Martina Tomčić (born 6 May 1975) is a Croatian

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, who is currently a judge on Nova TV's talent show ''

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''.

Biography

Tomčić was born in

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to Croatian parents. Her father,

Zlatko Tomčić Zlatko Tomčić (; born 10 July 1945) is a Croatian politician who served as President of the Croatian Peasant Party from 1994 to 2005, as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2000 to 2003, as a representative in the Croatian Parliament, and ...

, is a Croatian politician who served as acting

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in February 2000, and as

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, while her mother is Slavica Tomčić. She graduated from the High Music School in

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. In 1995, she won the international singing competition Ferruccio Tagliavini.

Career

The year 1995 in Graz, she debuted her role as Orlofsky in '' The Bat'', an operetta composed by

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. In November 2001, she performed in Zagreb as Preziosilla in the opera '' La forza del destino'' and in

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as Carmen in the eponymous opera. In 2011, Tomčić competed on the sixth season of ''

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'', the Croatian edition of ''

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''. She and her professional partner Marko Herceg placed third out of eight couples, having been eliminated before the season's finale. Since 2014, she occasionally appears as a vocal coach to contestants of '' Tvoje lice zvuči poznato''. Since 2016, she is a permanent judge on Nova TV's talent show reality television series ''

'', the Croatian edition of ''

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''.

Personal life

In 2003, she married Ženja Moskaljov. The couple has a son and a daughter.

Filmography

Television

References

1975 births 21st-century Croatian women opera singers Croatian mezzo-sopranos Musicians from Zagreb Living people {{Croatia-singer-stub