Mia Negovetić (born 5 October 2002) is a Croatian singer-songwriter and voice actress. She is known for winning season one of RTL Televizija's ''Zvjezdice''.

Career

Negovetić auditioned for the first series of RTL Televizija's ''Zvjezdice'' in 2015, singing " Listen" by

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for judges

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, Zdravko Šljivac,

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. She won the competition on 31 October 2015 by receiving the highest number of cast televotes in the finals. Over two months earlier on 4 August, at the 20th anniversary commemoration of

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, Negovetić performed Croatian national anthem "

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" (''Our Beautiful Homeland''), accompanied by the

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. In early 2016 she appeared on

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's television series ''

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'' where she performed her rendition of Beyoncé's "Listen". Since 2016 Negovetić has released several solo singles, including "Trouble" and "Vrijeme je" (''It's Time'') and headlined multiple concerts at the

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. On 23 December 2019, Negovetić was announced as one of the sixteen participants in Dora 2020, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's

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entry, with the song "When it Comes to You". At the close of voting, the song had received 31 points, placing second in a field of 16. It tied for the first place but the tie-break rules gave the win to

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. In January 2020, Negovetić signed a recording contract with

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. In December 2020, Negovetić was announced as one of the fourteen finalists for Dora 2021. She performed the song "She's Like a Dream" which she had co-written together with

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, Denniz Jamm, Denise Kertes. She placed third with a total of 119 points. On 25 February 2021, Negovetić was nominated for the Best New Artist Award at the 2021 edition of the Porin Awards; however, she lost it to

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. The following year, on 17 December 2021, Negovetić was announced as one of the fourteen acts to perform at

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with the song "Forgive Me (Oprosti)". As a voice actress, she dubbed the title character in Moana and

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. In 2024, she participated in Tvoje lice zvuči poznato.

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Negovetić, Mia Living people 21st-century Croatian women singers Croatian pop singers Croatian voice actresses Musicians from Rijeka 2002 births Croatia Records artists