Dejan Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Матић; born 26 April 1978) is a

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singer. He is the twin brother of fellow singer

Saša Matić Aleksandar "Saša" Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Саша Матић; born 26 April 1978) is a Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer. He is the twin brother of fellow singer Dejan Matić. Life and career Early life Matić was born on 26 April 1 ...

Early life

Dejan Matić was born in

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the son of Zoran and Dragica. He and his twin brother Aleksandar "Saša" were born prematurely and had a difficult first few weeks of life, having to be placed in incubators in a

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maternity hospital. For unknown reasons, both babies became completely blind only days after birth. The family relocated to

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in 1982, when the brothers were four years of age. It was in Belgrade that they attended music school, playing the piano. The Matić brothers finished their schooling in

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Career

In October 2012 Matić performed the

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duet "Čili" with

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on ''Grand Show''.

Personal life

Matić married Jelena Ristić on 17 July 2012 in

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, a neighborhood in

. She was four months pregnant on their wedding day with their first child, a son named Zoran, who was born in

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on 17 December 2012. Their second child was born 21 March 2015. Matić previously dated Slađana Mandić, a singer from

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who later competed in the televised singing contest ''

Zvezde Granda ''Zvezde Granda'' ( sr-Cyrl, Звезде Гранда; "''Grand Stars''") is a Serbian singing competition show, created by Saša Popović and produced by Grand Production. The show began airing in 2004 on RTV Pink. ''Zvezde Granda'' made its ...

'' in 2012.

Discography

*''Zaigraj'' (2002) *''Željo moja'' (2004) *''Sinonim za ljubav'' (2009) *''Dala si mi svega osim ljubavi'' (2010) *''100 života'' (2013) *''Oko nas'' (2015)

References

External links

Discography at Discogs
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