
Michael Winslow

Claudia Christian

Craig Fairbrass

Aaron W. Reed

Vincent Regan

Sarah Andersen

Slaviša Čurović

Tijana Čurović

Conchita Wurst

Ema Radujko

James Marsters

Sean Pertwee

Brian Muir

Ruth Connell

Oliver Pocher

Rade Kosmajac

Dule Savić

Zorana Mićanović

Dorian Popa

Davor Badrov

Antonija Čerkez

Lejla Zahirović

David Garrett

Peđa Jovanović

Uroš Živković

William Kircher

Jonathan Linsley

Tolga Safer

Emina Tufo

Bojana Barjaktarević

Nenad Jezdić

Sanja Đorđević

Collapse Band

Sophie and the Giants

Purple Disco Machine

Armin Dedić

Charlotte Link

Nele Neuhaus

Monika Gruber

Rade Lacković

Hakala

Deny

Osman Hadžić

Nikolija

Melissa Naschenweng

Ćana

Dragan Bjelogrlić

Moncrieff

Malik Harris

Maël & Jonas

Sasha

Lion Wasczyk

Gizem Emre

Lana Bastašić

Wanja Mues

Chris Carter

Sam Ryder

Ivana Krunić

Vladimir Aleksić

Anđela Jovanović

Milan Marić

Tamara Krcunović

Stefan Radonjić

Ljubomir Bulajić

Luka Grbić

Nenad Gvozdenović

Miloš Lazarov

Nikola Malbaša

Stanislava Staša Nikolić

Stojan Đorđević

Aleksandar Radojičić

Ivana Nikolić

Aleksandar Meda Jovanović

Marko Todorović

Miloš Petrović Trojpec

Amar Ćorović

Andrej Šepetkovski

Marko Gvero

Amna

Milica Zarić

Mirjana Karanović

Miodrag Miki Krstović

Marko Grabež

Jadranka Selec

Ivan Tomić

Mahrina

Andreana Čekić

Darko Lazić

Relja Popović

Elena

WRS

Senhit

John Cleese

Zaz

Devito

Dženan Lončarević

Wolfgang Ambros

Seiler und Speer

Lola Marsh

Igor Vukojević

Zdravko Čolić

Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović

Helge Schneider

Dragan Marinković Maca

Jala Brat & Buba Corelli

Zabranjeno pušenje

Markus Linder

Klaus Schubert - No Bros

Vincent Bueno

Novak Đoković

Božo Vrećo

Ivan Mihailović

Nevena Vukes

Tijana Pečenčić

Viki Miljković

Katarina Radivojević

Feđa Štukan

Aleksandar Ristoski

Nedim Nezirović

Mladen Lero

Inas

Robert Bijelić

Rialda

Nucci

Ljubomir Bandović

Emir Ćatović

Nela Mihailović

Milutin Milošević

Katarina Marković

Vanja Milačić

Gordana Boban

Mirsad Tuka

Radoslav Milenković

Tea Tairović

Sloba Vasić

Voyage & Breskvica

Đorđe David

Indira Forza

Tijana Dapčević

Džejla Ramović

The Frajle

Šako Polumenta

Sara Jo

Ilma Karahmet

Magla Bend

Divlje Jagode

Ivana Peters

Selma Bajrami

Tijana Bogićević

Sergej Pajić

Aleksandra Mladenović

Emir Đulović

Danijel Alibabić

Ibro Bublin

Sara Milutinović

Alexandra Matrix

Gasttozz

Miloš Brkić

Slađa Allegro

THCF

Minja Subota

Cvija

Dubravka Ostojić

Mladen Vasary

Gordana Gadžić

Hurricane

Alina Eremia

B.U.G. Mafia

3 Sud Est

FIBA 3x3 Champions

Vladimir Furdik

Staz Nair

David Raynolds

Mihai Mărgineanu

Dan Ciotoi

DJ Project

Ami

Ioana Ignat

Damian Drăghici

Răzvan Raț

Ilie Năstase

Mark Stam

Nane

Robert Toma

Buba Corelli

Vlad Gherman

Cristina Ciobănașu

Denis Alibec

Horia Brenciu

Slađa Delibašić

Pavle Dejanić

Maus Maki

Šaban Šaulić

Šerif Konjević

Dušan Kostrešević

Gipsy Kings

Killa Fonic

ADDA

Shift

Connect-R

Bucovina

Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann

Sore

Eddie Lenihan

Teodora

MC Stojan

Vesna Zmijanac

Branko Đurić Đuro

Mirko Plavšić

Katarina Živković

Remi

Magnifico

Niggor

Rasta

Sloba Radanović

Saša Oljača

Amar Gile

Ivan Bekjarev

Adnan Selimović

Ivan Kukolj Kuki

Antonia

Ruby

Alexandra Stan

Boris Šavija

Ljubiša Savanović

Slađana Zrnić

Vedrana Mačković

Miljka Brđanin Babić

Mladen Materić

Nataša Ivančević

Smiljana Marinković

Dominic Carrillo

Feli

The Motans

Steve Cole

What's Up

Loredana

Milan Stanković

Ina Gardijan

Cezar

Irina Rimes

Michael Salinger & Sara Holbrook

Smiley

INNA

Leon

Jašar Ahmedovski

Marko Vanilla

Mira

Tudor Chirilă

Vama

Florin Ristei

Mile Kitić

Milica Todorović

Tanja Savić

Tony Cetinski

Snežana Djurišić

Jana

2CELLOS

Marissa Moss

Randi

Delia

Carla's Dreams

Mircea Cărtărescu

Liviu Varciu

Marija Šerifović

Dado Polumenta

Aco Pejović

Ivana Selakov

DJ Shone

Seka Aleksić

Mustafa Nadarević

Đani

Katarina Grujić

Dubioza Kolektiv

Dragana Mirković

Aca Lukas

Folk House Band

Nataša Bekvalac

Jelena Karleuša

Baba the Storyteller

Tim Flannery

Jelena Helc Vesković

Andrija Kovač

Ranko Goranović

Viktor Savić

Ljuba Perućica

Miloš Vujanović

Aleksandra Prijović

Aca Živanović

Saša Matić

Riblja Čorba

Enis Bešlagić

Stoja

Mitar Mirić

Ljiljana Stjepanović

Dejan Matić

Džej Ramadanovski

Bane Mojićević

Senad Bašić

YU Grupa

Branko Vidaković

Ivan Bosiljčić

Emir Kusturica

Aleksandar Srećković

Rada Manojlović

S.A.R.S.

Sonja Knežević

Kalina Kovačević

Mladen Andrejević

Milan Kalinić

Jelisaveta Seka Sablić

Stevan Piale

Aleksandar Stojković

Milan Dinčić Dinča

Niall De Burca

Petar Božović

Zijah Sokolović

Tribal Band

Stevan Anđelković

Olga Odanović

Tatjana Šojić

Maya Berović

Ljubivoje Ršumović

Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković

Tihomir Stanić

Šeki Turković

Vera Matović

Lapsus Band

Elma Ahmetović

Duško Valentić

Darko Filipović

Lukijan Ivanović

Minka Muftić

Slaven Knezović

Trik FX

Olja Karleuša

Milan Lane Gutović

Dragoslav Ljubov Medojević

Neša Čolić

Jovan Perišić

Franjo Jurčec

Goran Jokić

Bojan Vasković (Lexington Band)

