Feminnem is a

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from

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and

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composed of three members. They represented both countries at the

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; Bosnia and Herzegovina in

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(with original members Ivana Marić, Neda Parmać and Pamela Ramljak) and Croatia in

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(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

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. 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

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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

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). Her self-confident approach and ability to improvise appealed to the audience, as best seen in her rendition of

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's ''

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'', when she continued to perform despite forgetting the lyrics. She finished third, with the show being won by Žanamari Lalić. Together with two other finalists, she went on to create Feminnem.

Nika Antolos

Antolos was born 10 August 1989 in

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Pamela Ramljak

Ramljak was born 24 December 1979 in

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. She attended the Music Academy in Zagreb, and was back up

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for

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and

Amila Glamočak Amila Glamočak (; born 19 July 1966 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian singer. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song " Za našu ljubav" for Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzego ...

. In 2004 she was one of the finalists on ''Hrvatski Idol''.

Formation, disbanding and reunion

The group formed in 2004 following the appearance of the three original members on Hrvatski Idol. They have produced one hit single, ''"Volim te, mrzim te"'' ("I love you, I hate you"). In 2012 the group decided to split and effectively disbanded the group. In May 2022, it was announced that Feminnem will reunite, and shortly after, their new single, "Zajedno" (Together) was released.

Eurovision Song Contest

;2005 Feminnem won the right to represent

in the

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with their entry " Call Me", an up-tempo

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written and composed by

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. They had automatic entry to the Eurosong Final, where they finished in fourteenth out of twenty-four participants. ;2007 Feminnem hoped to represent

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with the song "Navika", but they placed only ninth with 16 points. The winner was

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, featuring

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". ;2009 Feminnem again hoped to represent Croatia in

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with the song "Poljupci u boji", but they placed third with 28 points. The winner was

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feat.

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". ;2010 Feminnem took part at the Croatian national final for the third time in 2010, hoping to represent the country in the

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to be held in

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with their song "

Lako je sve Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Lako je sve" written by Branimir Mihaljević, Pamela Ramljak and Neda Parmać. The song was performed by the group Feminnem, which had previously represented Bosnia and Herze ...

". Having finished only fourth in the semi-final, they nonetheless went on to win the final, receiving maximum points from both the jury and the telephone voters. They therefore succeeded in representing Croatia at Eurovision, however they failed to qualify for the final, placing thirteenth in a field of seventeen entries in semi-final two.

Discography

*'' Feminnem Show'' (2005) *''Lako je sve'' (2010) *''Easy to See'' (2010)

References

External links

Official Site

Interview with FeminnemBiography at EscToday
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