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

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. He is the son of rock musician and founder of

YU Grupa YU Grupa (trans. '' YU Group'') is a Serbian (former Yugoslav) rock band. A pioneer in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans, YU Grupa is credited with being the longest-lasting Serbian rock band.

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. 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

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, called

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, with the song "Beli grad", finishing in 7th place. The following year, he returned to Beovizija with "Beli jablan" featuring

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, ending up as the runner-up. Same year in May, Jelić also released his debut album ''U tami disko kluba'' under

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. 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

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that year. In October 2013, Jelić became a contestant on the first season of the Serbian version of ''

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'', where he finished in 3rd place. In March 2014, he was announced as the presenter of the Serbian spin-off of ''

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''. In February 2015, Jelić applied to represent Serbia on the Eurovision once again with the song "Vodi me". He finished in 3rd place out of three entries. In June 2019, Jelić released his third album ''Metamorfoza''. Later that year, he competed on the All Stars season of ''Tvoje lice zvuči poznato'', paired with the season one-winner,

Ana Kokić Ana Kokić ( sr-cyr, Ана Кокић; born 11 March 1983), is a Serbian singer-songwriter, television personality and actress. She rose to prominence as a member of the less-known group called Energija, with whom she released three albums. Koki ...

. The two reached the grand final and ultimately placed as the second runner-ups. Since 1999, Jelić has resided between Belgrade and

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, Spain, where he works in the

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Discography

;Studio albums *''U tami disko kluba'' (2008) *''Javna tajna'' (2010) *''Matamorfoza'' (2019)

Filmography

External links

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References

1976 births Living people Television people from Belgrade Serbian pop singers Singers from Belgrade Serbian tenors Serbian multi-instrumentalists Beovizija contestants {{Serbia-singer-stub