Festival Omladina (English: ''Youth Festival''), also known as Omladinski Festival, is a music festival held in

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. The festival was founded in 1961 as a competition of young composers of

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. Their compositions were initially performed by pop singers, but soon the performers of competing compositions became rock bands. In the 1970s, the non-competitive part, featuring established rock acts, was added to the program, and in the 1980s the festival became a competition of young rock bands. During the years, some of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav pop and rock scene performed on the festival. In 1990, at the beginning of the

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, the festival ceased to exist. In 2011 the festival anniversary was celebrated with a concert of famous acts who made their first steps on the festival, and in 2012 the festival was reestablished.

1961

The festival was founded by the members of Mladost (''Youth'') Society for Culture and Arts, as a competition of young popular music composers. More than 120 compositions by composers from all parts of Yugoslavia were sent to the competition, 9 of which were chosen to be performed at the festival. The festival was held on 4 and 5 December in Subotica National Theatre. The songs were performed by young singers who were members of Mladost society. The youngest of them was six-year-old Evika Stražarković. The singers were accompanied by Mladost Brass and String Pop Orchestra conducted by Josip Kovač. The festival was recorded by

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Performers

*Marika Matijević *Franjo Niderholcer *Katarina Dorožmai *Dijana Jančikin *Eva Stražarković *Marija Vuković *Ernest Zvekan *Viktor Sabo *Ilija Vorgučin *Vladimir Štulić *Gabor Gencel

Awards

*First Prize – "Daj mi osmeh" by

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*Second Prize – "Zvezde sreće" by Sylvester Levay *Third Prize – "Leto je prošlo" by Živko Janjić and Vlado Ljubičić *Audience's Choice Award – "Macko" by Lajoš Kurai *Best Lyrics Award – "Traganje u kiši" by Vojin Dolinka *Youngest Performer Award – Eva Stražarković (six years old)

1962

Around 120 songs were submitted for competition with 10 of them chosen to be performed at the festival. They were performed by budding singers. The festival was held on 17 and 18 November in Subotica National Theatre. The jury featured

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journalists Žika Dimitrijević, Stevan Markićević, and Aleksandar Korać, ''Mladost'' magazine journalist Gordana Jakovljević and Subotica city representatives Pavle Bačić and Josip Kovač. Each song was performed in two versions, by two different singers.Omladinski festival 1962
/ref>

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "Susret" by

*Second Prize – "Vizija" by Gojko Novaković *Third Prize – "Sumrak" by Sylvester Levay *Audience's Choice Award – "Sumrak" by Sylvester Levay *Best Lyrics Award – "Susret" by Bogdan Stojadinović *Youngest Composer Award – Sylvester Levay *Most Rhythmic Composition Award – "Poljubac kraj reke" by Anton Zupanc

1963

The festival was held during 13, 14 and 15 September in Subotica National Theatre.Omladinski festival 1963
/ref> 224 compositions were sent to the contest, 16 of which were performed on the festival. The performers were accompanied by Mladost orchestra. Once again, every song was performed in two different versions.

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "Zapisano u vetrovima" by Vera Radman and Veljko Vujčić *Second Prize – "Dođi" by Margareta Gobor *Third Prize – "Oči boje lešnika" by

*Audience's Choice Award – "Vrbe" by

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*Best Lyrics Award – "Radoznali sunčev zrak" by Lajoš Kurai *Youngest Composer Award – Svetozar Radić *Most Cheerful Melody Award – "Nova ljubav" by Vladislav Kanić

1964

The fourth edition of the festival was held from 14 to 16 May, in National Theatre.Omladinski festival 1964
/ref> It was the first edition of the festival to be held in May, which would become a tradition in the following years. Eighteen songs were performed at the festival, once again in two different versions. The performers included some of the future stars of the Yugoslav pop scene, like Bisera Veletanlić, Zafir Hadžimanov and Zoran Rambosek.

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "Sećanje na susret" by Vera Radman *Second Prize – "Mister Morse" by Brana Honjec *Third Prize – "Školsko zvono, mi i tvist" by Laslo Balaž *Audience's Choice Award – "Sećanje na susret" by Vera Radman *Youngest Composer Award – Laslo Balaž *Best Interpretation Award – Biserka Spevec *Best Composition about Life of the Youth Award – "Znam" by Jovan Adamov

1965

The fifth edition of the festival was held in Subotica National Theatre.Omladinski festival 1965
/ref> Besides the Mladost society and ''Mladost'' magazine, the Society of Jazz and Pop Musicians and ''

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'' magazine also took part in the organization. The jury featured composers

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, Vojislav Simić and Aleksandar Korać and poet Miroslav Antić.

