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Lijepa Tena
Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Lijepa Tena" written by Tonči Huljić and Vjekoslava Huljić. The song was performed by Igor Cukrov featuring Andrea. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final ''Dora 2009'' to select the Croatian entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. A total of twenty-four entries competed in the national final which consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final. In the semi-final on 27 February 2009, six entries qualified to compete in the final on 28 February 2009 alongside ten pre-qualified songs. In the final, "Lijepa Tena" performed by Igor Cukrov was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a six-member jury panel and a public televote. Croatia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2009. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Lijepa Tena" was announced amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Cukrov
Igor Cukrov (born 6 June 1984) is a Croatian singer-songwriter, musician and television personality. He came to media attention as one of sixteen contestants of talents show '' Operacija trijumf'', Balkan version of Endemol's ''Star Academy''. Cukrov represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, alongside Andrea Šušnjara, with the song "Lijepa Tena", written by Tonči Huljić. The song qualified to the final from the second semi-final as the jury's selected qualifier. It eventually finished in the 18th place with 45 points. Career Early career Since early childhood, Cukrov showed interest for music, in 1991. He won the first prize in "Moj prvi nastup" led by Remi Kazinotti. In 1993, he won first prize for first voice of "Pojišan" school, than later third place in category of all schools of Split. In 1994, Cukrov participated in children's version on Split Festival, singing the song "Mali vrabac". In 2003 he won the first prize for the first voice of Šibenik-Knin Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HRT 1
HRT 1 (HTV 1, ''"Prvi program"'') is the first Croatian television channel, operated by Hrvatska Radiotelevizija. It is a generalist channel, whose diverse programming lineup includes documentaries, history, school, mosaics, news, sitcoms, movies, talk-shows, and game-shows. Current line-up Children Show * ''Alma's Way'' * ''Rosie's Rules'' News shows * ''Dobro jutro, Hrvatska'' - TV breakfast in 06:00 *'' Dnevnik'' - main news in 19:00 *''Vijesti'' - news, runs in 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 12:00, 16:30, 22:45 Entertainment * ''TV Bingo'' (national lottery show) * '' The Voice Hrvatska'' (singing show) * '' Tko želi biti milijunaš?'' (game show) * '' Potjera'' (game show) Documentary/talk shows * ''Nedjeljom u dva'' - talk show * ''Otvoreno'' - political night talk show Telenovelas * ''Voli me zauvijek'' - A que no me dejas Previously on HRT1 * ''Kolo sreće'' - Wheel of Fortune * ''Motrišta'' * ''Odjeci dana'' * ''Izazov!'' - Jeopardy! * ''Art Attack'' - children's art show * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilija Kokić
Emilija Kokić (born 10 May 1968) is a Croatian singer. She was the lead singer of the Croatian pop band Riva, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 for Yugoslavia, with the song '' Rock Me'', just four days before her 21st Birthday. Currently Emilija is a solo artist and Singing teacher in Croatia. She tried her luck at the national Dora festival, whose winner was to represent Croatia at Eurovision. She came joint 6th at '' Dora 2008''. At Dora 2011 she was part of the jury and also performed ''Rock Me''. Biography Emilija Kokić was born on 10 May 1968 in Zadar to Vice and Marija Kokić. She has a brother, Nenad. Discography * ''Emilia Emilia may refer to: People * Emilia (given name), list of people with this name Places * Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia * Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...'' (1994) * '' 100 % Emilia'' (1995) * '' Ostavi trag'' (1996) * '' S moje stran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alen Vitasović
Alen Vitasović (born 5 July 1968) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Pula, many of his songs are about his native Istria and mostly written in Chakavian dialect. Vitasović began his music career early, learning how to play the harmonica at the age of five, and by twelve he was singing in bands, mainly in the tourist regions around Istria. After finishing music school in Pula, where he learned to play the piano and saxophone, he continued to play in bands across Croatia and Slovenia, until he was discovered while working at Radio HR Pula in the early 1990s. In 1993, Vitasović released his first single and continued to tour all over Croatia, making a name for himself. Vitasović continued with his success, winning numerous festivals and awards throughout Croatia. In 1995, he was nominated for five Porin music awards, and was also the winner of the festivals in Split, Zadar, Pula, Vodice, and Korčula. In 1997, he was awarded the Order of Danica Hrvatska "Marko M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Vukovi umiru sami" written by Franjo Valentić and Boris Novković. The song was performed by Boris Novković featuring Lado Members. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final ''Dora 2005'' to select the Croatian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Twenty entries competed in the national final which consisted of three stages: a quarter-final, two semi-finals and a final. Eighteen entries qualified from the quarter-final between 21 and 24 February 2004, and seven entries qualified from each semi-final on 3 and 4 March 2005 to compete in the final on 5 March 2005. In the final, the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top three entries advanced to the superfinal following the combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel and a public televote. In the superfinal, "Vukovi umiru sami" performed by Boris Novković featuring La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Novković