Tamara Dragičević

Dragan Petrović

Nebojša Ilić Cile

Milan Topalković Topalko

Milica Mihajlović

Bojan Krivokapić

Alen Islamović

Nataša Ninković

Željko Stjepanović

Marsha Skrypuch

Svetlana Bojković

Ljiljana Blagojević

Marija Vicković

Sloboda Mićalović

Milica Pavlović

Predrag Ejdus

Branislav Lečić

Enes Begović

Branko Janković

Filip Mitrović
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Michael Winslow
Michael Winslow (born September 6, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and beatboxer, known as The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects for his ability to mimic sounds using only his voice. He is best recognized for playing Larvell Jones in all seven Police Academy films and has also appeared in Spaceballs, Cheech and Chong's Next Movie, and The Love Boat. Born in Spokane, Washington, Winslow grew up on Fairchild Air Force Base. He developed his sound mimicry skills as a child, later performing in clubs before moving to Hollywood. Winslow gained fame after appearing on The Gong Show and was cast in Police Academy after opening for Count Basie. He also voiced sound effects in Spaceballs, starred in The Love Boat, and released a music single, I Am My Own Walkman. His talent earned him a role presenting the Best Sound Effects Editing Oscar in 1986. Beyond acting, he has done stand-up comedy worldwide, voiced video games like Wizard Ops, and starred in commercials for GEICO. He also launched sound-based mobile apps and hosted Way Back Wednesday with Winslow on WGN America. In 2021, Winslow competed on America's Got Talent, reaching the semi-finals. He continues to perform and engage with new audiences, including collaborations with YouTuber videogamedunkey. Source: Wikipedia -
Claudia Christian
Claudia Christian (born August 10, 1965) is an American actress, best known for playing Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5, Captain Maynard on 9-1-1, and voicing Hera in Blood of Zeus and Helga Sinclair in Atlantis: The Lost Empire. She is also the founder of the C Three Foundation, advocating for the Sinclair Method to treat alcohol dependence. Christian started her acting career with TV roles in Dallas, Falcon Crest, and Murder, She Wrote, before gaining fame in Babylon 5 (1994–1998). She later appeared in Highlander: The Series, Freaks and Geeks, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and Castle. Her film credits include The Hidden, Clean and Sober, The Chase, and Half Past Dead. She has voiced characters in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Christian has authored fiction and non-fiction books, including Babylon Confidential, detailing her struggles with addiction. She co-founded Dark Legacies, a sci-fi universe, and produced the documentary One Little Pill about alcohol addiction treatment. She actively promotes the Sinclair Method through her non-profit, C Three Foundation. Source: Wikipedia -
Craig Fairbrass
Craig Fairbrass (born January 15, 1964) is an English actor, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in film, television, and video games. He has appeared in films such as For Queen and Country (1988), Cliffhanger (1993), Rise of the Footsoldier series (2007–present), and Villain (2020). He is also the original voice of Gaz and Ghost in the Call of Duty video game series. Born in Mile End, London, Fairbrass grew up in Stepney. Expelled from school at 15, he joined the National Youth Theatre while working as a roofer and nightclub doorman. He later saved enough money to open a sandwich shop before securing more acting roles. Fairbrass began his TV career with small roles in Emmerdale, Three Up Two Down, and Shelley, before making his full debut in the BBC series Big Deal (1984). He gained recognition in London’s Burning (1990) and as Detective Inspector Frank Burkin in Prime Suspect (1991–1992). In 1993, he secured his first Hollywood role in Cliffhanger with Sylvester Stallone, leading to roles in Beyond Bedlam (1994), Galaxis (1995), and Killing Time (1998). He played Dan Sullivan in EastEnders (1999–2001) and starred in The Great Dome Robbery (2002). Fairbrass appeared in The Long Weekend (2005), White Noise 2 (2007), and Stargate SG-1 before starring as real-life gangster Pat Tate in Rise of the Footsoldier (2007), a role he reprised in multiple sequels. He also starred in The Bank Job (2008), St. George’s Day (2012), Breakdown (2014), and London Heist (2015), winning Best Actor at the Marbella International Film Festival. In recent years, he continued with Rise of the Footsoldier films, winning Best Actor at the 2018 National Film Awards. He starred in Villain (2020), Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021), One Piece (2024) and A Violent Man (2022). Source: Wikipedia -
Aaron W. Reed
Aaron W. Reed was born on September 12, 1981. He is an actor, known for Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Free Guy (2021) and Jane the Virgin (2014). The over 2m tall bodybuilder has also published several books on lifestyle, nutrition and training. In “Free Guy”, he played Ryan Reynolds’ body double and had a spectacular fight with him on the beach. Aaron was most recently seen in Deadpool & Wolverine as Juggernaut. Source: Vienna Comic Con -
Vincent Regan
Vincent Regan (born May 16, 1965) is a Welsh film and television actor known for his roles in historical and action dramas. Regan was born in Swansea, Wales, and attended Nicholas Breakspear School in St Albans and St Joseph's College in Ipswich before studying acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. He made his TV debut in London’s Burning (1992) and appeared in A Touch of Frost the same year. Regan has performed in over 15 stage productions, including playing Achilles in Troilus and Cressida at the Edinburgh International Festival. Regan gained recognition for his performances in historical epics such as Troy (2004), where he played Eudorus, 300 (2006) as the Captain, and Clash of the Titans (2010) as King Cepheus. He also starred as Marc Antony in the 2005 miniseries Empire. In 2012, he co-founded the East Riding Theatre in Beverley, East Yorkshire, alongside Judi Dench and other actors. That year, he also appeared in Outside Bet and Lockout. Beyond acting, Regan is a screenwriter and director, developing projects through his film company. He wrote Come Like Shadows, a modern adaptation of Macbeth starring Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton, directed by John Maybury. His TV roles include guest appearances in New Tricks (2013), The Musketeers (2014), and Atlantis (2014). He also played King Simon in The Royals and, in 2023, portrayed Vice Admiral Garp in Netflix’s One Piece. Source: Wikipedia -
Sarah Andersen
Sarah C. Andersen (born June 15, 1992) is an American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for the webcomics Sarah's Scribbles and Fangs. Based in Portland, Oregon, she has collaborated with artists and writers like Andy Weir and has been a vocal critic of generative AI and text-to-image models. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Andersen spent parts of her childhood in Denmark and Germany. She began publishing Sarah's Scribbles on Tumblr in 2013 while studying at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). After graduating in 2014, she pursued the webcomic full-time. Originally named Doodle Time, the comic was later renamed for syndication. In 2016, Andersen released her first print collection, Adulthood is a Myth, followed by additional Sarah’s Scribbles volumes, including Big Mushy Happy Lump, Herding Cats, Oddball, and Adulthood Is a Gift!. The series received praise for its humorous and relatable take on adulthood. In 2019, she collaborated with novelist Andy Weir on Cheshire Crossing, a graphic novel featuring characters from classic children's literature. That same year, she launched the supernatural romance webcomic Fangs on Tapas, which was later published as a book in 2020, becoming a Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestseller. Andersen has also participated in public art projects, including a mural in Mexico City in 2020, which was vandalized shortly after completion. In 2022, she published Cryptid Club, which was nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2023. Andersen has been outspoken against AI-generated art. In 2022, she wrote a New York Times guest essay discussing the negative impact of AI tools like Stable Diffusion on artists. In 2023, she became a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt. However, most of the case was dismissed, with the court requesting more details on the claims. Source: Wikipedia -
Slaviša Čurović
Slaviša Čurović (born February 13, 1977, in Bijelo Polje) is a Montenegrin and Serbian film and theater actor. He is an active member of the Montenegrin National Theater, where he has performed in numerous plays. From 2002 to 2006, he served as the artistic director of Nikšić Theater. He graduated in 1998 from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje, studying under Professor Minja Dedić. He participated in the co-production Petit Petit at the Gare Theater in Paris and wrote the screenplay for the film Greška. Beyond his acting career, Čurović has been politically active in Montenegro. He identifies as Serbian by nationality and hosted the final rally of the Bloc for a Common State on May 16, 2006, ahead of Montenegro’s independence referendum. He was a member of the Presidency and Main Board of the People's Party. Before the 2012 parliamentary elections, he publicly supported the Democratic Front and was elected as a councilor in the Podgorica City Assembly. In March 2015, he left the Democratic Front alongside Miodrag Lekić and co-founded the Democratic Alliance, later becoming a member of its Main Board. He left party politics in June 2018, as his councilor mandate ended, following political disagreements with Lekić. Source: Wikipedia -
Tijana Čurović
Tijana Čurović was born on February 12, 1980, in Belgrade. After finishing the XIV Belgrade Gymnasium, she enrolled at the Faculty of Law but simultaneously began her acting career at the youth theater DADOV. Encouraged by her peers, she applied to the Faculty of Dramatic Arts but did not pass the entrance exam, which motivated her to persist in acting. In 2000, she enrolled at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, where she graduated in 2004. During her studies, she landed the lead role in the TV series Stižu dolari and the same year performed in the cult play Hadersfild, which won numerous awards. She collaborated with major theaters and had successful tours worldwide. She also wrote and directed children's plays, led acting schools, and served as a jury member for various competitions. Since 2007, she has been a member of the Association of Dramatic Artists of Serbia. She has appeared in commercials since childhood and worked in dubbing. She hosted the TV shows Domaćine, oženi se and Trenutak iz sna. Source: Wikipedia -
Conchita Wurst
Thomas Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988) is an Austrian singer, actor, fashion designer, human rights activist, and drag queen known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst (or simply Conchita). After winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, he came to international attention as Austria's entrant with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix". Neuwirth has stated that he is not a trans woman. He is gay and has also described himself as a drag queen. Born in Gmunden, Neuwirth moved to Graz to do his matura exam focusing on fashion, before embarking on a singing career through the 2007 casting show Starmania. He subsequently became a founding member of Jetzt Anders!, a short-lived boy band. In 2011, Neuwirth began appearing as Conchita - a female character noted for her beard - and came second in the Austrian pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Two years later, Neuwirth was selected to represent Austria as Conchita at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Conchita's performance received the most points and resulted in her winning the contest. It brought international attention to Conchita and established Neuwirth as a gay icon, resulting in invitations to perform at various pride parades, the European Parliament, and the United Nations Office in Vienna. As of 2025, Conichta Wurst remains one of the most famous and influential figures in Austria with numerous songs and shows held worldwide. Source: Wikipedia -
Ema Radujko
Ema Radujko (born in 2004) is a Bosnian TikTok star known for dance videos. She has earned more than 650,000 followers on her account. She often uploads fitness content and makes videos with friends. She has since begun to release her original music. She lived in Croatia. In May 2022, she saw one of her TikTok dance/lip-sync videos earn over 590,000 views in less than a day. Many of her videos on the platform have view counts in the millions. The music video for her song "TOP" earned over 1 million views on YouTube in its first two weeks. Ema's most popular songs include Polu Zena Polu Macka, Tetoviran, Da Boli, etc. Source: famousbirthdays.com -
James Marsters
James Wesley Marsters (born August 20, 1962) is an American actor, musician, singer, comic book writer, and audiobook narrator. He is sometimes credited in various anime series and video games as David Gray and Sam Majesters in the series Dragon Ball Super and the video game Dragon Ball FighterZ respectively. He is best known for his role as the British punk vampire Spike in The WB series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off, Angel. Since then, he has played the alien supervillain Brainiac along with Professor Milton Fine and Brainiac 5 on the Superman-inspired series Smallville, Captain John Hart on Torchwood and terrorist Barnabas Greeley in Syfy's Caprica. He appeared in a supporting role in the film P.S. I Love You, as Victor Hesse in the 2010 reboot of Hawaii Five-0, and Victor Stein in the Marvel series Runaways. He is also the voice of Zamasu along with Future Zamasu for the Funimation dub of the Dragon Ball franchise. He starred in the critically acclaimed two-part indie film A Bread Factory by director Patrick Wang. He also voiced the roles of Lex Luthor in the film Superman: Doomsday and the video game DC Universe Online, Sergei in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, Mister Fantastic in The Super Hero Squad Show, Korvac in Ultimate Spider-Man, Captain Faro Argyus in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Louis 'Match' Morris in Real Heroes: Firefighter, Nosferatu in DuckTales and Various voices in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Source: Wikipedia -
Sean Pertwee
Sean Carl Roland Pertwee (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator, and producer with an extensive career since the 1980s in television and cinema productions. Pertwee is known for the role of Sgt. Wells in the film Dog Soldiers, W.F. "Smitty" Smith in Event Horizon, Inspector Lestrade in CBS's Elementary, and Alfred Pennyworth in Fox's Gotham. He is also the narrator of MasterChef: The Professionals and Zero Hour. Source: Wikipedia -
Brian Muir
Brian Muir (born 15 April 1952) is a British sculptor who most famously created Darth Vader's helmet and armor using Ralph McQuarrie's design. He was also responsible for sculpting the stormtrooper armour in Star Wars (the helmet was sculpted by Liz Moore) and the heads for the Death Star Droid, CZ3, and some finishing work on the C-3PO full suit. Apart from Star Wars, he worked on over 70 other movies, including Alien (for which he co-created the Space Jockey), Harry Potter, and Raiders of the Lost Ark (for which he worked on the Ark of the Covenant prop). Source: Wikipedia -
Ruth Connell
Ruth Connell (born 20 April 1979) is a Scottish actress and producer. She is also a former professional dancer and choreographer. Connell is known for her recurring role as Rowena in the CW series Supernatural (2014-2020). She was nominated as "Best Leading Actress" in the 2013 Broadway World Los Angeles Awards for her portrayal of Mrs Darling and Captain Hook at the Blank Theatre, Los Angeles in their award-winning production of Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers. Currently, she is starring in the Netflix show Dead Boy Detectives. Source: Wikipedia -
Oliver Pocher
Oliver Pocher (born 18 February 1978) is a German comedian, entertainer, television personality and host. Pocher is the son of Gerhard and Jutta Pocher; he was born and grew up in Hanover, West Germany. His parents are Jehovah's Witnesses and he too was raised as one. In 2007, Pocher stated that, unlike his parents, he had no contact with the organization anymore as he claimed: "not to have agreed with their rules". Reports that Pocher had attended a Waldorf school were denied by his management. Pocher successfully completed his training as an insurance broker at "Signal Iduna Bauspar AG". During the time of his apprenticeship, he had some part-time jobs at various radio stations and as a DJ in clubs and during family celebrations. He also appeared in the comedian group Holla-Bolla and as an entertainer at Birte Karalus, a German chat show. After his apprenticeship, he worked for the Swiss life insurance company "Schweizerische Lebensversicherungs- und Rentenanstalt" (today: SwissLife) and the "HDI Lebensversicherung AG" (HDI life insurance). Pocher is famous for his humor, as well as the various scandals involving artists like Mariah Carrey, Sarah Connor, and others. Source: Wikipedia -
Rade Kosmajac
Rade Petrović, poznatiji kao Rade Kosmajac je srpski pevač narodne muzike, koji se proslavio 2004. godine nakon što je objavio prvi muzički album Lutam, na kom se nalazio veliki hit Možda smo i mi. Njegovi roditelji su poznati jugoslovenski pevači narodne muzike Mladen Petrović Kosmajac i Milena Petrović. Nadimak je dobio jer je njegova porodica poreklom sa Kosmaja. Sa Šaranom Alegrom obradio je pesme poznatih izvođača u projektu Soba za plakanje, te je tako mlađim generacijama približio pesme Rado moja bela Radeta Uroševića, i Sve ću dati, kuću, konje Šabana Šaulića (pesma se u originalu zove Ta je žena koju volim). Pre objavljivljanja prvog albuma pevao je prateće vokale na albumima Indire Radić, Elme Sinanović, Nina Rešića, Merime Njegomir, Đanija, Selme Bajrami, Rikija Biševca i Marine Živković. Source: Wikipedia Prikaži više 819 / 5.000 Rade Petrović, better known as Rade Kosmajac, is a Serbian folk singer, who became famous in 2004 after releasing his first music album Lutam, which included the big hit Maybe We Are. His parents are famous Yugoslav folk singers Mladen Petrović Kosmajac and Milena Petrović. He got the nickname because his family is originally from Kosmaj. Together with Šaran Alegro, he covered the songs of famous artists in the Soba za plakanje project, and thus brought Radet Urošević's Rado moja bela and Šaban Šaulić's songs Rado moja bela and Saban Šaulić's songs Rado moja bela to the younger generations (the original song is called That is the woman I love). Before the release of the first album, he sang backing vocals on the albums of Indira Radić, Elma Sinanović, Nino Rešić, Merima Njegomir, Đanija, Selma Bajrami, Riki Biševac and Marina Živković. Source: Wikipedia -
Dule Savić
Dušan "Dule" Savić (born 1 June 1955) is a Serbian former footballer. Savić started playing football in the local side Jedinstvo Ub in his hometown. He arrived for a tryout at Red Star's Marakana Stadium on 21 March 1972, and was promptly included in the club's youth system. Two years later in 1974, he became a first team player. He quickly grew into a feared striker and a fan favorite. At still only 19, he made his national team debut for Yugoslavia. He ended up playing more than 400 official matches for Red Star Belgrade. After leaving Red Star halfway through the 1982-83 season, Savić had a six-month stint in La Liga with Sporting de Gijón where he was brought by countryman Vujadin Boškov who was the head coach at the Asturian club. Savić then spent six seasons in French Ligue 1: two with Lille OSC, and four with AS Cannes. Savić is married to TV journalist Marina Rajević who hosted a popular one-on-one talk-show Dok anđeli spavaju on RTS' third channel and later on BKTV. They have two sons: Uroš and Vujadin. Vujadin plays for APOEL FC and a daughter named Teodora. There are names and movies named after him, which makes him the greatest Red Star legend. Source: Wikipedia -
Zorana Mićanović
Zorana Mićanović (Šabac, April 17, 2005) is a Serbian singer. She stood out by participating in the fourteenth season of the Zvezde Granda singing competition. Her first song Sikter, written for her by Aleksandar Milić, was a great success. Her covers of old folk songs for OTV Valentino are popular. Her most famous songs are: Sikter, Ponoc, Promenada, Crna Mačka, Glumica, Namerno, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Dorian Popa
Dorian Popa (born August 7, 1988, Constanța, Romania) is a Romanian vlogger, composer, dancer, singer, and actor. He became known in 2011, with his appearance in the series Bet with his life alongside his colleagues from Lala Band, where he played Andrei Anghel, series that received the award for "best debut" at the VIP Awards Gala. He is a master student of the Faculty of Public Relations in Marketing at A.S.E. He won the "Successful Man of the Year 2014" award at the Celebrity Awards.[8] In 2015, he appeared in the reality show "I'm famous, get me out of here!", broadcast by PRO TV. In 2019, he played the role of Mario in the famous series Sacrificiul from Antena 1 directed by Ruxandra Ion. He appeared on the covers of TV Mania, TV Satelit, Men's Health, and Bravo magazines. In 2015, he was involved in a road accident, but was not injured and voiced the character Sohone in Mune: Guardian of the Moon. He currently performs several concerts around the country and is a vlogger on his YouTube channel. In January 2021, he announced that he would add to his name the nickname that consecrated him: Hatz. He is part of the jury of the Next Star talent contest from Antena 1, together with Loredana Groza and Ștefan Bănică. Source: Wikipedia -
Davor Badrov
Davor Badrov (born 21 September 1992) is a Bosnian singer whose musical career started in 2007, when he was 15 years old. Davor Badrov was born 21 September 1992 in the small town of Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. His father's name is Zoran Badrov, a Bosnian Croat, who is also his manager. His first album, Prva ljubav (First Love), was released when he was a teenager in 2007 and had hit songs such as "Zbogom za kraj" (A Farewell in the End), "Helena", "Daj mi grlice" (Give it to Me, Turtledove) and "Bižuterija" (Imitation.) Badrov's second album, Jedina (Only Girl), was released on his seventeenth birthday in September 2009 and was his big breakthrough with hit songs "Momačka" (Bachelor), "Miriše" (Everything Smells of You) "Najdraža" (Dearest Girl), "Nisi bila iskrena" (You Weren't Honest) and the title track. His third album, Ja baraba, sve joj džaba (I'm a Bastard, Everything's Free for Her, 2010), produced four hit songs; "Ne brini oče" (Do Not Worry, Father), "Apaurin" (Diazepam), "Svanut će zore" (Dawns Will Rise) and the title track. Source: Wikipedia -
Antonija Čerkez
Antonija Čerkez was born in 1996 in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since she appeared on Grand's stage, Antonija won the public's sympathy with her appearance, and after unexpectedly leaving the competition, she returned this season to continue where she left off and give a new chance to the realization of her musical dreams. Although the audience met her in the most watched talent show in the region, the musical story of the competitor from Široki Brijeg began in her early childhood, and she had her first performance at the age of fifteen. About her participation in Zvezde Granda, she said, "I signed up for the "Zvezde Granda" competition quite by accident. Otherwise, I'm quite spontaneous. The fact that my parents have been watching the show constantly for years contributed the most to that decision. I wanted them to watch me on TV in like all the other candidates in the hope of making them proud". Source: Grand -
Lejla Zahirović
Lejla Zahirovic is a pop singer who first gained attention in 2018 when she was a contestant on the singing competition show Zvezde Granda. She was born on the 29th of May, 1998 in Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before fame, she studied the piano and violin in school. She began singing lessons when she was 6. Lejla's most famous songs are Mili, 5 Minuta, Gori, Tuge mi dovoljno, and many more. Source: Famous Birthdays -
David Garrett
David Christian Bongartz (born 4 September 1980), known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist. When Garrett was four years old his father purchased a violin for his older brother. The young Garrett took an interest and soon learned to play. A year later, he participated in a competition and won first prize. By the age of seven, he studied violin at the Lübeck Conservatoire. When he was nine years old, he debuted at the Festival Kissinger Sommer. By the age of 12, Garrett began working with the distinguished Polish violinist Ida Haendel, often traveling to London and other European cities to meet her. After leaving home at 17, he enrolled at the Royal College of Music in London, leaving after the first semester. On being asked in an interview in 2008 if he was expelled, Garrett responded: "Well, expelled wasn't the official term… It was mutually agreed that and the RCM were going separate ways after the first semester. I did skip some lessons – but I also broke in to do extra practice, so that didn't help!" In 1999, he moved to New York to attend the Juilliard School, in 2003 winning the School's Composition Competition with a fugue composed in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach. While at Juilliard he studied under Itzhak Perlman, one of the first people to do so, and graduated in 2004. Garrett attended the Keshet Eilon Masterclasses in Israel in the summers of 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2002. Source: Wikipedia -
Peđa Jovanović
Predrag Peđa Jovanović (born 14 April 1950, Kruševac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian musician and entertainer. He is known as a former frontman of the Yugoslav group D' Boys by his stage alias Peđa D' Boy, and previously as a vocalist for the German rock band Jane. Son of a mother, Mila Matić, who was a singer, Jovanović was a vocalist of the group Lutalice during the 1960s. In 1967 he had a cameo appearance in the famous Yugoslav Black Wave film Kad budem mrtav i beo by the acclaimed director Živojin Pavlović. In the famous singing contest scene he is introduced as "Predrag Jovanović, young hippie from Kruševac" before proceeding to sing "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees. Jovanović moved to France where he played various clubs as well as in metro stations. Much like other hippies of the period, he also visited Goa in India where he performed with rock and jazz musicians from all around the world. Being good at fashion design and tailoring, in the mid-1970s he opened a clothing store on Ibiza, where in 1980 he met the members of the West German rock group Jane. He became their rhythm guitarist and vocalist, participating in the recording of their 10th album. In the early 1980s, he returned to SFR Yugoslavia, trying to establish himself on the then vibrant Yugoslav pop and rock scene. He played a session gig at the exhibition of the prominent Yugoslav comic book artist Igor Kordej, together with another musician, Miško Mihajlovski, with whom he formed the group D' Boys in 1982, nicknaming himself Peđa D'Boy. D' Boys became popular all around former Yugoslavia for their humorous style and partying image, and especially for its synthpop hit "Jugoslovenka" (Yugoslav girl), although they were often mocked by the media for their trivial lyrics. The group released two albums, Ajd' se zezamo and Muvanje. After few years, Miško Mihajlovski left the band and started performing as Miško D' Boys, while the rest of the group led by Peđa D' Boy changed its name to Peđa D' Boy Band and released their album Avantura in 1985. Later, Peđa started a solo career and represented SFR Yugoslavia at the Song of the Mediterranean festival in Palermo, where he got the second prize. He also took part in YU Rock Misija, the Yugoslav contribution to Band Aid. After releasing his album Laku ti noć mala produced by Kornelije Kovač, Peđa left the country in 1987. He appeared once more in 1992 on a retro-concert of ex-Yugoslav pop and rock music in Belgrade. In 1997, in London, he recorded a new material, produced by Mark Evans, including a remix of the D'Boys best known hit "Jugoslovenka". He resides in Belgrade where he still performs. In May 2007, he took part in Veliki Brat VIP, local version of the celebrity Big Brother reality show, featuring popular personalities from Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro. Source: Wikipedia -
Uroš Živković
Sve popularnija mlada Zvezda Granda Uroš Živković rođen je 1999. godine u Beogradu. Sa samo osam godina Uroš je počeo da trenira fudbal uz starijeg brata Miloša, međutim bilo je jasno da je Uroš izuzetno talentovan za pevanje. Odrastao je uz muziku svojih muzičkih uzora Šabana Šaulića i Ljube Aličića, a što se tiče pop žanra istakao je da mu je omiljena domaća grupa Amadeus Bend. Sa svojih 16 godina prijavio se za desetu sezonu takmičenja Zvezde Granda, gde je uspeo da uđe u super – finale koje se održalo u Sarajevu. Nije uspeo da osvoji prvo mesto, koje je pripalo njegovom drugaru Ibri Bublinu, mada je Uroš bio favorit do samog kraja takmičenja. Tokom takmičenja najviše lepih komentara dobijao je od Šabana Šaulića i Dragana Stojkovića Bosanca za kojeg važi da je veoma strog i da ga retko koji izvođač oduševi. Iako nije uspeo da pobedi u takmičenju, nakon istog on se posvetio svojoj karijeri koja je i te kako u usponu. Počeo je da zakazuje nastupe u Srbiji i regionu, ali i u diskotekama širom Evrope. Source: kudaveceras.rs -
William Kircher
William Kircher (born 23 May 1958) is a New Zealand actor. William Kircher first came to prominence in New Zealand television in the police drama series Shark in the Park. His most famous role was in film adaptations of The Hobbit as the dwarf Bifur. Kircher is married to Nicole Chesterman Kircher and they have four daughters. Kircher lied about his age when applying to Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School, so he was only 18 when he graduated two years later. He graduated with a Diploma in Acting in 1976. In the late 1990s, Kircher shifted his focus away from acting toward production, singing, and executive management. In 2003, he went into partnership to form ScreenAdventures, a movie company. He returned to acting in 2006 in the film Out of the Blue which was based on the true story of the Aramoana massacre. Kircher appeared in the film adaptations of The Hobbit as the dwarf Bifur. In 2018 he directed Steven Dietz's play Trust in North Hollywood with Zachary Cowan, Caroline Henry, Elizabeth Izzo, Paul McGee, Caroline Simone O’Brien and Heidi Rhodes. Source: Wikipedia -
Jonathan Linsley
Jonathan Linsley (born 17 January 1956) is an English actor who made his professional debut in 1980. He appeared on television in Last of the Summer Wine as "Crusher" Milburn (1984–87), and his film roles include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, as Ogilvey aboard the ship Flying Dutchman (2006–07). Linsley's father was from Ramsgate, Kent, and his mother from Cockfield, County Durham; they met during the Second World War when his father was stationed with the tank regiment at Barnard Castle. Linsley was born at Bradford, and raised at Halesowen, near Birmingham, from the age of three, when his father's work dictated relocation, then at Tamworth, Staffordshire. When his father retired from industry, he bought a shop in the town of Skipton, North Yorkshire. Here Linsley attended Ermysted's Grammar School, during which time he joined the National Youth Theatre, then, despite an interest in working as an actor (encouraged by Only Fools and Horses actor Kenneth MacDonald, who directed Linsley in a play), he was persuaded by his parents to attend university; he initially read English and American Studies at the University of Warwick, but changed courses after the first year, to Theatre Studies. He was then awarded one of two available bursaries, enabling him to undertake a one-year post-graduate course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After completing his studies he entered repertory theatre at Ipswich, before getting his first television work in advertisements. He won the role of "Crusher" Milburn in the 1985 Last of the Summer Wine stage play, which went on a short commercial tour including the Beck Theatre at Hayes, Hillingdon, Cardiff, and Eastbourne. In 1984, played a chef in a sitcom called The Hello Good-bye Man on BBC with Ian Lavender. The show lasted for only one series. Shortly after this, Linsley took the role of large and strong, but dim-witted, "Crusher" Milburn in Last of the Summer Wine. He appeared in this role until 1987 when he elected to go on a diet. In 1989, Linsley starred as Chunky Livesey in the second and final series of the spin-off prequel First of the Summer Wine, to replace Anthony Keetch who starred as the character in the first series in 1988. Linsley also appeared as a leading character in the TV shows Emmerdale (Albert Mistlethwaite), Casualty (DC Newby), The Bill (Dennis Weaver) and The Governor (Bert Threlfall) and as a leading guest actor in many other TV shows and made-for-TV films. He has also made over 50 TV commercials. His West End career includes the comedy Up'n'Under, Roald Dahl's Matilda, Its Ralph and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He appeared in rep in many cities around Britain, and wrote for and appeared in pantomimes with various other actors. Source: Wikipedia -
Tolga Safer
Tolga Safer (born 26 June 1982) is a British actor who is known for playing Igor Karkaroff's Aide in the movie version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Safer was born in London, to Turkish Cypriot parents. He started acting at the age of 7 in school plays and attended classes at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Safer has appeared in various TV commercials for Pepsi and Korres, and The Red Cross, (Directed by Peter Webber). He has appeared in several TV episodes of BBC's Casualty and Doctors. His first main role was in the film Culture Menace which was a British independent movie before working on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in a role created especially for him. Other notable film credits include Sugarhouse alongside Andy Serkis and Ashley Walters and Shoot on Sight. In 2017, Safer appeared alongside Dylan O'Brien in CBS Films' thriller American Assassin. Safer also has a notable role in Vikings: Valhalla where he plays Kurya in 2023. At the Arcola Theatre, Safer performed in the controversial play 'Bintou' and then on 'Venezuela'. As well as the Arcola Theatre, Tolga Safer has also performed in plays such as Prayer Room at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. and appeared at The Royal National Theatre. Source: Wikipedia -
Emina Tufo
Emina Tufo is a pop and folk singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina who gained recognition by participating in the music competitions "Zvezde moješ biti ti" and "Zvezde Granda". She was born on February 12, 1995 in Suhodol near Donji Vakuf. He lives and works in Sarajevo. Although she started singing very early in the "Princess Krofne" children's choir from Sarajevo, the general public got to know her in 2011 during the participation in the music competition "You can be a star" broadcast by "Hayat" Television. She managed to make it to the finals, and after that she recorded her first single called "Slatka bol". She applied to participate in the ninth season of the regional music competition "Zvezde Granda", and managed to make it to the sixth round without any problems. However, she then informed her fans that she was leaving the competition for personal reasons, and that she had not signed a contract with the "Grand" Production House. During 2015, she recorded two singles - "Srna i kobra" and "Prašina", and the following year she promoted the songs "Slatka moja nevero" and "Moja vodilja". After a two-year study break, which she filled with numerous performances in the country and abroad, Emina recorded the song "Zadnji gagrljaj" and the duet with Armin Čohodar "Shut me up". After that, she promoted the single "Boli ljubav", and in February 2020, she treated her fans to the ballad "Roman", for which she also recorded an interesting video. This song is one of her most listened to on the YouTube platform. On his official "You Tube" channel, he regularly publishes covers of her colleagues' songs, as well as his own songs. Source: biografija.org -
Bojana Barjaktarević
Bojana Barjaktarević (13.07.1977) is a Serbian singer who comes from Paraćin. She used to be the singer of the famous folk group "Bon Ami", but she says that the reason for giving up and the reason why she never made a big name in the world of singing is that she put herself last. You all knew Bojan's big hit, and now he's back on stage! Bojana Barjaktarević became famous in 2004 with an unsurpassed hit, and she is active on the stage again. The former singer of the group "Bon Ami" sang the song "Magla", which was a big hit. The folk singer, who is known in pop circles for her angelic voice, is returning to the big music scene after a multi-year break. As a young woman, she did not want to do music at all, but to finish the Faculty of Chemistry, but friends and relatives managed to persuade her to sing. By participating in the show, she wants to return to music, and her son and daughter, who are also gifted in music, are a great support. Source: Zvezde Granda -
Nenad Jezdić
Nenad Jezdić (Valjevo, July 12, 1972) is a Serbian actor. He completed primary and secondary school in his hometown. He enrolled in acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and graduated within the deadline in the class of Professor Predrag Bajčetić. He is an active member of Atelje 212, where he played a large number of shows. He has been awarded many times for his roles in plays and films, one of the most significant awards being Zoran Radmilović for the best acting achievement in 2005. In addition to acting, he also produces brandy from fruit he grows himself. He won three gold medals in 2012 at the 79th Agricultural Fair in Novi Sad. Nenad is one of the most famous actors in Serbia at the moment with number of notable roles, such as in series Bela ladja, Mamini sinovi, Kamiondžije, Porodično blago, Crni Gruja 2, Stižu dolari, Ranjeni orao, etc. Source: Wikipedia -
Sanja Đorđević
Sanja Đorđević (Pljevlja, October 17, 1969) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav turbo-folk and pop-folk singer. Her hit songs are Crveni lak (2005), Mutivoda (1999), Svetlo crveno (2008) and Sweet Lamb (1998), Poruci pesmu sa imenom mojim, and many more. She was born on October 17, 1969 in Pljevlja (SR of Montenegro, SFRY). She grew up in Sarajevo (SR BiH, SFRY). She studied singing and enrolled in law school. Her first album, Ko je ta, was released by Diskoton in 1987. She gained more popularity in 2003, when she recorded the eponymous album Sanja. After the release of the album You will cry on my side of the bed in 2004, there was a four-year break until the new album — Svetlo crveno. Then she took a break again, which negatively affected her popularity. She is married to former football player Željezničar from Sarajevo, Petar Perica Đorđević; they have a daughter, Ivana. Source: Wikipedia -
Collapse Band
Collapse Band is a pop-folk group from Bosnia and Herzegovina that was formed in 2018. That year Vahid Osmanović (bass guitar) founded the group. In the beginning, together with Elmir Hodžić (singer), he started recording covers and gaining the sympathy of the audience. As they grew and became known among the wider audience, they were joined by Rusmir Tahirović (keyboards) and Mirza Ibrahimović (drums). The first single will be released in 2020 under the name Bestie. In the same year, the second single Šeherzado was also released, which was also the first collaboration with Banet Obacic. After that single, other hits began to follow, such as Svjetla Beograda, After Party, Oglasi, and the first collaboration with Dejan Kostić called Woman of Trouble, Fališ Prokleto, then Bane again made a ballad that won the hearts of the audience called Neprežaljena. After that comes the song Moje Sunce, which is listened to by all generations, the last song is Djevojačko Vece. They also have the song Dan u Nedelji in their cover. Source: Wikipedia -
Sophie and the Giants
Sophie and the Giants, also abbreviated as SATG, is an English music artist founded in Sheffield in 2015. The group was founded by singer Sophie Scott: at first, the only goal of the band was just to practise music with the help of amateur musician friends, but in the spring of 2017 Scott decided to involve drummer Chris Hill, bassist Bailey Stapledon and guitarist Toby Holmes, who were three fellow students at the Guildford Music College at the time, to "take this more seriously and be like a proper band". They later moved to Sheffield, where they started playing at gigs, mixing cover versions of Supertramp and Chris Isaak with original songs. April 2018 saw the release of their first single, Monsters, followed by the Adolescence EP in October, which included the songs Bulldog, Space Girl and Waste My Air. SATG started 2019 by playing for BBC Radio Sheffield on 12 January; on 15 March, they released the new single The Light, which was chosen by Codemasters for the trailer of the then-forthcoming racing game Grid. The song was also used by Vodafone for advertising in Germany. In early June, Antonia Pooles replaced Stapledon. Later that summer, the band played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals and at Glastonbury Festival. A new single, Break the Silence, was released in August, followed by Runaway in November, and in December SATG played again for BBC Radio Sheffield, this time live from Maida Vale Studios. In early 2020, SATG worked with German DJ Purple Disco Machine on the song Hypnotized, which was released on 8 April, and the sound of which was heavily inspired by the italo disco music genre. Hypnotized was very successful across Europe where it was awarded three platinum records; it was followed by the new single Right Now, released in February 2021. Sophie and the Giants collaborated with Italian singer Michele Bravi on the song "Falene" with Sophie singing in Italian. The song was released on 18 June by Universal Music. In 2022 Sophie became a solo artist and completed a EU tour with DJ Dan Fraser. SATG then went on to release We Own The Night as a solo artist, followed by DNA ft. MEARSY and Paradise ft. Purple Disco Machine. Source: Wikipedia -
Purple Disco Machine
Tino Piontek (born 12 February 1980), also known as Tino Schmidt and best known by the stage name Purple Disco Machine, is a German disco and house music producer and DJ. Tino grew up in East Germany until 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down and both parts of Germany subsequently reunited. In 1996, he started producing with the program Cubase and some synthesizers; at the same time he discovered house music on the Dresden nightlife scene. He became active as a DJ himself and in 2012 his first productions appeared. From then on, international DJ performances began and in 2017 his debut album was released on the label Sony Music Entertainment. He celebrated his greatest success so far in August 2020 with the song "Hypnotized", which he recorded for the vocals together with Sophie and the Giants, which peaked at number two on the Italian singles chart, receiving double platinum certification. In the same year he produced official remixes of Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now", Kylie Minogue's "Magic" and Lady Gaga's "Rain on Me". He has his own SiriusXM show on Studio 54 on Fridays called "Purple Disco Tales". In 2023, he won a Grammy award under the category of Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for his remix of Lizzo's "About Damn Time". Piontek lives in Dresden with his wife and two children. Source: Wikipedia -
Armin Dedić
Armin Dedić was born on October 13, 1996. in Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Even as a child, Armin showed a great desire for music, so much so that his parents could not separate him from the guitar. As a child, he showed no interest in music school, but instead enrolled in high school for programming. As the years passed, his love for music grew more and more, even though he is a programmer by profession, he wanted to sing and create a good atmosphere. After finishing high school, he was supposed to take the entrance exam for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Tuzla, but the dates of the entrance exam at the university and the audition for Zvezde Granda coincided on the same day. Armin chose to audition for the competition, where he passed. Armin believes that this is the smartest decision in his life. After a successful season in the Grand star competition, where Armin received great comments from the jury during the competition, he released several songs, some of which became big hits. Source: kudaveceras.rs -
Charlotte Link
Charlotte Link (born 5 October 1963) is a German writer. She is among the most successful contemporary authors writing in German. Charlotte Link is the daughter of well-known German writer and journalist Almuth Link. She wrote her first work, Die schöne Helena, when she was just 16 years old and published it at the age of 19. She is known as much for novels about contemporary life as for psychological detective novels in the English manner. Her books Sturmzeit, Wilde Lupinen, and Die Stunde der Erben form a trilogy. These, among others, have been filmed for TV series for the German television station ZDF. Her novel Am Ende des Schweigens was nominated in 2004 for the fiction category of the Deutsche Bücherpreis (German Book Prize), while her book Die Rosenzüchterin, published in 2000, remained for several weeks at the top of the Spiegel bestseller list. In 2007, Link was awarded the Goldene Feder (Golden Feather) for her literary achievements. Source: Wikipedia -
Nele Neuhaus
Cornelia “Nele” Neuhaus (June 20, 1967 as Cornelia Löwenberg in Münster) is a German writer. She became known for her crime novels about the investigators von Bodenstein and Kirchhoff, which are set in the Taunus region. In 2005, Neuhaus published her first book, the thriller Unter Haien, which tells the story of a German investment banker in New York City, on her own account in one of the self-publishing platforms of the Monsenstein and Vannerdat publishing group. Good reviews and positive reader reactions prompted her to write a second book. The crime novel An Unpopular Woman was self-published again. Mordsfreunde, the second crime thriller with the investigative duo Oliver von Bodenstein and Pia Kirchhoff, brought Neuhaus to the attention of Berlin's Ullstein Verlag. She has been under contract with Ullstein since the beginning of 2008 and published Deep Wounds, the third crime novel in the Bodenstein-Kirchhoff series, in September 2009. In June 2010, the fourth novel in the series, entitled Snow White Must Die, was published, following on from the success of the earlier books. The fifth novel in the series entitled Who Saws the Wind was published in March 2011 and made it to number 1 on the SPIEGEL bestseller list. The follow-up volume, Böser Wolf, also entered SPIEGEL's hardcover best list in October 2012 at number 1. Neuhaus also writes under her maiden name Nele Löwenberg. Neuhaus is a member of the PEN Center Germany. She has taken on patronage for the FeM Girls' House in Frankfurt and for Mentor - The Reading Learning Helpers and founded a foundation, of which her second husband is the chairman. The Nele Neuhaus Foundation supports projects that promote reading, writing and language skills in children and young people. Nele Neuhaus has also been an ambassador for the German Heart Foundation since 2022. Source: Wikipedia -
Monika Gruber
Monika Gruber (born 29 June 1971 in Wartenberg, district Erding) is a German cabaret artist and actress. Monika Gruber was raised with her two younger brothers on their parental farm in Tittenkofen, Upper Bavaria. After completing her A-levels, she worked for several years as a foreign language secretary. At the age of 27, she had completed a two-and-a-half-year program at the Zerboni drama school. Her first theater engagement was from 2000 to 2005, as an ensemble member of Iberl-Bühne, directed by Georg Maier in Munich-Solln. In 2002, Gruber gained her first experience as a cabaret artist in the comedy series Kanal fatal (in German), in which she portrayed Kellnerin Monique, a typical Bavarian waitress who, in broad vernacular speech, talks about her adventures in gastronomy. At the same time, she also performed in Günter Grünwald's Freitagscomedy(in German). From 2003 to 2009, she was a member of the Bavarian Television sketch series Die Komiker. She reported from Oktoberfest in Munich for Bayerischer Rundfunk or BR ('Bavarian Broadcasting') in 2004, and in 2006 she was a celebrity gossip commentator for Grünwald Freitagscomedy. In 2009, Gruber and Grünwald shot a four-part sketch show called Normal is des ned. That collaboration with Grünwald and BR ended in September 2009. In 2012, the German broadcaster ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) gave Gruber her own TV series, Leute, Leute!, a boulevard satire. Contrary to the wishes of ZDF, Gruber didn't extend her contract for Leute, Leute! at the end of 2012, in order to gain more time for live performance.[3] In the same year, she won a Bavarian TV award in the category of comedian for Die Große Quatsch Variety Show (Pro7), Monika Gruber live 2011 (BR), and Grünwald Freitagscomedy (BR). From January 2011 to the end of 2013, Gruber, along with Bruno Jonas and Rick Kavanian, was a core member of Die Klugscheißer, a monthly satirical TV series of Bavarian Television. The show was discontinued when she withdrew to focus on her stage programs. In April 2014, Gruber was again a regular guest on Grünwald Freitagscomedy, and she continued to perform with Günter Grünwald on a more regular basis in autumn 2014. For this reason, the title of the series was to be changed to Grünwald & Gruber Freitagscomedy. At the end of the year, however, Gruber and Bavarian Television announced that these plans would not be realized because of scheduling and conceptual difficulties. In addition to her cabaret and comedy performances, Gruber acted in various TV productions. From 2008 to 2011, she played the leading role of Hannelore Herbst in the Bavarian Television series Der Kaiser von Schexing. From 2011 to 2013, she played reporter Barbara Hansen in the first 30 episodes of the ARD series Hubert & Staller.[9][10] At the same time, she also played Moni Riemerschmidt in the new Heiter bis tödlich episodes of the Bavarian police series München 7 along with Florian Karlheim, Andreas Giebel, and Christine Neubauer. Apart from being successful TV personality, Monika is also famous for her cabarets with which she tours Germany and Austria. Source: Wikipedia -
Rade Lacković
Rade Lacković (born January 3rd, 1956 in Klenje, Serbia) is a Serbian singer and folk musician. He performs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. He has released 16 albums so far. In the mid-eighties, in search of a better life, Rade moved to Germany, where she met Miroljub Aranđelović Kemiš. When he heard him sing, Kemiš began to praise his singing talent, and when he read a couple of Radet's songs that Radet had written for himself in moments of rest, Kemiš told him that he urgently needed to record an album. Rade thought about it for a long time and when he realized that he had nothing to lose, he recorded his first album. Rade returned to Šabac in 2000. Source: Wikipedia -
Hakala
Nihad Fetić, better known as Hakala (Zenica, 1966), is a Bosnian folk singer, popular in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Hakala's musical style is folk music and modern turbo-folk. The beginning of Hakala's musical career dates back to 1984, when he joined the cultural community 'Ričice' from Zenica and founded the band ZOV with five people from the same cultural association. As the lead vocalist of the group ZOV, he and his members performed as an amateur group in numerous restaurants and discotheques in Zenica, but did not achieve much success. Shortly after the outbreak of war in BiH in 1992, Fetić emigrated to Germany. In the same year, he signed for HALIX and recorded his first album Skitnica velegradskih ulica, which was released in 1993 and was a great success. In particular, the songs Skitnica velegradskih ulica, Uri u samoći and Šta ću kad je volim helped him gain great popularity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1994, Hakala's second album titled Da sam te volio was released, which confirmed the success of his first album. Especially through the songs Kafandžija and Da sam te volio, he became heard again in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. Since then, Kafandžija's song has become, so to speak, his "identity card". A year later, he transferred to the Bosnian publishing house INTAKT Records and returned to Zenica — after the war in Bosnia ended — after which he worked in Sarajevo, where he released five more albums until 2005. In 2005, he moved to Bijeljina to the publishing house VIP Productions and recorded two more albums — under the titles 100% and another without a main title (2007). After the re-establishment of a new major publishing house and broadcaster of the same name in Bosnia and Herzegovina, OTV Valentino changed publishers in mid-2008 and moved to Valentino Records. He recorded two albums here: Dar mar (2010) and Žaoka (2012). Then he moved to Grand production and released the album Hakala (2015). Hakala holds regular concerts in Slovenia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in addition to those in the Western Balkans, because there are a large number of Bosnian migrants in these countries who want to hear his songs and remember their past. Source: Wikipedia -
Osman Hadžić
Osman Hadžić is a Bosnian folk singer. Some of his hits are “Ti mene ne voliš”, “Titanik”, “I ovako i onako”, “Prezime”, “Tvoje oči”, “Lijepa kao grijeh” and others. He has not recorded a new album for several years, but his concerts in Europe, America and Australia are mostly well attended. He was born on September 9, 1966. in Cazin. He is the oldest of seven children of the Hadžić family, and he inherited his love for music from his parents. Although he has been living in Stuttgart for a long time, Osman admits that he thinks more and more about the country where he was born. Osman has been on stage for more than 25 years and points out that he got more than he expected and asked for. Thanks to his work, he traveled almost all over the world, met various people and made many friends. He considers the song "Ti mene ne voliš" to be his greatest success. Source: biografija.info -
Nikolija
Nikolija Jovanović (born on 19 October 1989), known mononymously as Nikolija, is a Serbian singer and rapper. Born in Zagreb and raised in Belgrade, she is the daughter of singer Vesna Zmijanac. Nikolija pursued a career in music with the breakthrough single "Ćao zdravo" in April 2013. She has received more significant recognition after the release of the singles "Alkohola litar" with Elitni Odredi (2014) and "Opasna igra" (2015), which were included to her debut album, №1, from October 2016. Her second album, Yin & Yang, was released in April 2019. It was preceded by the title single and "Nije lako biti ja", and it also included previously released standalone singles: "Loš momak" (2017), "Nema limita" and "Slažem" (2018). In December 2022, Nikolija released Aurora, containing the single "Pilot", which earned her the MAC Award for the 2023 Trap Song of the Year. Additionally, she competed on the reality television shows Survivor Srbija VIP: Philippines (2010) and Ples sa Zvezdama (2014). Since 2014, Jovanović has been in a relationship with musician and actor Relja Popović, with whom she has two daughters. Nikolija lives in Belgrade, Serbia. -
Melissa Naschenweng
Melissa Naschenweng (born July 11, 1990 in Villach) is an Austrian musician, folk music and pop singer. From the age of six, Melissa Naschenweng learned to play the Styrian accordion from her father Andreas Müllmann. She had her first appearances with her father's band, the Wolayersee Echo. After graduating from high school, she began studying law in Graz, which she gave up. In 2010 she came second in the Folk Music Grand Prix Melodies of the Alps. In autumn 2012 she was seen in the Musikantenstadl, where she won the young talent competition. In 2014 she took part in the Puls 4 casting show Herz von Österreich. In 2016 she was represented at the Donauinselfest and at the winter and summer open air performances of Wenn die Musispiel and in the Silvesterstadl on ORF, as well as Florian's Silbereisen presented the show Die Schlager des Sommers. In 2017, 2018 and 2019 she appeared again at the summer open air of Wenn die Musispiel, and she was also seen in 2017 and 2018 on the ZDF television garden. Her trademark is a pink harmonica and leather pants. Her single I want a farmer as a man, a cover version of Ich will 'nen Bauern als Mann, released in February 2018, is the theme song of the 15th season of the ATV show Bauer sucht Frau. In December 2018 she was a guest on the ORF show Magical Christmas in the Land of the Silent Night with So a Wunder and on the New Year's Eve show with Weisst eh (that I'm crazy about Di), I'm a mountain farmer and Net mit mir. In April 2019 she was a candidate in the quiz show Who knows something? in the first, in June 2019, she was in the ORF production Schlager, Glück & heile Welt - Settele must go on stage! from the Dok 1 series with Hanno Settele on ORF 1. As part of the Amadeus Awards 2020, she received an Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the Schlager/Folk Music category. In November 2020 she was a guest on the ORF late-night show Willkommen Österreich, where she and Russkaja presented the Lausbuam Blues from the LederHosenRock album. With LederHosenRock she entered the Austrian album charts at number one. Currently her most famous song is Traktorführerschein. Source: Wikipedia -
Ćana
Stanojka Mitrović (Gornja Tramošnja, March 28, 1968), better known as Ćana, is a Bosnian and Serbian singer. Ćana was born on March 28, 1968 in the village of Gornja Tramošnja near Sanski Most. She completed primary school in Tomina, and secondary agricultural technical school (general course) in Sanski Most. She started singing in elementary school, where she always stood out in a "special" way because of the color of her voice and the way she sang. She performed at many shows and events. She started her first professional engagement as a 19-year-old in Subotica in the restaurant "Belgrade". Later, he set out to conquer all of Vojvodina, Montenegro and Serbia. In 1989, from Titograd, he went on tour with KUD: Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, etc. country, where he leaves an impression on the audience and makes business contacts for later. In 1992, she went to Canada (Toronto), and then went on a European tour: Hannover, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Basel... Realizing how much the audience and colleagues respect her, through her colleague Nedeljko Bajić Baja, she gets in touch with hit-maker Novica Urošević. They immediately establish an excellent contact and agreement for cooperation. In 1998, in the period from January to May, she finished her first CD entitled Nadam ti se. In the same year, at the Moravian pearls festival, she won the audience's first prize for her performance of the song "Kazni se sam". The success of her first CD opened a successful path for her in music and media. Ćana's most popular songs are Nadam ti se, Šaka laka, Anonimna poruka, Imam dokaz, Ima ima stila, Moj rodjeni, Zločin bez kazne, and many more. Ćana lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Dragan Bjelogrlić
Dragan Bjelogrlić "Bjela" (born 10 October 1963) is a Serbian actor, director, and producer. Bjelogrlić made his acting debut as a 15-year old, playing Sava Jovanović Sirogojno in Boško Buha, a 1978 film that achieved sizable popularity. He followed that up in the coming years with other roles in TV series, short, and feature films. By the mid-1980s, Bjelogrlić was an established young actor in SFR Yugoslavia. In 1985 he appeared in Bal na vodi as part of an ensemble cast featuring Srđan Todorović, Nebojša Bakočević, Goran Radaković, and Gala Videnović. In 1987, he became one of the central cast members on the hugely popular drama television series Bolji život, playing the role of Boba Popadić. His 2010 film, Montevideo, God Bless You!, was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but did not make the final shortlist. The film's sequel, See You in Montevideo, was released in 2014. After Montevideo, the most notable roles and projects Bjela also had in Južni Vetar and Nečista Krv (which is also available on Netflix). Dragan Bjelogrlić is definitely one of the most popular Serbian actors ever existed in this country who lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Moncrieff
Chris Breheny aka Moncrieff was born in Waterford, Ireland. As a teenager, he had to cope with two hard blows of fate within a short time: his brother and sister died. The loss of the siblings threatened to throw him off track. He found support in music. Chris went to London and became Moncrieff. Looking back, he says: "From that point on I was just writing songs: I was totally focused on figuring out who I was, what I wanted to say." His current single not only put the 28-year-old in the top 10 of the UK charts but also on German radio stations. "Warm" is his "first real love song," says Moncrieff. But "Warm" is more than a love story. It's a story about what really matters in life. He has soul in his voice! So Adele brought him into her backing choir. Elton John and Avicii celebrated him - For many years Moncrieff worked on his songwriting in a rather secluded manner. Now the pop sky is full of stars for him. Source: daserste.de -
Malik Harris
Malik Harris (born 27 August 1997) is a German singer. He represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Rockstars", and finished in last place with 6 points. Harris was born in Landsberg am Lech on 27 August 1997. His father is Ricky Harris, a Germany-based American television presenter, and actor from Detroit. At the age of 13, Harris got into music by making covers of songs with his guitar. Harris took part in the contest Germany 12 Points to become Germany's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Harris made it to the final casting round held in Berlin in January 2022 and was announced as one of six finalists on 10 February 2022. The televised final took place on 4 March 2022. The winner was selected through public voting, including options for landline, SMS, and online voting. For the online vote, users were able to vote via the official websites of the nine ARD radio channels between 28 February 2022 and 4 March 2022. Harris won the final by a 23 points margin. At the grand final of Eurovision, he finished in last place with 6 points. Despite the result, Malik as well as his song "Rockstars" gained huge popularity all over Europe. Source: Wikipedia -
Maël & Jonas
Maël & Jonas are old friends who started making and producing music in their hometown of Koblenz (Germany) in 2019. In 2020 came great success when they made it to 3rd place in the casting show "The Voice of Germany" with Nico Santos as a coach. The final single: "Treat you Right" feat. Nico Santos has over a million streams to date. Now a new chapter begins and the duo is working on new songs and touring Germany and Austria regularly. Source: Official Website -
Sasha
Sascha Röntgen (born 5 January 1972), better known by his stage name Sasha, is a German singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. He is also known by his alter ego Dick Brave and is part of the group Dick Brave & the Backbeats. Due to a legal dispute with the Welsh DJ also named Sasha, he is known as Sasha Alexander in the United States. Sasha spent his childhood in Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia His early musical interest grew when he started his first school band, called Bad to the Bone, which "was exactly as bad as the name suggests", he later stated. Sasha's first professional band was called Junk Food and modeled on bands such as Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Although the band was never offered a recording contract, they played live all over their area. In 1998, Sasha signed a solo contract with Warner Music under which label he would release "If You Believe", which would become his highest-charting single to date and reached the top five in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, receiving one platinum and four gold discs. Currently, Sasha is one of the greatest living German singers with a great number of songs and sold-out shows. Fans call him "German Robbie Williams". Sasha lives in Hamburg, Germany. Source: Wikipedia -
Lion Wasczyk
Lion Wasczyk (born July 6, 1994, in Berlin) is a German actor. Wasczyk made his acting debut in the television film Die Zeit der Kraniche. He then appeared in the television series Doctor's Diary in an episode lead role and in the film With a Straight Back. In 2013 he appeared in a guest role in Doc meets Dorf. In early September 2013, he received the role of Raphael in the 2014 released feature film Saphirblau. At the same time, he landed a starring role in the Nickelodeon daily soap Hotel 13, which he starred in the Spring of 2014. In it, he played the role of Jack Leopold, previously played by Gerrit Klein. From 2016 to 2019 he was in the series Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei represented, in which he embodied the newly hired police officer Finn Bartels. In 2019 he played one of the main roles in the film Misfit. Since September 2021, Wasczyk has been appearing as assistant doctor Florian Osterwald in the ARD series In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte. Lion lives in Berlin, Germany. Source: Wikipedia -
Gizem Emre
Gizem Emre (born May 22, 1995, in Berlin) is a German actress. Gizem Emre was born in May 1995 in Berlin. She grew up in Berlin-Kreuzberg as the daughter of Kurdish parents from Turkey. As a child, she went to the school theater, and at the age of 17, she applied to an acting agency. She made her acting debut in 2013 in Drink or Undress. She became known through her participation in the successful film Fack ju Göhte, in which she took on the role of Zeynep. In the sequels Fack ju Göhte 2 and Fack ju Göhte 3 she took over the role again. Since 2014, she has starred as Dana Wegner in the TV series Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Highway Police. Emre has been in a relationship with soccer player Christopher Lenz since the summer of 2021. Source: Wikipedia -
Lana Bastašić
Lana Bastašić (born 27 August 1986) is a Bosnian and Serbian writer, novelist, and translator. She was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. She was born in Zagreb to a Serbian family in 1986 and immigrated to Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina as a young child. She studied English at the University of Banja Luka and received an MA in Cultural Studies from the University of Belgrade. In addition to novels, Bastašić has written in many different genres: short stories, children’s stories, poetry, and stage plays. Her debut novel Catch the Rabbit (Serbian: Uhvati zeca) was published in Belgrade in 2018, and then reprinted in Sarajevo. The structure of the book draws inspiration from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with themes of exile, and identity, and is divided into twelve chapters, as is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It won the 2020 EU Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the NIN Award. It was translated into English by Bastašić herself and published by Picador in the UK and Restless Books in the US. She currently resides in Berlin, Germany. Source: Wikipedia -
Wanja Mues
Wanja Mues (born December 27, 1973, in Hamburg) is a German actor. Mues is the son of the actor Dietmar Mues and the brother of the actors Woody and Jona Mues. After graduating from high school, he studied acting at the Actors' Studio MFA program at the School for Social Research and the Robert Lewis Theater Workshop in New York. As a teenager, he was in front of the camera for the first time in 1986 in the ZDF series Jokehnen. 2002 followed a role in the ARD pre-evening series Absolut das Leben, through which Mues became known as a television actor. Mues took on several continuous series roles, recurring episode roles, and guest roles on television. He has also appeared in cinema productions, including Rolf Schübel's Gloomy Sunday, Roman Polański's The Pianist, Oliver Hirschbiegel's Mein Last Film, and, in 2007, Yella alongside Nina Hoss. As a theater actor, Mues played in April 2007 at the Renaissance Theater in Berlin in the world premiere of Morten Feldmann's play Men's Conversations. Mues is also active as a speaker for audiobooks. Mues is involved with the Orangutans in Need association. He uses his prominence to draw attention to the consequences of the climate crisis. In his private life, Mues avoids both car and air travel. He lives in Berlin, is divorced, and has two sons. Source: Wikipedia -
Chris Carter
Chris Carter was born on July 14th, 1965 in Brasilia, Brazil where he spent his childhood and teenage years. After graduating from high school, he moved to the USA where he studied psychology with a specialization in criminal behavior. During his University years, he held various odd jobs, ranging from flipping burgers to being part of an all-male exotic dancing group. Chris worked as a criminal psychologist for several years before moving to Los Angeles, where he swapped suits and briefcases for ripped jeans, bandanas, and an electric guitar. After a spell playing for several well-known glam rock bands, Chris decided to try his luck in London, where he was fortunate enough to have played for a number of famous artists (Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, and so on). Chris toured the world several times as a professional musician. A few years ago Chris gave it all up to become a full-time writer. Chris' books about the detective duo Garcia and Hunter are worldwide bestsellers! Source: Chris Carter's official website -
Sam Ryder
Sam Ryder (born 25 June 1989) is a British singer-songwriter. Ryder rose to prominence through TikTok, after posting music covers during the first UK lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. He represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Space Man" and finished first in the jury vote, and second overall. Ryder began singing when he was a child and was inspired to pursue a career in music after seeing the Canadian rock band Sum 41 live in concert aged 11. Ryder rose to prominence through TikTok where, starting with the first lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, he began posting his music covers. He caught the attention of musicians such as Sia, Justin Bieber, Alicia Keys and Elton John. By the end of the same year, he became the most-followed UK artist on the platform. He later signed a record contract with Parlophone. In 2021, he released his debut EP, The Sun's Gonna Rise, which has received over 100 million global streams. It was followed up with a sold-out tour. In June 2022, Ryder performed "Space Man" at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee concert, Platinum Party at the Palace, and at Capital's Summertime Ball. In July 2022, he performed the British national anthem at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Between July and August, Ryder performed at festivals and gigs across the summer, including in the US and South Korea. It will be followed up with a UK and Ireland tour for 2023. Ryder teased a collaboration with Ukrainian rap group Kalush, who won Eurovision 2022 ahead of him. On 19 August, he released his follow-up single, "Somebody", which reached number 77 on the UK Singles Chart. Ryder has spent most of his adult life touring, writing, and performing for other bands and once resided in Hawaii. He is a vegan and once owned a vegan café in Coggeshall, England. He likes to surf the coast of Great Britain in his free time, meditate, travel, snowboard, drive around race tracks and skate. Source: Wikipedia -
Ivana Krunić
Ivana Krunić is a Serbian singer born on January 12, 1990 in Belgrade. She started doing music at the age of ten, while singing at a competition in the elementary school she attended. Although she was previously involved in modeling and journalism, she realized that music was her greatest love, so she enrolled in the lower music school Kosta Manojković majoring in solo singing, which she successfully completed together with the Zemun High School. After high school, he entered Singidunum University, majoring in marketing and trade. In 2010, she achieved her first successful musical collaboration with rapper Dr. Iggy, as a female vocalist at his concert. Later, with the singer Ša, she recorded the duet songs „Big bos”, „Bed boj” i „Ispod krila”, as well as „Slaži me još jednom” with Arindi Em-Si and "Sad znam" with Di Manko, as well as the song "Kao kokain" with the Elitni Odredi group. In November 2010, she became part of the group Luna, together with Lidija Jadžić, where she released three albums as part of the group. In 2017, she left the group Luna and started a solo career. In 2019, Ivana entered the reality show Zadruga 3. Ivana's most popular songs are "Dupla Škorpija", "Vino, karmin, adrenalin", "Tekila, limun i so", "Red Bull", and many more. Ivana is married to a reality TV star Bane Čolak who is also her manager. They live in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Vladimir Aleksić
Vladimir Aleksić (Zrenjanin, 1977) is a Serbian actor, author, and producer. Aleksić attended Petar Petrović Njegoš elementary school and Zrenjanin high school in Zrenjanin. He graduated in acting at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in the class of Professor Petar Banićević in 1999. He was a scholarship holder of the National Theater 'Toša Jovanović' in Zrenjanin. Immediately after finishing the Academy, he moved to Italy, at the invitation of the Italian theater Motus. He works with them in a number of plays Visio Gloriosa, Vacany Room, Twin Rooms, Splendid's, Too Late!, Alexis, una tragedia greca. In 2002, the Rooms project received a special award for the best theater project in Italy, Premio Ubu. Aleksić also collaborates with Elena Buci, Papie Corsicato, Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli, Masbedo. In Serbia, he plays in the directorial works of, among others, Milan Nešković, Ivica Buljan, Sonja Vukićević, Jovan Ćirilov, Ivo Milošević, Gorčin Stojanović, Olga Dimitrijević, Nikita Milivojević. He is also active as a film and television actor in 2022. Il Grande Gioco (SKY Italia), 2022. Faith (RTS Serbia), 2021. Shots in Marseille, The Golden Left, the story of Radivoj Korac, Triologia anni 70, Humidity, Requiem for Mrs. J , Einstein, Il cuore nel pozzo, Maresciallo Rocca, The storks will return, It's like love, Južni vetar, etc. In the 2016/2017 season, together with the Belgrade Philharmonic and Tamara Krcunović, he realized the project Theater in the Philharmonic - Letters of Composers (Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Schumann, Stravinsky). In 2018, he worked on the play 'My revolution is better than yours', dedicated to the May Revolution of '68, directed by Sanja Mitrović and produced by Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers from Paris and Stand Up Tall from Brussels. In 2019, he is working on an author's play, with Olga Dimitrijevic, with whom he is also directing, the "Lepa Brena project'' produced by Flyinginger, Bitef Theater, and Schlachthaus Theater Bern. 2021. He is the author of the play "Journey beyond the center of the earth" produced by the BELEF festival, Belgrade. 2022. Author and producer of the play 'Sveta Prada', produced by Flying Ginger and Bitef Theater. Aleksić was also the host of the TV show Ja imam Talenat! (Serbia's got talent), 2009-2013, RTS and feature-documentary series Serbian Heroes of the Middle Ages, 2017-2020, RTS. Source: Wikipedia -
Anđela Jovanović
Anđela Jovanović (Belgrade, September 21, 1992) is a Serbian film, television, and theater actress. Angela was born in Belgrade on September 21, 1992. She graduated from the music high school "Stanković", she studied acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the class of professor Dragan Petrović Pelet and assistant Miloš Biković. She gained popularity and wider public attention with roles in the television series Moj rođak sa sela and Totalno novi talas. Her parents Branka Pujić and Dragan Jovanović are actors. In 2019, she moved to London. She also gained popularity in Serbia with the role of cadet Svetlana Savić Cece in the TV series Vojna Akademija. Other notable roles Andjela had in Nečista krv, Delirijum tremens, Lud Zbunjen Normalan, Radio Mileva, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Milan Marić
Milan Marić (31 July 1990) is a Serbian actor, best known for his role in Dovlatov and Toma. Milan Marić was born in 1990 in Belgrade, Serbia (then SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia). He appeared on stage as a teenager in the youth theater DADOV, and then entered the Faculty of Dramatic Art. His cinematic debut was in the short film Thursday (2010). He followed the television film New Chance and the role of Koki in the series The Scent of Rain in the Balkans (2011). He made another co-operation with Nikola Ljuk acting in his short film Sergeant (2012), in which Miloš Timotijević was his screen partner. In 2014, Milan appeared in the dramatic ensemble of the drama From Paupers to Princes about the break-up of Yugoslavia and the new heroes of society. In parallel with his film career, he also debuted in professional theaters, acting in the plays Behind the Bars (Krusevac Theater, 2011), Workers Dying Singing (Bitef Theater, 2011), Suspicious Face (Yugoslav Drama Theatre, 2012), and in controversial piece presented by Zoran Djindjic (Atelje 212, 2013). After graduating in the class of Biljana Mašić in 2013, he became a permanent member of the Yugoslav Drama Theater. On the centenary of the World War I celebration in 2014, he participated in three performances about the Young Bosnia and the Sarajevo assassination: portrayed Gavrilo Princip in the play Little is my grave by Biljana Srbljanović, Danilo Ilić in the play Zmajeubica by Milena Markovic and in the film The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip.[2] The following year, there followed the supporting roles in the films Humidity, A Good Wife, and Santa Maria della Salute. In 2018, he played young Vukan Nemanjić in the television series Nemanjić Family - the Birth of the Kingdom. In the same year, the Russian film Dovlatov premiered, a biopic about the life of Russian writer Sergei Dovlatov, in which he played the main role. Marić was recommended by actress Danijela Stojanović for the role, who worked with director Alexei German Jr. on his previous film. She showed Marić's photographs pointing to the physical similarity between the Serbian actor and the Russian writer. After several rounds of casting, he got a role. Marić learned Russian in three months. The film premiered in the main competition program at the Berlin International Film Festival. Currently, Marić is the most popular for his role in the movie Toma which honors one of the greatest Serbian singers of the whole time, Toma Zdravković (1938 - 1991). Source: Wikipedia -
Tamara Krcunović
Tamara Krcunović (Belgrade, June 7, 1978) is a Serbian actress. She is known for her roles in the TV series Senke nad Balkanom, Ubice mog oca i Južni vetar, Vojna akademija, and for her leading role in the film Vlažnost. Tamara was born in 1978 in Belgrade but spent her childhood in Algeria. She returned to Belgrade and graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. The day after graduating from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, he received an invitation from the dean, and a scholarship from the French government and went to Paris to attend their academy. He studied there for another 4 years and returned to Belgrade at the age of 29. She acted in several Serbian and French films and series. She played the main roles in the film Vlažnost and the series Ubice mog oca and Urgentni centar, as well as in the series Vojna akademija. She gained even huger popularity with her role in Južni Vetar. Tamara lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Stefan Radonjić
Stefan Radonjić (Belgrade, November 28, 1991) is a Serbian theater, television, and film actor. Stefan Radonjić was born on November 28, 1991, in Belgrade. He got his first role as a high school student, in the 2010 television series Priđi bliže, in which he portrayed Chuckie. He enrolled in acting studies on the advice of Anica Dobra, and graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, in the class of Professor Vladimir Jevtović. Jovana Gavrilović, Ivana Dudić, Jelisaveta Karadžić, Iva Kevra, Brankica Sebastijanović, Anita Stojadinović, Bogdan Bogdanović, Miloš Đurović and Dušan Matejić studied with him in his class. In the short film Dobar sused, he played a minor role, and he also played in the productions Bićemo prvaci sveta, i.e. Dobra Žena. He also played one of the roles in the series Sinđelići, after which he played in several other major television projects. In addition to television and film productions, Radonjić began his theater career at the Belgrade Drama Theatre, Zvezdara Theater, and the BDP Theater. Stefan lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Ljubomir Bulajić
Ljubomir Bulajić (Belgrade, December 3, 1988) is a Serbian theater, television, and film actor. Bulajić was born on December 3, 1988, in Belgrade. He graduated in acting from the Academy of Arts in Belgrade in the class of Mirjana Karanović. He gained great popularity with his roles in the television series Nepobedivo Srce, Šešir profesora Koste Vujića, and Državni Službenik. He also had a notable role in the movie Plavi voz. Ljubomir lives and works in Belgrade, and is a member of the BDP Theater in that city. Source: Wikipedia -
Luka Grbić
Luka Grbić (Belgrade, December 15, 2000) is a Serbian actor. Luka Grbić was born on December 15, 2000, and he started acting at the Kesić Art Workshop when he was seven years old. As a participant in that workshop, he played in several plays, while later he was engaged in filming television commercials. He was the host of Glumijada, the first international children's drama festival, held in April 2016 at the Belgrade Children's Cultural Center. He recorded his first film role in the production of Miloš Avramović, Južni Vetar in 2018, in which he portrayed the character of Nenad Maraš, the younger brother of the main character Peter, who was played by Miloš Biković. For his role in that film, Luka Grbić was awarded as the best debutant at the 53rd "Filmski Susreti" festival in Niš. In parallel with the final year of the First Belgrade High School, he enrolled in the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Other notable roles Luka had in Južni Vetar 1 and 2, Biser Bojane, Tajne vinove loze, Švindleri, and others. Luka lives in Belgrade, Serbia, and is currently one of the most popular actors of the younger generation. Source: Wikipedia -
Nenad Gvozdenović
Nenad Gvozdenović (Čačak, July 31, 1962) is a Serbian theater director, film, and television actor. Throughout his career, Nenad acted in more than 45 roles in both theater and TV. His most popular roles were in Igra sudbine, Necista krv, Besa, Dinastija, Močvara, Daleko je Holivud, Vojna akademija, Lift, and many more. Nenad is also a member of the BDP Theater in Belgrade. He lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Imdb -
Miloš Lazarov
Miloš Lazarov (Ljubljana, June 7, 1986). Miloš lives in Pančevo, Serbia. He graduated Acting at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, in the class of Professor Nebojša Dugalić. He is currently playing in the plays "Kad su cvetale tikve" and "Let iznad kukavičjeg gnezda" at the Belgrade Drama Theater and the play "Kisik" at the Sombor National Theatre. He also performs in several plays at the children's theater Pan Teatar in Belgrade and is a teacher in the Acting and Vocals course at the Lujo Davičo High School of Ballet in Belgrade. As for TV, Miloš participated in several series of domestic production: Senke Nad Balkanom, Državni službenik, Tajne vinove loze, Urgentni centar, and many more. Source: predstavaurednik.net -
Nikola Malbaša
Nikola Malbaša (Belgrade, May 23, 1994) is a Serbian television, film, and theater actor. He was born on May 23, 1994, in Belgrade. He graduated from the Third Belgrade High School (2008—2012), bilingual French department, and then the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade (2012—2016), in Gordana Marić's class. Before entering college, he attended Sandra Rodić Janković's Acting Studio. He had his first experience with acting in 2005 when he appeared in the episode Jedan žuti cvet, TV series Smešne i druge priče, and then in the role of Aca in the short film zgleda da smo sami, which was released in 2015. In the period 2015-2016, he starred in four episodes of the TV series Andrija i Anđelka in the role of Vlada, and after that, he appeared as a karate fighter in the film Jesen Samuraja. In 2017, he appeared in the film Afterparty, and the following year as Kris in the short film Right to be forgotten.[7] During 2018, he appeared in one episode of the TV series Žigosani u reketu in the role of Jović, as well as in the series Šifra Despot in the role of a young man. In the TV series Moja generacija Z, he starred in twenty-four episodes in the role of Darko, and after that, he played the role of Matija in nine episodes of the second season of the TV series Istine i laži, which was broadcast in 2019. In January 2017, he appeared in an advertisement for the mobile phone operator Vip mobile, and in March 2018, in an advertisement for Jogud, from the company Imlek. He played the role of Misha in the series I bez muke ima nauke, which was broadcast from September 2017 to March 2018 on Radio Television of Serbia. Nikola is also active in theaters in Serbia, as well as the other European ones. He lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Stanislava Staša Nikolić
Stanislava Staša Nikolić (Niš, 1999) is a young Serbian actress known for Beležnica profesora Miškovića (2021), Vojna akademija (2012), Vreme zla (2021), and Tate. Stanislava is enrolled in MHT Academy in Moscow. Stanislava is also a member of Belgrade Drama Theater and National Theater Niš. She lives in Russia and Serbia. Source: Imdb & juznevesti.com -