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "Naš dan" by Zvonko Čulina *Second Prize – "Nedovršene misli" by Jovan Adamov *Third Prize – "Oči neba" by Marko Tipurić *Audience's Choice Award – "Šetajući s tobom" by Vladimir Kanić *Best Lyrics Award – "Šetajući s tobom" by Vladimir Kanić *Most Cheerlful Composition Award – "Šetajući s tobom" by Vladimir Kanić *Youngest Composer Award – Tibor Balaš *Best Interpretation Award – Biserka Spevec *Youngest Performer Award – Tamara Šarić

1966

The sixth edition festival, held in Subotica National Theatre, featured 18 compositions performed by 21 artists.Omladinski festival 1966
/ref> Once again, each song was performed in two versions, by two different singers. The festival featured the very first public appearance by 17-year-old

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who would later go on to become one of Yugoslavia's most notable singer-songwriters.

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "Želim da znam" by Petar Bahun *Second Prize – "Odrasla si" by Jerko Rošin *Third Prize – "Ti i tvoje oči" by Slave Dimitrov *Audience's Choice Award – "Odrasla si" by Jerko Rošin *Best Lyrics Award – "Odrasla si" by Vanja Kraljević *Most Cheerful Composition Award – "Serenada" by Laslo Špang *Youngest Composer Award – Svetlana Ivanović (fifteen years old) *Best Interpretation Award – Mirjana Beširević and Milan Mutavdžić *Youngest Performer Award –

and Radoslav Rukavina

1967

The seventh edition of the festival, held in Subotica National Theater, was the first one to be broadcast by television.Omladinski festival 1967
/ref> Twenty songs were performed at the festival, each by two different singers.

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "Neću takvu ljubav" by Mihajlo Kovač *Second Prize – "Ljubav na plaži" by Vojkan Borisavljević *Third Prize – "Stani na čas" by Tibor Balaš *Audience's Choice Award – "Bio sam daleko" by Lajoš Pongo *Best Lyrics Award – "Svi moji prijatelji" by Jerko Rošin *Most Cheerful Composition Award – "Stani na čas" by Tibor Balaš *Most Modern Composition Awrad – "Ljubav na plaži" by Vojkan Borisavljević *Youngest Composer Award – Ifeta Olujić (nineteen years old) *Best Interpretation Award – Blaga Petreska and Mihajlo Dimitrijević *Youngest Performer Award – Ljiljana Petrović (thirteen years old)

1968

On the eight edition of the festival, held in Subotica National Theatre, 20 songs were performed, each by two different performers.Omladinski festival 1968
/ref> It was the last edition organized by Mladost Society for Culture and Arts. This was the first edition of the festival to include rock bands as performers, with the bands

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and Zlatni Akordi performing songs by competing composers. The band Zlatni Akordi featured then little known singer

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, which was her only appearance on the festival.

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "Drugu ljubiš" by Slave Dimitrov *Second Prize – "Sunce sja za nas" by Frano Parac *Third Prize – "Ponekad" by Lajoš Pongo *Audience's Choice Award – "Balada" by Dražen Zimonjić *Most Modern Composition Award – "Drugu ljubiš" by Slave Dimitrov *Youngest Composer Award – Slobodan Stupar (seventeen years old) *Best Interpretation Award – Žarko Dančuo and Tatjana Gros

1969

The ninth edition of the festival was the first one to be organized by Subotica Culture Center and

. It was also the first edition of the festival which was not held in Subotica National Theatre, but in Subotica Sports Hall, from 2 to 4 May.Omladinski festival 1969
/ref> The jury consisted of former contestants,

, Lajoš Kurai, Jovan Adamov and Vojkan Borisavljević, and poet Petar Pajić. Until this edition of the festival, only the composers came from all parts of the country, while the performers were predominately the members of Mladost society; the ninth edition gave the opportunity to perform to musicians from all parts of Yugoslavia, so the performers included established acts like

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, Ivica Percl,

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, Delfini,

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and others. From this edition of the festival the songs were performed in one version only.

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "Jesen na njenom dlanu" by Đorđe Uzelac *Second Prize – "Ljiljana" by Slave Dimitrov *Third Prize – "Pleši, pleši, momo mila" by Marko Demichelli *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Prolaze godine" by Ferenc Kovač *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Svaki dan sam" by Ivica Percl *Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Nikad neću biti sam" by Darko Billege *Best Lyrics Award – "Ona koju želim" by Božo Knežević *Best Interpretation Award – Dalibor Brun *Youngest Composer Award – Elizabeta Berčev (seventeen years old)

1970

As a part of the tenth anniversary celebration, the festival included a non-competitive part featuring performances by well known and less known rock acts.Omladinski festival 1970
/ref> It was the first edition of the festival to feature a non-competitive program. The Third Prize was awarded to Miodrag Cokić's composition "Kažu". On the final evening, during which the awarded compositions were performed once again, the performer of "Kažu",

Dušan Prelević Dušan Prelević "Prele" (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Прелевић Преле; November 11, 1948 – July 28, 2007) was a Serbian singer, journalist, and writer. During his career Prelević released three solo albums and a large number of ...

, went on the stage intoxicated. Because of this scandal he was banned from Radio Television Belgrade programs for a year.

