Lidija Bačić (born 4 August 1985), also known as Lille, is a Croatian pop singer. She rose to fame in 2005 after finishing as runner-up on the second season of ''
Hrvatski Idol
''Hrvatski Idol'' is the Croatian version of '' Pop Idol''. There have been two seasons of Hrvatski Idol. The first one was won by Žanamari Lalić who received 54% of the vote in the final night. Patrick Jurdić won the second season with 50.2 ...
''.
Later in 2010, she released her debut album, ''Majčina ljubav''.
Bačić has collaborated with several musical artists, including
Mladen Grdović,
Alen Vitasović,
Grupa Vigor,
Dražen Zečić and
Tomislav Bralić.
Early life
Lidija was born in
Split
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on 4 August 1985.
She has two sisters and a brother.
She was raised in the
Roman Catholic
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faith.
Bačić began performing at local festivals and competitions from the age of ten. She won her first prize at ''Dječji Festival'' in 1997 for her cover version of Mišo Limić's song "Zaljubljeni dječak".
Career
In early 2000, Bačić joined the group Perle. The group played at various festivals with Bačić being the main vocalist.
In 2001, they tried to represent
Croatia
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at the
Eurovision Song Contest
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with the song "Pokraj bistra izvora" placing 15th in a field of 20 competing entries.
Bačić auditioned for the second season of
Hrvatski Idol
''Hrvatski Idol'' is the Croatian version of '' Pop Idol''. There have been two seasons of Hrvatski Idol. The first one was won by Žanamari Lalić who received 54% of the vote in the final night. Patrick Jurdić won the second season with 50.2 ...
in Split, Croatia.
In January 2019, Bačić was announced as one of the 16 participants in
Dora 2019, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's
Eurovision Song Contest
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entry, where she, and the song "Tek je počelo", finished in 11th place.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Majčina ljubav'' (2010)
* ''Daj da noćas poludimo'' (2011)
* ''Viski'' (2015)
* ''Tijelo kao pjesma'' (2017)
* ''Revolucija'' (2020)
* ''Flashback'' (2022)
Singles
Filmography
* ''Aleksi'' (movie), as Lille (2017)
* ''Ko te šiša'' (TV), as Lille (2018)
* ''Na granici'' (TV), as Lille (2018)
* ''Blago Nama'' (TV), as Lidija (2022)
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Croatian pop singers
Musicians from Split, Croatia
21st-century Croatian women singers