Stojan Đorđević
Stojan Đorđević (Kragujevac, December 13, 1988) is a Serbian television, film, and theater actor. He started acting as an amateur at the age of seven, first in a children's workshop, and later in the drama studio of Dom omladine, where in addition to acting, he also attended a film workshop and was one of its founders, and later a lecturer in an animated film course. In 2007, he enrolled at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Arts in Belgrade, acting department under Professor Dragan Petrović Pele. During his studies, he shot several student films, at the end of the second year he got his first professional engagement at the Belgrade Drama Theater, and after that, he had roles in most Belgrade theaters. In 2011, he graduated with the play Neke devojke, and in 2013 he completed his master's studies at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, also in the acting department. He achieved notable roles in the films Za kralja i otadžbinu, and Inkarnacija, where he played the main role,He is a teacher at the "Prvi koraci" acting school. He played roles in plays such as Kad su cvjetale tikve, Gospođa ministarka, Moj život, Isidora Duncan, Dar, Ana Karenjina, and many more. In addition to evening performances, Đorđević left roles in a large number of plays for children. His first TV role was in the series Miris kiše na Balkanu. In 2016, he also appeared in Ubice mog oca. He had the role of a boy in the series Prva Tarifa, and after that he played a loser in the short film Sotona je ukrao naše hot-dogove!. In the humorous TV series Šifra Despot, he appeared as Inspector Savić, and then in the movie Kralj Petar Prvi in the role of a soldier. He got a role in the movie Šavovi, and after that, he starred in the TV series King Petar Prvi, also as a soldier. He played the role of Zlatko Korać in the Serbian series Urgentni centar, and after that the role of Željko in the series Južni Vetar. Stojan lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia. -
Aleksandar Radojičić
Aleksandar Radojičić (Belgrade, October 24, 1987) is a Serbian theater, television, and film actor. He has been a member of the Belgrade Drama Theater since October 2021, before that he was employed at the Boško Buha Theater. Aleksandar gained huge popularity through his role as a football player Balerina in the Motevideo, bog te video. Ever since his popularity is extending. Alongside the Montevideo movie and series trilogy, Aleksandar acted in Šešir profesora Koste Vujića, Vojna akademija, Andrija i Andjelka, Bićemo prvaci sveta, Žigosani u reketu, and many more. Aleksandar lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia with his wife and a daughter named Aja. Source: Wikipedia -
Ivana Nikolić
Ivana Nikolić (Šabac, April 26, 1982) is a Serbian theater and television actress. She was born on April 26, 1982, in Šabac. She graduated from junior music school with piano and solo singing. She entered the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade on the third attempt, and in the meantime, she completed her first year of linguistics at the Faculty of Philology. She graduated in the class of Professor Vladimir Jevtović. She has been permanently employed by the Belgrade Drama Theater since 2010, and before that, she worked part-time for 4 years. She was married to actor Peter Strugar from 2013 to 2015 and they have a son, Zarijo. Ivana's most popular roles were in Žigosani u reketu, Andrija i Andjelka, Mali Budo, Sinđelići, Ubice mog oca, Vratiće see rode, and many more. Ivana lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Aleksandar Meda Jovanović
Aleksandar "Meda" Jovanović (Belgrade, April 13, 1989) is a Serbian theater, film, and voice actor. Since he was little, he had curly hair and his aunt called him "Meda" (teddy-bear). That nickname has remained to this day, Meda Jovanović is everywhere. In his free time, Meda is active on social media (especially Tiktok and Instagram) where he makes funny short clips. As a voice actor, his most notable roles were in cartoons Snoopy, Majstor Bob, Kasperova škola strave, etc. As a TV actor, Meda's most notable roles were in Taxi bluz, Morning Changes Everything, Panama, Ekipizza, and many more. Meda is also active in theater and is a member of the BDP theater. He lives and works in Belgrade. Source: imdb & euroblic -
Marko Todorović
Marko Todorović (Podgorica, March 1, 1995) is a Montenegrin actor. In a very short time, Marko managed to win the hearts of fans not only in Montenegro but also in the Balkans. He is best known for roles in Toma, Drugo ime ljubavi, Ubice mog oca, Nečista krv, Drugo ime ljubavi, Žigosani u reketu, Kralj Petar I, and many more. Marko is also active as a theater actor and is a member of Belgrade Drama Theater. Source: Imdb & showbuzz -
Miloš Petrović Trojpec
Miloš Petrović Trojpec (Belgrade, June 22, 1986) is a Serbian theater, television, and film actor. Miloš Petrović was born on June 22, 1986, in Belgrade, and grew up in Šumice and Čuburi. During his education, he changed four Belgrade high schools, and on the advice of a professor of Serbian language and literature, he expressed his desire to enroll in acting studies. As he had never acted before, three months before his graduation, he went to the DADOV theater. Due to a failed attempt to enter FDU, Petrović, after the entrance exam, was accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts. He graduated there in 2009, in the class of Nebojša Bradić and Andrej Šepetkovski. During his studies, as well as for several years after their completion, Petrović worked part-time as an assistant in construction work. He also earned a fitness trainer's license. His first role was in the film Šišanje in 2010. He achieved his first television role three years later when he appeared as a French customs officer in the series Na putu za Montevideo. In 2014, he joined the ensemble of the Belgrade Drama Theater, where he played roles in several plays. Petrović made his first notable engagement in Dragan Bjelogrlić's series Sijenke nad Balkanom, in which he played the role of the pimp Stavra. In the 2018 film Južni Vetar, Petrović also played one of the negative characters, the criminal security chief Golub. At the beginning of 2020, the first four episodes of the Južni Vetar series were edited from the material from the film. A little later, Petrović also appeared in the TV series Klan and Tajkun, i.e. the film Hotel Belgrade. From the end of August 2022, he appears in the role of Tadija in the series U Klinču. Miloš works and lives in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Amar Ćorović
Amar Ćorović was born on September 19, 1995, in Novi Pazar, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Pevačica (2021), Državni Službenik (2019), and Zlatni Dani (2020). He finished acting in the class of professor Dragan Petrović Pele and began to build a career in many theater plays, as well as in front of the camera. His other notable roles were in Tajne vinove loze, Slozna Braca Next Generation, Kamiondžije, Žigosani u reketu, and many more. Amar lives in Belgrade and is a member of the BDP theater. Source: Imdb -
Andrej Šepetkovski
Andrej Šepetkovski is a Serbian film, theater, and television actor. He was born on March 5, 1974, in Aleksinac. He has been an associate professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade since 2005. Andrej Šepetkovski graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the class of Professor Vladimir Jevtović in 1998, as a student of the generation. Andrej started his acting career as a theater actor in Atelier 212 and the National Theater in Belgrade. He first appeared in the TV series "Gore dole" in an episodic role. He had a more notable role in the film "Belo odelo". He also played the role of God in the film Belgrade Phantom. He also played in the popular TV series "Moj rođak sa sela". He wrote the play "Šetnja sa lavom". He is married to Katrina, with whom he has a son Aleksej and a daughter Larisa. He is the winner of the "Mata Milošević" award. Other notable roles Andrej had in Južni vetar, Montevideo bog te video, Urgentni Centar, Branio sam Mladu Bosnu, Žene s Dedinja, Tate, Kolo sreće, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Marko Gvero
Marko Gvero (Belgrade, March 22, 1975) is a Serbian theater, television, and film actor. From 2000 to March 2019, he was a member of the acting ensemble of the Kikinda National Theater. He graduated in acting at the BK Academy of Arts, in the class of prof. Ivan Bekjarev. In addition to his home theater, he also acted in the Belgrade Drama Theater, Bitef Theater, Boško Buha Theater, Joakim Vujić (Kragujevac), Dobrica Milutinović (Sremska Mitrovica). In the Kikinda Theater, he played roles in the plays: "Sava Savanović - Vampirska simfonija", "Generalna proba samoubistva", "Jadni mali hrčci", "Pidžama za šestoro", "Kauboji", "Ti ludi tenori", "Nosorog" and others. At the festival of professional theaters of Vojvodina in 2000, he won the award for the best young actor. At the 4th festival of the domestic drama series held in 2014, he was awarded the Charter for a notable male role in the TV series "Mala istorija Srbije". Marko's other popular roles were in Andrija i Andjelka, Urgentni Centar, Smrdljiva Bajka, Jagodići, Komšije, Žigosani u reketu, Ubice mog oca, Konak kod Himlije, and many more. Marko lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Amna
Amna Alajbegović (Graz, August 3, 2001) is a singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Amna was born in 2001 in Graz, she spent her childhood in Bijeljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and then at the age of 14, she moved to Belgrade, where she currently lives. She attended the primary music school "Stevan Stevanović Mokranjac", piano department. She participated in the St. George's Day Festival in 2013 in Banja Luka with the song "Da si sretan". In addition to singing, she is also involved in acting and dancing and went to the Artimedia school. In 2016, she participated in the show program Pink's stars, she was 14 years old then and reached the semi-finals of the competition. In 2019, he participated in the show Pink's Stars - All-Stars. In the first season of the IDJ Show competition, Amna entered the TOP 12 contestants after an audition where she sang her original song. As part of the competition, he releases his first song "Lagana" and the official video for IDJ production. Amna won the competition and gained huge popularity among the younger generation. Her most popular songs are Sanjala sam, Trči, trči (2021), Absent, Lagana, Topi me, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Milica Zarić
Milica Zarić (Belgrade, August 2, 1975) is a Serbian actress. She is the daughter of actor Dragan Zarić and sister of Ivan Zarić, also an actor. She graduated in acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Novi Sad in the class of professor Rade Marković. Milica Zarić is a member of the Belgrade Drama Theater ensemble. Her most popular roles are in Žigosani u reketu, Besa, Košarkaši, Tajna Vinove Loze, and many more. Milica lives in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia -
Mirjana Karanović
Mirjana Karanović (Belgrade, January 28, 1957) is a Serbian theater, television, and film actress. She graduated in acting from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, and she had her first professional engagement in 1980. In the theater, she performed more than 70 roles of the widest range in the contemporary and classical repertoire. Played in the Yugoslav Drama Theater of which she was a member from 1988 to 2001. She is also present on the stage of Zvezdara Theatre, Belgrade Drama Theatre, Chamber Theater 55, Bitef Theater, and the Croatian National Theater in Rijeka. Since 1995, she has been teaching acting at the BK Academy of Arts in Belgrade, where she has been the dean since 2009. She made her film debut in 1980 with the title role in Srđan Karanović's Petrijin Venac. She gained world fame with the role of a mother in Emir Kusturica's cult film Father on a Business Trip. She collaborated with the greatest directors of Yu and Serbian cinema (Goran Marković, Lordan Zafranović, Boro Drašković, Veljko Bulajić, Žika Pavlović, Goran Paskaljević, Branko Baletić...). She often caused controversy with her choice of roles. Thus, in 2003, she became the first Serbian actress to appear in a Croatian film after the Homeland War. It is Vinko Brešan's film Witnesses, where he portrays the widow of a Croatian veteran, which is why the entire film was publicly called out. In 2005, he raised even more dust by playing the main role in the film Grbavica by Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić. In 2007, she accepted a role in the Norwegian film Blodsband where she portrayed the mother of a Kosovo Albanian, and the Serbian media again accused her of an anti-Serb attitude. This choice of roles did not damage her career but brought her great support from the cultural public in the region. Other major films in which she acted include Marjuča ili smrt (1987) Underground (1995), Bure Buruta (1998), Život je čudo (2004), Das Fräulein (2006), and Na putu (2010). As an actress, she is also active on television, so she gained such wide popularity with the role of Radmila in the popular series Vratiće se rode. In numerous films and plays, she performed roles full of energy and memorable emotions and won almost all film and theater awards in this area. Film critics call her the best Balkan actress of all time, and considering her oeuvre full of roles of strong, characterful women, she is often compared to Meryl Streep. It was also nominated for the European Film Award. She is also noted as a fighter for human rights, so in 2008 she received the Winning of Freedom Award, which is awarded to a woman who, through her actions, advocates for the affirmation of the principles of human rights, the rule of law, democracy and tolerance in society, and in 2010, the Konstantin Obradović Award for the Improvement of Culture human rights. Mirjana lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Miodrag Miki Krstović
Miodrag Miki Krstović was born in Belgrade on May 10, 1950. He graduated in acting from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the class of professor Milenko Maričić. In addition to acting in films and TV series, he also plays in theater plays at Atelje 212. At the "Prvi Kadar" festival, he was awarded the plaque "Character of Prince Pavle Radenović" for the duration, selfless contribution, and a wide range of different aspects of the improvement of ex-Yugoslav cinematography to this day. Miodrag is currently one of the most popular Serbian actors with a wide range of roles in both theaters and television. Miki's most popular roles were in Mrtav 'ladan, Povratak Otpisanih, Bolji Život 2, Srećni ljudi, Kraj dinastije Obrenović, Sveti Georgije ubiva aždahu, and many more. Miki lives in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Marko Grabež
Marko Grabež is a popular Serbian actor and singer best known for his role as Efendi Mita in the TV series Nečista Krv. Marko was born in Belgrade. Marko likes to keep his life private, therefore little is known about his upbringing and personal information. He graduated from high school and art academy in Belgrade. Marko also plays piano and is a basketball fan. Other noted roles Marko had in Branio sam Mladu Bosnu, Senke nad Balkanom, Pukotina u ledu, and many more. Marko is a founder and a member of the Belgrade-based rock band Koikoi. He is a member of Atelje 212 and lives in Belgrade. Sources: imdb, oblakoder.org -
Jadranka Selec
Jadranka Selec was born on October 9, 1954, in Belgrade. She graduated in acting in 1977 from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the class of professor Milenko Maričić. She has been a permanent member of the ensemble of the Belgrade Drama Theater since 1978. She also engaged in the dubbing of animated and feature films and series for Prizor, Solo, and Hepi TV studios as well as for Livada production. Most popular roles Jadranka had in Andrija i Andjelka, Sveta Petka - Krst u Pustinji, Kolo Sreće, Greh njene majke, Senke nad Balkanom, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Ivan Tomić
Ivan Tomić (Kragujevac, October 20, 1972) is a Serbian film and theater actor. Graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the class of professors Milenko Maričić and Branislav Mićunović. He played in the theater play Vidimo se u Den Hagu, Ne igraj na Engleze, the series Juzni Vetar, Ubice mog Oca and Istine i Lazi. The wider audience knows Ivan from the sitcom Andrija i Andjelka in which he appeared a few times. Other popular roles Ivan had in series Igra sudbine, Ljubav ispod zlatnog bora, Tajna Vinove Loze, and many more. Ivan lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Mahrina
Marina Cvetković (Ivanjica, 1996), better known as Mahrina, is a Serbian pop singer. In 2020, Mahrina and singer and YouTuber Stefan Lazić (from the YouTube channel Najbolji ortaci) released the song Strašno, with which they competed in Ognjen Amidžić's program and won, and as a reward, they received a guest appearance on the Amidži Show. Marina was first recognized by the public as a TikToker with over 100 thousand followers and 3 million likes, who recorded funny and ironic videos. She has just been promoting her second song on TikTok for a few months. Marina's second song was published in 2021, it is a duet with Ana Kokić, called LOLOLO. She sang backing vocals on the song Priđa Relja Torina and on the song Panik Popov. In 2015, at the age of 18, she participated in the X Factor Adria competition but was eliminated in the boot camp phase of the show. In the first season of the show program IDJ Show, Mahrina enters the TOP 12 contestants and thus gets the chance to present her first solo song "Zmija" and to record her official video for the new song in 2022. The song is called Šta, šta, šta?, and it was written by Marko Moreno, a longtime collaborator of her mentor Teodora Džehverović. She won a high second place in the competition. Mahrina graduated from the Faculty of Organizational Sciences in Belgrade in 2020. For two years, she was in a relationship with music producer Miloš Stojković, better known as Henny. Mahrina lives in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Andreana Čekić
Andreana Čekić is a Serbian pop-folk singer who gained recognition by participating in the music competition "Zvezde Granda", in which she won sixth place. Andreana was born on August 23, 1984 in Kozarska Dubica (Bosanska Dubica) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. When she was eighteen months old, her parents divorced, so she and her mother Sonja moved to Austria. She completed primary and secondary economics school in Vienna. He speaks German fluently. She started singing in 2003, at the age of nineteen. She performed in city clubs, bars, discotheques, and rafts. She gained popularity by participating in the music competition "Zvezde Granda" during the fifth season (2010-2011). She finished the competition in sixth place. Andreana's most popular songs are Srećo pojavi se, Kraljica u zlatu, Cipele, Blago suzama, 300 svatova, Zaplakaće oči moje, and many more. Andreana lives and works in Belgrade. Source: Biografija.org -
Darko Lazić
Darko Lazić (born on 13 October 1991) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer. Born in the south Vojvodina village of Brestač, he rose to prominence as the winner of the fourth season of the televised singing contest Zvezde Granda in 2009. His debut album was released the same year under Grand Production. Between 2014 and 2019, Lazić was married to singer and fellow-Zvezde Granda contestant Ana Sević, with whom he has a daughter. His former fiancé, Marina Gagić, also gave birth to his son. Over the years, Lazić has received substantial media coverage for his problematic lifestyle. In October 2018, Lazić had a severe traffic accident, due to driving under influence of 100 km per hour and not having his seatbelt on. Although committing several traffic offenses, he didn't face any legal consequences. The same year, a video of Lazić consuming cocaine surfaced to the public, which led to him admitting to having suffered from drug addiction. Despite such a lifestyle, Darko is one of the most popular folk singers in Serbia. His most popular songs are Moje bivše žene, Majko, Godinu dana 300 kafana, Idi drugome, A nekad je dolazila stalno, Pričala si meni, and many more. Darko lives in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Relja Popović
Relja Popović (born on 2 August 1989) is a Serbian rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor. He rose to prominence as a member of Elitni Odredi in 2005, before pursuing a solo career in 2015. As an actor, he became the youngest recipient of the Heart of Sarajevo award at the Sarajevo Film Festival for his role in Ordinary People (2009). Popović was born on August 2, 1989, in Belgrade to Zoja Begolli, who was a ballet dancer at the National Theatre in Belgrade and lecturer at the Academy of Arts, and Srđan Popović, who worked as a sports journalist at the daily newspaper Večernje Novosti. He was raised by a single mother after losing his father in 1991. Before graduating from high school Relja was shot in the stomach after trying to defend his girlfriend in a pub and had his kidney and spleen removed. Popović graduated from the Faculty of Media and Communications at Singidunum University and also studied acting at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade. In 2005, Relja Popović began his music career alongside childhood friend Vladimir Matović as a member of Elitni Odredi. They released one studio album - Oko sveta (2010) and several singles, including "Beograd" (2011), "Ne koči", "Ljubavi moja" (2012), "Zapali grad" (2013), and "Alkohola litar" (2014). At the peak of their popularity, in 2015, Elitni Odredi went on indefinite hiatus to focus on solo projects. Relja pursued a solo career with the single "Beograd još živi", released in April 2015 under IDJTunes. Since then he has released numerous standalone singles and has collaborated with artists such as Coby, Cvija, Rasta, Devito, and Nucci. At the beginning of 2020, Popović established a record label imprint, called Made In Blkn Records, in a distribution deal with IDJTunes. The company was expanded to a clothing brand the following year. In March 2022, it was announced that Relja would become a judge and mentor on the televised singing competition IDJShow alongside Darko Dimitrov and Teodora Džehverović. He also starred in the 2011 box office success by Srđan Dragojević, titled The Parade, which reflects on the 2010 Belgrade Pride and deals with LGBT rights in Serbia. In 2022, Popović received the main role in the crime drama series Besa. In 2014, he started dating singer Nikolija Jovanović after Elitni Odredi had collaborated with her on their single "Alkohola litar". They have two children together. Relja's most popular songs are: Mi amore, Zovite doktore, Meduza, Omadjijala, Latino Evropa, Beograd još živi, Takvi kao ja, and many more. Relja lives in Belgrade and is currently one of the most popular rap singers in Balkan. Source: Wikipedia and YouTube -
Elena
Elena Kitić (born 11 August 1997), professionally known just as Elena, is a Serbian singer-songwriter. Elena Kitić was born in 1997 in Hanover, Germany to turbo-folk singers Mile Kitić and Marta Savić. She quickly acquired popularity upon her debut single with Jala Brat, titled "Folira" (Plying), in July 2016. In November, she was featured on the track "Ne Volim" (I Don't Love) by Jala Brat and Buba Corelli from their album Kruna (Crown). The following year in June, Elena released her solo single "Zlato" (Precious) under IDJTunes, written by Jala Brat. In April of 2018, she released "Geto princeza" (Ghetto Princess) produced by Rasta. A year later, she collaborated with Macedonian trap duo 2Bona on "Colombiana". In July, Elena announced her upcoming debut album with "Zabranjujem" (I Forbid) produced by Darko Dimitrov, which featured a vertical music video for the first time by a Serbian artist. In December, she released "2000s" alongside an interactive music video in which viewers choose the ending. In July 2020, Elena released "Harakiri" (Harakiri). In 2021, she released two songs - "Lazi" and her latest "Svemir". Elena currently lives in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
WRS
Andrei-Ionuț Ursu (born 16 January 1993), known professionally as WRS, is a Romanian dancer, singer, and songwriter. Before starting his career as an artist, he worked as a dancer for famous artists such as Inna, Antonia, or Carla's Dreams and was part of the Pro TV ballet on shows such as Vocea României and Românii au talent. In January 2020, he signed with Global Records and started the electro-pop music project with the stage name Wrs. Andrei-Ionuț Ursu was born in Buzău, Romania, on 16 January 1993. He started dancing at the age of 12 because he was encouraged by his parents, folk music dancers. In 2015 he started his musical career in the boys' band Shot. After two years, he left the project, moved to London, and began composing music. Wrs debuted in January 2020 with the song "Why". In February 2022, Wrs released the single "Llámame", with which he represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. His most popular songs are: Why, No Weight, Maui, Don't Rush, If You Were Alone, Lily, and, of course, the song that made him go viral - Llámame. Wrs currently lives in Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
Senhit
Senhit Zadik Zadik (born 1 October 1979), known professionally as simply Senhit, is an Italian singer. She represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf with "Stand By", but failed to qualify for the final. She would have represented it again in 2020 with "Freaky!", but the contest was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, she was chosen to represent San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Adrenalina", where she qualified for the final and placed 22nd with 50 points. Senhit was born and raised in Bologna, Italy, to Eritrean parents. She started her career abroad. She performed in musicals like Fame, The Lion King, and Hair in Switzerland and Germany. In 2002, she returned to Italy and began her climb to fame in the Italian music business releasing her debut album the self-titled Senit in 2006 and her second album Un tesoro è necessariamente nascosto in 2007 with the three singles "La mia città è cambiata", "La cosa giusta" and "La faccia che ho". In 2009, Senhit released her third album, the English language So High. Three more singles were released off of the record: "Work Hard", "No More" and "Party on the Dance Floor". Following her Eurovision participation in 2011, she released a new pop single, "Through the Rain", on 22 June 2011. In April 2012, Senhit released her single "AOK" in the United States. In 2014 Senhit was a permanent guest on the Canale 5 Sunday show Domenica Live, choosing to be called Senhit to mark the new chapter of her career. During her second Eurovision appearance, Senhit brought on stage a very special guest - American rapper Flo Rida with whom she made a duet song "Adrenalina". After her participation in Eurovision 2021, Senhit released monthly covers of previous winning and non-winning Eurovision songs as part of her #FreakyTripToRotterdam series, giving them new interpretations and perspectives in collaboration with Luca Tomassini who directed the videos. The series ran from July 2020 to May 2021. Senhit currently lives in Italy. Source: Wikipedia -
John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, the first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python co-stars Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Graham Chapman, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), and The Meaning of Life (1983). In the mid-1970s, Cleese and their first wife Connie Booth co-wrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers, in which he starred as Basil Fawlty, for which he won the 1980 BAFTA for Best Entertainment. In 2000 the show topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes; and in a 2001 Channel 4 poll, Basil was ranked second on its list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters. Cleese co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and Fierce Creatures (1997), both of which he also wrote. For A Fish Called Wanda he was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has also starred in Time Bandits (1981) and Rat Race (2001) and has appeared in many other films, including Silverado (1985), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), two James Bond films (as R and Q), two Harry Potter films (as Nearly Headless Nick) and the last three Shrek films. Cleese has specialized in satire, black comedy, sketch comedy, and surreal humor. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay, he co-founded Video Arts, a production company making entertaining training films. In 1976, Cleese co-founded The Secret Policeman's Ball benefit shows to raise funds for the human rights organization Amnesty International. Although a staunch supporter of the Liberal Democrats, in 1999 he turned down an offer from the party to nominate him for a life peerage. John is currently touring Europe with his stand-up comedy "Last time you see me before I die". Fans find him both hilarious on stage, and very rude while interacting with them off stage. Source: Wikipedia -
Zaz
Isabelle Geffroy (born 1 May 1980), known professionally as Zaz, is a French singer-songwriter who mixes jazzy styles, French variety, soul, and acoustic. She is known for her single "Je veux", taken from her self-titled debut album, released on 10 May 2010. In 2001, she started her singing career in the "Fifty Fingers" blues band. She sang in musical groups in Angoulême, especially in a jazz quintet. She became one of the four singers of Izar-Adatz (Basque for "Shooting Star"), a variety band that consisted of sixteen people with whom she toured for two years. She worked in the studio as a backing singer in Toulouse and performed with many singers, including Maeso, Art Mengo, Vladimir Max, Jean-Pierre Mader, and Serge Guerao. In 2011, Zaz won an EBBA Award. On 10 May 2010, Zaz released her first album. It contains songs she wrote ("Trop sensible") and co-composed ("Les passants", "Le long de la route", "Prends garde à ta langue", "J'aime à nouveau", "Ni oui ni non"). Kerredine Soltani produced the album on the label "Play On" and wrote and composed the hit single "Je veux". In 2013, Zaz appeared on BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show in London and sang "Je veux" live. Zaz went on tour and held concerts in various countries worldwide including Japan, Canada, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Czech Republic (Colours of Ostrava), Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Turkey, among other countries. With her album Paris, she won the 2015 Echo award for best international female rock/pop artist. In October 2021 Zaz released her fifth studio album, Isa, and went on the Organique tour. Source: Wikipedia -
Devito
David Ljubenović, better known as Devito (Kragujevac, May 5, 1995), is a Serbian rapper, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is the director and owner of the production company DaVideo. He became known to the general public for his unusual image, which is appearing with a mask. Devito doesn't even take off his mask in his videos. At the beginning of his career, he was engaged in photography and had a photo studio. Shortly after that, he started to take filming and production more seriously, so he moved from Kragujevac to Belgrade. In Belgrade, he started collaborating with famous musicians, for whom he recorded videos. Shortly afterwards, he founded his own production company called DaVideo. Within the production company, he created videos for a large number of Serbian musicians, including Aca Lukas, Vuk Mob, Milica Pavlović, MC Stojan, Sandra Afrika and others. He started to take music more seriously after moving to Belgrade. However, in order to separate these two jobs and to prevent his physical appearance from influencing the popularity of the songs in any way, David started publishing his songs under the pseudonym Devito, and he appeared in videos exclusively with a mask. He entered the music scene with a duet with Leon on the song Alal vera, published in March 2018. In January 2019, he released his first solo song called Barbie, and it was released for Bassiviti. He then released several more singles, including the song Vudu (duet with Teodora), which is his most popular song so far. As part of the project for the series South Wind, at the beginning of 2020, he published the song Koka, which was used as a check-out spike for one of the episodes. His most popular songs are: Uh, Marina, Vudu, Roze, Omađijala, Nina, Oduzet, Telo, and many more. He currently lives and works in Belgrade. Source: genius.com -
Dženan Lončarević
Dženan Lončarević (born in Prijepolje on April 10th, 1975) is a Serbian singer of pop and pop-rock music. He finished primary and secondary school in Prijepolje. He sang in Prijepolje and its surroundings for a long time, and in 2006 he started singing in Belgrade, when he became one of the most famous singers. He released his first album called "Nikome ni reč" in 2007 for the City Records label, and the album contained 14 songs. He participated in the Budva Festival three times, and in the first participation he received the award for "Mediterranean sound" with the song "Ti amo Andjela". He released his second album entitled "Dobro je to" on May 25, 2009. The second album contained 11 songs. He released his third album in 2011 under the title "Zdravo dušo". The fourth album called "No 4" was released on 04.04.2013. The latest album called "Dva su koraka" appeared on the market on November 25, 2015. This unique release in the region is a double album with 17 songs and a gift DVD with music videos recorded for all 17 songs. Dženan Lončarević delighted his large audience with a new song "Ne vraća se ljubav nikad". In collaboration with Bane Opačić, who wrote the music and lyrics for this beautiful ballad, Dženan once again managed to show that real and quality music always finds its way to the audience. Some of the other popular songs of Dženan are: Loša, Putnička, Duga, Laufer, Kosa do ramena, Danas takve se traže, Nikome ni reč, Dao sam ti srce, Laku noć, Cvete beli, and many more. Currently, Dženan lives in Belgrade, Serbia, and is one of the most popular Serbian singers. Source: Wikipedia -
Wolfgang Ambros
Wolfgang Ambros is an Austrian singer-songwriter. He is one of the most important contemporary Austrian musicians and is considered to be one of the founders of Austropop. Wolfgang was born on March 19th, 1952 in Gersthof, Austria. Wolfgang started his career in 1971. His most famous songs are "Schifoan", "Es lebe der Zentralfriedhof" and "Zwickt's mi". "Schifoan" is effectively an anthem for Austrian ski tourism and industry. Many Austrian skiers—but also many others—know the lyrics of this song. His musical styles are pop-rock and sometimes blues-elements. His first LP 'Es lebe der Zentralfriedhof' was very controversial, because many critics accused him of copying and plagiarizing Georg Danzer. Ambros also released 3 cover albums (including songs by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Hans Moser. His latest album Steh grod (2006) is very successful. Since 1978 Ambros has cooperated with the duo Tauchen/Prokopetz, who were very successful with DÖF in the 1980s. Also since 1978 Ambros has sung at live concerts with his band No. 1 vom Wienerwald. In the 1980s Ambros sang together with André Heller. One of his biggest concerts took place at the Wiener Weststadion. Another one on the Kitzsteinhorn was the highest place a rock concert ever took place. In 1997 he founded with Rainhard Fendrich and Georg Danzer the public charity "Initiative für Obdachlose" and the project Austria 3. On 10 December 1997 they were playing a unique concert, singing as group their own (solo) songs. The concert was done to collect money for homeless people and their public charity. Because of the success of this concert they continued this project and made many concerts in Austria and Germany and released three live-CDs from 1998 to 2000 (and some greatest hits-CDs). In 2002 he won the AMADEUS Austrian Music Award. In 2022, Wolfgang went on a Tour dedicated towards his 50 years of career. Source: Wikipedia -
Seiler und Speer
Seiler und Speer is an Austrian band from Bad Vöslau formed in 2014. The band is composed of comedian and actor Christopher Seiler and film producer Bernhard Speer. Both artists started their collaboration in 2014, when Christopher Seiler started his project "Schichtwechsel" (change of shifts). Bernhard Speer was producer and director. Christopher Seiler performed his first cabaret displays and wanted to accompany them with music. The texts, sung in Austrian dialect, caricature various situations out of daily life with Austrian humor. What was only intended to be a humorous project in the beginning grew into a first album. Seiler and Speer performed in front of 100,000 attendees at a concert for solidarity for asylum seekers at Heldenplatz, Vienna. They received a gold record for 7,500 units sold in October 2015. In December 2015, they received a platinum certification for 15,000. The mix of romanticism, everyday comical situations and popular songs became a success. Seiler and Speer are considered to be icons of Austrian pop music especially for the younger generation. Some of their most popular songs are: Soits leben, Servas du, Ham kummst, Stopp doch die Zeit, Weust a Mensch Bist, Ob und zua, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Lola Marsh
Lola Marsh, aka vocalist Yael Shoshana Cohen and multi-instrumentalist Gil Landau, create music that combines clever lyrics with deep warm harmonies. At the start of 2016, the young duo self-released “You're Mine”, an impressive debut EP that cemented Lola Marsh as collaborators of magnetic, thoughtful indie-pop. Their distinctive sound resulted in a quick rise, first online and then in person, with performances bringing the 5-piece band to Europe and North America. They followed with their debut record, “Remember Roses”, in the summer of 2017 - an effervescent collection of songs that boast a stunning juxtaposition of wistfulness and melancholy, set against an eccentrically offbeat pop backdrop. The record was received with critical acclaim, and the singles climbed to the top of Spotify’s most viral charts, hitting over 40 million streams that are growing by the day. The band gained attention from NPR, Paste Magazine, NYLON, Observer, Interview Magazine and more. The leading single 'Wishing Girl’ became a fan favorite and was featured in ads for leading brands such as Ebay and California Lottery.Their popularity crossed over to Hollywood and they co-wrote a song for the film “Criminal”. Once again their music brought them Stateside, seeing the duo tour nonstop, playing on stages at big-named festivals including Primavera Sound, Pohoda, Exit, Dockville, Pukkelpop, Montreaux, FNAC & intensively touring Europe & the USA. The band's sophomore album "Someday Tomorrow Maybe", was released in early 2020, and was inspired in part by the evolution of their own relationship as collaborators and, for a time, romantic partners. Lola Marsh, Landau says, is “romantic, nostalgic and a bit dreamy.” The New York Times agrees, having praised the band for “sweeping, cinematic music dripping in retro charm". following the second album release, the first single “Echoes” won best song in the Berlin Music Video Awards. the band was invited to play at the French tv show “Taratata”. Source: Official Website -
Igor Vukojević
Igor Vukojević (born 1975 in Doboj, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian singer, musician and songwriter. Igor started playing guitar when he was 10 years old, composed his first song when he was 11 and did his first song arrangement at 14 years old. By that time he already played 3 instruments - drums, bass and guitar. Vukojević has participated in the Bosnian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, BH Eurosong, twice, finishing third in 2003 and 2005. He also participated in the semi-final of its Serbian counterpart, Beovizija, in 2007, finishing last (20th). Igor's most popular songs are: Pedeset (duet song with Goca Tržan), Haljina Bijela, Jabuka, Južnije od Duše, Vječna Robija, and many more. Igor lives and works as a vocal coach in Munich, Germany. Source: Wikipedia -
Zdravko Čolić
Zdravko Čolić (born 30 May 1951) is a pop singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina born in Sarajevo. Zdravko is widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia. Dubbed the 'Tom Jones' of the Balkans. He has garnered fame in Southeastern Europe for his emotionally expressive tenor voice, fluent stage presence and numerous critically and commercially acclaimed albums and singles. Among his songs, "Ti si mi u krvi" (from same-named album) is widely considered one of the most popular ballads of ex-Yugoslav music. Zdravko started his career in bands Ambasadori and Korni grupa. On 15 April 1972 Čolić's first solo move was taking part in the Vaš šlager sezone competitive festival in Sarajevo. He won the third audience prize as well as the interpretation award with Kemal Monteno written song "Sinoć nisi bila tu". By winning at the Opatija festival with song "Gori vatra" written by Kemal Monteno, Čolić got to represent SFR Yugoslavia at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 April 1973 in Luxembourg. The song placed poorly, but became a well-respected hit at home. On 1 April 1978, he started an ambitious tour of SFR Yugoslavia with Lokice dance group in support of the album that had already sold 150,000 copies. The tour's climax took place in Belgrade at Red Star FC stadium on 5 September 1978 with 70,000 people in attendance despite the fact that Čolić already played two sold-out shows in Belgrade a few months earlier. After his 1990 album "Da ti kažem šta mi je", Čolić didn't make another album until late 1997, when he embarked on a comeback with Komuna label album Kad bi moja bila, and regained much of his popularity. The following year, he had nine sold-out concerts at Sava Centar. In October 2005, Čolić performed two concerts at the Belgrade Arena. In 2010, he had a big concert on the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in Sarajevo, within his Kad pogledaš me preko ramena tour, in front of over 60,000 people. On 25 June 2011, he had the biggest concert of his career: on Ušće, in Belgrade, with over 100,000 visitors. His biggest concert to date, it celebrated his 40-year career milestone. In 2019, Zdravko held six sold out shows in Kombank Dvorana in Belgrade. Mong dozens of hits performed by Zdravko, some of the most popular songs are: April u Beogradu, Okano, Glavo luda, Mangupska, Ti si mi u krvi, Madjarica, Pusti pusti modu, Živiš u oblacima, and many many more. Zdravko lives with his family in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović
Svetlana Ražnatović (born 14 June 1973), better known by her stage name Ceca, is a Serbian pop-folk singer. Referred to as the "Serbian Mother", she is renowned for her raspy vocals and emotional delivery and is recognized as the most successful Serbian singer of all time. Born in Prokuplje and raised in the village of Žitorađa, at the age of 15, Ceca rose to prominence as a recording artist for PGP-RTB with her debut album Cvetak zanovetak (1988), receiving the song of the year award for the title track at the Ilidža Folk Music Festival. She achieved further commercial success and acclaim in the 1990s by collaborating with song-writing duo Marina Tucaković and Milan Radulović on her signature hits, such as "Kukavica" (Coward), "Volela sam, volela" (Loved, I Have Loved), "Beograd" (Belgrade) and "Nevaljala" (Naughty). After releasing her best-selling album to date, Decenija (2001), she held a sold-out concert at Belgrade's Marakana stadium in 2002. Nevertheless, she managed to surpass that success in 2006 by performing at Belgrade's Ušće in front of more than 100,000 fans. Ceca has released sixteen albums to date. She has served as a judge on the televised singing contests Pinkove Zvezde (2014–2016) and Zvezde Granda (2021–present). Ceca was married to a career criminal and paramilitary commander in the Yugoslav Wars, Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović, with whom she has two children. Their wedding, which was broadcast internationally, was portrayed as a "Serbian fairytale" by the local media. Many also think that Arkan's influence significantly contributed to Ceca's success. Other popular Ceca's songs are Poziv, Autogram, Da raskinem sa njom, Grome moj, Tačno je, Dragane moj, Turbulentno, and many more. Ceca lives with her family in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Helge Schneider
Helge Schneider (born 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor. He frequently appears on German TV, and is probably best known for his song Katzenklo (Kitty Litter Box): "Katzenklo, Katzenklo, ja das macht die Katze froh" ("Kitty litter tray, kitty litter tray, that's what makes the kitty gay [happy]."), which spent 17 weeks on the German music charts in 1994, peaking at number 13. Until 2022, Helge recorded 22 albums and appeared in more than 35 movies. Most popular roles Helge achieved in My Führer, 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough, Ohne Gnade!, Nachrichten vom großen Krieg 1914-1918, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Dragan Marinković Maca
Dragan Marinković "Maca" (born 17 March 1968) is a Bosnian actor and TV personality. Widely known by his nickname Maca, though trained as an actor, Marinković is most notable for his outrageous personality showcased during his stints on reality television. In mid-2007, he was a contestant on the first season of Veliki brat VIP (the Serbian version of Celebrity Big Brother), making it all the way to the final day. In early 2010 he repeated the same on another reality contest Farma. He currently resides in Novi Sad with his family. His biggest acting job is a role opposite Mirsad Tuka and Mira Furlan in the 2010 multiple award-winning Bosnian film The Abandoned. After graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, Maca experienced trouble breaking into the business. Initially only involved with acting through supporting parts on film and in theater, he could be seen in the occasional play on small Sarajevo stages such as Kamerni teatar 55. Later he got small parts in various international film productions depicting the Bosnian War where he played stock character portrayals of local "bad guys" - usually cartoonish Serbian soldiers and paramilitaries. Two most notable such gigs were his appearances in Hollywood productions Welcome to Sarajevo and Behind Enemy Lines. Alongside TV work, Maca also performs comedies in theaters. His most popular performances included Đevrasim Cvijan za Predjednika, Sunce Tuđeg Neba, Kakva ti je Žena Takav ti je Život, Ja Mahalac, etc. Most popular TV roles, Maca had in Lud Zbunjen Normalan, Kriza, Kod amidže Idriza, The November Man, Ubice Moga Oca, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Jala Brat & Buba Corelli
Jasmin Fazlić (born 16 October 1986), known by his stage name Jala Brat, is a Bosnian rapper and hip-hop recording artist, songwriter, and producer. He is best known for collaborating with another Bosnian rapper Buba Corelli. Jala also represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 by co-writing and performing "Ljubav Je" together with Dalal, Deen, and Ana Rucner but failed to qualify for the final. In the summer of 2016, Jala announced he would run as a candidate for the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in Bosnia's 2016 municipal elections. Since 2011 Jala was mostly collaborating with Bosnian underground rappers that were most popular at that time. Besides Buba Corelli, he was known for his work with his colleagues from Bluntbylon, with Smayla as the most popular one. He was also working with Buba Corelli's group "G recordz" and their members. Jala also collaborated with Austrian rapper Raf Camora. Jala's most popular songs are Ona'e, Otrove, Klinka, Divljam, Kamikaza, Borba, Bebi, Benga po Snijegu, and many more. Jala lives in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Source: Wikipedia For Buba Corelli's biography, please check one of the past posts! -
Zabranjeno pušenje
Zabranjeno pušenje (transl. Prohibited Smoking) is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Currently, the band consists of founding member, vocalist, and guitarist Sejo Sexon, longtime drummer Branko Trajkov, guitarist Toni Lović, bassist Dejan Orešković, and violinist and keyboardist Robert Boldižar. The band was formed contrary to the then prevalent Yugoslav punk rock and new wave, closely associated with the New Primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire and sketch comedy show "Top lista nadrealista". They were one of the most popular musical acts of the 1980s in Yugoslavia, selling hundreds of thousands of records. Many times they got in trouble with the authorities for their, usually mild and sympathetic, criticism of the socialist system, and the habit of making light of issues considered sensitive at the time. In 1992, the band split followed the Bosnian War, Nele Karajlić continued working in Belgrade under the names Nele Karajlić & Zabranjeno pušenje and Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, while Sejo Sexon and other members rejoined in Sarajevo, using the original name, continuing the band's career released the fifth studio album Fildžan viška (1997) with the changed lineup. The band's ninth studio album, Muzej revolucije (2009), was released on the Anniversary of the October Revolution in almost all former Yugoslav countries, on the same day. The band released their tenth studio album, Radovi na cesti, in 2013. Their eleventh studio album was released in 2018, titled Šok i nevjerica. The most popular songs of Zabranjeno pušenje are Guzonjin sin, Hadžija ili bos, Djevojčice kojima miriše koža, Ženi nam se Vukota, Zenica blues, Jugo 45, Dok čekaš sabah sa šejtanom, and many more. The band members live in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Source: Wikipedia -
Markus Linder
Markus Linder (February 6, 1959, in Dornbirn) is an Austrian cabaret artist, presenter, actor, and blues musician. After the end of his school career, Linder first studied law at the University of Innsbruck in 1977, then German, Latin, and history from 1978 as teaching subjects. Since the regional school board for Tyrol did not offer the prospective teacher a position, he began a freelance career as a bar pianist and moderator in 1989. In 1997 his career as a cabaret artist started with his first solo program. Since 2011, Markus Linder has played the pastor Anton "Little" Prinz in the ORF series "4 Frauen und ein Todesfall". Linder is also a founder of the New-Orleans-Festival Innsbruck which later expanded to other Austrian cities, too. Source: Wikipedia -
Klaus Schubert - No Bros
No Bros is an Austrian hard rock band from Innsbruck, which enjoyed great success in the early 1980s with titles such as Heavy Metal Party, Be My Friend, and Hey You. In 1974, Klaus Schubert and Michael Ausserhofer founded the band Target in Tyrol, which changed the name to No Bros at the end of the 1970s with the participation of Nikolaus Opperer, Freddy Gigele, and Franz Heumader. During a live performance in Pinkafeld in 1979, there was a fateful encounter with ORF radio presenter Gotthard Rieger. He became a friend and manager of the band with the aim of establishing local hard rock in Austria.[2] In 1979 the first studio recording was made in the ORF regional studio in Tyrol. In mid-2018, Freddy Gigele left the band again, and Walter Stuefer was brought on board as lead singer in his place. The band around the actual founding member Klaus Schubert is working on a new album to mark the 45th anniversary of No Bros, which was presented in September 2019. At the same time, Freddy Gigele is also forming a band called No Bros featuring Freddy Gigele, which gave a debut concert in November 2019. Current members of the No Bros are: Walter Stuefer, Klaus Schubert, Andy Marberger, Andi Brunner, and Bernhard Welz. The most popular songs of No Bros are Heavy Metal Party, Be My Friend, Hey You, This is No Bros, Ready for the Action, Wonderland, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Vincent Bueno
Vincent Mendoza Bueno (born 10 December 1985) is an Austrian singer of Filipino descent. On 12 January 2008, he became the winner of the ORF program, Musical! Die Show (Musical! The Show), an Austrian television musical contest. He also served as a support act for Filipino singer Sarah Geronimo's concert in Vienna. On 18 January 2008, Bueno told the Philippine media of his plans to debut in the Philippines. He then made his first performance on Philippine Television on ASAP XV on 29 August 2010. He also signed a contract under Star Records, an ABS-CBN Entertainment Group Company, to pursue his music career in the Philippines. He was supposed to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands with the song, "Alive". However, on 18 March 2020, the event was canceled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Instead, he represented the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Amen", however, he was unable to qualify for the Final. Vincent lives in Vienna, Austria. Source: Wikipedia -
Novak Đoković
Novak Djokovic (born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Djokovic has been No. 1 for a record total of 348 weeks and has finished as ATP Year-End No. 1 on a record seven occasions. He has won a joint record of 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record of nine Australian Open titles. Overall, he has won 86 ATP singles titles, including a record 37 Masters events. Djokovic is the only man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam and complete a non-calendar year Grand Slam. He is also the only player to complete the career Golden Masters on the ATP Tour, which he has done twice. Djokovic began his professional career in 2003. At age 20, he disrupted Roger Federer's and Rafael Nadal's streak of 11 consecutive majors to win his first Grand Slam title at the 2008 Australian Open. By 2010, Djokovic also separated himself from the rest of men's tennis to join Federer and Nadal in the Big Three, the group of three players who have dominated men's tennis for more than a decade. In 2011, Djokovic was ranked No. 1 for the first time, winning three out of four majors and a then-season record of five Masters events. He remained the best player in men's tennis for the rest of the decade, leading the tour in major and Masters's titles, and winning four out of his five titles at the ATP Finals consecutively from 2012 through 2015. After four consecutive year-end finishes at No. 3 through 2010, Djokovic finished No. 1 for six years and No. 2 for three years in the next decade. Djokovic had another career year in 2015, reaching fifteen consecutive finals, including all four major finals and eight Masters' finals, winning three majors and a season-record of six Masters' events as well as the ATP Finals. The following year, he won the 2016 French Open to complete the first and only non-calendar year Grand Slam in the Open Era and his first career Grand Slam. He became the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once and the only one in history to do so on three different surfaces. Representing Serbia, Djokovic led the Serbian national team to their first Davis Cup title in 2010 and to the inaugural ATP Cup title in 2020. Moreover, he won the bronze medal for Serbia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Djokovic has won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award four times and he is a recipient of the Order of St. Sava, the Order of Karađorđe's Star, and the Order of the Republika Srpska. Beyond competition, Djokovic was the former ATP player council president and is also an active philanthropist. In August 2020, Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil announced the formation of the Professional Tennis Players Association as the first player-only association in tennis, citing the need for players to have more influence on the tour and advocating for a better prize money structure for lower-ranked players. Djokovic lives in Monte Carlo with his wife Jelena and two kids. Source: Wikipedia -
Božo Vrećo
Božo Vrećo (born 18 October 1983) is a Bosnian musician. Božo Vrećo, a Bosnian Serb, was born in Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia on October 18, 1983. His father died when he was five years old, and he grew up with his mother and two sisters. His mother was an artist and encouraged Vrećo to paint and draw, as well as to learn music. He taught himself how to read and write music, as well as sing, from the Internet. As an effeminate boy, Vrećo experienced many struggles growing up in his provincial hometown and was frequently bullied. Vrećo went to Belgrade, Serbia to earn his master's degree in archeology, but realized that his true passion was sevdalinka. At age 27, he began learning how to sing from traditional recordings. He then traveled to Sarajevo. A local musician discovered Vrećo singing in a cafe and invited him to perform in the band Halka, with whom he recorded his first CD. By 2015, Vrećo became known and written about in the English-speaking world. In 2017, Vrećo recorded his second solo album, Pandora, which included performances with Marko Louis, Indigo, Velahavie, and Merima Ključo. Two songs from the album Moj Sevdah will be part of Koštana, a play directed by Kokan Mladenović. Vrećo had a leading role in the play. The Swedish national television station will produce a documentary about Vrećo, his life, and his devotion to sevdalinka. As a reviver of a traditional women's genre, Vrećo defends the place of women in Bosnian society by singing their songs. He wears his hair long, with kohl around his eyes, and dresses in kaftans, dresses, or floating coats as he spins and sings on stage. At the same time, he is a bearded man. His performances are continually sold out in a patriarchal Balkan society, and his fans cross-gender and ethnic boundaries. Božo's most popular songs are Crne oči, Pašana, Pandora, Saba, Ko li noćas miluje ti kosu, Elma, Pustinja, Krila, and many more. Božo lives in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Source: Wikipedia -
Ivan Mihailović
Ivan Mihailović (Belgrade, February 19, 1989) is a Serbian theater, television, and film actor, best known for his role as cadet Mirko Klisura from the television series "Vojna Akademija". He has been acting as an amateur since childhood. He first appeared on the stage of the "Duško Radović" Theater in Belgrade, and after that, as a high school student, he acted on the Kamerna Scena of the 5th Belgrade Gymnasium. After finishing the third grade, he enrolled in acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Together with colleagues Miloš Biković, Anja Alač, Tamara Dragičević, Nina Janković, Jelisaveta Orašanin, and others. He graduated in the class of Professor Dragan Petrović "Pele". The audience met him near the small screens in 2012 as cadet Mirko Klisura in the series "Vojna Akademija". The series, which was broadcast on the program of the Radio-Television of Serbia, gained great affection from the audience. Mihailović also acts in plays; in the Jugoslovensko Narodno Pozorište, Pozorište Boško Buha, Zvezdara Teatar, Atelje 212, Beogradsko Dramsko Pozorište, and the traveling Vihor Teatar. Ivan's most popular roles were in: Vojna Akademija, Južni vetar, Balkanska međa, S/Kidanje, Mama i tata se igraju rata, etc. Ivan lives in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Nevena Vukes
Nevena Vukes (born 2 June 1990) is a Serbian actress. Nevena Ristić was born on June 2, 1990 in Kragujevac, Serbia. She showed her love for acting as a girl, so she was part of a drama workshop in Kragujevac at the Elementary School, and later at the High School. As a young girl, during high school, she actively trained in hip-hop dance, athletics, and later swimming. At the age of less than 18, Nevena left her hometown to study at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. From those years, to the present day, professional journeys in the world of acting began. As an acting student, in 2011 Nevena got her first leading role in the TV series Cvat lipe na Balkanu. Her first presentation to a wider audience resonated positively, and with that role, Nevena's active work in the world of film and television began. In 2014, Nevena also completed a master's degree in acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Nevena got the main role in the Croatian TV series Vatre ivanjske. On that occasion, she moved to Zagreb for a year. After the broadcast of this series, Nevena became a recognizable face in the entire Balkans. In 2015, she founded the traveling theater Teatar Vihor to gather her generation in one place and open space for the theatrical creation of young people. Later, she acted in numerous film and television series, of which the drama series Bićemo prvaci sveta stands out, where she played the main role of a journalist alongside Rade Šerbedžija and Žarko Radić. Nevena's other notable role was in Vojna Akademija. In 2017, Nevena married Croatian musician Marko Vukes and moved to Zagreb. Source: Wikipedia -
Tijana Pečenčić
Tijana Pečenčić (Belgrade, December 22, 1986) is a Serbian television, film, and theater actress. She is best known for the role of Milica Zimonjić Zimče in the TV series Vojna Akademija. Tijana made her first acting steps in the children's "Pan Pozorište". Her character of Milica Zimonjić Zimče won over the audience and put the talented actress in the center of public attention. They predict great success for the lovely actress, and she wins over her interlocutor with her modesty, with which she talks about herself and the roles she has played so far. She got significant roles in famous series as a student of the Academy of Arts in Belgrade. In the series "Greh njene majke", she played the sweet girl Gordana, while in "Žene s Dedinja" she played the character of Klara's daughter, teenager Marija Hadžipopović, and intrigued the viewers with her rebellion. Dejan Zečević noticed the great power of character transformation that she interpreted, and Tijana now plays one of the main heroines in the series "Vojna Akademia". The actress loves winter sports, but she has an accentuated artistic line, so her hobby is painting. Tijana achieved great success in "Vojna Akademija", "Na granici", "Po tamburi", "Kud puklo, da puklo", and many more TV shows and movies. Tijana lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Viki Miljković
Violeta Miljković (born 18 December 1974), better known as Viki, is a Serbian singer and TV presenter from Niš. Born to Svetomir and Zorka Miljković, she grew up in Niš and also spent time in her mother's village Veliki Vrtop. She started to perform with her brother Vladica, an accordionist, at the age of 14. The family set out to establish contacts in the music industry while both children continued with their education. Miljković was educated at the Dr. Vojislav Vučković school of music in Niš and the music academy of Priština. Discovered by songwriter Marina Tucaković, she debuted in 1992 with her first album. Her first three albums were written and produced by Aleksandar Radulović of the Futa Band. They are described as turbo-folk, especially in the song 'Coca-cola, Marlboro, Suzuki'. She joined Saša Popović to release music via the ZaM label and later his Grand Production company. Her last regular album appeared in 2009, but she has continued to perform since in Serbia and abroad. In 2016, she became a judge and mentor on the television singing competition Zvezde Granda, also produced by Popović. Since 2007, Miljković has been married to musician and accordion player Dragan Tašković Taške, with whom she has a son. Her brother left the music industry and owns a casino in southern Serbia. Viki's most popular songs are: Crno na belo, Ne znam šta si tugo moja, Mogu mogu, Ženske bubice, Mariš li, Mahinalno, Obeležena, Ti muškara, Godine, Da li si dobro spavao, and many more. Viki lives with her family in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Katarina Radivojević
Katarina Radivojević (Belgrade, March 29, 1979) is a Serbian actress. She finished elementary school in Batajnica, and then attended the Twelfth Belgrade Gymnasium and later the Fifth Belgrade Gymnasium. She was learning the basics of acting in Mika Aleksić's drama group, although she did not have the support of her parents. Her first encounter with the camera was the role of Sonja in the film Policajac sa Petlovog Brda, where she played alongside the greats of Yugoslav film Ljubiša Samardžić, Milena Dravić, Neda Arnerić ... She shot the series of the same name until 1994. Even then, she decided that acting would be her life's calling. As a high school student, she was considered an extremely unpredictable and undisciplined girl. After all the falls and searching for herself, she enrolled at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. At the entrance exam, she was first on the list, together with Marija Vicković, who becomes her best friend. He graduated from the Faculty in the class of Predrag Bajčetić. In 2002, at the very beginning of his career, he got the chance to play the title role in the film "Zona Zamfirova", directed by Zdravko Šotra. This role launches her to the very top of popularity. Overnight, she won headlines and unprecedented media attention. For the role of Zona, she received the award for the best debut role at the Niš Film Festival. Immediately after the Zona, Katarina's second film "Lavirint" is shown, in which she played a significant role. Katarina Radivojević is also active in the theater, with her classmates performing in the play "Komedijaši", produced by the FDA, which is performed on the stage of the Belgrade National Theater, and in the play "Dva Viteza iz Verone" by Goran Šušljik, the evening stage of the Boško Buha Theater. In 2013, she was on the jury of the show Tvoje lice zvuči poznato (Your Face Sounds Familiar). She was expelled from the series "Urgentni Centar" due to a physical attack on the organizer, which is why the trial is ongoing, which is why she did not appear in the third season of the series "Ubice Mog Oca". Katarina's most popular movies are: Zona Zamfirova, Najbolje Godine, Urgentni Centar, Policajac sa Petlovog Brda, Ubice Mog Oca, Nečista Krv: greh njenih predaka, and many more. Katarina lives in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Feđa Štukan
Feđa Štukan is a Bosnian actor and producer born in Sarajevo in 1974. He studied acting in the class of professors Aleksandar Jevđević and Mustafa Nadarević. He graduated from ASU in 2011. For his role in the movie Gori Vatra, he was awarded the Best Actor Award at the 2004 Krakow Film Festival. He is currently employed at the Chamber Theater '55 in Sarajevo. Feđa is most popular for his roles in movies Nečista Krv: greh njenih predaka, Klan, Child 44, Klopka, Nafaka, Crna hronika, and many more. Sources: IMDb and bhfilm.ba -
Aleksandar Ristoski
Aleksandar Ristoski is a young Serbian actor born in 1995 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. He graduated in acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the class of Professor Gordana Marić. He has been a member of the acting ensemble of the Sombor National Theater since 2018. His most popular roles were in Nečista krv: greh njenih predaka, Zona Zamfirova 2, Radio Mileva, Proleće na poslednjem jezeru, and many more. Aleksandar lives in Serbia. Source: IMDb and Narodno Pozorište Sombor. -
Nedim Nezirović
Nedim was born in Novi Pazar, and he graduated in acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, in the class of Professor Dragan Petrović Pele. Acting, as he says, was his childhood wish and it turned out that what he sincerely dreamed of came true over time. Nedim gained popularity through his role in the series Klan where he took the role of Paša. Other popular roles Nedim had in Nečista Krv: greh njenih predaha, Balkanska međa, Proleće u januaru, and so on. Nedim lives and works in Serbia. Source: IMDb and Nova.rs -
Mladen Lero
Mladen Lero is a young Serbian movie and theater actor, known for Srpski junaci srednjeg veka, Nečista Krv, and Ubice mog Oca. Mladen gained his popularity through the theater performance "Dečak sa Koferom" in the Little Theater "Duško Radović" in Belgrade. In 2021, Mladen gained huge popularity through the movie Nečista Krv with which he toured Serbia and Bosnia. Source: IMDb and private sources -
Inas
Inas Arnautovic, better known only as Inas (Sarajevo, January 28, 2003), is a Bosnian rapper. He started working in music in 2018 when he started collaborating with the Bosnian duo Jala Brat and Buba Corelli and started recording for their production company. He appears on the music scene with the song London Zore, which he released for Imperija in January 2018. Inas then released the song Zmijsko Tijelo and gained wider popularity after the release of the song Da, da, da in mid-2019, produced by Cobi. Already during that year, Inas made his first collaboration with the Serbian musician Ognjen, with whom he released the song High ko zmaj at the end of that year. At the beginning of 2020, he released a duet with Tasko called Balkan Banda. That year he also released the singles Babi flow and Speedfight. In early 2021, Inas collaborated with the producers of the film and series Južni Vetar, and as part of the collaboration in February of that year, he released the song AP, which will be part of the soundtrack of the second part of the film called Južni Vetar 2: Ubrzanje. Inas lives in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina where he attends the Sarajevo International High school. Source: Wikipedia -
Robert Bijelić
Robert Bijelić is a young popular singer from Ljubljana, Slovenia. He became popular after his aunt, Serbian folk star Dragana Mirković, helped him with recording his first CD. Ever since Dragana and Robert kept collaborating, and Robert was a surprise guest at a few big concerts that Dragana held. After his song "Znam" came out, Robert gained huge popularity among the younger audience of the Balkans. His most popular songs are: "Znam", "Sve bih dao", "Nisi ti ta", "Oktobar", "Apsolutno moja", etc. Robert lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Source: interviews -
Rialda
Rialda Karahasanović (born 12 November 1992), known professionally as just Rialda, is a Bosnian pop recording artist, television personality, and model. Rialda competed in seasons five and seven of the televised singing contest Zvijezda možeš biti ti (You Can Be a Star). Rialda Karahasanović was born in besieged Sarajevo on 12 November 1992. The daughter of the leader of the Sarajevo band Sarr e Roma, Amir Karahasanović, Rialda grew up in a musical household. Her brother Ajdin is four years younger. In 2012 she auditioned for the fifth season of the televised singing contest Zvijezda možeš biti ti (You Can Be a Star) on Hayat TV, but dropped out several weeks in. She competed again in the seventh season two years later and made it to the finals in May 2015. During the competition, most of the songs she sang were originally by Croatian pop star Severina, with the Sarajevo-based magazine Ekskluziva even calling her the "Bosnian Severina". Rialda's first single "Korak do dna" premiered on 9 September 2015. The song was written by Đorđe Jovančić and produced by Amil Lojo. Rialda's most popular songs are: Bezimeni, Paljba, Ludnica, O da, Ludilo u boji, etc. Rialda lives in Belgrade with her boyfriend Kenan Tahirović with whom she participated in the reality TV show Zadruga. Source: Wikipedia -
Nucci
Igor Panić better known by his stage name Nucci is a Serbian trap, rap, and electronic musician and video producer. Igor Panić was born in 1996 in Belgrade. He finished the Fourth Belgrade Gymnasium in his hometown and even during high school he became interested in music. He started playing music in 2011 when he recorded his first single. In the beginning, he dedicated himself to writing songs, and he also took frequent breaks because he was also involved in video production. In 2019, he returned to publishing songs, so that year he released the single Hotline and the duet Sve sa tobom with Kobrica. In that period, Nucci started cooperation with the production company Generacija Zed, for which those two songs were published. He became known to a wider audience after the release of the song BeBo in June 2020. In August of the same year, he released the song Uđi na WA. During that year, Nucci also released the songs Hawanae and Warm up, as well as the duet Bambi with Popov. Nucci recorded a song that will be part of the soundtrack of the second part of the film called Južni Vetar 2: Ubrzanje. In addition to singing, Nucci also writes songs for other musicians. He collaborated with Malen when he wrote and composed several songs, as well as with Popov, with whom he wrote his songs Laganie, Vino, and Sam sam. With his brother, Marko Panić, at the beginning of 2018, he founded the production company Tsunami, within which the two of them are engaged in video production and video recording. Source: Wikipedia -
Ljubomir Bandović
Ljubomir "Ljubo" Bandović (born 8 July 1976) is a Serbian actor. He has won many prestigious awards for acting in Serbia. Ljubomir "Ljubo" Bandović was born in Ivangrad, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia. He studied at the University of Arts Faculty of Dramatic Arts. He has been a member of Yugoslav Drama Theatre since 2000. He has also been a member of several other houses, including: Belgrade International Theatre Festival, Belgrade Drama Theatre, Serbian National Theatre, and BELEF. In February 2009, he has won the "Zoran Radmilović" award for performance in a theatre show Ćeif. In August 2011, he has won Grand Prix "Naisa" award for the performances in The Sisters and The Enemy. In October 2011, he was the best actor at the 31st "Borini pozorišni dani" festival, for the performance in a theatre show Pazarni dan. The most popular movies of Ljubomir are: Vojna Akademija, Lud, Zbunjen, Normalan, Ono Kao Ljubav, Vratiće se Rode, Ubice Mog Oca, Južni Vetar, Kosti, and many more. Ljubomir lives in Belgrade with his wife Tatjana who is a painter. Source: Wikipedia -
Emir Ćatović
Emir Ćatović (Bijelo Polje, 1988) is a Montenegrin actor. Emir was born in 1988 in Bijelo Polje. He graduated in 2011 from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje in the class of Professor Branimir Popović. He has been a permanent member of the ensemble of the Podgorica City Theater since 2015. The most popular movies of Emir are Gorčilo - Jesi li to došao da me vidiš, Budva na Pjenu od Mora, Santa Maria della Salute, Biser Bojane, Pogrešan Čovek, etc. Emir lives in Montenegro. Source: Wikipedia -
Nela Mihailović
Danijela - Nela Mihailović (Valjevo, October 16, 1969) is a Serbian theater, film, and television actress. Nela was born in Valjevo, where she finished primary and secondary medical school. She graduated in acting in 1994 at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the class of Professor Vladimir Jevtović, together with Nataša Ninković, Nebojša Glogovac, Vojin Ćetrković, Sergej Trifunović. She played her first role at the National Theater in Belgrade in Shakespeare's "Tamed Mountain", which was performed more than 100 times. She has been playing as a scholarship holder since 1993, and she became a permanent member of that theater in 1994. She played on the stages of all Belgrade theaters. She played notable roles in the film Led, as well as in the television series Stižu Dolari, Selo Gori a Baba se Češlja, Ranjeni Orao, Nepobedivo Srce, Budva na Pjenu od Mora, and many more. She is married to composer Vladimir Petričević, the brother of actress Suzana Petričević. She is the mother of two daughters. Source: Wikipedia -
Milutin Milošević
Milutin Milošević (Čačak, December 28, 1981) is a Serbian film, television, and theater actor. Milutin graduated in acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, in the class of Professor Gordana Marić. He won the Charter for the best male role at the 44th Film Festival in Niš in 2009. He is best known for his starring role in the 2009 film Beogradski Fantom, in which he played the authentic character of Vlado Vasiljević, a Belgrade phantom. He also played a notable role in the television series Žene s Dedinja (2011-2013). Other popular roles Milutin had in Larin Izbor, Sveti Georgije Ubiva Aždahu, Žigosani u Reketu, Drugo Ime Ljubavi, Tajne Vinove Loze, etc. Milutin lives in Belgrade with his wife and son. Source: Wikipedia -
Katarina Marković
Katarina Markovic (Krusevac, July 29, 1982) is a Serbian actress. She graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. She had her first role on the stage of the Bitef Theater, in the play "Don Juan". She got a permanent engagement in 2009 at the Boško Buha Theater. He also plays at the National Theater in Belgrade. The most popular roles of Katarina are: Lud, Zbunjen, Normalan; Pevaj, brate!; Ljubav, Navika, Panika; Budva na Pjenu od Mora; Komšije; Vrata do Vrata; etc. Katarina lives in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Vanja Milačić
Vanja Milačić (April 24, 1977) is a Serbian theater, television, film, and voice actress. Vanja was born in Podgorica, Montenegro. Even as a child, she went to acting classes, and piano. She graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje, in the class of Professor Ranislav Mićunović. Twenty-two years ago, she moved to Belgrade, where she continued her acting career. Vanja spent time synchronizing animated films and series. Vanja's most popular TV appearances are in Vratiće se Rode, Moj Rođak sa Sela, Cvat Lipe na Balkanu, Samac u Braku, Mamini Sinovi, etc. Vanja lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Gordana Boban
Gordana Boban (born September 13, 1967) is a drama artist from Livno. Gordana Boban has been an active member of the Livno cultural and artistic association "Radnik" since his early childhood, where she appeared in a large number of roles at the Livno Amateur Theater during the 1980s. She had her first important roles in Oscar Wilde's "Sretan princ" (1982), Pero Mioč's "Sretna priča" (1983) and "Kosarin vijenac" (1984), and Aldo Kezić's oratorio "Jadi Ne Vujadine" (1986). She received her academic education as a dramatic artist at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. Significant roles in the plays Tetovirano pozorište, Ženski turbofolk bend and Mjesečeva Predstava. Most popular roles in movies and TV series she acted in, were Gori vatra, Nafaka, Kenjac, Mama, Mliječni put, and her most popular role of Ivana in Bosnian TV series Lud Zbunjen Normalan. Gordana appeared in 64 episodes of Lud Zbunjen Normalan and became one of the most popular actresses at that time. Unfortunately, she had to leave the crew 2008 due to, as she said in one interview, some of the episodes and scenes were inappropriate for family sitcom as this show is. Gordana lives in Livno, Bosnia. Source: Wikipedia -
Mirsad Tuka
Mirsad Tuka is a Bosnian theater and film actor. Born on June 19, 1965 in Tuzla. He started his professional career as an actor as a student of the Drama Studio of the Tuzla National Theater. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He made his debut in the film "Praznik u Sarajevu". For this role, he was awarded at the Festival of Acting Achievements in Niš in 1991, as the best actor - debutant. Since 1996, he has been a member of the ensemble of the Sarajevo Kamerni Teatar 55. He has played many roles in theater plays, including Zlatko Topčić's "Krokodil Lacoste", Alija Isaković's "To", Marko Vešović's "Poljska konjica" and "Hasanaginica" for which awarded. He has also starred in many movies and TV series such as are: “Nafaka”, "Sve džaba", "Remake", "Ostavljeni", "Warriors" and his most notable role of inspector Murga in TV series "Lud Zbunjen Normalan". Source: Wikipedia -
Radoslav Milenković
Radoslav "Rale" Milenković is a Serbian film, television and theater actor and theater director. Radoslav "Rale" Milenković was born on February 17, 1958 in Novi Sad, where he finished primary and secondary school. In 1980, he graduated in acting at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in the class of Professor Branko Pleša. He has acted in a large number of films and theater plays. At the very beginning of his acting career, in 1982, he founded the MM Theater in Zagreb with Sreten Mokrović, and from 1984 to 1987 he was a member of the acting ensemble of the Zagreb ITD Theater. From 1987 to 2005, he was a permanent member of the acting ensemble of the Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade. He also played numerous roles in other Belgrade theaters (Atelje 212, Belgrade Drama Theater, Zvezdara Theater, National Theater in Belgrade), as well as in the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad. He directed in numerous theaters in Yugoslavia, and later in Serbia, as well as in theaters in Hungary, Sweden, Croatia and Macedonia. Since 2005, he has been a permanent director of drama at the Serbian National Theater. Radoslav Milenković taught at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad from 1989 to 1993 in the subjects of acting and diction. Since 2009, he has been teaching at the High School of Dramatic Arts in Kaposvár, Hungary. Radoslav is also engaged in literary work. So far, he has published two books of poetry. He has won the most important awards for acting and directing at numerous festivals in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia. Most popular roles Milenković had in: Parada, Na putu za Montevideo, Urgentni centar, Vratiće se rode, Besa, Ubice mog oca, Jagodići, Žene s Dedinja, Boj na Kosovu, Led, Lud Zbunjen Normalan, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Tea Tairović
Tea Tairović is a Serbian pop-folk singer who gained popularity during the "Zvezde Granda" music competition. She was born on April 26, 1996 in Novi Sad. She has been dancing professionally since the age of four, and she recorded her first song called "Da si moj" in 2014. The public met her during 2015 and 2016, when she was one of the participants in the "Zvezde Granda" competition. She is known for the songs "Karakterna osobina", "Meni odgovara“, „Igračica“, „Nevolja“, „I u dobru i u zlu“, and duet songs with legendary Šaban Šaulić, Rimski, Menilo Velioski, Ivanom Krunić and DJ Shone. Tea lives in Belgrade and Novi Sad. Currently, Tea is one of the most active singers in Serbia. Source: Biografija.org -
Sloba Vasić
Slobodan Sloba Vasić was born in Senta on July 18, 1991. He lived in the family house with his father Goran, mother Marija and younger sister Nataša. It was revealed very early on that Slobodan would be a future lover of music and pop. At just age of 4, he started learning to play the accordion, and his parents supported and nurtured his interest in performances. When he moved to Subotica with his family at the age of 11, he began to sing much more seriously, and at the age of 14 he learned to play keyboards. In his high school days, he earned his living by singing. He became known to the general public for his participation in the Zvezde Granda in 2007, where he was one of the finalists, and as a reward he received the song "Anonimna", which became a big hit. In 2013, he recorded his first album called "Moram da se promenim" for Grand Production. In 2015, he performed the duet "Nevreme" with his colleague Andreana Čekić. Sloba's most popular songs are: Anonimna, Nevreme, Emotivac, Milion, Moja bivša draga, Kao pas, and many more. Sloba lives in Belgrade. Source: Tekstomanija -
Voyage & Breskvica
Mihajlo Veruović, better known as Voyage (Belgrade, September 15, 2001), is a Serbian treper. Mihajlo Veruović was born on September 15, 2001 in Belgrade. He started playing music in elementary school, when he founded a rap group called Company. The group released their first song in 2015, called Priđi bliže. With the group he also dropped the song Do kraja in 2017. In 2019, he began collaborating with the production company Generation Zed, for which in May 2019 he released the song Otrovan, along with Henny, and then the song Sećanja, also with him. He became known to the general public after his collaboration with his girlfriend Anđela Ignjatić (better known as Breskvica) on the song Vrati me. In November 2019, he released his second duet with Breskvica, titled Samo budi tu, and in late December of the same year he released the song Koraci u noći, along with Vuk Mob and Breskvica. Voyage & Breskvica are recording and performing together and are the most popular trap duo in Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Đorđe David
Đorđe Nikolić better known as Đorđe David is a Yugoslav and Serbian actor, former singer of Generation 5 and Fuzzbok, current frontman of Death Saw. He was born on November 5, 1964 in Zemun. Married to Ana Mirčetić, who has a daughter Staša. Another boy was fond of acting while he was a member of Radio Television Belgrade's Children's Drama Studio. Therefore, it is not surprising that in 1983 he enrolled the Faculty of Drama in the class of Professor Predrag Bajčetić. He has starred in numerous shows, films "Šmeker", "Tamna strana Sunca" and „Doktorka na selu“, „Vuk Karadžić“ and „Sinđelići“. David worked on acting alongside on music career. From 1986 to 1990 he performed at the festival "MESAM" and "Belgrade Spring". From 1992 to 2000 he was a member of Generacija 5. Since 2009 he has been the frontman of the band Death Saw. He has recorded several albums with various bands and one solo album called "Balkan". As of 2018, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dadov Youth Theater and a member of the jury of the Zvezde Granda Music Competition. Đorđe's most popular songs are: Ti samo budi dovoljno daleko, Dolazim za 5 minuta, Najjači ostaju, and many more. Đorđe David lives and works in Belgrade. Source: biografija.org -
Indira Forza
Indira Levak (born September 15, 1973) is a Croatian singer better known as Indira Forza or Indira Colonia. She was the lead vocalist of the Croatian trio of dance music Colonia. Indira was born to Croatian father Franjo and mother of Bosniak Ismet on September 15, 1973 in Županja. At the age of twelve she became a member of the Županja County Orchestra, where she played clarinet for thirteen years. In eighth grade, she founded a band with four colleagues - "Forever Young". Since 1996 she has been a member of the popular dance group Colonia. Colonia is a Croatian dance music trio from Vinkovci, Croatia. They have released twelve albums and over 35 singles to date with various songs and albums gaining platinum status. They are known for winning the first ever Eurodance competition in 2001 and their various hits throughout the years. In 2017 Indira left the group and started solo career as Indira Forza. She was married to Narcis Mujkic, but they divorced. In 2014, Indira married Miroslav Levak. Since 2015, he has been a judge of the Croatian version of The Voice, The Voice - The Most Beautiful Voice of Croatia. Most popular songs of Indira Levak are: Lažu oči tvoje, 1001 noć, Feniks, Sve oko mene je grijeh, Oduzimaš mi dah, Gukni golube, Zlatni dvori, Tidabudibuda, Pogledom me skini, Svijet voli pobjednike, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Tijana Dapčević