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "U predvečerju" by Slobodan Samardžić *Second Prize – "Ljubav ti više nije važna" by Neven Mijat *Third Prize – "Kažu" by Miodrag Cokić *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Padao je sneg" by Gabor Lenđel *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Jedne noći u decembru" by

*Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Naši dani, Valerija" by Stjepo Martinović *Best Lyrics Award – "Kažu" by Dragan Nedimović *Best Debutant – Saša Petkovska *Youngest Composer Award – Suzana Saulić *Youngest Performer Award – Ladislav Mezel

Non-competitive program

* Korni Grupa *

*Mladi Levi *Entuzijasti

1971

In 1971, the festival was held in June.Omladinski festival 1971
/ref> Twenty-two compositions were performed at the festival.

Awards

*First Prize – "Nikad mi nije dosta da te gledam" by Husein Kazas; performed by Husein Kazas *Second Prize – "Ovce, ovce" by Nikola Borota; performed by Kamen Na Kamen *Third Prize – "Teuta, ljubavi moja" by Tomor Beriša; performed by Ljuba Ninković *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Ti si" by Stevan Burka; performed by Daniela Pančetović *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Otišla je" by Branko Grga; performed by Mija Muratović *Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Jutri bo vse dobro" by Tomaž Domicelj; performed by Tomaž Domicelj *Best Lyrics Award – Snežana Lipovska *Best Interpretation Award – Oto Presner

1972

In 1972, the festival started on

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(25 May), with a midnight concert.Omladinski festival 1972
/ref> This was the first edition of the festival to feature, besides musical program, art exhibitions and poetry evenings. The band

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, who won the First Prize, Audience's Choice First Prize and the Best Lyrics Award, were unable to perform on the final evening, so, on their recommendation, at the time little known singer-songwriter

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performed instead of them. The song "Mom bratu" was performed by sixteen year old Vesna Čipčić, who would several years later start a successful acting career.

Competition

Awards

*First Prize – "Još malo" by Miroljub Jovanović and Milan Marković *Second Prize – "Pastirica" by Jovica Škaro *Third Prize – "Samo ljubi" by Ištvan Boroš *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Još malo" by Miroljub Jovanović and Milan Marković *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Raspevana gitara" by Stevo Prodanović *Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Pastirica" by Jovica Škoro *Best Lyrics Award – "Mrtev in bel" by Tomaž Domicelj and "Još malo" by Miroljub Jovanović and Milan Marković *Best Interpretation Award – Vele Matevski *Youngest Composer Award – Svetozar Nećak (seventeen years old) *Youngest Performer Award – Ladislav Mezel

1973

522 compositions were sent to the contest, more than to any of the previous editions.Omladinski festival 1973
/ref> The performers were accompanied by

Big Band, conducted by

Competition

Awards

* First Prize – "Tražim" by

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* Second Prize – "Pred kraj neba" by Nenad Pavlović * Third Prize – "Kara Gozlum" by Husein Kazas * Audience's Choice First Prize – "Ti ne znaš dom gdje živi on" by Vlado Miloš * Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Nek se ljudi čude" by Ljubiša Lolić * Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Sanjala sma" by Zoran Markulj * Best Lyrics Award – "Pred kraj neba" by Dušan Govedarica * Best Interpretation Award –

* Youngest Composer Award – Božidar Vučur * Youngest Performer Award – Gazmend Palaska

1974

On the fourteenth edition of the festival the Union of Composers of Yugoslavia Award was introduced.

Awards

*First Prize – "Ostanite tu" by Faruk Hasanbegović; performed by Ivica Tomović *Second Prize – "Legenda" by Predrag Jovičić; performed by San *Third Prize – "I gde je ljubav" by Slavica Stojković; performed by Sunce *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Ostanite tu" by Faruk Hasanbegović; performed by Ivica Tomović *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Ona" by Milan Ukić; performed by Borivoje Platiša *Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Nemam vremena" by Gabor Lenđel; performed by Iver *Union of Composers of Yugoslavia Award – "Duša in jaz" by Marko Brecelj; performed by Marko Brecelj *Best Interpretation Award – Borivoje Platiša

1975

The fifteenth edition of the festival was the first one organised by Subotica Youth Center and Radio Television Novi Sad.Omladinski festival 1975
/ref> It was marked by an unusual move: all 22 competing compositions were proclaimed the winning compositions.

1976

650 compositions were sent to the contest, from all parts of Yugoslavia, but also from Yugoslavs living abroad,Omladinski festival 1976
/ref> 24 of which were chosen to compete at the festival. The festival was held in Subotica Sports Hall, in front of more than 5,000 spectators.

Awards

*First Prize – "Mojot son" by Jordan Velinov; performed by Marija Ćuruvija *Second Prize – "Daj na neba" by

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; performed by Miladin Šobić *Third Prize – "I rešeto ima buze" by Ivica Čotić; performed by Zajedno *Fourth Prize – "Gde ćeš biti, lepa Kejo" by Ljubiša Lolić; performed by

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*Audience's Choice First Prize – "Ti si ta što ja znam" by Mane Kolovski; performed by Momir Nikolovski *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Ona je tu" by Zoran Ristivojević; performed by Marjan Miše *Audience's Choice Third Prize – "I rešeto ima buze" by Ivica Čotić; performed by Zajedno

1977

The festival featured three parts: the competition, rock evening, featuring well known and less known rock acts, and the evening of patriotic songs, entitled "Mladi pevaju Titu" ("Youth Sings to

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").Omladinski festival 1977
/ref> The organizers decided to include the evening of patriotic songs in every future edition of the festival.

