Nikola "Sajko" Sarić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Сарић; born 21 February 1989) is a Serbian singer, musician and television personality. He came to media attention as one of sixteen contestants on the

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's ''Operacija trijumf'', the

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''. As one of four members of

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, he took part in

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, with the song "Blagoslov za kraj", but they placed second in the final.

Personal life

Sarić broke up with a girl named Nevena. He has accomplished the Elementary and the High Musical School in

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; he admires musicians such as

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, Gibonni, and

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Career

''Operacija trijumf''

The ''Operacija trijumf'', started broadcasting on September 29, 2008. Nikola Sarić became very popular between the girls, and he was named "the favorite contestant of the girls". However, he was expelled at the eleventh gala event, losing to Vukašin Brajić. Sarić performed with the expelled students

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and

Nikola Paunović Nikola Paunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Пауновић; born 25 July 1985, in Kragujevac, Serbia) is a Serbian singer and television personality. He came to media attention as one of sixteen contestants on the B92's ''Operacija trijumf' ...

at the semifinals event. They covered

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's hits "

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" and " L.A. Woman". During the ''Operacija trijumf'', Sarić performed the following songs: *

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– "Riječke pičke" with

(Gala 1) *

Bajaga i Instruktori Bajaga i Instruktori (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага и Инструктори; trans. ''Bajaga and the Instructors'') are a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1984. Founded and led by vocalist, guitarist and principal compose ...

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– "Zažmuri/Kiselina" with the student

Vukašin Brajić Vukašin Brajić ( sr-Cyrl, Вукашин Брајић; ; born 9 February 1984) is a Bosnian Serb pop-rock singer who rose to fame after participating in the first season (2008–09) of ''Operacija trijumf'', the Former Yugoslavia, ex-Yugoslav ...

(Gala 2) *

Slađana Milošević Aleksandra Milošević Hagadone ( sr-cyr, Александра Милошевић Хагадон; 3 October 1955 – 26 March 2024), better known as Slađana Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слађана Милошевић, ), was a Serbian and Yugoslav ...

– "Princeza" with the student

Ana Bebić Ana Đolić (; born 7 May 1986) is a Croatian singer, who participated in television shows such as ''Hrvatski Idol'', '' Ne zaboravi stihove!'', and finally ''Operacija trijumf'', which was shown in five countries. Her debut single, " Preživje ...

(Gala 3) * Prljavo kazalište – "Marina" (Gala 4) *

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– "

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" (Gala 5) * Osmi putnik/ Psihomodo pop – "Da mi je biti morski pas"/"Ja volim samo sebe" with the student Vukašin Brajić (Gala 6) * Dado Topić – "Da li znaš da te volim" with Dado Topić (Gala 7) *

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– "Kada sanjamo" (Gala 8) *

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– "Sve još miriše na nju" (Gala 9) *

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– "Sanjao sam noćas da te nemam" (Gala 10) * Bijelo dugme – "Došao sam da ti kažem da odlazim" (Gala 11) * Azra – "Balkan" with the student Vukašin Brajić (Gala 11) *

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– "

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" with the students Vukašin Brajić,

Sonja Bakić Sonja Bakić ( sr-cyr, Соња Бакић; born 22 February 1984 in Sombor, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She reached fame as a contestant in television show ''Operacija trijumf'', which was broadcast in five countr ...

, Danijel Pavlović and Ana Bebić (Gala 11) *

– "

"/" L.A. Woman" with the students

and

(Semifinals, revival)

Present

After the end of the ''Operacija trijumf'', the Emotion Production formed a band named "

", consisting of four participants – Vukašin Brajić, Đorđe Gogov, Nikola Paunović and Nikola Sarić. The band took part in the

, the Serbian national election for the

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. Their song, named "Blagoslov za kraj", was written by E. Owen, S. Vukomanović and E. Botric, and was produced at the

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. The band placed the 2nd, behind

Marko Kon Marko "Mare" Kon ( sr-cyr, Марко Кон; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian recording artist. He was the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 alongside Milan Nikolić (musician), Milan Nikolić, but they did not manage to quali ...

and his song "

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". Sarić has recently recorded a rock ballad "Zaboravi" with

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. The song was written by popular Serbian songwriters Mirko and Snežana Vukomanović. OT Band and the rest of ''Operacija trijumf'' contestants held two sold-out concerts at Belgrade's

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, on April 19 and 20, 2009.Na Uskrs kod OT studenata
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Discography

Albums

* 2009: ''Compilation of the Operacija trijumf contestants''

OT Band singles

* 2009: "Blagoslov za kraj" * 2009: "Strpi se jos malo"

Solo singles

* 2009: "Šta radiš sa njom (Dalje ruke od nje)" feat.

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* 2010: "Dosta " feat. Mari Mari * 2010: "Uhvati dan " feat. Miss Jukebox

References

External links

Nikola Sarić
at the ''Operacija trijumf'' official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Saric, Nikola 1989 births Living people Singers from Belgrade Serbian television personalities Serbian pop singers Serbian tenors 21st-century Serbian male singers English-language singers from Serbia 21st-century Serbian guitarists