Boris Novković (born 25 December 1967) is a Croatian singer-songwriter. He has been active since the 1980s. Biography Novković was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. His interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with mother Ozana who taught music, and father Đorđe who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager. He released his first album, ''Kuda idu izgubljene djevojke'' in 1986, selling 120,000 copies, while his follow-up release in 1987, ''Jači od sudbine'', sold 160,000 copies and remained his highest-selling album to date. Two more successful albums followed: ''Dok svira radio'' in 1988 and ''Obojeni snovi'' in 1989. In 1990, he narrowly missed out on the chance to represent Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dajana", but his second-place finish in the national pre-selection instead secured him a place at the International festival in Kuala Lumpur. Seven more albums followed up to 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnia And Herzegovina In The Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Thunder and Lightning", written by Dino Šaran and performed by Vukašin Brajić. On 11 January 2010, the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) revealed that they had internally selected Brajić to compete at the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. His song, "Munja i grom", was presented to the public during a show entitled ''BH Eurosong Show 2010'' on 14 March 2010. The song was later translated from Bosnian to English for the Eurovision Song Contest with the new title "Thunder and Lightning". Bosnia and Herzegovina was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing eighth, "Thunder and Lightning" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Bosnia and Herzegovina placed eighth out of the 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminnem
Feminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members. They represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 (with original members Ivana Marić, Neda Parmać and Pamela Ramljak) and Croatia in 2010 (when the group consisted of Nika Antolos, Parmać and Ramljak). On 21 February 2012 Pamela, Neda and Nika decided to start solo careers and leave Feminnem and effectively disbanded the group. They were named after American rapper Eminem. In May 2022, the group were decided to get back together, and their members posted on social media announcement of their comeback. Band members Neda Parmać Parmać was born 28 April 1985 in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia and took dance lessons from an early age. At the age of thirteen she performed as member the band ''Kompas''. In 2004 she entered the Hrvatski Idol competition (the Croatian version of Pop Idol). Her self-confident approach and ability to improvise a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Croatia selected its entry for the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest through the "Dora 2000" national contest, which was organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT). The winner was Goran Karan with "Kad zaspu anđeli". Before Eurovision Dora 2000 The national contest was held on 19 February 2000 in Opatija, which consisted of a televised final with 26 songs. The songs were pre-selected from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers. The winner was decided by 21 juries, 20 regional juries and a 21st jury made up of televoting results. At Eurovision On the night of the Contest, Goran Karan performed 17th in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding Sweden. At the end of the voting, he received 70 points, finishing in 9th place out of 24 competing countries. The Croatian televoting awarded its 12 points to Russia. Voting References External linksDora 2000at the Eurofest Croatia website {{Eurovision S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Karan
Goran Karan (born 2 April 1964) is a Croatian vocalist. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his most acclaimed work, which won him several awards. Biography Karan was the lead singer of Croatian rock group Big Blue, before becoming a solo artist in 1997. In 2000 he represented Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest, after winning the Croatian pre-selection Dora. In the Eurovision Song Contest, he ended up in the ninth place with his song " Ostani" ("Stay"). In 2005 he was one of the judges in ''Hrvatski idol'', Croatian version of Pop Idol. Karan's song "Ružo moja bila" won the 2005 Split Festival song competition, as well as 2005 Sunčane skale festival in Herceg Novi. In summer 2007, deeply moved by the Kornati fire tragedy, in which 13 volunteer firemen perished, composed in the spur of the moment the song "Ovo nije kraj" ("This Is Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajko Dujmić
Rajko Dujmić (7 August 1954 – 4 August 2020) was a Croatian songwriter, composer and music producer best known as a member of the pop group Novi fosili. He composed the winner entry of Eurovision Song Contest 1989, " Rock me", along with Stevo Cvikić. They also composed the two previous Yugoslavian entries, "Ja sam za ples", sung by Novi fosili, and "Mangup", sung by Srebrna Krila. He received the Porin award for lifetime achievement at the Croatian music awards in 2013. Personal life He married his wife Snježana on 2 December 1990. He had a son Tin from a previous marriage. After he was involved in a traffic accident in the village of Stari Laz, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar County ( hr, Primorsko-goranska županija, ) is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski kotar. Its center is Rijeka. The ..., on 29 July 2020, Dujmić died six days later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hari Rončević
Hari Rončević (born 9 December 1963) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. He was born in Split, in former Yugoslavia. After living for 13 years in Zagreb, he returned to his native Split in 2020. In 2019, he drew media attention for singing live his own version of Marko Perković Thompson's "Bojna Čavoglave". Rončević has released a total 16 albums. He collaborated with many artists, notably Doris Dragović, Alen Vitasović, Meri Cetinić and Klapa Cambi Klapa music is a form of traditional a cappella singing with origins in Dalmatia, Croatia. The word ''klapa'' translates as "a group of friends" and traces its roots to littoral church singing. The motifs in general celebrate love, wine (grapes .... References External links Rončević at Croatia RecordsRončević at Hit Records {{DEFAULTSORT:Roncevic, Hari 1963 births Living people 20th-century Croatian male singers Croatian pop singers Musicians from Split, Croatia 21st-century Croatian male singers< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