Awards

*First Prize – "Zašto ponekad iz sna me bude zvuci nečijeg pijanina" by Ivo Lesić; performed by Đorđe Apostolovski *Second Prize – "Ne kucaj, srce, tako nemirno" by Mustafa Ismailovski; performed by Vesna Kartuš *Third Prize – "Koliko puta" by Zoran Todorović; performed by Hava *Audience's Choice Award – "Ne kucaj, srce, tako nemirno" by Mustafa Ismailovski; performed by Vesna Kartuš

Non-competitive program

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*Sonori * Drago Mlinarec *

*Ibn Tup *

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1978

The eighteenth edition of the festival was held from 11 to 13 May, in Subotica National Theatre and Subotica Sports Hall.Omladinski festival 1978
/ref> The performance of

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on the evening of patriotic tunes remains one of the most memorable events in the history of the festival. On this occasion, the band for the first time performed their song " Računajte na nas" ("Count on Us"), which praised the People's Liberation War from the perspective of the youth and which would soon become an unofficial anthem of the Yugoslav youth.

Awards

*First Prize – "Kad prođe vreme" by Miomir Pavlović; performed by Miomir Pavlović and Icina Deca *Second Prize – "Igraj, Makedonko" by Sotir Spasevski; performed by BT Top *Third Prize – "Zbogom, Bijelo Dugme" by Jerko Šunjko; performed by Vitomir Petković *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Uz huk mora" by Mirsad Huljić; performed by Zoran Miladinović *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Ne mogu srce da prevarim" by Bodin Starčević; performed by Mira Ostojić *Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Neko te drugi ljubi" by Ivica Čotić; performed by Ivica Čotić *Best Interpretation Award – Mira Ostojić

Non-competitive program

*Džambo Džet *Korak *

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* Atomsko Sklonište *

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* Igra Staklenih Perli * Meta Sekcija * Tako

1979

The nineteenth edition of the festival was held from 17 to 19 May.Omladinski festival 1979
/ref> It was crucial in festival's transition from competition of young composers to competition of young rock acts. Prior to the nineteenth edition, unaffirmed rock bands were invited to perform at the festival, but only in the non-competitive part, with mostly pop,

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and

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acts competing for awards; in 1979, the organizers decided that from this edition all unaffirmed acts which were invited to perform would be competing for awards. The competition featured 37 compositions. The bands

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and Prljavo Kazalište were the first punk rock acts to perform at the festival. These two bands did not apply for the competition, but, alongside

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band Boomerang and

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band Den Za Den, got special invitation from the festival director Vitomir Simurdić, who wanted the festival to move away from pop format."Vitomir Simurdić – sećanje na festival Omladina", YouTube
/ref> Boomerang won the First Prize, Pekinška Patka won the Audience's Choice Second Prize, and Prljavo Kazalište was disqualified from the contest after performing

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-related song "Neki dječaci". Then little known musicians Robert Funčić and Vesna Vrandečić, who performed Funčić's song "Veruj mi" and won Audience's Choice First Prize, would two years later form the band Xenia.

Awards

*First Prize – "Živjeti iznad tebe barem dan" by Zlatko Klun; performed by Boomerang *Second Prize – "Dubina" by Aleksandar Dujin; performed by Meta Sekcija *Third Prize – "Stiže poslednji autobus" by Branko Kovačić; performed by Branko Kovačić *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Veruj mi" by Robert Funčić; performed by Robert Funčić, Vesna Vrandečić and Marijan Balina. *Audience's Choice Second Prize – " Bela šljiva" by Nebojša Čonkić; performed by

*Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Stiže poslednji autobus" by Branko Kovačić; performed by Branko Kovačić *Best Interpretation Award – Obećanje Proleća (performing "1979" by Branko Bogunović)

1980

Due to the death of

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...

on 4 May, the twentieth edition of the festival was, instead in May, held in October. Twenty-four compositions competed for the awards. All three prizes by the jury and all three by the audience were given to rock bands.Omladinski festival 1980
/ref> The festival anniversary was celebrated with performances of numerous artists who received acknowledgment after appearing on the festival: Bisera Veletanlić, Dalibor Brun,

, Tomaž Domicelj,

, Boomerang and others. On its anniversary, the festival received numerous accolades: the Seven Secretaries of

SKOJ , SKOJ mk, Сојуз на комунистичката младина на Југославија, СКМЈ sl, Zveza komunistične mladine Jugoslavije, ZKMJ , colorcode = red , founded = 1919 , dissolved = 1948 , succeeded by = League of S ...

Award, the Liberation of Subotica Award, the Radio Belgrade Golden Microphone Award, the

PGP-RTB PGP-RTB (abbreviation for sr, Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Beograd) was a major state-owned record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. After the breakup ...

