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Croatia In The Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Croatia entered the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time as an independent country in 1993. The country's first entry was by Put with the song "Don't Ever Cry". Background Croatia first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993, having previously competed as a part of Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1991. SR Croatia was the most successful republic of Yugoslavia at Eurovision, with 11 of the 27 entries that won the Yugoslavian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest being Croatian. During the disintegration of Yugoslavia the state broadcaster at the time, JRT, decided to continue Yugoslavia's participation in the contest, holding one last national final for the 1992 Contest, held on 28 March 1992. Only artists from the republics of Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina competed, despite the former declaring independence on 1 March. Artists from Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia did not compete after declaring independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. The winning song w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Put (band)
Put is a Croatian pop group from Rijeka. It was selected from members of Putokazi, in order to appear at Eurovision Song Contest 1993, 1993 Eurovision Song Contest as the very first representative of independent Croatia, singing "Don't Ever Cry". The members of the group were Vivien Galletta, Angela Jeličić, Melita Sedić, Naim Ajra, Petar Cucak Migliaccio and Olja Desic. Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Croatia Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1993 Croatian pop music groups Culture in Rijeka {{Europe-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) which bordered Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Albania to the southwest. The state was founded on 27 April 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, known as FR Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia which comprised the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro. In February 2003, FR Yugoslavia was transformed from a federal republic to a political union until Montenegro seceded from the union in June 2006, leading to the full independence of both Serbia and Montenegro. Its aspirations to be the sole legal successor state to SFR Yugoslavia were not recognized by the United Nations, following t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Badrić
Nina Badrić (; born 4 July 1972) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. She began performing in the early 1990s, and competed in " Dora" – the Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 4 times. She won 7th place in 1993 with "Ostavljam te", 10th place in 1994 with "Godine nestvarne", 18th place in 1995 with "Odlaziš zauvijek", and second place in 2003 with "Čarobno jutro". Badrić eventually represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song " Nebo". She finished 12th in the second semi-final and failed to qualify for the grand final. Early life Badrić attended primary school "Otokar Keršovani", and started singing in the children's choir ''Zvjezdice'' at the age of nine. She spent seven years in the choir, while she began doing backing vocals with performers such as the Parni valjak, Prljavo kazalište and others. Career Early career In the early 1990s she was discovered by Dino Dvornik who helped develop her career. Later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davor Borno
Davor Borno is a Croatian musician, pop singer and songwriter. Biography and career Davor Borno started his musical career in 1989, on the last album of Croatian pop-rock band and became known in the former state Yugoslavia, as a talented new musician and singer. Before that, in 1988, he was the vocalist in Boris Novković’s band Noćna Straža. 1992 to 2012 he successfully participated at the 14 music festivals in Croatia and Slovenia and won many awards at several festivals. In 1993 Borno won the prize for The Best Young Musician at traditional Split Festival. In 1993 Borno participated in the national preselection Dora 93 for Eurosong and missed out on the chance to represent independent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Ispod zvjezdica". His second album was ''Ljubav ili grijeh'', published in 1996 for Croatia Records music company. Throughout the years of his career, Borno had a lot of concerts in the clubs of Croatian emigrants in Europe and sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslavia In The Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, and won the competition for the first time. Before Eurovision Jugovizija 1989 The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, ''Jugovizija 1989'', was held on 4 March 1989 at the Grand Hall of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and was hosted by Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović. The winning song was chosen, from a selection of 16 songs, by the votes of 8 regional juries. Each TV studio had to choose 1 song to be entered directly into the competition, and most submitted a few more songs from which the remaining 8 songs were chosen. Jury members * TVSa, Sarajevo: Zlatko Daniš, Miroljub Mitrović, Ismet Arnautalić * TVLj, Ljubljana: Mario Rijavec , Brane Küzmič, Simona Weiss * TVBg, Belgrade: Vojkan Borisavljević, Branka Šaper, Maja Sabljić * TVZg, Zagreb: Anja Šovagović-Despot, Đorđe Novković, Drago Diklić * TVSk, Skopje: Ljubomir Brangjolica, Sinolička T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslavia In The Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway, after opting out of the previous year's contest in Gothenburg, Sweden. Before Eurovision Jugovizija 1986 The Yugoslav national final to select their entry was held on 7 March 1986 at the Palace of Youth and Sports in Priština, and was hosted by Enver Petrovci, a renowned theatre actor. Sixteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by JRT to all of the regions of Yugoslavia. The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Zagreb, Skopje, Titograd, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Pristina and Novi Sad). The winning entry was "Željo moja", performed by Croatian singer Doris Dragović and composed by Zrinko Tutić. At Eurovision Dragović was the second performer on the night of the Contest, following Luxembourg and preceding France. At the close of the voting the song had received 49 points, placing 11th in a field of 20 competing countries. The Yugosla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frano Lasic , a Croatian masculine name
