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Stefan Filipović
Stefan Filipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Филиповић) (born 18 January 1987) is a Montenegrin pop singer. Biography Filipović was born in Titograd, now Podgorica, and studied in the Cetinje Music Academy. He started singing at age seven and he took part in various festivals in Montenegro and abroad. On 27 January he won MontenegroSong 2008, hence gaining the right to represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, that was held in Belgrade, Serbia. The song performed was chosen internally by a 30-member jury appointed by RTCG. The winning song was titled " Zauvijek volim te" (''I love you for eternity''), and was made by a team of Macedonian musicians - Grigor Koprov (author), Ognen Nedelkovski (composer) and Vladimir Dojčinovski (arranger), the same trio that created the Macedonian entry in 2007 - Mojot Svet. An English version of the song was also recorded, under the title "Never forget that I love you". The song's demo version was presented on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titograd
Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Historically, it was Podgorica's position at the confluence of the Ribnica (Morača), Ribnica and Morača River, Morača rivers and at the meeting-point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley that encouraged settlement. The surrounding landscape is predominantly mountainous terrain. After World War II, Podgorica was first designated as the capital of Montenegro in 1946. At that time, it was renamed Titograd in honor of Josip Broz Tito, the leader of Yugoslavia. It served as the capital of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until Montenegro's declaration of independence in 2006, after which it was reaffirmed as the capital of an independent Montenegro. The city's original name, Pod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ognen Nedelkovski
Ognen is a village in Karnobat Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria. Accessed May 5, 2010 Honours Ognen Cove on ,Antarctica
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Montenegro In The Eurovision Song Contest
Montenegro has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times since its debut in . The Montenegrin participating broadcaster in the contest is Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG). Before its independence, the Socialist Republic of Montenegro participated in the contest as part of (both the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from to and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in ), and the Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006), Republic of Montenegro participated as part of (from to ). Entries selected by RTCG, formerly known as (RTT) during the era of Yugoslav participation, represented Yugoslavia in and and Serbia and Montenegro in . Serbia and Montenegro's withdrawn entry was also selected by RTCG. Participation Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 2006, thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest since then. It has participated in the contest representing Montenegro si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Ajde, Kroči
Montenegro was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "" , composed by Slaven Knezović, with lyrics by Milan Perić, and performed by Stevan Faddy. The Montenegrin participating broadcaster, (RTCG), organised the national final ''MontenegroSong 2007'' in order to select its entry for the contest. This was the first-ever entry from independent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest. Ten entries competed in the national final on 25 February 2007 where public televoting selected "'Ajde, kroči" performed by Stevan Faddy as the winner with 4,747 votes. Montenegro competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing during the show in position 7, "'Ajde, kroči" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Montenegro placed twenty-second out of the 28 participating countries in the semi-final with 33 points. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevan Faddy
Stevan Faddy (; born 2 September 1986, in Kotor) is a Montenegrin musician. He took part in Montevizija 2005, with "Utjeha". He also participated in Sunčane Skale 2003 singing "Poslednja obala". On 25 February 2007, he won a landslide victory in MontenegroSong 2007 with his song "'Ajde Kroči" and won a ticket to represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Helsinki, Finland. Music career Faddy's first attempt to enter Eurovision came in Evropesma 2005, with "Utjeha". He won second place at Montevizija and fourth in the finals. At Montevizija in 2006, Faddy took first place with the song "Cipele," notably ahead of previous Evropesma winners No Name. At the finals, Faddy finished third. On 25 February 2007, he won a landslide victory in MontenegroSong 2007 with his song "Ajde Kroči" and won a ticket to represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Helsinki, Finland. He would fail to qualify for the final finishing a-joint 22nd along w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), the contest was held at the Belgrade Arena, and (for the first time) consisted of two semi-finals on 20 and 22 May, and a final on 24 May 2008. The three live shows were presented by Serbian television presenter Jovana Janković and musician Željko Joksimović. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, the highest ever number of participants in the contest beating the record of forty-two set the year before. and participated for the first time, while did not participate, mainly due to questions on the semi-final organisation as well as the politicization of the contest. The winner was with the song " Believe", performed by Dima Bilan who wrote it with Jim Bean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zauvijek Volim Te
Montenegro was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "" , composed by Grigor Koprov, with lyrics by Ognen Nedelkovski, and performed by Stefan Filipović. The Montenegrin participating broadcaster, (RTCG), organised the national final ''MontenegroSong 2008'' in order to select its performer for the contest and, subsequently, it selected the song internally. Six artists competed in the national final on 27 January 2008 where public televoting selected Stefan Filipović as the winner with 3,325 votes. The song, "", was internally selected and presented to the public in a television special on 8 March 2008. Montenegro was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2008. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Montenegro placed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MontenegroSong 2007
Montenegro was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "" , composed by Slaven Knezović, with lyrics by Milan Perić, and performed by Stevan Faddy. The Montenegrin participating broadcaster, (RTCG), organised the national final ''MontenegroSong 2007'' in order to select its entry for the contest. This was the first-ever entry from independent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest. Ten entries competed in the national final on 25 February 2007 where public televoting selected "'Ajde, kroči" performed by Stevan Faddy as the winner with 4,747 votes. Montenegro competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing during the show in position 7, "'Ajde, kroči" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Montenegro placed twenty-second out of the 28 participating countries in the semi-final with 33 points. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evropesma
''Evropesma'' ( sr-Cyrl, Европесма) or ''Europjesma'' () was a pop song contest in Serbia and Montenegro which ran from 2004 to 2006. The winning song represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. It was organized by the Serbia and Montenegro union of broadcasters UJRT (consisting of RTS and RTCG). In 2005 and 2006, ''Beovizija'' and '' Montevizija'' served as Serbia's and Montenegro's semi-finals for ''Evropesma'' (respectively). After the dissolution of the state union between Serbia and Montenegro, the semifinal contests took over the role of this festival. Voting process RTCG argued that fairly anonymous representatives from Montenegro have little chance against a number of big music stars that generally take part on behalf of RTS, and who are usually famous in Montenegro itself. RTCG failed to engage any of the big Montenegro stars that could actually gain televotes to take part in '' Montevizija''. Because of this, RTCG demanded that televoting should ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Festival Budva
''Pjesma Mediterana'' ( sh-Cyrl, Пјесма Медитерана, lit=Song of the Mediterranean; formerly ''Music Festival Budva'', sh-Latn-Cyrl, Muzički festival Budva, Музички фестивал Будва) was a pop music festival held every summer in Budva Budva (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Будва, or ) is a town in the Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It had 27,445 inhabitants as of 2023, and is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budv ..., Montenegro until 2011. The festival began in 1992. There have been various sponsors of the festival, including: Komuna, Music Star Production and the Municipality of Budva. Since 2008, the municipality of Budva, HTP Budvanska Rivijera (a tourist company in Budva) and Copyright Ltd. have run the organisation. The executive producer from 2008 is Copyright Ltd. In 2011, the festival was cancelled reportedly due to financial crisis. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tivat
Tivat (Serbo-Croatian: Tivat/Тиват, ) is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. , its population was 9,367. Tivat is the centre of Tivat Municipality, which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro. Name In Serbo-Croatian, the city is known as (); in Italian and Venetian as . The town was first mentioned in the 14th century records of Kotor, as ''Teude'', ''Theode'', and ''Theudo'', and has been connected to the Illyrian Queen Teuta, who ruled the region in 3rd century BC. Teuta had a residence in Rhizon and a summer residence between the church of St. Rocco in Donja Lastva and Seljanovo. The name could also come from the Greek word "" (, meaning "way of God"), or from the names of old Christian saints: Theodulus, Theodocius or Theodotus. Besides the popular name Theudo, a Latin expression, , comes from the 16th century. Finally, the name could originate from the Celtic word , town. History Archaeological sites attest that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