Silver Plaque, the FIDOF Award and several others. The twentieth edition of the festival is notable as one of the most important moments in the history of Yugoslav new wave scene, as it included performance of some of the most notable new wave acts from

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

and

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

Šarlo Akrobata Šarlo Akrobata ( sr-Cyrl, Шарло Акробата; trans. ''Charlot the Acrobat'', a Serbo-Croatian language version of Charlie Chaplin's name in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) were a seminal Serbian new wave/post-punk band from Belgrade. Short-l ...

Idoli Idoli ( sr-cyr, Идоли; trans. The Idols) were a Serbian new wave band from Belgrade. They are considered to be one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and their 1982 album '' Odbrana i poslednji dani'' was on several occa ...

Električni Orgazam Električni Orgazam ( sr-cyr, Електрични Оргазам, lit=Electric Orgasm, translit=) is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of new wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed ...

Film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

and

Haustor Haustor ( hr, Hallway or front door) was a Yugoslav rock band from Zagreb, SR Croatia, a member of the new wave movement, and an important act of the former Yugoslav rock scene. History The basis of the band was formed in 1977, when singer ...

. As on the previous edition of the festival, young bands did not apply for the competition, but got special invitations from the festival director Vitomir Simurdić. Other bands which got the invitation were the jazz rock band Na Lepem Prijazni and

ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...

band

Kontraritam Kontraritam ( sr-cyr, Контраритам; trans. ''Counterrhythm'') was a former Yugoslav 2 Tone/ska band from Novi Sad. History The band was formed in Autumn 1980 by former Gomila G members Žolt Horvat (guitar), Robert "Robi" Radić ( dru ...

. Film would be Awarded the First Prize, Šarlo Akrobata the Second Prize and Idoli the Audience's Choice Third Prize. The organizers initially did not take Električni Orgazam into consideration, but were persuaded to include the band into the program by Riblja Čorba leader

Bora Đorđević Borisav "Bora" Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Борисав, Бора Ђорђевић; born 1 November 1952), also known as Bora Čorba ( sr-cyr, Бора Чорба), is a Serbian singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known as the frontman of the ...

. Električni Orgazam caused a scandal with their performance, which included damaging microphones and

cymbals A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs soun ...

and destroying colored

light bulbs An electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical component that produces light. It is the most common form of artificial lighting. Lamps usually have a base made of ceramic, metal, glass, or plastic, which secures the lamp in the soc ...

which were part of the scenery, and were disqualified from the competition.

Awards

*First Prize – "Neprilagođen" by

Jura Stublić Jurislav "Jura" Stublić (born 19 December 1953) is a Croatian singer-songwriter. References 1950s births Singers from Sarajevo Living people Croatian rock musicians 20th-century Croatian male singers Bosnia and Herzegovina rock sin ...

; performed by

*Second Prize – " Ona se budi" by

Milan Mladenović Milan Mladenović ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Младеновић; 21 September 1958 – 5 November 1994) was a Serbian and Yugoslavian musician best known as the frontman of the Yugoslav art rock band Ekatarina Velika. Early life Born to Serbia ...

; performed by

*Third Prize – "Masaž" by Vojko Aleksić; performed by Na Lepem Prijazni *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Szulettem" by Sabo Zoltan; performed by Eridanus *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Gdje sam sad" by Branko Dabić; performed by Pauk *Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Zašto su danas devojke ljute" by

Vlada Divljan Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир "Влада" Дивљан; 10 May 1958 – 4 March 2015), was a Serbian singer and songwriter. He was known as the frontman of the Serbian and Yugoslav rock band Idoli, one of the bands which ...

and

Srđan Šaper Srđan Šaper ( sr-cyr, Срђан Шапер; born October 9, 1958) is a founder of I&F McCann Grupa. He is also well known as a founder and a member of the Yugoslav new wave band Idoli in the 1980s.P. Janjatović, Idoli, YU rock enciklopedija ...

; performed by

*Best Interpretation Award – Mateja Koležnik

Non-competitive part

*Stevan Zarić * Bisera Veletanlić *Dalibor Brun *Ratko Kraljević *

*Tomaž Domicelj *

*Ivica Tomović *Verica Ristevska *

*Sabri Fejhulahu *

*Boomerang

1981

On the twenty-first edition of the festival the Journalists' Award for Best Lyrics was introduced.Omladinski festival 1981
/ref> The competitors included young new wave bands

Petar i Zli Vuci Petar i Zli Vuci ( sr-cyr, Петар и Зли Вуци; trans. ''Peter and the Wolf Pack'') were a former Yugoslav new wave/ ska band from Belgrade, notable as the participant of the '' Artistička radna akcija'' project. History During the ...

, Stidljiva Ljubičica, Modeli,

Lačni Franz Lačni Franz (meaning ''Hungry Franz'') is a rock band from Slovenia that was also popular in the 1980s in Yugoslavia. While they were inspired by another Slovenian radical band Buldožer known for utilizing sheer madness in the social and polit ...

, Buldogi,

Piloti Pilotis, or piers, are supports such as columns, pillars, or stilts that lift a building above ground or water. They are traditionally found in stilt and pole dwellings such as fishermen's huts in Asia and Scandinavia using wood, and in ele ...

