Giuliano Đanić (born 14 May 1973), known professionally as Giuliano, is a Croatian pop singer.

Music career

In mid 1988, Giuliano, along with

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, formed the rock band Kleopatra. The band released three singles "Odlazim", "Hladna noć", and "Svi u jedan glas". The band broke up in late 1989. After the break up of Kleopatra, Đanić, along with Zlatko Brodarić, formed the band Apokalipsa. The band's debut album ''Ljubav za ljubav, bol za bol'' was released in 1991. Giuliano has participated seven times in

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, Croatia's annual music competition and national selection for the

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. He made his debut in

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performing "Sjaj u očima otkriva te", which finished fifth with 104 points. He returned to the contest again in

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with "Dobro mi došla ljubavi" finishing sixth. A year later in

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, Đanić participated with the song "Srna i vuk" and finished third in the final with a total of 160 points. Đanić participated in Dora 2003, performing "Moja lipa", written and composed by Tomislav Mrduljaš. He reached the final from the second semifinal on 8 March 2003 and finished seventh in the final with 60 points. After taking a four-year break from the contest, Đanić returned to the

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edition with the song "Pismom te ljubi milijun mandolina" and placed fifth. A year later, in

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, he finished eleventh with the song "Plava vještica" written by Miro Buljan and Nenad Ninčević. The

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edition of the contest was the last one with Đanić as a participant. With the song "Moja draga" he qualified from the semi-final on 5 March 2010 to the final the next day, where he placed eighth with 18 points. His best-known songs include "Lipoto moja", "Ćutin se lipo", "Gori more", "Zovem prijatelje moje", "Veći od ljubavi" and the Porin-winning hit "Jugo", all renowned for their emotional intensity and firm

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delivery. In 2022 he collaborated with ZETZ, Pero Galić, Mario Roth, Ivan Penezić and Igor Delač on a number-one charting single "Idemo Hrvatska" which spent 4 weeks at a number-one position of the official Croatian airplay chart

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Politics

Giuliano has repeatedly sung at

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's pre-election rallies. During the

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he sang at

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's rallies. During the

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he was a candidate of the Croatian Party of Rights in the third district but failed to be elected into the

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Discography

* ''Giuliano'' (1995) * ''Boje ljubavi'' (1998) * ''Giuliano u Lisinskom'' (1999) * ''Svijet tvoje čarolije'' (2001) * ''Ugasi žeđ'' (2003) * ''Moje 80e '' (2007) * ''Sada imam sve '' (2012)

References

External links

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