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Frano may refer to: * Frånö, a village in Sweden * Frano (given name) Frano is a Croatian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Frano Bakarić, Croatian sprinter * Frano Botica, New Zealand-Croatian rugby coach and player * Frano Getaldić-Gundulić, Ragusan writer and politician * Frano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanja Dolezal
Sanja is a South Slavic feminine given name, meaning "she dreams". Notable persons with this name *Sanja Ančić (born 1988), Croatian tennis player * Sanja Bestic (born 1982), Serbian-American director, writer and producer *Sanja Bizjak (born 1988), Serbian pianist * Sanja Bogosavljević (born 1979), Serbian singer * Sanja Damjanović (born 1972), Montenegrin physicist and minister of science *Sanja Doležal (born 1963), Croatian singer and television host *Sanja Đorđević (born 1969), Montenegrin turbo-folk singer * Sanja Gavrilović (born 1982), Croatian hammer thrower * Sanja Grohar (born 1984), Slovenian model and singer *Sanja Ilić (born 1951), Serbian composer, keyboardist and architect *Sanja Iveković (born 1949), Croatian photographer, sculptor and installation artist *Sanja Jovanović (born 1986), Croatian swimmer * Sanja Knežević (born 1984), Montenegrin basketball player *Sanja Malagurski (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player *Sanja Maletić (born 1973), Bosnian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opatija
Opatija (; it, Abbazia; german: Sankt Jakobi) is a town and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The traditional seaside resort on the Kvarner Gulf is known for its Mediterranean climate and its historic buildings reminiscent of the Austrian Riviera. Geography Opatija is located northwest of the regional capital Rijeka, about from Trieste by rail and from Pula by road. The city is geographically on the Istrian peninsula, though not in Istria County. The tourist resort is situated on the Kvarner Gulf, part of the Adriatic coast, in a sheltered position at the foot of Učka massif, with the ''Vojak'' peak reaching at a height of . cesnus, the municipality had 10,661 inhabitants in total, of which 5,715 lived in the urban settlement. The town is a popular summer and winter resort, with average high temperatures of 10 °C in winter, and 32 °C in summer. Opatija is surrounded by beautiful woods of bay laurel. The whole sea-coast to the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Millstreet, Ireland, following the country's victory at the with the song " Why Me?" by Linda Martin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTÉ), the contest was held at the Green Glens Arena on 15 May 1993 and was hosted by Irish TV-reporter Fionnuala Sweeney, marking the first time since the contest that just one presenter had hosted the contest. Twenty-five countries took part in the contestthe biggest number up until then. The breakup of Yugoslavia meant that many new countries wanted to participate in the competition. Therefore, , and all competed for the first time in the contest this year. scored a second victory in a row this year with the song "In Your Eyes" by Niamh Kavanagh. This was Ireland's fifth victory, and equalled the tally of five Eurovision victories achieved by in and in . Ireland became the fourth country to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Badrić
Nina Badrić (; born 4 July 1972) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. She began performing in the early 1990s, and competed in " Dora" – the Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 4 times. She won 7th place in 1993 with "Ostavljam te", 10th place in 1994 with "Godine nestvarne", 18th place in 1995 with "Odlaziš zauvijek", and second place in 2003 with "Čarobno jutro". Badrić eventually represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song " Nebo". She finished 12th in the second semi-final and failed to qualify for the grand final. Early life Badrić attended primary school "Otokar Keršovani", and started singing in the children's choir ''Zvjezdice'' at the age of nine. She spent seven years in the choir, while she began doing backing vocals with performers such as the Parni valjak, Prljavo kazalište and others. Career Early career In the early 1990s she was discovered by Dino Dvornik who helped develop her career. Later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodna Dalmacija
''Slobodna Dalmacija'' () is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Split. The first issue of ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' was published on 17 June 1943 by Tito's Partisans in an abandoned stone barn on Mosor, a mountain near Split, while the city was occupied by the Italian army. The paper was later published in various locations until Split was liberated on 26 October 1944. From the following day onward, ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' has been published in Split. Although it was originally viewed as a strictly Dalmatian regional newspaper, during the following decades ''Slobodna Dalmacija'', grew into one of the largest and most widely read daily newspapers of Yugoslavia, with its circulation reaching a zenith in the late 1980s. ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' owed much of that success to its humour section. Many of the most popular Croatian humourists, like Miljenko Smoje, Đermano Ćićo Senjanović and the trio that later founded the ''Feral Tribune'', began their careers there. Another re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