Tijana Dapčević (born 3 February 1976) also known as simply Tijana, is a Macedonian-Serbian singer who has achieved popularity in Balkan countries, mainly in Serbia. Tijana was born in Skopje, at the time part of SFR Yugoslavia. She has a younger sister Tamara, and is married to Milan Dapčević, a Serbian businessman. One of her hit songs is Sve je isto, samo njega nema ("Everything is the same, only he is not here"), he being former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. The track has parts of the song in all of the former Yugoslavia's languages; Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Slovene, and Macedonian. She won the "Sunčane skale" festival in Herceg Novi in 2002 with the song Negativ composed by Darko Dimitrov, included on her second studio album with the same title. She has also won first place on the "Serbian Radio Festival-Feras" in 2006 with the song Julijana. On 28 August 2013, Tijana Dapčević was selected by Macedonian Radio Television to represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark. Dapčević competed in the second semi-final of the competition on 8 May 2014 with the song "To the Sky". Dapčević placed 13th in the 2nd semi-final and did not progress to the final. Tijana's younger sister Tamara Todevska has participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and 2019 and was a backing vocalist for Tijana in 2014. Most popular Tijana's songs are: Sve je isto samo njega nema, Negativ, Reset, Zemlja mojih snova, Ona to zna, Neću, Kilometri, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Džejla Ramović
Džejla Ramović (born 29 April 2002) is a Bosnian solo singer. She rose to fame as the winner of the first season of the Serbian talent show Neki Novi Klinci (Some New Youngsters). Later in 2019 she won the thirteenth season of musical competition Zvezde Granda. After successfully applying to appear on the show Neki Novi Klinci (Some New Kids) in Serbia, she soon gained recognition in the media and went on to enjoy great popularity. Her singing has been widely described as melodic and sensitive and led to the judges of the show choosing Džejla as the winner of the show. Džejla Ramović won the 13th season 2018/2019 of the music competition Zvezde Granda. Džejla began making music as a young girl in 2014. While later being busy with school and other responsibilities, she managed to find time to make cover songs like Adele's Hello and other such, melodic and emotional songs which she loved to perform. She released her first single entitled Ruža, the lyrics of which were written by Bane Opačić with the arrangement by Alek Aleksov, on 18 January 2017. Džejla is fluent in English. Džejla's song from 2019 Ruine came out after winning the Zvezde Granda competition. It immediately became a hit. Džejla lives in Goražde. Most popular songs of Džejla Ramović are: Ruine, Ruža, Jedna kao nijedna and Potraži me. Source: Wikipedia -
The Frajle
Frajle (often styled as The Frajle) is a four-member female acoustic band from Novi Sad. The band members are Marija Mirković, Nataša Mihajlović, Nevena Buča and Jelena Buča. The band was founded in the summer of 2009 and is called The Frajle to emphasize their Vojvodina roots and origins. The Frajle have released four studio albums, of which the first is "Our First Album from a Trip" known for the first single and video for the song "Ich liebe Dich ”, which is a short film about love that contains cabaret elements. The second single "Štiklice", released in early July 2011, and the song "Fina", won radio stations and heralded the great success of the entire album. The same song was screened and then won first place on the MTV Top list. The second edition of EP "A Strana Ljubavi" was released in spring 2014 in collaboration with the same publishers. Two of the songs in this release had notable videos: "Kad se ljubimo" and "Za kraj". With this release, The Frajle confirmed that the success of the first album was no accident. The third edition of "B Strana Ljubavi" was released in 2015. The album featured a cover of Toše Proeski's song "Vo kosi ti si spijam". The fourth album, Ljubav na dar, is a collage of love stories as eternal inspiration. The songs "Love for a Gift", "Bakery", "Come on Doll", "Don't Go" and "Follow Me" were highlighted. Croatian singer Vana appears for the first time as the author of the song for others on this album. In addition to the author's songs, The Frajle are also known for their cover art. The band members have an original, archaic style of dress. Music critics call their musical style "the tango of Vojvodina" and "the female bećarac." Most popular Frajle's songs are: Ko se to meni zaljubio, Štiklice, Ich liebe dich, Fina, Kad se ljubimo, Živote kreni, and many more. The Frajle live and work in Novi Sad, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Šako Polumenta
Sakib "Šako" Polumenta (born 27 March 1968) is a Montenegrin pop-folk singer popular throughout the former Yugoslav republics. Polumenta was born into a Montenegrin Muslim family in Bijelo Polje, a municipality of northern Montenegro (then part of Yugoslavia). He is married with Vesna, whom he has been in a relationship for 15 years (as of 2013). He has a daughter, Rijalda (b. 1989), who married in 2012. He is the paternal uncle of well-known singer Dado Polumenta, whose career he helped launch. He began his career in 1993. Šako recorded 11 albums since 1993 and big number of hits. During his career, Šako collaborated with artists like Vesna Zmijanac, Vesna Rivas, Dara Bubamara, Donna Ares, Dado Polumenta, Slavica Ćukteraš, Stoja, and many more. Most popular Šako's songs are: Ljepša od noći, Ženim se, Nedostaješ, Bonjour, Pečat ljubavi, Dišem za tebe, and many more. Šako lives and works in Podgorica, Montenegro. Source: Wikipedia -
Sara Jo
Sara Jovanović (born 29 October 1993), also known under stage name Sara Jo, is an Italian-born Serbian singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence as the second runner-up on the singing competition Prvi glas Srbije in 2012. Jovanović was also nominated for 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Adria Act. Sara Jovanović was born on 29 October 1993 in Rome, Italy. Her family moved back to Belgrade, Serbia, when she was fifteen years old. Jovanović became known to wider audience as a contestant and the second runner-up of the second season of Serbian singing competition Prvi glas Srbije. She successfully went through the audition and the battle round to progress to the live show performances.y of Philology, studying Italian language. In February 2013, it was announced that Sara, alongside two other show finalists Nevena Božović and Mirna Radulović, would take part in the search for Serbia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden as the girl group Moje 3. They subsequently won the national election with the song "Ljubav je svuda". They failed to qualify into finals. They also received the Barbara Dex Award for the worst dressed act. In May 2017, Jovanović collaborated with Belgrade-based hip-hop record label Bassivity Digital on her electropop single "Nemam vremena za to", which saw great success and brought her back to mainstream. During the summer 2019, Sara embarked on a tour, performing at music festivals such as the Exit, while in September she performed at the Belgrade Pride. In January, Sara performed a medley of her hits at the 2020 Music Awards Ceremony. Sara's most popular songs are: Nemam vremena za to, Ljubav je svuda, Bez sna, Mili mili, Lava, Zauvek, Troje, and many more. Sara lives in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia -
Ilma Karahmet
Ilma Karahmet was born in Travnik on May 2nd, 2000 and grew up in Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a Bosnian singer who is becoming widely known after participating in the X Factor 2013 regional competition. Although many thought she should have been the winner, she dropped out of the competition before the finals, but that is why in 2018 she claimed victory in the RTL TV show "Zvijezde". Ilma plays guitar and piano, and has been singing since she was four. Her father was a music professional. He played the accordion and the piano, so she began to sing along to him. She has performed at various festivals and concerts. He mostly listens to pop, R&B and soul music. Ilma says she is communicative, ambitious and patient. In 2018 He married Sedin Lakača, a Master of Criminal Justice. The wedding ceremony took place in Bugojno and Ilma got married at the age of 18. She says her husband supports her in her career and that this gives her the added strength to do her job with even greater dedication and love. In 2018, she participated in RTL's "Zvijezde" music competition and has already become a crowd favorite during her first performances. In the finale, she sang Christine Aguilera's song "Hurt" and "Power of Love" by Celine Dion, and the jury eventually decided that she was the one who deserved the win. The inspiration of Ilma Karahmet is the world diva such as Adele and Whitney Houston, whose songs she loves to sing the most, and who would like to share the stage with Jacques Houdek, Marija Šerifović and Nina Badrić. In 2019 Ilma introduced a new video and song "Ništa tvoja". It is an emotional ballad in which he sings about a love that is extinguished, and actor Armin Omerović appears as a partner in the video. The song was written by Serbian songwriter, composer and songwriter Bane Opačić. She continued to cooperate with Opačić in 2020, so at the beginning of the year she released the song "Neko nije", for which she also recorded a video in which Bosnian actor Adnan Hasković appeared. Most popular songs of Ilma are: Ništa tvoje, Neko nije, Zaledi grijeh, and many more. Source: official website -
Magla Bend
Magla Bend is a Serbian music band formed in Belgrade, which is part of the Grand Production Record Company. Magla Band members are Vladan Savić, Miodrag Cvjetan-Mića, Milan Tanasijević and Darko Trojanović. The band gained fame with the song Samo se noćas pojavi, which ranked number one on multiple music charts in Serbia and the region, followed by the hit Neprijatelj with singer Nataša Bekvalac. In February 2020, Magla bend appeared as a special guest on Nataša's concert in Štark Arena in Belgrade. Most popular songs of Magla bend are: Neprijatelj, Samo se noćas pojavi, Neka me do zore, Ako ti je stalo, Teatralno, and many more. Bend members live and work in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Divlje Jagode
Divlje Jagode (trans. "Wild Strawberries") are a Bosnian and ex-Yugoslav hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1977. The band are widely considered to be regional pioneers of the heavy metal genre and one of the most popular and enduring icons of rock music in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the entire region. They have endured many lineup changes over the years, remained active in the music industry and retained their popularity throughout the years. In 40 years since its founding, the band have released 13 studio albums, many singles, compilation albums, and sold around 4 million records. Divlje Jagode were formed in 1977 in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina by guitarist Sead "Zele" Lipovača (a former "Biseri", "Selekcija" and "Zenit" member). A very talented guitar player from his early years, Lipovača was what was considered to be a local wonderkid. He was 22 years old when he formed the band. In the summer of 2019, the band marked 40 years of recording activity, by performing live in BHRT studio in Sarajevo. Many musicians who were members of the band at some point during their career, joined them on stage. Among those, were vocalists Mladen Vojičić Tifa, Žanil Žak Tataj, Ante "Toni" Janković, Pero Galiić and Marko Osmanović. After four singles, released during two years period, Divlje Jagode released their 13th studio album, entitled Jukebox, in February, 2020. The album marks the band's 40+ years of recording activity and features guest appearances of several musicians who worked with the band during that time. It was released through Croatia Records and contains several new songs, as well as several old ones, re-recorded with new sound and production. Most popular songs of Divlje Jagode are: Motori, Jedina moja, Kap po kap, Labude kad rata ne bude, Krivo je more, Dodirni me, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Ivana Peters
Ivana Peters (also known as Ivana Negativ, born as Ivana Pavlović on August 22, 1974) is a Serbian pop and rock singer. She became famous as a singer of two bands: Tap 011 (1994-1999) and Negative (1999-2015). The vocal is in the song "Oči boje duge" by Dr Iggy. At the age of 15 she began singing in a group called Who is the best, mostly rap music, and with whom she recorded two albums. She replaced Madame Piano at Belgrade Schlager 94, after which she turned her attention to herself. Gane Pecikoza, the manager of the Tap 011 group, brought her into the group, where together with Goca Tržan she was a female vocalist, in the group of which Petar Stupar, Djordje Pajović and Milan Bojanić were members. She has recorded 3 albums with the group Tap 011 and participated in numerous festivals. After leaving the group, she changed the genre, becoming the lead vocalist of the rock band Negative, with which she has recorded four albums so far. With this first single, "Ja bih te sanjala", from the debut album called "Negative" (1999), it attracted the attention of all media and the wider audience. With Ivana's voice and the rebellious attitude and energy of the other guys in the band, Negative became one of the more popular local bands. After a break, Negative successfully appeared on the Beovision Festival with the hit single "Zbunjena." It was also the announcement of the new album "Tango" (2004), which excelled in the audience. The band then prepared new songs, which after a break of five years, appeared at the end of January 2009, and at the festival in Vrnjacka Banja in 2008. The negative premiered a new single, called "Julia". From her marriage to Alexander Peters, a former member of the Sunshine Group, Ivana has a daughter, Sara. Ivana's most popular songs are: Gaće, Ti me ne voliš, Zbunjena, More tuge, Ja bih te sanjala, Bez promene, and many more. Ivana lives with family in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia -
Selma Bajrami
Selma Bajrami (born 4 July 1980 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer. Her professional music career began when she was a teenager with the release of her first studio album Kad suza ne bude... in 1998. Since, she has become one of the regions leading pop stars with multiple hits and eight albums. In the beginning of her professional career, she was a member of a music group called If, which she later left. The songwriters of her fifth album, Kakvo tijelo Selma ima (2004), included Dragan Brajović Braja, Dragiša Baša and Nanin from Tuzla. Song Kakvo tijelo Selma ima, became one of the greatest folk hits of all time and the most popular Selma's song. Her sixth album, Ostrvo tuge (2007) was her first of two consecutive projects with the record label Grand Production. Bajrami met her first husband, Zoran Vučković from Sarajevo, in March 2003 in the Croatian city of Makarska, where they married six months later. They divorced in February 2004. Selma met her second husband, a Bosnian man named Mujo Musić in July 2011, during a performance of hers at the Modrac Lake by Lukavac. They were wed on 22 December 2011 in front of 100 guests at the hotel Tuzla in the same city, having been engaged a month. Bajrami moved with her second husband to his home in Vienna, Austria. The couple filed for divorce in October 2014. Selma's most popular songs are: Kakvo tijelo Selma ima, Ostrvo tuge, Lijepe žene, Mlađe slađe, Zverka, and many more. Selma lives in Vienna, Austria. Source: Wikipedia -
Tijana Bogićević
Tijana Bogićević (born 1 November 1981) is a Serbian singer. She represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "In Too Deep" but failed to qualify to the final. Bogićević was previously a backing vocalist for Nina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. She also competed to represent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 through Beovizija 2009, but did not advance past the semi-final. Bogićević first achieved major recognition in Serbia in 2013, after the release of her single "Čudo". The following year she released a duet with Aleksa Jelić, "Još jednom". Bogićević currently resides in the United States. She married Mark Robertson, the lead singer of the band Queen Of Hearts, in 2015. Tijana's most popular songs are: Hajde onda ništa, Bezuslovno, Širina, In too deep, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Sergej Pajić
Sergej Pajić is a Serbian YouTuber and singer born in Banja Luka on August 22, 2003. Sergej attended primary school in Banja Luka, and moved to Belgrade later on. He gained popularity through talent show Pinkove Zvezdice where he appeared in season 3. Sergej went into Super Finals and placed seventh. Sergej also appeared in show Pinkove Zvezdice ALL STARS where he won the show. Sergej's most popular songs are Uspavanka and Anđeo. Song Uspavanka was viewed more than 3 million times within 1 month after its publication. Sergej is currently one of the most perspective young artists from Balkan. He lives with his family in Belgrade. Sources: Various -
Aleksandra Mladenović
Aleksandra Mladenović is a Serbian singer who has gained popularity with her participation in Zvezde Granda. She was born in 1994 in Žitorađa. At eleven years of age, Aleksandra started singing to help her parents. She performed with her father and brother at various celebrations. In 2016, she began a relationship with singer Uroš Živković, who also competed in the Zvezde Granda. They were together for several months. Aleksandra made it to the Super Finals of the show, but did not win first place. Marija Šerifović said she was her favorite to win. Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović gave her advice and prepared her for the performance where she sang the song "Večeras kuća časti". Jelena Karleuša told her that she was starting to annoy and to look like a cafe singer. In 2016, she recorded her first song, entitled "Moj si nek’ si najgori". In 2017, she released the single "Ljubav ili ludilo" for which she made a spot. This song became one of her biggest hits. Other popular songs of Aleksandra are: Sunce moje, Kutija za bol, Poseban, Nema ljubavi da nije bolela, Ljubav ili ludilo, and many more. She currently lives and works in Belgrade. Source: biografija.org -
Emir Đulović
Emir Djulović was born in Tuzla on March 7, 1988. He finished elementary and secondary music school in Tuzla, after which he enrolled in music studies in Mostar. From his early childhood, he showed great talent for music and joined the KUD where he began to perform as the youngest member. At only 15, she took a part in OBN Folk Talents, from where she emerged as a winner and gained great popularity. In 2008 he released a single called "Ne boli" which is very popular with the audience. Emir Đulović, from the day he first stepped onstage to the present day, has been successfully navigating show waters. She does not like to publish songs at all costs, she is a perfectionist in the business and always gives her maximum. 2018 announces the duet '' Cipele'' with Andreana Čekić which in a short time becomes a hit. '' Svadba'', duet with Rada Manojlović also becomes one of the most played songs of 2019. Some of the most popular Emir's songs are: Cipele, Svadba, Merlin, Južnije od duše, Zemljotres, Pustite me, and many more. Source: Biografija -
Danijel Alibabić
Danijel Alibabić (Podgorica, May 8, 1988) is a Montenegrin singer-songwriter. As a child, he attended Primary School "Božidar Vuković Podgoričanin", in Podgorica, in the village of Vrela Ribnička. Later he enrolled in the Primary Music School "Vasa Pavić", where he played guitar. Daniel first took the stage in 1996 when he took part in the ''Zlatne pahulje'' Festival held in Rožaje. In 2000 he was awarded the Best Interpretation Award at the Our Joy Festival, held in Podgorica. He participated in the popular show "Intro Karaoke" in 2003, organized by "In TV", where he won 3rd place. Later, he and his group "No Name" won 7th place at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, representing Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006, they again represented Serbia and Montenegro, where they failed to qualify for the finals. The band broke up in 2008, when Daniel began his solo career. He has participated in Big Brother 2007 and various festivals across the region. In 2017, during a private appearance in Montenegro, he experienced an unpleasant and, above all, painful situation, where a wedding guest bit his ear off. Most popular songs of Danijel are: Zauvijek moja (''No Name band''), Dovodiš do ludila, Supica, Balavica, Bolji ja, Dar ili kazna, and many more. Danijel lives in Podgorica, Montenegro. Source: Wikipedia -
Ibro Bublin
Ibro Bublin (Sarajevo, May 28, 1999) is a Bosnian folk singer. He is the winner of the 10th season of the Zvezde Granda Music Competition, 2016. He completed elementary and then high school music in Sarajevo. He has been singing since he was five years old, and as a boy has participated in numerous folk music and sevdah festivals across Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also recorded his first CD with covers of the most beautiful songs, in collaboration with Omer Pobric. Ibro's most popular songs are: Bolujem ti od sevdaha, Luče, Emina, Sve ću dati, Selica, Imala si oči za mene and Gorimo. Source: Wikipedia -
Sara Milutinović
Aleksandra Milutinović (better known as Sara Milutinović) was born on November 25, 1980 in Belgrade. Very early on, she began to express her musical gift through playing guitar and composing. She graduated from the "Josip Slavenski" lower and secondary music school and graduated classical guitar at the Belgrade Academy of Music. She promoted her first works as a part of the pop rock group "Sedmi Dan". From that moment on, successes at music festivals and very significant collaborations with numerous musicians and producers from the territory of the former Yugoslavia are being arranged. In her past career, she has collaborated with the most prominent musicians from these areas: Zdravko Čolić, Nina Badrić, Aleksandra Radović, Vanna, Toše Proeski, Željko Joksimović, Jelena Tomašević, Jacques Houdek, Sergej Ćetković, Goca Tržan, Marija Šerifović, and many more. She has won numerous awards. Sara also practiced in the field of instrumental music, where she is the only Serbian instrumentalist to take part in the worldwide compilation "Café del mar", performing John R. Haim's "Suenno de una gaviota". Today, Sara is an active member of the band of Aleksandra Radović, and is also part of the acoustic trio "Tijana, Sara, Branko". Source: Naxi radio -
Alexandra Matrix
Aleksandra Ristić, better known as Alexandra Matrix, was born on March 31, 1994 in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. From a young age she has been attached to music and rhythm. Alexandra has been singing since childhood, participating in various festivals and competitions. Since she was 10 years old she has been actively involved in dance. Alexandra has been in the Matrix band since 2014. The Matrix band along with Alexander became much more popular after recording of mashups. Most popular songs of Alexandra and Matrix are: Kataklizma (feat Gasttozz), Balenciaga, Laga Laga, Pravo Vreme, Ona'e, and many more. Alexandra currently lives and studies psychology in Bijeljina. Source: official website & expresstabloid.ba -
Gasttozz
Nenad Sinđelić ((formerly Marinković) was born in Svilajnac on March 10, 1992), is better known as Gasttozz. He is a Serbian singer and participant in the reality show, who became known to the general public by uploading his recordings on the site YouTube. After leaving elementary school went to Paris, France. In Paris, he later started working as a waiter and in 2009 began recording clips. Soon the clips began to gain a lot of popularity, and in 2012 he appeared in the Ami G Show by Ognjen Amidžić. Gasttozz gained more popularity in 2015 by entering the third season of the Parovi Reality, where he won first place. After Parovi, he enters reality show Maldivi. During August 2015, he enters the fourth season of Parovi. In that season, which lasted as much as 10 months, Gasttozz took second place. In October 2016, he releases his first song Namerno, which is a huge success and has over 42 million views on YouTube. In January 2017, he releases his second song, entitled Problem, and in March of the same year, a duet with Vuk Mob and DJ Shone Duplo Loši. In July 2017, he releases the song Samo Kaži. In October 2017, he enters the sixth season of Parovi where he wins first place again. Other popular songs of Gasttozz are: MILF, Kataklizma, Skupo bi te platio, Antidot, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Miloš Brkić
Miloš Brkić was born on August 15, 1991 in Novi Sad, Serbia. He is a Serbian pop-folk singer. He graduated from Isidor Bajić High School of Music in Novi Sad. In addition to singing, he also plays several instruments such as guitar, piano and accordion. For several years he has been playing in clubs in and around Novi Sad. He enrolled in the Faculty of Education. He became known to the general public after his participation in the Zvezde Granda show program, the 2011/12 season. On March 17, 2012, he left the competition, after numerous weeks and appearances. After that, Miloš again participates in the Zvezde Granda Competition, 2012/13 season. After releasing just before the finale, the Grand production decided to bring him back to the competition, despite not being able to make it to the barrage. In the finals, held on June 22, 2013, he finished 5th. One week after that, he presented his first song, "Sipaj, ne pitaj." Most popular Miloš' songs are: ''Sve što nemam tebi dugujem'', ''Greh sa sedam nula'', ''Noći mi ne kradi'', ''Što te nema ljubavi'', and many more. Miloš lives with his family in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Slađa Allegro
Sladjana Dragaš, better known as Sladja Alegro (aka ~ Allegro), is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous after performing with the band Frankie (1999) and as a member of the band Allegro (since 2001). Born on June 29, 1979 in Belgrade, Obrenovac. She grew up with her younger sister Sandra and brothers, and spent time with her grandparents because her parents worked a lot. Slađa finished elementary and high school in Obrenovac. She also enrolled in the College of Business, but dropped out because of the music. After inviting folklore friends to perform with them, she starts singing with the band Vocalist in cafes and clubs in Obrenovac. They performed other popular songs and became famous throughout Belgrade; they also performed outside this city. In 2005, their first album, Pesme o nama, was released; the song Živim za to became a hit. The album Alegro bend live (2011) also contains songs Hiljadu zima and Na tvojoj strani. Then come the singles Život bez tebe ne živim and the mega-hit Neka ide život. In February 2016, Slaja leaves Allegro and starts singing solo; former members Svetozar and Vladimir Antic, who were previously expelled from the band, wanted to use the name "Alegro" for their own band, which the founder of Boza forbade them and allowed Sladja to perform as "Slađa Alegro" herself. In collaboration with Šaran, Slađa released the song Jelen (2016) on YouTube. After this, single Afrika comes out the same year and in the same way; in the video for the latter song a celebrity appears - Dragan Marinkovic Maca. In 2017, she released CD Projekat za plakanje - an album with 15 folk songs dedicated to her recently deceased father. Slađa lives in Belgrade with her husband Zoran Dragaš and daughter Mila. Source: Wikipedia -
THCF
THCF (originally THC La Familia) or THCF hip hop is a band from Belgrade. The band's first line-up consisted of Stefan Gligorijevic Zuluf, Vorko Vujičić Bore, Aleksandar Zlatarov Sale and Nenad Vukotić better known as DJ Senko. They made their first official appearance on April 4, 2003 at the Belgrade Youth Center, where they were a pre-band to the Philosophy Smile band. After performing in Belgrade clubs, appearing on domestic rap radio and TV shows, the band members get to know a large number of rap performers, the band recorded their first studio song. The band did the music for the prison film series, which aired on RTS. Borko Vujucic and Stefan Gligorijevic participated in the reality show Farma in 2010. They released the song Krvavi Balkan and Ideš za Kanadu, which became extremely popular in 2015. The band, together with the Belgrade Trade Union, held a concert at the Belgrade Central Prison in 2015. In 2015, they recorded an anthem for the Serbian basketball team called Igraj i pobedi. Most popular songs of THCF are: Igraj i pobedi, Krvavi Balkan, Ekipa najjača, Ideš za Kanadu, Problem manje, Od kraja do kućnog praga, Cela familija, etc. THCF is currently one of the most popular hip hop and rap bands on Balkan whose members live in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Minja Subota
Milan "Minja" Subota (Sarajevo, November 8, 1938) was a Serbian composer, musician, entertainer and photographer. He was the author and host of the long running children's series "Muzički tobogan" on RTS (formerly TV Novi Sad) and many other series. Minja finished elementary school and high school in Belgrade. He attended lower and secondary music school "Stanković", and received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade. In terms of education in photography, he holds degrees in Famous Schools International and a French diploma in European House of Photography from Chalon-sur-Saône. As a composer, he has written many compositions of entertaining music and chanson, and as a vocal soloist recorded many records in this field in Yugoslavia and Russia. In his composer opus for children, he composed on the lyrics of our most prominent song poets, which are sung today in preschools and schools and have become part of children's music literature, with generations growing up alongside them. Among others are the songs: "Deca su ukras sveta", "Išli smo u Afriku", "Telefonijada", "Kolo", "Razbole se lisica", etc. He composed over a hundred and fifty compositions on poetry for children, many of which have become children's evergreens. In Kruševac he was proclaimed an honorary citizen and received the title of "Vitez od Čarapanije" for his unselfish efforts in dealing with the children of this city. He wrote the book "Kako smo zabavljali Tita". He is a member of the Association of Composers of Serbia, the Association of Jazz Musicians, Entertainment, Pop and Rock music of Serbia and USUF Serbia. Minja's wife was journalist Branka Jeremic Subota (1949-2018). Minja died on September 17th, 2021 in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia -
Cvija
Stefan Cvijovic, better known as Cvija is a Serbian singer, composer and songwriter. He was born on August 3, 1989 in Belgrade. Since 2006, he has collaborated with many Serbian artists such as Rasta, Ana Masulović, Deniro, Teodora, Frka, as well as one of the most popular band, Elitni odredi. He has also collaborated with Mark Stojkovic - MC Stojan, Dado Polumenta, MC Yanko, Dara Bubamara, Connect and many others. He graduated from the Faculty of Sound Design. Also known is his relationship with presenter Jovana Medić. In 2009, Cvija founded her production company called Hit Music. Most popular songs of Cvija are: Noć za nas, Crni sin, Ne plači, Nema te, Makarena, Moja želja si ti, and many more. Cvija is currently one of the most popular hip hop singers on Balkan. Source: Wikipedia -
Dubravka Ostojić
Dubravka Ostojic (Zagreb, June 19, 1961) is a Croatian film, television and theater actress. She was married to Ivo Gregurevic, with whom they had one son, Marko. Dubravka started her career in 1985 and acted in various theaters and achieved many success in roles on TV series and movies. Most popular role Dubravka had as Sanja Grospić in Naša mala klinika. Other popular roles are: Zakon!, Žutokljunac, Smogovci, Ispod crte, Holding, and many more. Dubravka lives in Zagreb with her husband. Source: Wikipedia -
Mladen Vasary
Mladen Vasary is a Croatian actor (Lendava, Slovenia, September 9, 1954). Graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb in 1976 and from the J. Lecoqa School in Paris. He has performed in several theaters in Zagreb (Theater & TD, Drama Theater "Gavella", Little Trešnja Theater, Comedy), at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival and at the Split Summer Festival. He is a contributor to the stage movement in domestic and foreign plays. While abroad, he played in many English, German and French theater companies, having performed in a number of roles in the works of W. Shakespeare, Molière, M. de Cervantes and Aristophanes. He performed on radio and film (T. Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern su mrtvi), and taught at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. He excels in roles at the Ulysses Theater. One of the greatest roles in the film indurstry was a role of Pero Kvržica in the movie called "Družba Pere Kvržice" when Mladen was 16 years old. Other popular roles of Vasary were in movies: Putovanje u Vučjak, Tesla, Živi bili pa videli, Družba Pere Kvržice, etc. Source: IMDb & enciklopedija.hr -
Gordana Gadžić
Gordana Gadzic (Belgrade, August 21, 1955) is a Serbian and Croatian actress. She graduated acting in the class of prof. Miroslav Minja Dedic at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. She has been awarded the Best Student Generation for her graduate thesis (Lady Macbeth). She has worked with almost all Belgrade theaters, starring in films of the 1930s, several TV series and TV dramas. She won the 1986 Golden Arena for her editorial feature in the film Taiwan Canasta, directed by Goran Markovic. Gordana Gadzic has continued in Zagreb since 1992, where she continues her artistic work. In 1998, she and her husband, Ivica Vidovic, founded the Rugantino Theater Company, producing and starring in about ten plays. Most popular movies in which Gordana appeared are: Top je bio vreo, Čovjek koji je volio sprovode, Naša mala klinika, Larin izbor, Crno-bijeli svijet and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Hurricane
Hurricane is a R&B-pop Serbian girl band formed in November 2017, consisting of three members: Sanja Vučić, Ivana Nikolić and Ksenija Knežević. Girls sing mostly in English; they have only two songs in their native language Serbo-Croatian till now. Hurricane aims to be recognized globally; they have two planned songs for Universal (asof November 2019), and already have collaborated with Hollywood producer Stephen Belafonte (in September 2018). Sanja Vučić is lead vocals (2017–present). Vučić contributed to etno and jazz bands, and also church choruses. She has been a member of band ZAA for five years; she represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with song "Goodbye". Ivana Nikolić is a standard vocals (2017–present). Nikolić is known to modern dance and music world. Her first appearance was in Belgrade arena with Yugoslav stars from 90's. She collaborated with Jala Brat on his single "Mlada i luda". Ksenija Knežević is second standard vocals (2017–present. Knežević comes from a music family as well(her father is Montenegrin popular singer Knez). She contested in kid festivals as young, and on Beovizija with song "Magija" as a high school student. She used to be in Sevdah Baby crew before joining Hurricane. Hurricane's most popular songs are: Favorito, Avantura, Magic Night, Feel Right, Personal, HURRICANE and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Alina Eremia
Alina Eremia is a Romanian singer, TV personality, actress and member of the LaLa band, who represented Romania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song Țurai. Alina was born on December 15l 1993 in Buftea. She plays Ioana in the teenage sitcom series Pariu cu viața. From 2014, she participated at the Romanian version of Dancing with the stars on Antena 1 and she was in the jury of Next Star. She also worked for Disney Romania as a Voice actress, dubbing the singing voice of Pocahontas in Pocahontas (Romanian dubbing from 2008) and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Romanian dubbing from 2009), and both speaking and singing voices of Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Belle's Magical World (Romanian dubbing from 2010). She is one of the most recognised singers of Romania and her song "A fost o nebunie" was listed as one of the most popular songs of the year in 2015. Other popular songs of Alina are: "Tatuaj", "Cand luminile se sting", "69", "Poarta-ma", and many more. Alina lives in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
B.U.G. Mafia
B.U.G. Mafia (an abbreviation for "Bucharest Underground Mafia"), is a Romanian hip hop group from Pantelimon, Bucharest, widely regarded as one of the seminal acts of gangsta rap in Romania. Founded in 1993 as Black Underground, its original lineup consisted of Vlad "Tataee" Irimia, Dragoș "Caddillac" Vlad-Neagu and two other members, D.D. and Mr.Nobody, who, by the end of the year, had left the group. Irimia and Vlad-Neagu, who were still teenage high school students at the time, had been working on amateur solo recordings and had little professional prospects on their own prior to their encounter. The group initially performed as a duo throughout Bucharest at local highschool proms and parties while considering their options for professional careers in music and, following a string of relatively unsuccessful attempts at promoting their music in English, they recruited Alin "Uzzi" Demeter in 1995 and eventually transitioned to writing in Romanian. Throughout the years, the group endured a long-standing controversy due to the explicit and confrontational nature of their lyrics. Focusing on subjects such as the post-communist Romanian political class, poverty and crime in Romania's communist-built housing projects or their recurring hostility towards Romanian Police, they were subsequently banned from many mainstream T.V. and radio stations in Romania and even at times prevented from touring, spending a night in police custody after their first concert in Drobeta-Turnu Severin in 1997. Although controversial in their incipient years, their lyricism has been praised by a number of literary figures, such as Emil Brumaru and Mircea Cărtărescu. Despite being independently produced on a modest budget over just a few months in 1995, their debut album Mafia signified the birth of Romanian gangsta rap and established them on the fledgling hip hop scene emerging at the time in Romania. They have been estimated to have sold over 1,150,000 records. Most popular songs are: Strazile, Cand Trandafirii Mor, Pana Cand Moartea Ne Va Desparti, Viata Noastra, and many more. B.U.G. Mafia is still one of the most popular Romanian bands whose members live in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
3 Sud Est
3 Sud Est or 3SE (styled forms of Trei Sud-Est) is a dance music group from Romania. The group was formed in 1997. The acronym translates in English by "Three South-East", because the band had three youths from Constanta, which is in the South-Eastern part of Romania. The first single stayed a full year on the Romanian charts. In 2001 the Rai Uno Uno mattina TV show hosted by Cristiano Malgioglio has invited and presented the stage group as the most successful band in Romania. He based his statement on the awards the group had won: the Bravo Otto Award 2000, the Black Sea Shore Mamaia Singing Festival 1999 and 2000 awards, and the Romanian music industry award. Band members are: Mihai Budeanu, Viorel Șipoș and Laurenţiu Duţă. Source: Wikipedia -
FIBA 3x3 Champions
Marko Ždero (born 14 March 1985) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is currently ranked world No. 4 in men's individual 3x3 rankings by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). He plays for Novi Sad Al-Wahda and Serbia men's national 3x3 team. Ždero started to play at the FIBA 3x3 World Tour in August 2012 with his childhood friends and current teammates Dušan Domović Bulut and Marko Savić. Ždero represents Serbia in the 3x3 basketball. He won three gold medals at the FIBA 3x3 World Championships (2012 in Greece, 2016 in China and 2017 in France) and silver medal at the 2014 tournament in Russia. Source: Wikipedia _______________________________________________________________ Marko Savić (born June 2, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men's individual 3x3 rankings by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). He plays for Novi Sad Al-Wahda and Serbia men's national 3x3 team. Savić started to play at the FIBA 3X3 World Tour in August 2012 with his childhood friends and current teammates Dušan Domović Bulut and Marko Ždero. Savić represents Serbia in 3x3 basketball. He won three gold medals at the FIBA 3x3 World Championships (2012 in Greece, 2016 in China and 2017 in France). Source: Wikipedia _______________________________________________________________ Dejan Majstorović (born April 22, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men's individual 3x3 rankings by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). He plays for Novi Sad Al-Wahda and Serbia men's national 3x3 team. Majstorović started to play at the FIBA 3X3 World Tour in Jun 2013. Majstorović represents Serbia in 3x3 basketball. He won two gold medals at the FIBA 3x3 World Championships, 2016 in China and 2017 in France and silver medal at the 2014 tournament in Russia. He was named MVP of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017 and selected to the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017 Team of the Tournament. Source: Wikipedia -
Vladimir Furdik
Vladimir Furdik (born July 1, 1970) known as "Furdo", is a stunt performer and actor who played Night King in "Game of Thornes". Other notable films Furdik has appeared in include The Three Musketeers (1993), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Skyfall (2013) and Thor: The Dark World (2013). He was a member of Tostabur Espadrones, a group which practiced, performed and celebrated traditional fighting skills and weaponry in Bratislava and throughout Czechoslovakia. He was also involved with the Borseus group, which was led by the influential Slovakian stunt performer Gustáv Kyselica. Furdo may have started his career as an actor and stuntman in his native Slovakia 40 years ago, but his first big Hollywood break came in the early 1990s, when he was hired first to carry out stunts on the low-budget horror movie Tremors before hitting the big time with a gig performing the fight scenes in the A-list film, The Three Musketeers, starring Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland. It was this movie, and the three-months of filming alongside famous actors and fellow stuntmen and women, that convinced Furdik that this was the career path he wanted to follow from that point on. Interesting fact about Vladimir is that, despite his involvement with and inside knowledge of GoT, he doesn’t really consider himself a fan of the popular HBO show. Although he has watched a few episodes, and has to avoid questions from friends and reporters about what is going to be happening in upcoming seasons, he prefers to watch action movies, particularly martial arts films. He says he finds these more interesting, as they are more relevant to his skills and interests. After double role in Game of Thrones, Furdik's career is increasing and he becomes one of the most frequent guests on Comic Cons worldwide. Various sources. -
