Đorđe Gogov (

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: Ђорђе Гогов; born 5 September 1988, in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia) is a

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singer, musician, and television personality. He came to media attention as one of sixteen contestants on the

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's ''Operacija trijumf'',

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''. As one of four members of OT Band, he took part in

Beovizija 2009 Serbia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Cipela" written by Aleksandar Kobac, Marko Kon and Milan Nikolić (musician), Milan Nikolić. The song was performed by Marko Kon and Milaan. The Serbian national broadcast ...

, with the song "Blagoslov za kraj", and the band placed 2nd in the final.

Personal life

Đorđe Gogov is a former professional

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er, but had to give up of athletic career because he had no conditions for trainings.Đorđe Gogov pre „Trijumfa“ bio atletski potencijal
/ref> He was the first Serbian at the age of 14 to jump over 200 cm, with a 201 cm jump. Gogov admires artists such as

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, Negative,

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, Gibonni,

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, and Glen Hughes.Đorđe Gogov
at the ''Operacija trijumf'' official website He finds himself in a song "

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Career

''Operacija trijumf''

The ''Operacija trijumf'',

version of

's ''

'', started broadcasting on 29 September 2008. Đorđe Gogov was gained great popularity, and was among the favourites for the win. However, he was expelled at the ninth gala event, losing to

Vukašin Brajić Vukašin Brajić ( sr-Cyrl, Вукашин Брајић; ; born 9 February 1984) is a Bosnian Serb pop-rock singer who rose to fame after participating in the first season (2008–09) of ''Operacija trijumf'', the Former Yugoslavia, ex-Yugoslav ...

; everyone was surprised, Brajić perhaps the most. Gogov performed with the expelled students Nikola Sarić and Nikola Paunović at the semi-finals event. They covered

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's hits "

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" and " L.A. Woman". During the ''Operacija trijumf'', Gogov performed the following songs: *

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– "Ja ne postojim" with the student Ivan (did not enter) (Gala 1) *

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– "Džemper" with Laka (Gala 2) *

Oliver Mandić Oliver Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Мандић; born 13 July 1953) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock musician, composer, and producer. Early life Musically involved from a young age, Mandić first started playing the accordion be ...

– "Nije za nju" (Gala 3) *

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– "

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" (Gala 4) *

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– "

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" (Gala 5) * Azra – "A šta da radim" with the student Nikola Paunović (Gala 6) * Dino Dvornik – "Ti si mi u mislima" (Gala 7) *

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– "Motori" with Divlje jagode (Gala 8) *

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– "Soldier of Fortune" (Gala 9) *

– " Are You Gonna Go My Way" with the student

(Gala 9) *

– "

" / "

"/" L.A. Woman with the students Nikola Paunović and Nikola Sarić (Semi-finals, revival)

Present

After the end of the ''Operacija trijumf'', the Emotion Production formed a band named " OT Band", consisting of four participants – Vukašin Brajić, Đorđe Gogov, Nikola Paunović and Nikola Sarić. The band took part in the

, the Serbian national election for the

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. Their song, named "Blagoslov za kraj", was written by E. Owen, S. Vukomanović and E. Botric, and was produced at the

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. The band placed the 2nd, behind

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 (musician), Milan Nikolić, but they did not manage to quali ...

and his song " Cipela". OT Band and the rest of ''Operacija trijumf'' contestants held two sold-out concerts at Belgrade's

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, on 19 and 20 April 2009.

Discography

Albums

* 2009: ''Compilation of the Operacija trijumf contestants''

OT Band singles

* 2009: "Blagoslov za kraj" (feat.

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) * 2009: "Strpi se još malo" (cover of

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's "

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") * 2009: "Zaboravi" (feat Karolina Goceva) * 2013: "TBA"

Solo singles

* 2008:"Ovu noc"

References

External links

Đorđe Gogov
at the ''Operacija trijumf'' official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Gogov, Dorde 1988 births Living people People from Dimitrovgrad, Serbia Serbian pop singers Serbian television personalities Serbian tenors