Termiti Termiti were a new wave band from Rijeka, Croatia, then Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Their music, sung in mother tongue, had the quirk of an organ sounding keyboard and complex and unusual leading melodies, backed to the usual new ...

, Čista Proza and

La Strada ''La strada'' () is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman ( Giulietta Masina) bought from her mothe ...

, all of them later becoming notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.

Awards

*First Prize – "Ogledalo" by

; performed by Petar i Zli Vuci *Second Prize – "Moj prijatelj ide u vojsku" by Zlatko Đurašin; performed by Stidljiva Ljubičica *Third Prize – "Jutarnji modeli" by Vjeko Zajec; performed by Modeli *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Uzalud te čekam" by Milorad Nonin; performed by Dragica Stankov and Radio Television Novi Sad Big Band *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Moj prijatelj ide u vojsku" by Zlatko Đurašin; performed by Stidljiva Ljubičica *Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Biće bolje" by Dimitrije Maksić; performed by Osma Sila *Best Interpretation Award –

(performing "Šank rock") *Journalists' Award for Best Lyrics – Radivoj Šajtinac

1982

Awards

*First Prize – "Kar si skuhal, pojej" by Andrej Turku; performed by Martin Krpan *Second Prize – "Sladoled za vrane" by Đorđe Vasić; performed by Makakus *Third Prize – "Volim svoju povratnu kartu Sisak-Zagreb" by Mladen Šestić; performed by Zmijski Ugriz Mladog Lava *Audience's Choice First Prize – "Sladoled za vrane" by Đorđe Vasić; performed by Makakus *Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Čupave glave" by

Metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...

; performed by Metro *Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Za dan, za san" by Vlasta Topličić; performed by Život *Best Interpretation Award – Meri Trošeljeva of Tadaima (performing "Pitaš li me kuda odlaze ptice") *Journalists' Award for Best Lyrics – Tadaima (performing "Pitaš li me kuda odlaze ptice")

1983

On the twenty-third edition of the festival, held from 19 to 26 May 36 compositions were competing for awards. On this edition, rock compositions and pop compositions were finally separated. Two separate competitions were held: Rock Evening and Schlager Evening. The

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

band

Kerber Kerber ( sr-cyr, Кербер, lit=Cerberus) is a Serbian and Yugoslav hard rock band formed in Niš in 1981. The mainstay members of Kerber are vocalist Goran Šepa "Gale", guitarist Tomislav "Tomica" Nikolić and keyboardist Branislav "Bane ...

, which won the Rock Evening First Prize, would two months after the festival release their debut album and become one of the most popular bands on the Yugoslav hard rock scene. The best Interpretation Award was won by little known young singer

Mladen Vojičić Mladen () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root ''mlad'' (, ), meaning "young". It is present in Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages. Notable people with the name include: * Mladen (vojvo ...

of the band Top, who would a year later gain nationwide popularity as the singer of

Bijelo Dugme Bijelo Dugme (trans. ''White Button'') was a Yugoslav rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. Bijelo Dugme is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal Republic ...

Awards

*Rock Evening First Prize – "Mezimac" by Zoran Stanojević; performed by

*Rock Evening Second Prize – "Nekje k votu" by Đorđe Vasić; performed by Ultimat *Rock Evening Third Prize – "Karasko" by Ljupče Karo; performed by Tokmu Taka *Schlager Evening First Prize – "1. maj" by Miljenko Šercer; performed by Miljenko Šercer *Schlager Evening Second Prize – "Sve je muzika" by Ivana Vitaljić; performed by Ivana Vitaljić *Schlager Evening Third Prize – "Doviđenja, doviđenja" by Ljupčo Stojanovski; performed by Ljupčo Stojanovski *Audience's Choice Award – "Cesta" by Dragan Pavković; performed by Parudaštri *Best Interpretation Award –

of Top (performing "Lagala si")

1984

The twenty-fourth edition of the festival was held from 17 to 20 May.Omladinski festival 1984
/ref> A smaller number of awards was given than during the previous editions, partially due to funding problems. On the Rock Evening, for the first time the award was given to the band for their complete performance, not for one composition. The First Prize on the rock evening was won by the band

Automobili ''Automobili'' is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla, released in 1976 by RCA Italiana. It was the last work in collaboration with poet Roberto Roversi: the following LP, '' Com'è profondo il mare'', was entirely (not only the mu ...

. The prize included the recording of a studio album. As they were already working in studio on their debut album, they decided to give up on the prize in favor of the runner-up, the band Beta Centaury. With the release of their debut album later that year Automobili would rise to popularity. The band

Zabranjeno Pušenje Zabranjeno pušenje () is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Curre ...

was invited to perform in the non-competitive part, but refused due to the fact that their applications from the time when they were an unaffirmed band were regularly refused.

Awards

*Rock Evening First Prize –

*Schlager Evening First Prize – "Balada za..." by Matej Zakonjšek; performed by Matej Zakonjšek *Audience's Choice Award – "Nemoj da mi kažeš" by Ljilja Mladenović and M. Stanisavljević; performed by Ljilja Mladenović and Tina Mladenović *Best Interpretation Award – Gordana Kostić and Goran Despotović (performing "Milo moje") *Journalists' Award for Best Lyrics – "Balada za..." by Matej Zakonjšek; performed by Matej Zakonjšek

1985

Awards

*First Prize – Rock 'n' Feller (

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

) *Audience's Choice Award – Rock Street (Belgrade)

1986

In 1986, the concept of competition of composers was officially abandoned, the festival was renamed to Festival pop i rok muzike (''Festival of Pop and Rock Music'') and became a competition of young unaffirmed bands.

Awards

*First Prize – Bas Dans (

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...

) *Audience's Choice Award – Bas Dans

1987

The 1987 edition of the festival was marked by the jury's decision that all the bands which entered the finals –

KUD Idijoti KUD Idijoti was a punk rock band from Pula, Croatia. The name of the band translates to ''Cultural Artistic Society " Idiots"'' The word ''Idijoti'' is deliberately spelled wrong, the correct Croatian form of the word being ''idioti''. The pre ...

, Indust Bag,

Mizar Mizar is a second- magnitude star in the handle of the Big Dipper asterism in the constellation of Ursa Major. It has the Bayer designation ζ Ursae Majoris ( Latinised as Zeta Ursae Majoris). It forms a well-known naked eye ...

, Tužne Uši and Grad – are the winners. With the exception of Tužne Uši, all of the bands would rise to prominence, KUD Idijoti becoming one of the most notable punk rock bands and Mizar one of the most notable

dark wave Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...

bands on the Yugoslav scene. The

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band Center Za Dehumanizacijo, which would later also rise to prominence, also competed, but did not manage to enter the finals.Omladinski festival 1987
/ref> The non-competitive part included notable rock acts –

, Gast'r'bajtr's,

, Bambinosi,

Autopsia Autopsia is a European art project dealing with music and visual production. Autopsia gathers authors of different professions in the realization of multimedia projects. Its art practice began in London in the late 1970s and continued during ...

, Tutti Frutti Balkan Band – as well as acts which would rise to fame in the following years – Zijan, Dr. Steel,

Let 3 Let 3 (Croatian for "Flight 3") is a modern rock band from Rijeka, Croatia formed in 1987. The frontmen are Damir "Mrle" Martinović and Zoran "Prlja" Prodanović. The band is popular in Croatia and other former Yugoslav republics due to their o ...

, Blues Trio, Vrisak Generacije, Grč,

Cacadou Look Cacadou Look was a five-piece pop rock band from Opatija, Croatia that was the first Yugoslav all-female band to release a long play record. Cacadou Look was formed in Opatija in 1983. They were not the first all-female band in Yugoslavia &mda ...

Competitors

*Indust Bag (

Metlika Metlika (; german: Möttling''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 10.) is a town in southeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Munici ...

) *Plastic Face (

Lazarevac Lazarevac ( sr-cyr, Лазаревац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. , the town has a total population of 25,526 inhabitants, while the municipal area has a total of 58,622 inhabitants. Its name stems from the name of medieval Ser ...

) *

(

Pula Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian language, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot language, Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene language, Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the List of cities and town ...

) *Heavy Company (

Jesenice Jesenice (, german: Aßling''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is a Slovenian town and the seat of the Municipality of Jesenice on the ...

) *Grad (

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

) *Bojler (

Idrija Idrija (, in older sources ''Zgornja Idrija''; german: (Ober)idria, it, Idria) is a town in western Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Idrija. It is located in the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is in the Gorizia Statisti ...

) *Center Za Dehumanizacijo ( Trate) *Oslobodioci (

Obrenovac Obrenovac ( sr-cyr, Обреновац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 71,419 inhabitants, while the urban area has 24,568 inhabitants. The largest Serbian th ...

) *Tužne Uši (

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) *

(

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

)

Winners

*Indust Bag *

*Tužne Uši *Grad

Non-competitive program

*Zijan *S.O.R. *

* The End Band *Gast'r'bajtr's *Bać Franje Iđe U Feketić *Heroji Ulice *Anno Dominni *Aragon *A Train *Bolid *Dr. Steel *

*Blues Trio *Jovančić Jazz Quartet *Trio Dejana Pečenka *Vrisak Generacije *Grč *

*Bambinosi *Gasmasks *Dr Živago Dark Stars *

*Tikmajer Formatio *Bas Dans *Human Telex *

*Fit *Radio * Tutti Frutti Balkan Band

1988

Both the First Prize and the Audience's Choice Award were won by the band Zijan, which, a year later, also won both the First Prize and the Audience's Choice Award at the

Zaječar Zaječar ( sr-Cyrl, Зајечар, ; ro, Zaicear or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the city administrative area has a population of 59,461 inhabitants. Zaječa ...

Gitarijada Gitarijada ( sr-Cyrl, Гитаријада, lit=Guitar Fest) is a music festival held in Zaječar, Serbia. Held since 1966, Gitarijada is one of the longest lasting festivals in Serbia and in South Eastern Europe and the largest festival of you ...

