Serbia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Cipela" written by Aleksandar Kobac, Marko Kon and Milan Nikolić. The song was performed by Marko Kon and Milaan. The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised the national final ''Beovizija 2009'' in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. The national final consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final on 7 and 8 March 2009, respectively. Twenty entries competed in the semi-final where eleven qualified to the final following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote. The eleven qualifiers competed in the final which resulted in "Cipela" performed by Marko Kon and Milaan as the winner following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote. Serbia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2009. Performing during t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marko Kon
Marko "Mare" Kon ( sr-cyr, Марко Кон; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian recording artist. He was the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 alongside Milan Nikolić, where they did not manage to qualify for the finals. Early life Kon was born to a Serbian-Jewish father and Serbian mother. Jevrejski pregled (Glasilo Saveza Jevrejskih opština Srbije); Saša Ristić; ''Vodaju me kao mečku''; stranica 21; broj 5, maj 2009. Career As a vocalist, Kon has recorded three solo albums and contributed vocals to recordings of over thirty artists, including Dalibor Andonov Gru, Maja Nikolić, Mira Škorić, Goga Sekulić, Sky Wikluh, Jelena Tomašević, Aleksandra Radović, Boban Rajović, Reni and Aleksa Vukašinović. His work as an arranger includes collaborations with over fifty artists, notably with Dara Bubamara, Nikola Bulatović, Enes Ukić, Louis, Flamingosi, Lejla Hot, Djogani and Fantastic Band. Kon considers his collaboration with the rapper Gru on his 199 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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RTS1
RTS1 (Serbian Cyrillic: РТС1; First program of RTS ( sr, Први програм РТС-а/), First channel of RTS (/ ) or only First (/ )) is a Serbian public mainstream TV channel operated by RTS. Previously on RTS1 Serbian TV series *Јесен стиже, Дуњо моја (Goose Feather) *Оно као љубав (Something Like Love) - sitcom *Мој ујак (My Uncle) – children TV series *Стижу долари (Dollars are Coming) *Позориште у кући (Theater in the House) *Казнени простор (Criminal Space) *Лисице (Foxes) *Бољи живот (Better Life) *Срећни људи (Happy People) *Врућ ветар (Hot Wind) Foreign TV series *My Name Is Earl (Зовем се Ерл) *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Место злочина) *CSI: NY (Место злочина: Њујорк) *CSI: Miami (Истражитељи из Мајамија) *Prison Break (Бекство из затвора) *Criminal Minds (Злочин ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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Ivana Selakov
Ivana Selakov ( sr-cyr, Ивана Селаков, ; born 8 November 1978) is a Serbian singer. She was a member of the girlband Beauty Queens, which was formed by gathering backing vocalists of Marija Šerifović after victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. During her career, she received numerous awards in Serbia – best singer, best song, best album, best duet and others. Biography Selakov was born in Belgrade, on 8 November 1978. She grew up in Sombor where she was introduced to the world of music. She finished Lower Music School, participated in numerous singing competitions, performed at jazz and rock 'n' roll clubs. In 1997, she started studying biology in Belgrade, but very soon she devoted herself to music. After biology, Ivana started studying "Recording and designing of the sound". She has appeared as a soloist at several festivals—Radio Festival, Beovizija 2006, etc. She did vocal back-up for many popular artists, she has more than 2000 back vocals did for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrej Babić
Andrej Babić is a Croatian songwriter who has written many Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision songs since 2003. He has written songs for four countries: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Portugal. Eurovision Song Contest entries * Lyrics by Carlos Coelho (songwriter), Carlos Coelho † Music co-written with Aleksandar Valenčić National final entries Entries in Dora (Croatia) *Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, 1997 - "Nemamo to pravo" by Ksenija Sobotinčić - 17th *Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, 1999 - "Miris ljubavi" by Teens(band), Teens - 14th *Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, 2000 - "Hajde reci što" by Teens(band), Teens - 4th *Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, 2003 - "Više nisam tvoja" by Claudia Beni - 1st Entries in Beovizija (Serbia) *Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2009 - "Tvoje drugo ime je greh" (Твоје друго име је грех) by Dusan Zrnic - 7th Entries in BH Eurosong (Bosn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Milica Majstorović
