Elvir Laković, also known as Laka ; born 15 March 1969), is a Bosnian rock singer-songwriter, born in

Goražde Goražde ( sr-cyrl, Горажде, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of the Drina rive ...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Early life

He attended music school there studying guitar, but he disliked the school's teaching methods and views towards music, and then subsequently quit the school. He also studied two years of the occupational health university course in

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, but did not graduate.Interview with Elvir Lakovic on November 4th 2008
During the Bosnian war, he was mobilized in the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the war, he worked for various international organizations for six years. His parents live in

; his father is a lawyer and his mother works for a telecommunications company.

Career

During his early aspiring music career, Laka played popular Bosnian folk songs at café building minor popularity. Laka recorded his first song "Malo sam se razočar'o" (''I'm a little bit disappointed'') in 1998. The song turned out to be a major success, and launched his show business career nationally, and then released more songs, among which were "Vještica" (''The Witch''), "Mor'o" (''I had to'') and "Piškila" (''You've peed yourself''), highly increasing his popularity in Bosnia. In 2003, his song "Ja sam mor'o" (''I Had To'') won the Bosnian Davorin Music Award for the best rock song of the year. The album ''Zec'' has also been released in

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on the Menart record label. In 2004, Laka left for New York City, where he tried to start a band, but returned to Bosnia unsuccessful and a little bit disappointed after two-and-a-half years. However, he then released his first solo album ''Zec'' (''Rabbit'') in 2007. Laka and his 14 years younger sister Mirela represented

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at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Pokušaj" ("Try"). Laka was the spokesperson reading out the results from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following the country's victory at the with the song "Believe (Dima Bilan song), Believe" by Dima Bilan. Organised by the Eu ...

, and again in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song "Running Scared (Ell & Nikki song), Running Scared" by Ell & Nikki, El ...

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Career

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