009: "Strpi se još malo" (cover of Take That's Patience) * 2009: "Zaboravi" (feat. Karolina Goceva Karolina may refer to: People *Karolina (name) *Karolina (singer), singer/songwriter from Eilat, Israel Places *Karolina, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) *Karolina, Grodzisk Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zabranjeno Pušenje
Zabranjeno pušenje () is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Currently, the band consists of founding member, vocalist and guitarist Sejo Sexon, longtime drummer Branko Trajkov, guitarist Toni Lović, bassist Dejan Orešković, and violinist and keyboardist Robert Boldižar. The band was formed contrary to the then prevalent Yugoslav punk rock and new wave, closely associated with the New Primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire and sketch comedy show ''Top lista nadrealista''. They were one of the most popular musical acts of the 1980s in Yugoslavia, selling hundreds of thousands of records. Many times they got in trouble with the authorities for their, usually mild and sympathetic, criticism of the socialist system, and the habit of making light of issues considered sensit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Samardžić
Željko Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Жељко Самарџић; born 3 October 1955) is a Folk music, folk singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, popular throughout the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, former Yugoslav republics. Born in Mostar, he achieved fame when he moved to Belgrade as a result of the Bosnian War. Biography Samardžić was born in Mostar, at the time part of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FPR Yugoslavia. His father Milivoje was an ethnic Montenegrins, Montenegrin, and his mother Nada was a Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Herzegovinian Croat from the Ilići suburb of Mostar. Samardžić's father was a Yugoslav People's Army officer, which meant that the family had to move around a lot. After spending the first seven years of his life in Mostar, young Željko lived and attended school in Nikšić, Igalo and Zadar before eventually returning to Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Belov
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo Dugme (trans. ''White Button'') was a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock music, rock band, formed in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. Bijelo Dugme is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock scene. Bijelo Dugme was officially formed in 1974, although the members of the default lineup, guitarist Goran Bregović, vocalist Željko Bebek, drummer Ipe Ivandić, keyboardist Vlado Pravdić and bass guitarist Zoran Redžić, were previously active under the name Jutro (Sarajevo band), Jutro. The band's debut album ''Kad bi bio bijelo dugme'', released in 1974, brought them nationwide popularity with its The Balkans, Balkan Folk music, folk-influenced hard rock sound. The band's future several releases, featuring similar sound, maintained their huge popularity, describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
