Anžej Dežan (born 17 June 1987) is a
Slovenian singer.
Biography
Anžej began his musical career by winning the TV show ''Karaoke'' only ten years old. His first major success though was in the 2005 talent show ''Spet Doma'' on
RTV Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija ( en, Radio-Television of Slovenia) – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija (or simply RTV within Slovenia) – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization.
Based in Ljubljana, it has regional broadcastin ...
, where he was the runner-up (beaten by
Omar Naber, who got to represent Slovenia in
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (E ...
).
His growing potential was recognised by the successful composers and lyricists Urša and Matjaž Vlašič and Boštjan Grabnar, who became Anžej's creative team. Together with them, Anžej published his first single ''C'est la vie'' which was one of the top singles of several Slovenian radio playlists.
In February 2005, Anžej was a backing vocalist for Nuša Derenda at
EMA, the Slovenian Eurovision preselection, while in May of the same year he entered the festival ''Melodije morja in sonca'' and cut his second single ''Vroče''. The song received a great reception at the festival and the jury awarded him first place.
Anžej competed in the
EMA 2006 with the song ''Plan B'' with 12 points awarded by the jury and 14 points awarded by the viewers. (The runner-up song performed by Saša Lendero was actually the one awarded the maximum points from the viewers but received no points from the jury.) As the winner, he got to represent Slovenia in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Athens, Greece, following the country's victory at the with the song "My Number One" by Helena Paparizou. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...
at which the song was sung in English and called ''Mr Nobody''. It ended up in 16th place in the semi-final though, and thus failed to qualify to the final.
The song ''Plan B'' was also recorded in Serbian under the title ''Srce od Kristala''. He claims that it's his own record.
Albums
* C'est La Vie (That's Life)
Singles
* C'est La Vie
* Vroče
* Plan B (Mr. Nobody)
See also
*
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
*
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Athens, Greece, following the country's victory at the with the song "My Number One" by Helena Paparizou. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...
External links
Official Website
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1987 births
Living people
21st-century Slovenian male singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Slovenia
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2006
People from Šentjur