Milica Majstorović ( sr, Милица Мајсторовић; born 9 October 1989) is a Serbian singer. She came to media attention as a contestant in regional television show '' Operacija Trijumf'', while her debut single "Savršeni par" was released on 6 January 2009. On 20 February 2010, it was reported Majstorović tried to commit suicide due to professional disappointments,Tračarenje.comMilica Majstorović pokušala da se ubije?(20 February 2010)Vesti OnlineMilica Majstorović pokušala samoubistvo?(23 February 2010) which she confirmed on 2 March 2010.SrbijaNet (2 March 2010)''Story''Milica Majstorović: Istina o pokušaju samoubistva (22 March 2010)''Alo!''Pokušala da se ubije zbog posla? (16 March 2010) Life and career Early life and career: 1989–2008 Milica Majstorović was born on 9 October 1989, in Kragujevac Serbia former SFR Yugoslavia. She has been playing the piano and the flute since she was ten, [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marina Tucaković
Marina Tucaković ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Туцаковић; 4 November 1953 – 19 September 2021) was a Serbian lyricist and songwriter. Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, Tucaković had a degree from the Economic Faculty at the University of Belgrade. She first started writing songs at the age of 19. After the success of "Dodirni mi kolena" by the Yugoslav rock group Zana and vocalist Zana Nimani, Tucaković continued working with numerous artists in then Yugoslavia. Before she oriented towards folk music, she collaborated with Yugoslav pop, rock and new wave artists such as Oliver Mandić, Zana, Slađana Milošević and Oliver Dragojević. In the 2000s and 2010s, in addition to writing for many folk artists from Serbia, Tucaković went on to collaborate with numerous folk and pop music artists from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia, such as Džej Ramadanovski, Toše Proeski, Lepa Brena, Dino Merlin and Zdravko Čolić. Many songs Tucaković wrote ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ana Nikolić
Ana Nikolić ( sr-Cyrl, Ана Николић; ; born 27 September 1978) is a Serbian singer. Born in Jagodina and raised in Paraćin, she rose to prominence at the Beovizija 2003 music festival with the song "Januar". Nikolić has released six studio albums to date; '' Januar'' (2003), ''Devojka od čokolade'' (2006), ''Mafia caffe'' (2010), ''Milion dolara'' (2013), '' Labilna'' (2016) and ''Klinika'' (2020) Early life Ana Nikolić was born on September 27, 1978, in Jagodina, but grew up in Paraćin. She has a brother, Marko Nikolić, who worked as her manager. After graduating from grammar school, Nikolić moved to Belgrade where she attended secondary polytechnic school, studying design. It was also reported that she studied music at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. In 1998, Ana lost her father, whom she dedicated her 2016 song "Da te vratim" (''To Bring You Back'') to. According to her, the loss of her father also stimulated her to become more independent and to start perform ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nataša Bekvalac
Nataša Bekvalac ( sr-cyr, Наташа Беквалац, , born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian singer from Novi Sad. She made her recording debut in 2001 and has since collectively released five studio albums. Early life Bekvalac was born on 25 September 1980 in Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia. She is the daughter of footballer and coach, Dragoljub Bekvalac. Bekvalac grew up as the middle child with two sisters. In 1989, she performed with the band Regina at the children's music festival Deca pevaju hitove. Bekvalac also appeared on the popular variety show hosted by Minja Subota, called Mužički tobogan, the following year. Before pursuing a career in music, she graduated from a senior coaching school. Career At 17 years of age, Bekvalac made her professional debut at the 1998 Beogradsko proleće festival with the song "Mojoj ljubavi". Her first album, titled ''Ne brini'', was released in 2001 under City Records. The song "Laži me" was presented a year prior at the pop music fes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade ( sr, Радио Београд, ) is a state-owned and operated radio station in Belgrade, Serbia. It has four different programs (Radio Belgrade 1, Radio Belgrade 2, Radio Belgrade 3, and Radio Belgrade 202), a precious archive of several hundreds of thousands records, magnetic tapes and CDs, and is part of Radio Television of Serbia. History The predecessor of Radio Beograd, ''Radio Beograd-Rakovica'', started its program in 1924 and was a part of a state wireless telegraph station. ''Radio Beograd, AD'' started in March 1929. Its program consists of music, news, radio-drama, broadcasting from theaters, etc. Radio Beograd stopped broadcasting on April 6, 1941, when bombed during the German air raid of Belgrade, (Operation Punishment). After the occupation of Belgrade, Radio Belgrade became the German forces' radio station under the name of ''Soldatensender Belgrad'' (Soldiers Radio Belgrad) on the same frequency. It could be received throughout Europe and the M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |