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Serbia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Oro" written by Željko Joksimović and Dejan Ivanović. The song was performed by Jelena Tomašević featuring Bora Dugić. In addition to participating in the contest, the Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in 2007 with the song "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović. RTS organised the national final ''Beovizija 2008'' in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade. The national final consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final on 9 and 10 March 2008, respectively. Twenty entries competed in the semi-final where the top ten qualified to the final following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote. The ten qualifiers competed in the final which resulted in "Oro" performed by Jelena Tomašević featuring Bora Dugić as the winner following the combi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Tomašević
Jelena Tomašević ( sr-cyr, Јелена Томашевић, ; born November 1, 1983) is a Serbian pop singer of international career famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, coming sixth with the song "Oro". Music career Jelena gained notability at the age of eight when she won the top award at the children's music festival "Šarenijada" in Kragujevac and three years later, she became the winner of the Yugoslav Children's Festival. After becoming a member of the Abrašević Folklore Ensemble, one of the most successful Serbian ensembles, her music career soared. She achieved tremendous results at the most prestigious festivals in Central and Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Belarus, Bulgaria etc.). In 1996. at the Folklore Festival Serbian Ensemble's she won the award of the best soloist. In 2002, Jelena emerged on the Serbian music scene and her career as a pop singer started to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Televizija Republike Srpske
Radio Television of Republika Srpska ( Serbian: ''Радио Телевизија Републике Српске'' / Radio Televizija Republike Srpske or RTRS) is the entity-level public broadcaster which operates radio and television services in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the official public broadcasting service that covers government activities in the Republic of Srpska. Services Founded in 1992, RTRS broadcasts a 24-hour television channel known as Televizija Republike Srpske, and one radio station called Radio Republike Srpske. There is also a unit known as Muzička Produkcija RTRS ("Music Production Section of RTRS", locally known as MP RTRS for short) which was established in 2011. Headquarters of RTRS is located in Banja Luka. Regional radio and TV studios are located in the following cities: Prijedor, Istočno Sarajevo, Bijeljina, Trebinje, Doboj and Brčko. Radio and television programming is mainly produced in the Serbian language (in one of two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonija Šola
Antonija Šola (; born 5 June 1979) is a Croatian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist, actress and music producer. She is known for playing a main role of " Tina Bauer-Fijan" in first Croatian soap opera Zabranjena ljubav (2004-2008). In addition to her role in the series, she composed and wrote songs, and wrote the lyrics of the series' theme song. After a role in the series, she started her musician career, while also has worked on songs and album with numerous artists of Balkan Region. For her authorial-songwriting work she has received numerous audience and profession awards. Many songs Šola wrote are considered to be the greatest hits of all-time on the Balkans. She was also widely considered one of the most admired Croatian lyricist. Šola served as the main author of more than 350 songs. Life and career 1979–2002: Early life and education Born in Zagreb, to Kaja Ivanda and Marko Šola, both whom hailed from Tomislavgrad Prisoje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, she graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negative (Serbian Band)
Negative ( sr, Негатив, Negativ) is a Serbian rock band formed in Belgrade in 1999. Fronted by vocalist Ivana Peters (née Pavlović), the band enjoyed large popularity and was one of the most notable acts of the Serbian rock scene during the 2000s. History 1999-2015 Negative was formed in the spring of 1999, during the NATO bombing of FR Yugoslavia, by Ivana Pavlović (vocals), Nikola Radaković (guitar), Vladimir "Grle" Đurđević (guitar), Milen Zlatanović (bass guitar) and Miloš Bilanović (drums). Pavlović started her career in the early 1990s as a member of rap group Who Is The Best, and from 1994 to 1999 she was a member of the pop group Tap 011, recording three albums with them. Negative released their debut self-titled album in 1999. The album was mostly power pop-oriented. The songs for the album were written by the band members and the album producer Mirko Vukomanović, with the exception of the song "Barakuda" ("Barracuda"), written by Zoran "Kiki" Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lejla Hot
Lejla Hot ( sr, Лејла Хот; born 9 April 1986) is a Serbian pop singer, musician, and songwriter. She was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia and finished Musical High School "Mokranjac" in Belgrade in section solo singing and piano and then graduated at the Belgrade Music Academy (section piano). At the age of 16 she participated in a Music Show called 3K-Dur with a notable role in the final. She also entered the first ever Serbian Pop Idol competition, ''Idol Show''. After that, together with three other finalists from the show, she formed a band named ''Lu Lu'' which took part in the Beovizija 2005 Festival and qualified to the National Final for the Serbo-Montenegrin entry selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 – Evropesma. As a solo artist, Lejla took part in the Music Festival Budva in 2006. Her popularity rose after winning first the New Artists and the Final night of the Sunčane Skale 2007 festival with the song ''Suza Stihova'' written by Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Boop (band)
Betty Boop is a Serbian power pop girl band from Zrenjanin. Band history The band was formed in 2005 in Belgrade, Serbia, consisting of Marija Mandic (vocals and guitar), Anja Prošić ( drums), Nikolina "Nina" Doroškov (bass guitar) and Kristina Krspogačin (vocals and guitar), under the guidance of their song author and manager Ognjen Cvekić. They have been contestants in many festivals, including Zrenjanin (2005), Izbor za dečju pesmu Evrovizije (2006), Sunčane Skale (2006 and 2008), Slavianski Bazaar and Beovizija (2007 and 2008). In Beovizija 2007 their song "Sama" finished in 5th place. They improved their ranking the following year when their single "Kvar" placed fourth in Beovizija 2008. In 2008 they won the New Star award at Sunčane Skale festival in Herceg Novi. Previously, they came 2nd in 2006. at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Graić
Vladimir Graić ( sr, Владимир Граић, born 19 February 1968) is a Serbian composer of popular, film and television music. Among other pieces, he composed the song Molitva, performed by Marija Šerifović, which won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Born in Belgrade, Serbia, to renowned composer Radoslav Graić, he had an affinity and showed aspiration for music from early childhood and began with private piano lessons at the age of four. While attending primary and secondary school, he continued simultaneously with his music education. At the age of six he was enrolled into the Music school “Josif Marinković” where he had piano lessons for 3 years. He then continued his studies in piano and theory from 1977 to 1982 at the Music school “Mokranjac”, the oldest, one of the most respectable and most renowned Serbian musical institution, representing the foundation of musical culture and education in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia. After he finished sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Queens
Beauty Queens are a Serbian girlband, formed in Helsinki, Finland, in May 2007, after Marija Šerifović's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The girls sang the backing vocals, and became very popular. They also reached third place at Beovizija 2008. The members Current members * Sanja Bogosavljević was born in Belgrade, on June 28, 1979. She is an advanced student at the Faculty of Music Arts (Piano Class). At the age of ten, she participated in the festival "Children sing hits" and finished second. She sang in the RTB Children's Choir for a long time. Sanja was a member of the band "Divas", which took part in the Belgrade Spring Festival. She was a backing vocalist for famous musicians. Sanja has been performing at various clubs in Belgrade with the Blah Blah Band for eight years. In 2006 and 2007, they successfully participated in the Beovizija Festival. They won the best newcomer award in 2006. *Suzana Dinić was born on June 1, 1986. At the age of 16, she enr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Štajdohar
Ana Štajdohar ( sr-cyr, Ана Штајдохар, ; born November 24, 1979) is a Serbian singer. Began her career as a member of dance-pop group Tap 011, she is recognised for performing on late-night talk show '' Veče sa Ivanom Ivanovićem''. Life and career Ana Štajdohar was born on November 24, 1979 in Belgrade to parents of Slovenian descent. While vacationing in Hvar, Croatia with her family when she was only four years old, Štajdohar performed "Julie" by Danijel Popović at his gig to standing ovation from both the crowd and Popović himself. She later started attending Mokranjac Music School and was a soloist to well known children choirs, such as "Kolibri" and " JNA", performing at their annual concerts in Sava Center. Štajdohar rose to prominence when she joined Tap 011 with Nataša Guberinić as lead singers replacing Goca Tržan and Ivana Peters. With the group she went on to release two studio albums, ''Čudesna Ploča'' (''Miraculous Record'') in 2001 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksa Jelić
Aleksa Jelić ( sr-Cyrl, Алекса Јелић; born 19 November 1976) is a Serbian singer, ballet dancer and television presenter. Life and career Jelić was born on 19 November 1976 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia. He is the son of rock musician and founder of YU Grupa, Dragi Jelić. At 17 years of age, Jelić became the youngest permanent ballet dancer at the Terazije Theater in Belgrade. In March 2007, he rose to prominence as a singer by competing on Serbian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, called Beovizija, with the song "Beli grad", finishing in 7th place. The following year, he returned to Beovizija with "Beli jablan" featuring Ana Štajdohar, ending up as the runner-up. Same year in May, Jelić also released his debut album ''U tami disko kluba'' under PGP-RTS. In November 2010, he released his second studio album ''Javna tajna''. Jelić released the single "Idemo u grad" in October 2012, which served as the official anthem for the Belgrade Pride tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilja Krstić
Biljana "Bilja" Krstić (Serbian Cyrillic: Биљана "Биља" Крстић, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [bǐʎana bǐːʎa kř̩ːstitɕ]; born 9 November 1955) is a Serbian singer. She was born in 1955 in Niš and brought up on the folk traditions of central Serbia. Biljana first studied music in Niš and continued her education in Belgrade to study music at the Belgrade University of Arts. Upon graduating in Belgrade she set out on an extremely successful career in music. To date she has released seven albums and has written scores for such films as Savior, Zona Zamfirova and The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip. She lives with her two daughters in Belgrade. Biography Bilja has been on the SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene, Yugoslav pop scene for a long time. Her stage experience started at a very young age in Chorus of Youth; later, in the 1970s, she was a member of the cult bands ''Suncokret'' and ''Rani Mraz'', led by Bora Đorđević and Đorđe Balašević respective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Language
Serbian (, ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and Kosovo. It is a recognized minority language in Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Standard Serbian is based on the most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, Shtokavian (more specifically on the dialects of Šumadija-Vojvodina and Eastern Herzegovina), which is also the basis of standard Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin varieties and therefore the Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Bosniaks, Serbs, and Montenegrins was issued in 2017. The other dialect spoken by Serbs is Torlakian in southeastern Serbia, which is transitional to Macedonian and Bulgarian. Serbian is practically the only European standard language whose speakers are fully functionally digraphic, using both Cyril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