Festival.

Competitors

Del Arno Band Del Arno Band is a Serbian and Yugoslav reggae band formed in Belgrade in 1986. Del Arno Band are one of the pioneers of Serbian and Yugoslav reggae scenes and are considered the longest-lasting reggae band of former Yugoslavia. History 1980s B ...

(Belgrade) *Ludi Gavran (Belgrade) *Keith (Banja Luka) *Idejni Nemiri (Rijeka) *Sing Sing Singers (

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

) *Zijan (

Gevgelija Gevgelija ( mk, Гевгелија; ) is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of the North Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece (Bogorodica-Evzoni), the point ...

) * Laufer (Rijeka) *Saygon (Skopje)

Awards

*First Prize – Zijan *Audience's Choice Award – Zijan

1989

Competitors

Arhangel Arhangel ( mk, Архангел , ''archangel'') is a Macedonian alternative rock band formed in 1989. The frontman is Risto Vrtev who has also been part of such rock bands as Mizar and Inola X. The original line-up is: Risto Vrtev, Dragan G ...

(Skopje) *Telo – Nauka Sovršena ( Struga) *

Obojeni Program Obojeni Program ( sr-cyr, Обојени Програм, trans. ''Colored Program'') is a Serbian alternative rock band from Novi Sad. The band are pioneers of the Serbian alternative rock scene. The first letters of the band's first seven studio a ...

(Novi Sad) *Super Nova (Skopje) *Civili (Zaječar) *Greaseballs (Zagreb) *Ponoćni Kauboj (Novi Sad) *Torpeda (

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

) *Nesalomivi (Belgrade)

Awards

*First Prize – Torpeda *Audience's Choice Award – Torpeda

1990

Yugoslav Wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia from ...

started in 1991, this edition of the festival would be the last before the anniversary edition in 2011.

Competitors

* Daleka Obala (Split) *Royal Albert Hall (Skopje) *Budweiser (Belgrade) *Strogo Zaupno (

Ruše Ruše (; german: Maria Rast) is a small town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ruše and lies on the right bank of the Drava River west of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now inc ...

) * Majke (

Vinkovci Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city's registered population was 28,247 in the 2021 census, the total population of the city was 31,057, making it the largest town of the county. Surround ...

) *Strelnikoff (

Štore Štore () is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Štore. It lies on the Voglajna River, just east of Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Stat ...

) *Kleopatra (Skopje) *

Deca Loših Muzičara Deca Loših Muzičara ( sr-cyr, Деца Лоших Музичара; transl. ''Bad Musicians' Children''), often abbreviated to DLM, are a funk rock band formed in Belgrade in 1988. They were one of the most prominent bands of the 1990s Serbian ...

(Belgrade)

Awards

*First Prize –

*Audience's Choice Award – Deca Loših Muzičara *Journalists' Choice Award – Deca Loših Muzičara

2011

In 2011, in order to mark the festival's 40th anniversary, a concert was held in Subotica Sports Hall, featuring numerous artists who gained first acknowledgements after their appearance on the festival. The performers were accompanied by orchestra led by Gabor Bunford.Omladinski festival 1987
/ref> The bands

and Rezonansa all made reunions just for this occasion, while the band

reunited in the original lineup."Generacija 5 – secanje na festival Omladina", YouTube.com
/ref>

Performers

Leo Martin Leo Martin ( sr-cyr, Лео Мартин, born on 6 March 1942) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav pop singer. He started his career in the early 1960s in jazz bands as an instrumentalist and vocalist. In 1964, he moved with his band to West Germa ...

Zafir Hadžimanov Zafir Hadžimanov (Macedonian: Зафир Хаџиманов; 25 December 1943 – 27 March 2021) was a Macedonian and Serbian singer, composer and actor who spent most of his adult life in Belgrade. Biography He was married to singer and actr ...

Vlada i Bajka Vlada i Bajka ( sr-Cyrl, Влада и Бајка; trans. Vlada and Bajka) were a Serbian and SFRY, former Yugoslav acoustic music duo from Belgrade, consisting of Vladimir Marković "Vlada" and Dragutin Balaban "Bajka". History Early history ...

*Lado Leskovar *Rezonansa *Bolid *

* Bisera Veletanlić *

*Tomaž Domicelj *

*Borivoj Platiša * Slave Dimitrov *Ratko Kraljević and Vesna Čipčić *Dušan Svilar *Stevan Zarić *

and Saša Vasić *

Maja Odžaklievska Maja Odžaklievska (in Cyrillic, ; in Serbo-Croatian, , ; born April 21, 1954, in Skopje), is a Macedonian, Serbian and ex- Yugoslav singer and songwriter popular across Europe. She lives and works in Serbia. Biography Maja Odžaklievska began he ...

* Atomsko Sklonište *

*Severni Vetar *

Goran Šepa Goran "Gale" Šepa (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Шепа, born 10 September 1958) is a Serbian rock singer. He is best known as the lead singer for the Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band Kerber. Šepa is known for his melodic vocal styl ...

*Mi *Narcis Vučina * Sylvester Levay

References

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