Staz Nair
Staz Nair was born on June 17, 1991 in London, UK. Staz is an actor, model, singer, songwriter by profession and Russian-Indian by ethnicity. He is based in London, England and is best known for playing Qhono in Game of Thrones. The career of Staz Nair started in 2016. The same year he was cast in Bazodee, which was directed by Todd Kessler. He was cast as Qhono in Game of Thrones alongside Emilia Clarke in 2016 ( in the sixth and seventh seasons). He is set to appear in the season 8 of the series. Nair also made an appearance in 2016’s TV film The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again as Rocky alongside Laverne Cox, Victoria Justice, Adam Lambert, Reeve Carney. He was also a contestant in 2012’s X Factor UK as a part of boy band Times Red. But the band did pass the audition but failed to secure a place in X Factor's live shows and were sent home. The band did release a single Just No Good For Me in 2013, but it did not make it to the charts. He has had small roles in Harry Potter and the half-blood prince, An Inspector Calls, Prince Sanadalous, and series Tyrant. He also has had a guest appearance in season 3 of Humans alongside Gemma Chan. Staz Nair is currently managed by storm management. His career in modeling is also taking off and has modeled for numerous magazines. Staz lives with his fiance in London, UK. Source: FactCeleb -
David Raynolds
Hailing from Calgary, Canada, David Raynolds is a young, award-winning, multi-faceted performer of the highest caliber. From the age of 1, he was already singing and dancing, and by the age of 3, he had mastered the art of producing his own videos. For the next 3 years, he formally trained in the art of acting, and by the age of 6, with several independent productions under his belt, he had the honor of working with Helena Bonham Carter in 'The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet'. Because of the lasting impact Helena had made on young David, it was evident that his passion had become the pursuit of a career in film and television. Looking to increase David's acting opportunities, his family moved to Vancouver when he was 7. He has had the honor of training with several prestigious acting teachers and coaches in the area, and a variety of high profile companies have utilized his skills in their advertisements. In the medium of television, David's screen credits include guest spots and recurring roles in notable series such as 'Falling Skies', 'Wayward Pines', 'Travelers', and 'Legends of Tomorrow'. As a highly sought-after voice actor, his talents have been featured in renowned series such as 'Lego Ninjago', 'Biklonz', and 'Ready! Jet Go'. David's extensive talents extend beyond acting to the areas of singing, martial arts, and comedy. Thanks to his rich cultural heritage which consists of German, Hungarian, and Romanian roots, he also speaks two additional languages besides English--German and Romanian. As one who is a philanthropist at heart, David's desire is to help build orphanages and shelters for all of those in need, and he also has a genuine love for all animals. He longs to be a role model for other young people to emulate through the way he lives his life and the positive message he sends out to others in every performance he gives. As a young man on the precipice of stardom, his commitment to excellence and his spirit of humility and benevolence continue to put him on the path to making a lasting impact on all with whom he is privileged to interact. Source: IMDb -
Mihai Mărgineanu
Mihai Mărgineanu (born October 2, 1969, Bucharest) is a Romanian singer and composer of folk and pop rock music. His music is inspired by urban folklore, some of which are takeover of old glass songs, and others are own creations in the same genre. His lyrics are often explicit, containing uncensored words. He was released in music late enough at the age of 36. His first songs were recorded in 2005, initially meant for a limited group of friends. Subsequently, the songs have spread over the internet, and the author gained popularity thanks to the invitation to the Cronica Cârcotaşilor show. Mărgineanu's most famous song, "Mă iubește femeile" is a takeover of a song by inter-war actor Iancu Brezeanu, from which Mărgineanu only kept the song and rewrote some of the lyrics in its own style. Mihai Mărgineanu graduated the Industrial Electronics Highschool, then the Romanian Academy of Management and the Technical University of Civil Engineering, the Faculty of Installations. Between 1999-2001, he worked in advertising at the Sales Department at the Ringier Press Trust, and since 2002 has an importing construction materials firm. His most popular songs are: "Mă iubește femeile", "Foaie verde, foaie fraga", "Trecea un tigan saracu’", "Trilogia Căcatului", "Paraschivo", and many more. Mihai Mărgineanu lives in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
Dan Ciotoi
Generic is a Romanian band, founded in 1987. The band recorded their first album in 1987 on the audio tape, since the Electrecord label was forbidden to gender performers. This first album, called Sun Ray, was sold in 700,000 copies. The founder of the band is the singer and guitarist Dan Ciotoi, originally from Dâmboviţa County. "Generic" is one of the most successful manele groups in Romania in the 1980s, alongside the Azur and Odeon. The popularity of the group declined after 1990, and around 2000 it was dissolved. In 2009, however, Generic came back, preparing a new discography and organizing a number of concerts. The new album with new songs, entitled "If I Love You," appears ten years away from the previous disc. Immediately after his comeback, more precisely in February 2009, the album "Breaking the Love Chain" was sold in 85,000 copies. Most popular songs are: Prietenia, S-a rupt lantul de iubire, Banii n-aduc fericirea, Oare cum sa cred, and many more. Dan Ciotoi and members of Generic band live in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
DJ Project
Dj Project is a Romanian dance ensemble founded in Timisoara in 2000. In October 2000, DJ DJ Gino Manzotti (Handke Giuseppe Born in Arad) and DJ Maxx (Florea Ovidiu Nicolae Born in Dolj) decided to set up a musical project called DJ Project. The next year, their first discography, "Experience," appeared at Media Services Sony Music. In 2002, a new discography: "Tell Me Everything You Want", also at Sony Music Media Services. Initially, the band was composed only of Gino Manzotti and Dj Maxx, and in 2003 Ellie White joined the project. At the end of 2009, Ellie got replaced with Giulia Anghelescu. Together with her, the band had maybe one of the most effervescent periods in her history, having 3 hits constantly No.1: "I miss you" (composed by Gabriel Huiban - 2011), "Regrete" by Gabriel Huiban - 2010 and "No" (composed by Gabriel Huiban - 2009). Autumn 2017 comes with new news. Dj Project announces the beginning of collaboration with Mira, one of the youngest voices in the Romanian music industry. After a year and three months with Mira, Dj Project begins collaborating with Theo Rose. In November 2006, the band received the BEST ROMANIAN ACT prize at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen, a trophy that celebrates the most powerful ascension of Romanian music in recent years and finally imposes a DJ PROJECT musical brand whose sound is equivalent to artistic performance. Most popular songs are: Nu, Bun Ramas, Inima nebuna, 4 camere, Omnia, Crazy In Love, and many more. DJ Project live in Bucharest, Romania and is the most popular DJ set in Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
Ami
Ami was born on 28 September 1989 in Baia Mare, Romania. Ami's passion for music began at the age of three years, while she participated in a music contest, where she won. At the end of the 11th grade, she moved to Bucharest , where she finished her high school. After that, she started studying at the National University of Music in Bucharest. In 2011, she participated in the first season of the X-Factor Romania. In 2011 she started a project together with David Deejay. In 2012, Ami released her first disc single "Trumpe Lights" in collaboration with Glance. In 2013, she collaborated with Grasu XXL were they produced "Déjà vu". The song reached 1st place in Airplay 100 at Kiss FM Romania. Together with Grasu XXL they won the National Selection for the Own Eurovision Song Contest 26, contest held in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Their song "Déjà vu" was draw to perform in the first semi-final on the 14th position. Ami's most popular songs are: Te-astept diseara, 4 camere, Indiferența Ta, Niste Dragoste, Somnu' nu ma ia, and many more. Ami lives in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Fandom -
Ioana Ignat
Ioana Ignat (born July 22, 1998, in Botoșani, Romania) is a Romanian singer who became known through her participation in Vocea României. Ioana Ignat`s first single, "Ma dezindragostesc", released in February, 2017, became, in the blink of an eye, #2 on YouTube Trending and it entered the Radio`s Playlists. In May 2017, the song "Doar pe a ta" became the No. 1 most streamed song on TV and Radio, and was the biggest hit of 2017 spending the most time on Shazam Romania Top. Also in 2017, Ioana Ignat dropped a new song called "Nu ma uita". In a short amount of time, it became the most popular song on the online platforms (almost 60 million views on YouTube). In 2018, Ioana released "In palma ta", a song that, again, in a short amount of time, became No. 1 on Radio and TV Streaming Top. Today, this song, is still the most streamed song on TV and Radio. During 2018 and 2019, Ioana Ignat had a lot of collaborations with different artists and had multiple singles: "Muritor", "De Dragul Iubirii", "Nu mai e", "Cand lumea e rea" (Dorian Popa), "Much Better" (Super Monkeys), "Vivere" (Havana), "Lacrima" (Tudor Monroe), "Te Sarut" (Pavel Stratan), "Dor De Noi" (Shift), "Asa-mi vine" (What`s Up), "Ca Nebunii" (Speak). Ioana lives in Bucharest, Romania, and is currently one of the most successful Romanian singers. Source: Wikipedia -
Damian Drăghici
Damian Drăghici (born 31 March 1970, Bucharest) is a Romanian musician and politician of Romani origin. Drăghici is a Senator in the Romanian Parliament and also an advisor on Roma issues to the Prime Minister. He is a former musician, best known as a nai player and is a noted exponent of this instrument in the world of jazz. Drăghici was born in Bucharest to a family of lăutari whose distinguished musical heritage dates back at least seven generations. He started to play lăutărească music in the family and tried an array of instruments before settling on the nai at the age of ten. In 1996, Drăghici auditioned for faculty members visiting Athens from the Berklee College of Music in Boston It offered him a full scholarship and he began to study with George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi and Hal Crook. Following graduation from college with a Magna Cum Laude majoring in Jazz Performance, he relocated to Los Angeles where he started working with major Hollywood film composers, music producers and some of the best musicians in the world. In 2006 Drăghici decided to come back to his roots with a new concept and a new group, “his gypsy brothers” as he called them. One of the purposes of “Damian & Brothers, Filarmonika Rromanes” was to change the negative perception and stereotypes of the Romani minority through their music. The impact and the huge popularity achieved during the three-year period of the project are a legacy of their common effort. Damian lives with his family in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
Răzvan Raț
Răzvan Dincă Raț (26 May 1981) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left back. Raț's honours include eight league titles (two with Rapid București and six with Shakhtar Donetsk), one Romanian Cup, four Ukrainian Cups, one UEFA Cup, one Romanian Super Cup and three Ukrainian Super Cups. In 2009, Raț came second in voting for the Romanian Footballer of the Year. Raț is also the captain of the Romania national team. He made his international debut in 2002 and has represented Romania at UEFA Euro 2008. Raț first captained his country in 2005, in a friendly match against Nigeria, in the absence of regular captain Cristian Chivu, and was appointed captain on 2 September 2011. He is the fourth-most capped Romanian international of all time, earning his 100th cap on 14 October 2014. Razvan lives with family in Bucharest, Romania. On 22 March 2018, Raț returned to Romania with ACS Poli Timișoara after years of playing abroad. Source: Wikipedia -
Ilie Năstase
Ilie "Nasty" Năstase (19 July 1946) is a Romanian former world No. 1 professional tennis player, and one of the world's top players of the 1970s. He was ranked world No. 1 from 23 August 1973 to 2 June 1974. Năstase is one of the ten players in history who have won more than 100 ATP professional titles (58 singles and 45 in doubles). He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991. Năstase won seven Grand Slam titles: two in singles, three in men's doubles and two in mixed doubles. He also won four Masters Grand Prix year-end championship titles and seven Championship Series titles (1970–73), the precursors to the current Masters 1000. Năstase wrote several novels in French in the 1980s. He is the first male player to have won a French Open title without dropping a set (1973). In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Năstase in the 28th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era. In March 2009 Ilie Năstase was made a knight of the France's Legion d'honneur, being acclaimed for his "impressive sporting career" and "the sense of spectacle" he created when playing. On 19 July 2016, his 70th birthday, Năstase received the Star of Romania, his country's highest civil award, for services to sport. Ilie Năstase lives in Bucharest, Romania, with his family. Source: Wikipedia -
Mark Stam
Mark Stam is a Moldovan singer and songwriter who gained popularity in March 2017. Mark says he wanted to become an artist since childhood and is self-taught. So he learned singing and guitar by watching YouTube videos. In 2013 he participated in the show "Moldova has Talent" and after appearing on YouTube he was contacted by SpoialaBrothers with the proposal to start a musical project. In March 2017, Mark released the first single, "Love has died," followed by the English song "Days are coming" in July of the same year. The three songs released so far fall in pop style, but the singer says he is also found in R & B, Soul and Folk. Mark considers his latest single, "Just Us", as a form of personal therapy. He says that he has worked on this song for a long time, producing it entirely and composing the melodic line. The song is inspired by his life and hopes there will be relief for those who will listen to it, as much as he has helped create it. The single was re-launched in Romania with the well-known artist Alina Eremia. Mark also represent Moldova at the sixth edition of the Europa Song Contest, held in Dnipro, Ukraine, with the song "Doar Noi" featuring a Romanian singer Alina Eremia and finished at 12th place in the Final with 204 points. Most popular songs are: Vina mea, IMPAR, Doar Noi, etc. Mark is currently one of the most popular young singers in Moldova and Romania who works for Romanian music house Global Records. Source: Global Records -
Nane
Stefan Avram Cherescu (Nane) was born in '91 in Orsova, a poor city on the border with Serbia. He grew up with the key in front of the block and got himself in trouble ("Home boys"), and in 2006 he was arrested for consumption, possession and trafficking of cannabis. He began to tell his story through rhymes, from the early years of school. With the song "Welcome to Orsova", extracted from his first mixtape (2007), and at the beginning of 2008, Nane began to be known locally, thanks to self-promotion with the help of the internet. At that time, he began to be criticized for his mix tape, because the negatives of the songs did not belong to him. He then responded to critics with the song "Definition of a Mixtape," explaining "By my mix tapes so far I have not watched the promotion of a possible future album, but only my promotion as an artist". Most popular Nane's songs are: Noi 2, V1be, La Piept, ALTĂ VIAŢĂ, Frate-miu, and so on. Nane lives in Bucharest, Romania and is one of the most popular hip hop and rap singers in Romania. Source: tpu.ro -
Robert Toma
Robert Toma is a Romanian singer born in Bucharest on March 10, 1989. Robert was working closely with Marius Moga in Demoga Studio. After he finished the collaboration with Moga, he joined Glodal Records. "Până vom îmbătrâni" is the first piece released by Robert Toma with Global Records and represents for him a fulfilled desire. During his career, Toma wrote many songs for artists like Andra, Amna, Delia, Adda, Ruby, Alina Eremia, and many more. Most popular Toma's songs are: In oglinda, Pana Vom Imbatrani, Voi Fi Acolo, Oare o sa-ti amintesti?, Binele ce imi face rau, Tot ce mi-a ramas and many more. Robert Toma lives in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Various sources -
Buba Corelli
Amar Hodžić (born 22 September 1989), known by his stage name Buba Corelli (Buba Koreli) is a Bosnian rapper known for his fast paced delivery. As a teenager, Hodžić was a member of the Sarajevo underground hip hop group G-Recordz. He began rapping around 2004, even recording his first song with a friend in a group called the Corelli Duo, where his stage name comes from. When the Corelli duo broke up, Hodžić didn't rap again until 2009, when he began work with G-Recordz again. Soon Hodžić took the stage name Buba Corelli and met Jasmin Fazlić, known as Jala Brat. The two began collaborating recording the EP Sin City, released in March 2013. Their collaborative studio album Deal with the Devil was released 13 December 2014 and featured several hit singles including "Bez tebe", "22" and "Borba". Most popular songs of Buba are: Ona'e, Klinka, Ego, Balenciaga, Benga po snijegu, and many more. Buba is one the most popular rappers from Bosnia and currently lives in Vienna, Austria. Source: Wikipedia -
Vlad Gherman
Vlad Nicolae Gherman (born February 16, 1993, Bucharest) is an actor and singer of Romanian origin, who became known to the public with his appearance in the music series Pariu cu viaţa. Gherman is also a founding member of pop band Lala Band. Vlad Gherman was born on February 16, 1993 in Bucharest, where he grew up with his older sister, Alexandra. In 2011 he graduated from the Central School, mathematical-computer science profile. From an early age, impressed by his grandmother's disease, diabetes, Gherman wanted to become a doctor. He studied at the Central School, mathematical-computer science profile and prepared himself in biology. After his mother enrolled him at the "Bet with Life" casting, he discovered his passion for acting, deciding to pursue a career in this field. In 2016 he graduated from the National Theater of Theater and Cinematography "Ion Luca Caragiale" in Bucharest, the class of Professor Adrian Titieni. Gherman debuted in acting in 2011, when, following a casting organized by MediaPro Music and MediaPro Pictures for Pro TV, he joined Lala Band and won the role of Vlad Stanescu in the Pariu with the life series. Gherman's rise is due to the success of the show and the band. In less than a year, Betting with Life becomes a national phenomenon, so Lala Band has managed to achieve hard-to-achieve: 5 studio albums, the best-selling album for 2012, 4 national tours, more than 150 hours of live music, more than 150,000 concert fans. In May 2011, alongside with Cristina Ciobănaşu, Gherman set up the ONE band, combining his solo career with the "mother" band. In 2016, after the end of the series that made him famous, and the demise of Lala Band, Gherman became the image of Happy Channel. In 2017, he played Victor Mortante in the series When Mother Is Not Home And A Lot Of Caramels. Vlad lives in Bucharest with his fiance Cristina Ciobănaşu. Source: Wikipedia -
Cristina Ciobănașu
Cristina Veronica Ciobănaşu, known mostly as Cristina Ciobănaşu (born September 24, 1996, Vorona, Botoşani) is a Romanian actress, singer, dancer and poly-instrumentist, who became known both nationally and internationally the interpretation of the character "Anca Anghel" from the music series Pariu cu viaţă, performed by Ruxandra Ion and broadcast on the Romanian TV channel Pro TV. Known also under the pseudonym of Criss, she is also a founding member of the Lala Band dance pop band and the ONE band. In 2008 Criss participated in the Dancing for you. The team made up of Alex Velea and Cristina Stoicescu danced for the little Botosani dream of studying at a music school in Bucharest and helping their family, which was hardly financially tried. Although she was among the first to compete, her story was just beginning. Producer Ruxandra Ion remarked on her during the show. She invited Cristina to a conversation with her in the office. Ciobănaşu began his relationship with actor Vlad Gherman on March 18, 2012. Starting in 2014, the two are engaged but have announced they do not intend to make the wedding yet. Most popular movies of Cristina are: Fructul oprit, Iubire și onoare, Pariu cu viața and many more. Cristina lives in Bucharest. Source: Wikipedia -
Denis Alibec
Denis Alibec (born 5 January 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Alibec began his football career in Romania playing for the youth clubs of Callatis Mangalia, Steaua București and Farul Constanța, making his professional debut with the latter. In 2009, aged 18, he moved to Italy with the academy of Internazionale. After several loans, Alibec returned to Romania to sign with Astra Giurgiu. He became a regular starter and goalscorer, aiding Astra win its first ever national title before rejoining FCSB in 2017. Alibec is a full international for Romania from 2015, and played at the UEFA Euro 2016. He has previously represented the Romania's under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams. So far, Alibec scored more than 60 goals in his career and many teams were offering him positions for huge amounts of money. Alibec lives in Bucharest. Source: Wikipedia -
Horia Brenciu
Horia Brenciu (born Horea Augustus Brenciu on 27 August 1972 in Brașov) is a Romanian singer, television host for the Romanian version of Dancing with the Stars, successful entertainer, and philanthropist. He studied at National College Andrei Şaguna from Braşov, then he continued to Şcoala Populară de Artă Braşov, at piano and canto class, and in 1998 he finished The Theater Academy in Bucharest. At 18 years old he started his musical career by singing with the piano in his own band, "Apropo". In 1993, he entered into the world of television as the host for a popular show, at that time called Robingo at TVR. In the following years he was a prominent TV presenter, and he was the host of some kids' shows. In 2002, he created one of the most important brands in Romania, HB Media, and from 2004 to 2010, he was the planner of Stars on Mariott and other popular shows for New Year's Eve. From 2003, he made a stand by creating "Cabaret Nights at Hilton", cabaret shows which have been enjoyed by international cycus stars and some Romanian celebrities. In 2002, Horia Brenciu did the first step for HB Orchestra, a powerful project very active in the background for many artists in Romania. A project with thousands of concerts and live acts, at present the project with Julie Mayaya, the winner from Vocea României can be watched at Antena 1 in the show Serviciul Român de Comedie. In 2007 Brenciu released his first album, 35, and in 2008 he received some awards from Radio Romania International in "The best male voice" category. Most popular TV Shows in which Horia participated are: X Factor, Te cunosc de undeva!, Vocea României, Asul din Mânecă, and many more. Some of the most popular songs of Horia are: Inima nu vrea, La la la, Close to me, Sunt cine vreau sa fiu, Noapte de Craciun, and many more. Horia lives in Bucharest, Romania, and is one of the most popular Romanian singers. Source: Wikipedia -
Slađa Delibašić
Slađana Slađa Delibašić (November 7, 1968) is a Serbian pop singer and dancer. She is the former wife of Đole Ðogani (married 1986, divorced 2001) and also a former member of the Đogani duo. She gave birth to two of Đole's three children. From 1992 until 2001, she was the female of the dance duo Đogani. They were considered as one of the most famous dance entertainers in the Serbian musical industry. In the year 2001 Delibašić divorced her husband of 15 years, leaving the duo and embarking on a solo career. A few months later, Delibašić place was eventually filled in by Vesna Trivić who eventually became Đole's second wife. In 2001, she released her first solo album, called "Šesto čulo" (Sixth sense), and it was a successful comeback. Songs "Neću da slušam laži", "Žene", "Daj" i "Moćnica" became instant hits. In 2002, she released her second album "Kraljica ritma/Slađa zauvek" (Queen of the rhythm/Slađa forever). It was a more successful album then the former. Songs included in the album include "Svake noći", "Izađi", "Pusti me", "Na određeno" shortly after became hits. "Kraljica ritma" song was one of the most successful singles of all time in the Serbian dance music industry. In 2004, she released a new album called "Nekad i sad" (Then and Now). It later approved as a fiasco in all ways, making only one song possible hit. "Dupla doza" was a Latino rhythm song. The fiasco is mainly considered to be a collateral damage of her and Đole "media war", and bad promotion of the album. In late 2006, it was confirmed that Slađa was in studio, and recordings for the new album are being taken. Later, it was announced that album will be named "Baš to..." (Exactly that...). On 14.02.2007, promotion was done in one of the famous Belgrade clubs. Just a few days later, it was obvious that the "Baš to..." album will be one of the most successful albums that year. The first single was "Don perinjon (Poznata, viđena, slavna)" (Don Perignon - Famous, seen, popular). It was a mega hit contributing a fairly anonymous DJ MIjat (Dj Miat). Second single was "Sedmi sprat" (Seventh floor). It instantly became the biggest clubbing mega hit of all time. The album "Baš to..." was promoted in Europe, US and Australia club tours that lasted until late 2008. It is estimated that some 700,000 people participated the club shows. In January 2010, she was a guest in the new album of her former husband and his new wife, today's duo "Đogani". She participated in the song "Hajmo sad u provod...", (Let's party me and you..). This song was a shock for Balkan publicity, most probably for the new video, in which Slađa and Vesna (former enemies) are singing about their (former) housband Đole being a sex-maniac. On June 1, 2010, in an interview for "SVET" tabloid, Đole Đogani confirmed that on new tour for Đogani duo, Slađa is going to be a partner, so many of the shows will be combined with Slađa's promotion of her upcoming album "Pet". Slađa lives in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia -
Pavle Dejanić
Pavle Dejanić is a singer, frontman and leader of the band called Kenta. Pavle was born on July 28, 1987 in Uzvešće. His energy leaves no one indifferent! He is a great musician, an interpretor of all genres in several languages. The participation in competitions "X factor Adria" and "Pinkove Zvezde" were very noticed. Pavle is a professor of literature and student of theology. Most popular song of Pavle is "To se ljubav zove" and became very popular in the short time. Pavle lives in Belgrade and his band is very popular all over Balkan. Sources: Facebook and official webiste of Pavle Dejanić and band Kenta -
Maus Maki
Marko Matijevic, better known as Maus Maki, is a DJ from Novi Sad, born on May 22, 1985. Maus Maki collaborated with many famous names on Serbian music scene, such as Olja Bajrami, Igor Terzija and many more and there were singles "Haos u glavi" with Igor Terzi and "Pola Balkana" with Olga Bajrami. In July 2016, on the IDJVideos.Tv channel, his biggest hit, song Gadafi, comes out. In just two months, the video was watched by almost seven and a half million people. Most popular songs of Maus are: "Gadafi", "Skupo i Bahato", "Ludi od rođenja", etc. Maus Maki is one of the most popular DJs in Serbia. Source: IDJWorld -
Šaban Šaulić
Šaban Šaulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Шабан Шаулић; born 6 September 1951 – 17 February 2019) was a Serbian folk singer. His career spanning over 5 decades and his refined baritone vocals have proclaimed him as one of the most prominent Serbian vocalists of the pop-folk genre. He used to be one of the judges on the televised singing contest Pinkove Zvezde. Šaulić was born in Šabac, Serbia. His mother Ilduza Demirović was from Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His father died while Šaulić was in Australia on tour for the New Year's Eve holiday. He couldn't attend his father's funeral the next day, and has often said he will never be able to come to terms with this fact. He released his debut EP Dajte mi utjehu in 1969 when he was eighteen years old. Šaulić held a concert at Belgrade's Sava Centar on 25 November 2011. In 1970, he served the mandatory Yugoslav army service in Bitola in what is now the Republic of Macedonia. His wife's name is Gordana (born 1958). Together they have a son Mihajlo, and two daughters, Sanela and Ilda (born 8 December 1978); Ilda is also a singer. For his wife Šaulić wrote and released a hit song for his 1985 album Kafanska noć, titled "Gordana". Šaban's most popular songs are: Žal, Šadrvani, Mihajlo, Još ovu noć, Dođi da ostarimo zajedno, Nema ništa majko od tvoga veselja, and many more. Šaban is nicknamed as ''King of Folk Music'' in Serbia and his career is 50 years long. In the early hours of 17 February 2019, Šaulić was being driven home from a concert held the night previously in Bielefeld, Germany. His close friend and God-sibling was a fellow passenger in the car, whilst the keyboard player who had accompanied him at the concert drove. At approximately 06:50am on Sunday morning, on the Bundesautobahn 2 between Bielefeld and Gütersloh, a drunk and unlicensed driver collided at high speed with the Seat Ibiza that Šaulić was travelling in causing serious injury to the driver, Šaulić and the third passenger. All three were taken to hospital, where Šaulić and the driver later died. News of Šaulić's death was met with widespread shock and sorrow from the Balkan music scene, with many of his colleagues taking to social media to mourn the loss of the man popularly crowned as the "King of Traditional Folk Music" ("kralj narodne muzike"). Šaban is buried in Belgrade where he lived with his family. Source: Wikipedia -
Šerif Konjević
Šerif Konjević (born 26 April 1958) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer. Konjević's career started in the mid-1970s. As a seventeen-year-old, he recorded his first singles "Đul Zulejha" and "O suze moje" in 1975. In 1982, she started working with Serbian hitmaker Novica Urosevic on the album "Bijela vjenčanica". This album was sold in a circulation of 825,000 copies. After that, Šerif becomes one of the most famous names of the Bosnian music scene. During following years Šerif collaborated with many popular names and his albums and songs received great success among audience. Song "Neko čudno vrijeme", which became a hit by its release in 1991, seemed to have thought of evil that would soon begin to happen. The beginning of the aggression on BiH is in Sarajevo. In 1993, he managed to get out of the besieged Sarajevo and went to western Europe. It joins the humanitarian movement of the BiH ester to help Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has held several hundred humanitarian concerts for BiH. During the war, he published the album "Alipašin Izvor" with a patriotic song "Vukovi" and a song dedicated to his brother Mehmed Konjević, whom Serbian paramilitary units killed in the beginning of the aggression on the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most popular Šerif's songs are: ''Zbog tebe sam vino pio'', ''Kasno će biti kasnije'', ''Sin'', ''Koliko plavo nebo je'', ''Nije taj čovjek za tebe'', and many more. Šerif is still one of the most popular Bosnian singers. Source: Wikipedia -
Dušan Kostrešević
Dušan Kostrešević is Serbian singer who lives in Novi Sad, Serbia. He was a contestant of music competition Pinkove Zvezde where his career as singer begun. In 2018 he released his first song Neka gori sve and started cooperation with Grand Production and Sasa Milosevic Mare, popular Serbian composer best known for working with Marija Šerifović in 2006 when she won Eurovision Song Contest. Source: Facebook -
Gipsy Kings
The Gipsy Kings are a group of flamenco, salsa and pop musicians from Arles and Montpellier in the south of France, who perform in Andalusian Spanish. Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Spanish gypsies who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing Catalan rumba, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco music, to worldwide audiences. The group originally called itself Los Reyes. Their music has a particular rumba flamenca style, with pop influences; many songs of the Gipsy Kings fit social dances, such as salsa and rumba. Their music has been described as a place where "Spanish flamenco and gypsy rhapsody meet salsa funk". They became popular with their self-titled third album, Gipsy Kings, which included the songs "Djobi Djoba", "Bamboléo", and the romantic ballad "Un Amor". Gipsy Kings was popular throughout Europe and in Africa, as well as in the Middle East. Gipsy Kings have collaborated with many renowned artists. These include "Speaking of Dreams" with Joan Baez in 1990, a duet of "My Way" with Francis Cabrel in 1993, a version of Bob Marley's "One Love" sung with his son Ziggy Marley, and Georges Reyes' song "Donde esta el amor" with Nicolas Reyes in 2006. They also performed "Get Up!" with Captain Jack, and covered a version of the Doobie Brothers' "Long Train Running" with Bananarama on their Pop Life album, under the pseudonym Alma de Noche. Most popular songs are: Soy, Djobi Djoba, Bamboléo, Un Amor, Vamos A Bailar, Volare and many more. At this moment, Gipsy Kings are one of the most popular bands in the world. Source: Wikipedia -
Killa Fonic
Ionuţ Răducanu (born February 14, 1989, Ploieşti), known under the pseudonym Killa Fonic, is a Romanian rapper. Killa Fonic is an artist of the Seek Music label who works both in solo and in the band B.E.N.Z. Ionut Răducanu was born on 14 February 1989 in Ploieşti. His first contact with hip-hop music was in his childhood through his father. At the age of 20 he become part of the NPH band. Killa Fonic's first mixtape is "Lord of the Quarter," appeared in 2013, the second being "Ramses 1989", released in 2016. On July 27, 2017 he released "Crime Blade", his first album as a solo album that contains 23 songs. On April 19, 2018, Killa Fonic began the "Crime Blade Season", the tournament for the album "Crime Blade", ending on May 12 at the Ploiesti House of Culture, the city where the artist was born and raised. In parallel with solo activity, Killa Fonic works in the B.E.N.Z., with which he released in 2015 the album "O. $ .O.D." (A State, a Love). The album become instant success in the online environment. He joined the B.E.N.Z. in 2012, when he was approached by Lu-K Beats, one of the band members. Killa's most popular songs are: Arde (feat ADDA), DVNS, GANGSTER, Ferrari, Regina (feat Keed) and many more. Killa lives in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
ADDA
Ada Alexandra Moldovan (born March 3, 1992, Târgu Mureş), better known as ADDA, is a Romanian pop singer. In 2012, her songs were in the TOP 100 most popular songs in Romania (MediaForest). Some of these are "Petre" feat. CRBL (65th place) and in 2013 went up to 26th place with the same piece. In 2014 he reached the TOP 100 with three tracks: "I can show you I can" (26), "Easy" (49), "No air" (57). She won second place at the Battle of Songs contest. The song "Dirty Lies" produced her musical impetus and brought it to Marius Moga's studio. [Loverboy] Loverboy (the remake of the play "Dirty Lies") is the soundtrack of the movie with the same name, a collaboration with Pacha Man. A year later they collaborated with CRBL and Zhao. The songs "Petre" and "Money from the sky" immediately entered heavy rotation on all radio and TV stations in Romania. The first official single is called "Late Night" and the composition is signed by Adda and Marius Moga. Adda has writing songs for Paula Seling, Andreea Banica, CRBL, Hi-Q and others. In 2015, Adda launched an unusual project of several musical episodes, titled "Adda State." Adda's most popular songs are: Dragă inimă, Acre (feat Killa Fonic), Mamă Soacră, 5:55 Am, Baladda and many more. Adda lives with her family in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
Shift
Shift (on his real name Gabriel Mihai Istrate) is one of the newest hip-hop Romanian artists. He is from Galati, where in 1998 forms the band Ilogic, for which he collaborates with Urban Records as artist and producer, enjoying the music together with : Raparta, Mc Bean, Connect-R, Matteo, Tom Boxer, Mike Diamondz, Vanotech, K-Gula, Dj Undoo. In 2008, he decides to start a solo career and he releases the video for the song “Prea Devreme”, under the pseudo-name “Kreuzet”. Between 2008 and 2009, he returns to Bucharest where he begins working with Kontrol Room Studio @Sahia Film, creating songs for artists such as Besa (Albania), 361Grad (Elvetia), Roxy Rocks, Andreea Antonescu, Sylvie, K1, Dariela, Alexandra Stanciu and Lavinia. In the same period, he produces entirely the album “Acelash – E bine rau” and creates the production-group “Midiots”. The year 2010 brings new happenings in his career: he changes his pseudo-name in “Shift”, video-shoots his first 3 videos and expands his portfolio of collaborating – artists on the production part (Puya, Bere Gratis, Dj Osaka si SRG, Sylvie). In the spring of 2012, he releases an unique song featuring George Nicolescu. The song “Viata-i de vina” unites two worlds, two music styles and two personalities, the result being one very harmonious, with a strong social message. In December 2012, Shift releases the video for the song“Lejer”, throughout the artist reveals to its public, his concept about life. 2013 – brings the super-collaboration with Marius Moga, for the hit-single “Sus pe toc”, with million views on YouTube and on heavy rotation on radio and TV. In the same year, he releases together with Paula Seling, the song “Arde”. In 2014, Shift surprises again with the remake of the Compact’s hit-single “Dupa ani si ani”, featuring Vizi Imre, the finalist from “The Voice” – 2013 Romanian edition. April 2014, brings the hit “Rupem boxele”, a collaboration with the sexy-diva Andreea Banica. In 2015 he collaborates with Andra for the single "Aircraft Paper", one of the most viral tracks of the beginning of the year, and one of the most popular radio and TV shows. In the spring of 2016, Shift launches a song in collaboration with Lariss, "I Prefer." Also in 2016, Shift releases the album "Adevarul", the first album material of the artist, a mix between underground and pop and which contains 16 tracks. On the album there are songs in collaboration with Puya, Connect-R, Andra, Vescan and Adda. In 2017, Shift released several tracks, including "Shut the Heart" (feat Jo) and "From Sunset to Sunrise". In 2018, Shift released "I'm Not Back", "White Leather, Black Leather" feat. Connect-R, "Too Bad" feat. Lora, "Relaxation". Shift lives in Bucharest, Romania. Source: CAT Music -
Connect-R
Ștefan Relu Mihalache (born June 9, 1982, in Bucharest, Romania), better known by his stage name Connect-R, is a Romanian hip hop and pop musician, producer and occasional actor, best known for his association with Romanian hip hop group R.A.C.L.A. early in his career and the successful solo career that followed his leaving of the group. He has been noted as having a baritone-range singing voice and his eclectic musical style. Mihalache was born in mid-1982 in Bucharest and, by the age of 8, was a professional dancer as a member of the dance group Primăvara. By the age of 15, he had become involved with hip hop music and in 1997 recorded "Observ", the first track in his professional career. He was married with Misha and they have a child together. Most popular songs: Aroma, Burning Love, Murderer, Dă-te-n dragostea mea, Dragostit, Geneza, Piele alba piele neagra, and many more. Connect-R lives in Bucharest and is one of the members of TV show "Te cunosc de undeva". Source: Wikipedia -
Bucovina
Bucovina is a traditional folk metal band in Romania. The band was set up in 2000, starring Crivat and former Harbard bassist. Shortly after, the original drummer was replaced by Mishu, who has since become a permanent member of the band. After Harbard left the band, Bucovina entered a pause period, generated by the involvement of Crivat and Mishu in a new deathgrind project titled Vena Cava. In 2005, Bucovina returns to the metal scene and is enthusiastically welcomed by fans of folk, viking and pagan genres, and not only. On bass we will find Brazilian Paolo Cito, who moved to Romania. But he decides to leave the band, and to settle in Sweden. The first Bucovina album is already composed, along with Paolo Cito. The current bass player is Becks (Tudor on his own name), a young and talented instrumentalist. The album appears in the summer of 2006, "Remembering Hour", at Dacia's Writers. Until now, along with their colleagues at Negura Bunget, Bucovian is one of the few bands that exploit and explore the Romanian folklore, as well as the Dacian values.The debut album was well received by the public, and the band is currently working for one album the second album, which he says is better anchored in traditional folk music, with a stronger theoretical and musical concept. One of the most memorable concerts performed by Bucovina took place at the Rock N Iasi Indoor 2007 festival, in November 2007, in the opening of the Arkona and Moonsorrow bands. Style: folk metal components: Crivat - guitar, voice Lupar - guitar, voice Mishu - battery Becks - bass Source: metalhead.ro -
Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann
Eric Rohmann was born in Riverside, Illinois in 1957. He grew up in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago. As a boy, Eric played Little League baseball, read comic books, collected rocks and minerals, insects, leaves, and animal skulls. Eric has his BS in Art and an MS in Studio Art from Illinois State University, and an MFA in Printmaking/Fine Bookmaking from Arizona State University. He also studied Anthropology and Biology. Eric taught printmaking, painting, and fine bookmaking at Belvoir Terrace in Massachusettes and introductory drawing, fine bookmaking, and printmaking at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. Eric has created book jackets for a number of novels, including His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman. He won a Caldecott Honor Book award for Time Flies, and a Caldecott Medal award for My Friend Rabbit. Eric has written four children's books: My Friend Rabbit, The Cinder-Eyed Cats, Pumpkinhead, and A Kitten's Tale. He recently illustrated Lois Lowry's Bless This Mouse and an old Scottish poem, Last Song. Look for Bone Dog out in the latter part of 2011. Eric currently resides in a suburb of Chicago. Candace Fleming: "I have always been a storyteller. Even before I could write my name, I could tell a good tale. And I told them all the time. As a preschooler, I told my neighbors all about my three-legged cat named Spot. In kindergarten, I told my classmates about the ghost that lived in my attic. And in first grade I told my teacher, Miss Harbart, all about my family's trip to Paris, France. I told such a good story that people always thought I was telling the truth. But I wasn't. I didn't have a three-legged cat or a ghost in my attic, and I'd certainly never been to Paris, France. I simply enjoyed telling a good story... and seeing my listener's reaction. Sure, some people might have said I was a seven-year old fibber. But not my parents. Instead of calling my stories "fibs" they called them "imaginative." They encouraged me to put my stories down on paper. I did. And amazingly, once I began writing, I couldn't stop. I filled notebook after notebook with stories, poems, plays. I still have many of those notebooks. They're precious to me because they are a record of my writing life from elementary school on. In second grade, I discovered a passion for language. I can still remember the day my teacher, Miss Johnson, held up a horn-shaped basket filled with papier-mache pumpkins and asked the class to repeat the word "cornucopia." I said it again and again, tasted the word on my lips. I tested it on my ears. That afternoon, I skipped all the way home from school chanting, "Cornucopia! Cornucopia!" From then on, I really began listening to words--to the sounds they made, and the way they were used, and how they made me feel. I longed to put them together in ways that were beautiful, and yet told a story. As I grew, I continued to write stories. But I never really thought of becoming an author. Instead, I went to college where I discovered yet another passion--history. I didn't realize it then, but studying history is really just an extension of my love of stories. After all, some of the best stories are true ones -- tales of heroism and villainy made more incredible by the fact they really happened. After graduation, I got married and had children. I read to them a lot, and that's when I discovered the joy and music of children's books. I simply couldn't get enough of them. With my two sons in tow, I made endless trips to the library. I read stacks of books. I found myself begging, "Just one more, pleeeeease!" while my boys begged for lights-out and sleep. Then it struck me. Why not write children's books? It seemed the perfect way to combine all the things I loved: stories, musical language, history, and reading. I couldn't wait to get started. But writing children's books is harder than it looks. For three years I wrote story after story. I sent them to publisher after publisher. And I received rejection letter after rejection letter. Still, I didn't give up. I kept trying until finally one of my stories was pulled from the slush pile and turned into a book. My career as a children's author had begun." Sources: Amazon -
Sore
Sorina Cătălina Mihalache ( born in November 3, 1989 in Bucharest), known as Sore Mihalache alias Sore, is a Romanian television actress, dancer and singer of pop and pop-rock music with influences of electro funk. Sorina became nationally and internationally known with her cast in the television series Pariu cu viaţă (released by the TV station Pro TV), where she portrays the character of Sara Năstase, as a founding member of the dance / pop-rock band Lala Band and in the new series that also features Lala Band, A New Life, where Sorina also interprets Sara Năstase. At the age of 10, she imitated Natalia Oreiro at the "Rain of Stars" contest and won the third place, and at age 11, for the first time, she was part of a band, Dolly, along with three other girls, alongside from which he released the songs "In the Weekend", "Hey, Tarzan Tarzan", "I Head in the Clouds", "Dear Johnny". This band broke up in 2002. At 17, he participated in the show "My Band", by Marius Moga and Cătălin Măruţă, where the Play & Win producers noticed and formed the band Crazy Win along with two boys. Their first single, "Beautiful Lover" (2009), was very successful. After the breakup of this band, he sang in a live cloak project together with Cici from the System. In 2011, Sore became an artist of MediaPro Music where she works with Smiley & HaHaHa Production promoting her both "Love is music" and "Stage of joy" alongside her colleagues in Lala Band. Sore Mihalache has performed a series of concerts with her colleagues in the band Lala Band. Other country tours are "Like Life" and "Lala Happy Xmas". In 2013, Sore Mihalache took a national tour together with his LaLa band colleagues called "LaLa Love Tour". Sore lives in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Wikipedia -
Eddie Lenihan
Edmund Lenihan (born 1950), also known as Eddie Lenihan, is an Irish author, storyteller, lecturer and broadcaster. He is one of the few practicing seanchaithe (traditional Irish lore-keepers and tale-spinners) remaining in Ireland. He has been called "one of the greatest of Irish story-tellers" and "a national treasure". Lenihan is a native of Brosna, County Kerry, Ireland, but currently resides in Crusheen, County Clare. His college education was at Saint Ita's College in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick and University College in Galway. He is a collector and preservationist of folk tales, recording stories told by older people as passed to them in oral tradition, and then distributing them to a wider audience via print, audio and filmed recordings. Lenihan is particularly well known for his tales of Irish folk heroes, fairies, fallen angels, and other supernatural beings as recorded in Irish mythology, folklore and oral history. He has also published poetry, stories about historical and legendary women of Ireland, and railroad history. In his role as a cultural preservationist he maintains the largest private collection of folklore in Ireland. His first local reputation developed as an enthusiastic children's storyteller. But as his international storytelling reputation grew, he has appeared in the film, The Fairy Faith, in a series of programs on BBC radio, and at numerous high-profile folk festivals. In the 2004 reprint of his 2003 book, Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland Mr. Lenihan explained his continuing dismay at the rapid loss of Irish cultural heritage and artifacts resulting from industrialization of rural Ireland. He described his motivation to preserve hill forts, rural dwellings and native plants in the context of general preservation of folkways. He also briefly described how his conservation ethics had come to disagreement with the centralized progressive goals of modernist planners. This had come to international attention in 1999 when Lenihan had stood up to road builders in County Clare who had wanted to cut down a special white thorn tree. (The white thorn is considered in local Irish lore, and Celtic folklore in general, to be sacred to the Aos Sí – the fairy folk of Ireland.) In local tradition, this specific tree was believed to serve as the meeting place for the fairies of Munster whenever they prepared to ride against the fairies of Connacht. His activism and protests had made international headlines, and succeeded in altering the road project to spare the tree. Mr. Lenihan is not a violent activist. In the 1999 incident he used the tactic of mobilizing public awareness by telling the old, traditional stories that mentioned the traditional significance of the tree, as well as the punishments that came to those who harmed the abodes of the fairies. Eddie Lenihan is one of the greatest Irish authors and storytellers at this moment who is telling his stories all over the world. Source: Wikipedia -
Teodora
Teodora Džehverović is a Serbian pop-folk singer and participant of reality show "Zadruga". She was born on February 10, 1998 in Kacarevo. She is considered to be one of the most attractive young stars to come. She lives and works in Belgrade. She says that she is currently the most provocative young star. In season 2014/15. Theodore has competed in "Zvezde Granda". She was one of the finalists, but she did not win. After that, Saša Popović formed the female group of Đavolice, which, except Teodor, consisted of Tamara Milutinović and Goran Babić. In 2015, they recorded a single "Piće za mladiće" and a duet "Ćuti i vozi" with Milan Dinčić Dinča. In 2016 they published the latest song "Čokolada i vanila". The band existed for six months, and after that, all the singers started their solo career. Teodora did not stay in good relations with them and said she was mentally abused. In 2016, she released her first single "U 4 oka" for which she made a provocative spot. They followed the duets: "Gledaj mene" and "Kulira" with In Vivo, "Pirana" with the band Đans and Young Palk and "Hijena" with the rappper Vuk Mob. In September 2017, Teodora started the competition in the reality "Zadruga". She liked model Anđelo Ranković with whom she started a short-term relationship. Source: biografija.org -
MC Stojan
Marko Stojanović (born February 15, 1983), better known as MC Stojan, is a Serbian pop-folk singer and rapper. Marko Stojanović was born in Lučani near Cacak, where he lived until the end of high school. After that, he enrolled at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade. He became famous after recording the song Bičuj me Stojane in 2005. After that, he published a few more songs that almost all have sexual themes, but in a humorous way. In songs, besides sex, there is often a food, as in the poem Nadice fried my eggs, and Stojan tries to show everything in a ridiculous way. After that, there was a successful collaboration with singer Tina Ivanovic. MC Stojan also collaborated with Ksenija Pajcin, Jana, Cvija, MC Yanko, Mitar Miric, Alegro Bend, Sha, Sandra Afrika, Mija Borisavljevic, Aca Lukas, Aleksandra Prijovic and other musicians. His most popular songs are: Burj Khalifa, Kraljevi grada, Ti i ja, Mama, Bahata, Do zadnje pare, Pikaso, and many more. MC Stojan lives in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia -
Vesna Zmijanac
Vesna Zmijanac (born 4 January 1957) is a Serbian folk singer. By releasing 13 albums, multiple singles and several compilation albums she was arguably one of the most popular singers in the former Yugoslavia. Unlike most of her colleges, Vesna was creating a star-image, being sex-symbol, fashionista and gay icon as well. She also had a rivalry with Lepa Brena as the two most successful female singers at the time. She was born in Nikšić, Montenegro. She started as a kafana singer. Her singing career started back in 1979 with the single "Hvala ti za sve" (English: Thank You For Everything), and after that came a few popular singles and her first studio album in 1981. During the 80's she was at the peak of her career, selling hundreds of thousands of records. In addition to her singing career, she appeared in several TV series and movies such as "Sok Od Šljiva", "Kamiondžije 2", and "Kamiondžije Ponovo Voze." Vesna Zmijanac is the mother of Nikolija Jovanović, also a popular singer. Her most popular songs are: Kad zamirišu jorgovani, Kazni me kazni, Sokole, Nevera moja, Kunem ti se životom, Crne oči, and many more. Vesna lives in Belgrade, Serbia and is one of unkindest celebrities in Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Branko Đurić Đuro
Branko "Đuro" Đurić (born 28 May 1962) is a Bosnian actor, comedian, director and musician. Born and raised in Sarajevo, Đurić rose to prominence throughout the former Yugoslavia with the hit comedy series Top lista nadrealista during the 1980s. Đuro became something of an epitome for the Bosnian people, primarily due to his accent and slang. He was also one of the founding members of SCH and the frontman of Sarajevo rock band Bombaj Štampa. In August 1992, several months into the Bosnian War, he moved to Slovenia where he has been residing ever since. From an early age Đurić exhibited a propensity for public performance. To that end, in 1981, he applied at the Academy of Performing Arts (ASU), a newly established faculty within the University of Sarajevo, but got rejected. Following the ASU rejection, he instead enrolled in journalism studies at the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Philosophy. In April 1984, while contemplating giving ASU another try, Đurić joined Top lista nadrealista, a new prime-time television show being launched by TV Sarajevo as an overlap between folk music and sketch comedy. By 1989, a sought-after actor all over Yugoslavia, Đuro played memorable supporting role in Kuduz, Kenović's feature film debut. At the outbreak of Bosnian War during spring 1992 Đuro was in Sarajevo before fleeing the city in late August 1992, several months into the siege, and settling in Ljubljana. Currently, Ðurić is married to Slovenian actress Tanja Ribič with whom he played with in Kajmak in marmelada and lives and works in Slovenia, where he leads Theatre 55, a film production company. In parallel with trying to make it as an actor, and later after managing to become a successful one, Đuro was involved with bands though his musical engagement was mostly scheduled around his acting one. He started with a band called Ševe in the early 1980s with childhood friend Nedim Babović. Đuro then joined punk outfit SCH in 1983, but soon transferred to Bombaj Štampa re-joining Nedim Babović. As Đurić's acting career took off, the band also became more prominent, although their activity was always sporadic. In 1987 their debut album got released. In December 2008, he reunited with Bombaj Štampa. Đuro's most popular movies are: Montevideo, vidimo se, Top lista nadrealista, Kuduz, Dom za vešanje, Kako je propao rokenrol, Ovo malo duše, U zemlji krvi i mesa, and many more. Đuro lives with his family in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Source: Wikipedia -
Katarina Živković
Katarina Živković (born 2 July 1989) is a Serbian pop star. Her debut studio album, Ludo srce, was released in 2013. Živković was born in the Serbian city Leskovac in July 1989. She finished high school in her hometown. Katarina showed interest for singing at a young age, she was a participant in a variety of cultural events for kids. Aged 18, she became a contestant on the television singing contest Zvezde Granda. Despite the fact that she didn't make into the grand finale, her engagement in the final ten brought the opportunity to sign a contract with the record label Grand Production. This led to her first single Kad te ne volim. Živković became the first female winner of the Serbian reality TV show Farma in December 2010, beating out Marijan Rističević and Ekrem Jevrić. After winning Farma, Živković began work on her first album as a solo artist. Ludo srce, her debut studio album, was released through Grand on 13 April 2013. The title song featured rappers DJ Buka and Sha. Katarina's most popular songs are: Da mi je, Porok, Kajem se, Ljubav, Radi me bol, Bravo srećo bravo, and many more. Katarina lives in Belgrade and is one of most popular Grand singers. Source: Wikipedia -
Remi
Mirela Priselac Remi is a Croatian singer, songwriter, composer and interpreter. She was born on 25 October 1979 in Zagreb. She graduated from elementary music school "Blagoje Bersa" and Second gymnasium. Remi trained gymnastics and ballet and speaks several languages. She graduated from the Faculty of Philology, Department of English and Spanish Language and Literature. She is a professor of English and Spanish language and literature. Remi is known for her sharp public appearances and her critical attitude towards society. She tries to raise awareness about women's rights and gender equality. She believes that the rights of the LGBT population, people of other religions and, in general, minorities, must be equal. Remi reacts badly to injustice, and her frustrations result in her texts and activism. In her free time she writes poetry, reads and volunteers a lot. One of her stories is published in the collection of "The Story of the Witch" and she believes that she will write a novel one day. In 1998 she founded the band Elemental with Luka Tralić, Shot and Gordana Radoša, who mainly performed rap and hip-hop music. At first, only three of them were in the group, but later guitarist Erol Zejnilovic, bassist Konrad Lovrencic, keyboardist Davor Zanoski, drummer Ivan Vodopijec and accompanying vocal Vida Manestar also joined them. In 2000 they recorded their first album "Moj, njegov i njen svijet" published by Kondorcomm. The band worked on new songs for a long time, and in 2008 they published an album called "Pod pritiskom". Because of politics, most Croatian television companies declined to broadcast a video for the song "Zašto te imam". In 2009 they earned the Porin Prize in the category for the best album of urban and club music. In 2015 they released single "Goli i bosi", which became the top list in Croatia. On this way, they announced the album "Tijelo" which was released in 2016 by their publishing house "383 Records". Remi was judge for few talent shows for new musitians and also judge on some festivals. Her most popular songs are: Goli i bosi, Malena, Priroda i društvo, Etikete, Zašto te imam, Romantika, Vertigo, and many more. Remi lives in Zagreb, Croatia and is one of the most popular Croatian singers. Source: Wikipedia -
Magnifico
Robert Pešut (born 1 December 1965), known as Magnifico, is a Slovenian singer of Slovene and Serbian descent. His mother originates from White Carniola a small traditional region in southeastern Slovenia. His father is Serbian descent. His grandfather was a Serbian soldier who fought on the Salonika front in WW1, to whom he also dedicated a song called "Pukni zoro" from his latest album "Montevideo, Bog te video" in 2013. His musical path started with music group U'redu, with whom he recorded his first album, Let's Dance (1992). After that, he embarked on a solo career, recording six albums in twelve years. Many of his songs have become a key part of Slovenian music history. Some of them are Silvija (participating on Slovenia's pre-selection for Eurovision 1998), Kdo je čefur, 24.000 poljubov and Hir aj kam hir aj go (the latter also being a hit in some other countries such as Italy and the former Yugoslav republics). Throughout his career, he has combined disco, Balkan, funk, and electronic music, creating a new and successful style. He has collaborated with other Slovenian groups, such as Sestre, and most recently Turbolentza, another Slovenian band. The band is featured in his latest music video, 'Giv mi mani'. Magnifico's novel dressing style, performances, and quotes have gained him fame and notoriety in Slovenia and in other countries as well. His most popular songs are: Hir aj kam, hir aj go, Samo malo, Kuku lele, Samo malo, Zum Zum, and many more. Magnifico lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Source: Wikipedia -
Niggor
Igor Lazić Niggor is a Montenegrin hip-hop and electronic artist who lives in Kotor. He started doing music with his friend Nebojša Saveljić "Nebo" when they formed the hip hop duo "Monteniggers". They released two albums and at the peak of their career Saveljić died in a car accident, causing Igor to go on a hiatus for a few years. In the meantime he recorded a few songs with his friend, pop singer Vlado Georgiev, and after few years of inactivity, he came up with the new stage name, Niggor, for his solo career as a house music producer. He also had a minor role in the movies A View from the Eiffel Tower and Zlatne Čaklje. His most popular songs are: Tropski bar, Ti, Serotonin, Ne brže od života, Call me baby, So i tekila, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Rasta
Stefan Đurić (was born: 16 November 1989), professionally known as Rasta, is a Serbian recording artist and producer. Đurić initially gained acclaim as a vocalist for promoting cannabis and social isolation in his songs, although his first shot at mainstream success came in 2014 after his breakout single Kavasaki. Soon he became one of the most popular performers in Eastern Europe, with songs generating massive fame, such as Cavali, Habibi (2015); Euforija and Hotel (2016). As a producer he started his own label Balkaton, which signed some of the biggest names in Serbian show business, such as Ana Nikolić and Dara Bubamara. Rasta was also the judge on Ja imam talenat! (Serbian version of Got Talent) in 2017. In 2016, he married Serbian singer pop Ana Nikolić, with whom has daughter named Tara (2017). Most popular songs are: Indigo, Hotel, Euforija, Adio Amore, AMGVSQ7AUDI, Kavali, Slučajnost, Slučajnost, and many more. Rasta lives in Belgrade and is one of the most popular Reggaeton / Dancehall singer in Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Sloba Radanović
Slobodan Sloba Radanovic is a Serbian pop-folk singer and songwriter who presented himself to the public in the music competition of Pinkove Zvezde. He was born on June 20, 1990 in Zrenjanin. In his hometown, he finished elementary school "Dr Jovan Cvijić" and electrical-construction school "Nikola Tesla", direction construction technician for building construction. He enrolled at the Faculty of Architecture in Novi Sad, but soon realized that he wanted to do music. Close people supported his decision and believed he would achieve great success. In 2013, he started a relationship with Stewardess Kristina Kia Kockar. The following year they moved to Belgrade and began to live together. In April 2017, Kristina and Sloba were married. Only family members and closest friends attended the ceremony. In September 2014, he started participating in the first season of "Pinkove Zvezde". He reached the very end of the competition, but Ivan Kurtić took the lead while Slobodan came third. In 2015, he released his first "Bure Baruta" song, which has over 1 million views on YouTube. A few months later he released the single "In Marriage". In 2017, he promoted the number of "Stewards" for which he made the video. In September 2017 Slobodan became a participant in the reality show "Zadruga". Source: biografija.org -
Amar Gile
Amar Jašarspahić, known as "Gile", was born in Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) on December 30, 1990. He is engaged in music from his childhood, and the talent for singing is inherited from his mother and plays nine instruments. Amar is the winner of the regional music competition "Zvezda Granda", where he was certainly the best in his competition. Since then, he was performing all over Europe, America and Australia. He is actively engaged in humanitarian work, helping children, young people and the elderly who are in difficult health and material situations. He is an UNICEF ambassador under whose title he is fighting for children's rights in the region. His most popular songs are: Pijano, Prekasno, Apokalipsa, Ne prestaju moje kiše, and many more. Source: Wikipedia -
Ivan Bekjarev
Ivan Bekjarev (Belgrade, April 6, 1946) was a Serbian film and theater actor of Macedonian origin. After completing elementary school, he enrolled at the Sixth Belgrade Gymnasium and then the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Mića Tomić and Olivera Marković were preparing him for admission to the faculty. His first role was in 1967, in the film Boxers Go to Heaven, where Mija Aleksic interpreted the leading role. Ivan became popular after roles of Vujkovic in TV series "Banjica" (1984) and Stevica Kurcubic in the TV series "Bolji zivot" (1987, 1990). Ivan Bekjarev was a candidate for a deputy on the list of the Serbian Movement of Serbia in the elections for the National Assembly of Serbia for many years. Bekjarev has been engaged in pedagogical work for many years, as a full-time acting professor at the Academy of Arts BK. His students were Milan Kalinić, Iva Štrljić, Aleksandra Balmazović, Danijel Nikolić. Most popular roles Bekjarev had in Banjica, Bolji Život, Lud Zbunjen Normalan, Otpisani, Boj na Kosovu, Vrati se Zone, Hajde da se volimo 3, and many more... Ivan died in Belgrade, Serbia on November 16th, 2020 due to the health issues resulting from the COVID19 infection. Source: Wikipedia -
Adnan Selimović
Adnan was born in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 25th of June, 2000. He graduated from Primary school in Prnjavor (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and now is attending High School in the same town. At the age of six became a part of acting group in Prnjavor were he played in dozens of roles. His first poem Adnan wrote at the age of ten. Adnan is owner of more than 15 awards from various literary competitions from all over Balkan. Through his poems he is expressing different life situations and/or his own opinions about various topics. After eight year of writing, Adnan published his first book of poetry called "Oblaci su ti granice" ("Only clouds are your limit") that contains 41 songs that he wrote during past eight years. Adnan lives with his family in Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Source: Oblaci su ti granice -
Ivan Kukolj Kuki
Ivan Kukolj Kuki is Serbian singer. He started his career in 1994 releasing his album "Zena za zelenim ocima". His most popular songs are: Od kafane do kafane, Zbog Tebe Sam Vino Pio, Kafana Me Prevarila Nije, Ne daju mi da te volim, and many more. Kuki lives in Belgrade, Serbia and is one of the most popular folk singers in Serbia. Source: Facebook -
Antonia
Antonia Clara Iacobescu (born 12 April 1989), commonly known as Antonia, is a Romanian-American singer, performer, and model. At five years old she moved to the United States with her parents. Antonia lived and grew up in the states of Utah and then Nevada, where she finished high school and got into the modeling world. She has participated in hundreds of photo shoots for catalogs while working with large agencies in the U.S., such as Lenz and Ford Models. Likewise, she has launched her own clothing line called MOJA in 2013. Antonia Clara Iacobescu was born on April 12, 1989 in Bucharest, Romania. At the age of 5, she moved to the United States along with her parents. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Utah and Las Vegas, where she finished high school. Antonia also began her modeling career in the United States, working alongside agencies such as Ford. Antonia has been singing since she was 10 years old and attended music school in the United States. While she lived in Las Vegas and Utah, the American culture heavily influenced her musical style. At the age of 18, Antonia returned to Romania alongside her family. There, she met Romanian producer Tom Boxer, through a friend who had heard her singing. After the two met, Antonia and Tom created their first song known as "Roses on Fire". They also created a music video for the song, directed and filmed by Boxer. The song received major success abroad, being broadcast on radio stations and television channels in the Netherlands and Poland. Antonia released her second single "Morena", produced by Tom Boxer which received critical acclaim due to its combination of a club dance rhythm and Antonia's sensual voice. According to radio-station listeners, it was the "most played Romanian song of the moment" in February 2010. Two months after its debut, "Morena" managed to climb music charts. After the birth of her first child, Antonia returned to music as a solo singer. She released a single called "Marionette", written by Dutch producer and DJ Afrojack. The song debuted at No. 96, however was among one of the most played songs in Romania. On April 17, 2015, Romanian record label Roton released Antonia's first studio album called This is Antonia. The album contains 12 songs and it's available in physical and digital format.At the age of 18, Antonia returned to Romania alongside her family. There, she met Romanian producer Tom Boxer, through a friend who had heard her singing. After the two met, Antonia and Tom created their first song known as "Roses on Fire". They also created a music video for the song, directed and filmed by Boxer. The song received major success abroad, being broadcast on radio stations and television channels in the Netherlands and Poland. Antonia released her second single "Morena", produced by Tom Boxer which received critical acclaim due to its combination of a club dance rhythm and Antonia's sensual voice. According to radio-station listeners, it was the "most played Romanian song of the moment" in February 2010. Two months after its debut, "Morena" managed to climb music charts. After the birth of her first child, Antonia returned to music as a solo singer. She released a single called "Marionette", written by Dutch producer and DJ Afrojack. The song debuted at No. 96, however was among one of the most played songs in Romania. On April 17, 2015, Romanian record label Roton released Antonia's first studio album called This is Antonia. The album contains 12 songs and it's available in physical and digital format. Antonia gave birth to her first child, Maya Rosaria Castellano, on August 28, 2010. The child's father is Vincenzo Castellano, Antonia's husband. They separated in 2011 and are in the process of divorcing, including a custody case on behalf of their daughter Maya. In early 2014, Antonia and her current partner Alex Velea had a son Dominic, born on December 27, 2014. On the 7th of December she gave birth to her third child, Akim. Most popular songs are: Hurricane, Wild horses, I Got You, Jameia, Marabou, Hawaii, Call The Police, Iubirea mea, Tango, Gresesc, and so on. Antonia lives with her family in Bucharest. -
Ruby
Ruby, on her real name Ana Claudia Grigore, was born at Medgidia in 1989. She graduated the music High-School “Dinu Lipatti”, acting class, and afterward, she studies at Journalism University. Ruby started her career in music in 2010, with the song “Touch Me”, followed by other successful singles such as “Change The World”, “Miracle of Love” or “Stinge lumina”. She is the only Romanian artist who debuted through an international concert in Germany, in front of over 5000 people. She had tens of international concerts in countries like Germany, Russia, Turkey, Cyprus, Albany and was the front-cover girl of the most important magazine for men, in the summer of 2012. The single “Miracle Of Love”, released in the spring of 2012, was air-played on all Romanian radios, and also overseas, the song being licensed in countries like Japan, USA, Italy, Israel and Poland. After the success of “Miracle Of Love”, Ruby releases, at the beginning of September 2012, the hit-single ”Stinge Lumina”, with a very sexy video. The song was composed in Hahaha Production studios, with Alex Velea as main composer and soon became one of the 2012′ hits. Soon after the Romanian version, it was released an English version – “Turn Off the Lights”, together with a new video, directed by Radu Aldea. At the beginning of 2013, Ruby releases the song “Baiat de bani gata”, featuring Pacha Man. Two months later, in March 2013, the beautiful artist collaborates with CRBL for the single “Toata tara”, and afterward a new song with Romanian lyrics – “1001 de nopti”. In 2014, Ruby reinvents herself and releases a black and white video for the single “De la distanta”, composed in HaHaHa Production studios. The summer of 2014 brings two more songs: Ruby releases the video “Tu (Inima si Sufletul)”, a gift for her 1.000.000 Facebook fans, one the most spectacular projects produced in Romania: tens of locations and also a lot of secondary-characters with outstanding make-ups “bringing to life” characters as Johnny Depp, Pharrell or Bruno Mars. For the hot summer days and sexy nights, Ruby collaborates with Yogi and Shift, for the song “Inghetata”, which has a “delicious” and funny video, directed by Cercel Lazar. In February 2015, straight from Africa where she is at the TV show “Sunt celebru, scoate-ma de aici”, Ruby releases the song and video “Nu pune la suflet”, featuring What’s Up. The song is composed in the deMoga Music studios and Ruby is one of the writers. The single had more than 490.000 views on YouTube in the first 24 hours and 1 million in the first 60 hours. The smashing hit “Nu pune la suflet” had over 18.000.000 views in only 3 months on YouTube. After the TV show, Ruby, with the other two finalists (Catalin Morosanu & Dorian Popa), released the song “Lasa cucu-n pace”, a song about the whole African experience. This is one of the most popular songs of 2015, with more than 18 million views on YouTube. On the YouTube Rewind Top 2015, Ruby had 2 songs of the 10 Most Popular Songs: “Lasa cucu-n pace” and “Nu pune la suflet”, featuring What’s Up, with a total of over 43 views on Cat Music YouTube Channel in 9 months. October 2015 – The song “Baiat de bani gata” (feat Pacha Man) is rearranged and released with the premiere of the film “Lumea e a mea”, being part of the soundtrack to it, alongside the collaboration with CRBL for the song “Toata tara”. Ruby and Dorian Popa continue the successful collaboration and released the single and video “Buna, ce mai zici?”. The video was directed by Dan Petcan and was filmed over several days, both in Bucharest and in Paris. In just four months since it was released, the video has more than 22 million views on YouTube. That meant also the release of her blog, www.bunasuntruby.ro, with articles about life, music, movies, beauty, gaming and cooking. Most popular songs are: Buna, ce mai zici? (feat Dorian Popa), Stinge lumina, Nu pune la suflet (feat What’s UP), De la distanta, Baiat de bani gata (feat Pacha Man), 1001 nopti, Doua suflete, Tu (Inima si sufletul), and so on. Ruby lives in Bucharest, Romania. Source: Cat Music Romania -
Alexandra Stan
Alexandra Ioana Stan (born 10 June 1989) is a Romanian singer and songwriter. Born in the city of Constanța, Romania, she made her worldwide breakthrough with the 2011 single "Mr. Saxobeat", written and produced by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi. They discovered Stan at a karaoke bar in 2009 and offered her a contract with their label, Maan Records. The track followed the singer's debut recording, "Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)" (2009), which brought Stan fame in her native country. "Mr. Saxobeat" quickly achieved commercial success in Romania and then abroad, reaching the number one spot in ten countries. Saxobeats, her debut studio album, was released in August 2011. An alleged physical altercation with Prodan in 2013 delayed the release of Stan's second record; Unlocked was finally released in August 2014. Two of its singles, "Dance" (2014) and "Cherry Pop" (2014), were successful in Japan. The singer's third studio album, Alesta, was released in March 2016. It led to a collaboration with Inna and Daddy Yankee on "We Wanna" (2015), which reached the top 60 in several territories. Stan has received a number of awards and nominations, including the European Border Breakers Awards, Japan Gold Disc Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards and Romanian Music Awards. She is also referred to as one of the most successful Romanian artists alongside Inna. Alexandra is the owner of many international prizes such as are: 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards, European Border Breakers Award, Balkan Music Awards, Radio România Actualități Awards, Romanian Music Awards, Elle Style Awards România, Japan Gold Disc Award, Celebrity Awards, and so on. Alexandra's most popular songs are: Mr. Saxobeat, We Wanna, "Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)", "Get Back", "Give Me Your Everything", "Dance", "Ecoute", and so on. Alexandra lives in Bucharest, Romania, and is one of the most popular Romanian singers. Source: Wikipedia -
Boris Šavija
Boris Savija was born on May 17, 1979 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for The Tour (2008), Turneja (2011), St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009) and Lud, Zbunjen, Normalan. He enrolled at the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka in 1998 in the class of Professor Jovica Pavić and Nenad Bojić. He is a permanent member of the National Theatre of the Republic of Srpska since 2006. Boris has several prizes and awards. He lives in Banja Luka. Source: Wikipedia -
Ljubiša Savanović
Ljubiša Savanović was born in 14.12.1981. in Banja Luka. He finished elementary school "Branko Radicevic", then Gymnasium in Banja Luka. He graduated in 2003 at the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka, at the Drama Department, the direction of the Acting in the class of prof. Jelena Trepetova Kostic. He has been a member of the National Theater of the RS since 2004 and from 2007 to 2011 he worked as an artistic director of the National Theater of RS. He played in the performances of the National Theater of the Republic of Srpska, presented the Jazavac Municipal Theater from Banja Luka, the Pozega Municipal Theater, the Academy of Arts of Banja Luka and of the Association of Drama Artists of the RS. Savanović is an owner of several awards. He acted in movies and TV series too such as are: Lud, Zbunjen, Normalan, Turneja, Bez pardona, 32. Decembar, To toplo ljeto, Meso, etc. Ljubiša lives in Banja Luka. Source: Wikipedia -
Vedrana Mačković
Vedrana Mackovic-Zubovic is an actress, known for 32. decembar (2009), Lud, zbunjen, normalan (2007) and Ja to mogu! (2010). She enrolled at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Sarajevo in the class of Professor Bora Stjepanović. She finished two years, but the war was hindered by the interruption of the study. She worked at the Children's Theater in Banja Luka, and since 1993 she has been a permanent member of the National Theater of Republika Srpska. She also studied pedagogical work at the Youth Study in Banja Luka. She directed the play Čudo u Šarganu and at the Prijedor Festival in 1993 won the Best Director Award. Vedrana lives in Banja Luka. Source: np.rs.ba & Imdb -
Miljka Brđanin Babić
Miljka Brđanin-Babić (Tuzla, November 16, 1977) is a Serbian film, television and theater actress. She graduated from the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka in 2003 with the play Little Prince and is a member of the National Theater of Republika Srpska since 2002. Her most popular roles are from Lud, Zbunjen, Normalan, Selo gori, a baba se češlja, To toplo ljeto, Kriza, Vojna akademija and so on. She lives in Banja Luka. Source: Wikipedia -
Mladen Materić
Mladen Materic is a Bosnian theater director, started his career in Sarajevo at the Academy of Performing Arts as a lecturer at Scene movements. After the Open Theater Obala was launched in 1984, Mladen became its artistic director and one of the people who left the deepest seal in BH. theater. His most popular performances are: "Tattoo Theater" and "Moonlight Performance", with which he successfully participated in numerous international festivals. Source: Wikipedia -
Nataša Ivančević
Nataša Ivančević (Doboj, 7th May 1965) is a Serbian actress. She graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in the class of Professor Bora Stjepanovic in 1988. She started acting professionally since 1984 as a film actor in a movie called "I to će proći". She played at the National Theater in Sarajevo, Kamerni Teatar 55 in Sarajevo from 1988 to 1992, at the National Theater in Podgorica since 1993. He has been a member of the National Theater of Republika Srpska since 2000. Nataša lives in Banja Luka. Source: Wikipedia -
Dominic Carrillo
Dominic Carrillo is a teacher and award-winning writer from San Diego, California. Dominic earned both his bachelor and master's degrees from UCLA, where he began creative and journalistic writing. Since the publication of The Improbable Rise of Paco Jones (winner of the SD Book Award for best YA) Dominic has focused on writing young adult novels with universal coming-of-age themes. His first novel To Be Frank Diego (2012) has been required reading in courses at San Diego State University. Dominic's second book, Americano Abroad (2014), is a travel memoir and book award finalist. It includes stories published in San Diego Reader magazine. However, Dominic is best known for his two YA novels:The Improbable Rise of Paco Jones (2016) and The Unusual Suspects (2018). When he's not teaching, writing, playing basketball or drumming, Dominic speaks at libraries, schools, and conferences. He lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria and is working on his next YA novel. Source: dominiccarrillo.com -
Feli
Felicia Donose (born June 15, 1986, Sebeş, Alba County) better known as Fely or Feli, is a Romanian singer and songwriter who became known after her participation in the Romanian Voice show in 2012. In 2012, Feli participated in the Voice of Romania contest, where she was a part of the team of Marius Moga, with whom she reached the semifinals, being also one of the most successful competitors with the best chance of winning the contest. Since 2014, Feli is a part of Hahaha music production. In 2014 she released her first single "Cine te crezi" which was highly appreciated by listeners. She released her first album in November 2017. and is called "Eu sunt Feli". Her most popular songs are: "Timpul", "Ceartă artă", "Acasă", "Creioane colorate", "Vals" and so on. Feli lives in Bucharest. Source: Wikipedia -
The Motans
The Motans is a musical band from the Republic of Moldova. The band consists of soloist Denis Roabeş and other members. The band was founded in Chisinau, The Motans combines several musical styles among which the most popular is pop. They recorded top hits in Romania, such as Versus, August, Weekend, 1000 RPM, which ranked first in all music charts in Romania and Moldova. The name of the band "The Motans" has its origins in the soloist's dreams. For 7 years, before starting his musical career, Denis only dreamed of cats. Also, in childhood, he was adopting cats, so he had quite a lot of them. Amazing is that when it started to sing, dreams have disappeared. That's what caused him to call his band that way. Most popular songs are: Weekend (feat Delia), Versus, Nota de plata (feat INNA), Friend Zone, Lilith (with Keed), Drama Queen, Jackpot and so on. Denis lives in Bucharest and is one of the most popular Romanian artists. Source: Wikipedia -
Steve Cole
Stephen Cole (born 1971) (also credited as Steve Cole) is an English author of children's books and science fiction. He was also in charge of BBC Worldwide's merchandising of the BBC Television series Doctor Who between 1997 and 1999: this was a role which found him deciding on which stories should be released on video, commissioning and editing a range of fiction and non-fiction titles, producing audio books and acting as executive producer on the Big Finish Productions range of Doctor Who audio dramas. In 2013 Ian Fleming Publications announced that Cole would continue the Young Bond series first penned by Charlie Higson, with four new books to further explore the life of the teenage James Bond. The first of these, Shoot to Kill, was published in the UK on 6 November 2014; Cole is credited as Steve Cole for this work. Cole was brought up in rural Bedfordshire. He attended the University of East Anglia 1989-92 where he read English Literature and Film Studies, graduating his BA course with first class honours. After a brief stint working in local radio with BBC Radio Bedfordshire (now Three Counties) he became a junior assistant at BBC Children's Magazines in 1993. By 1996 he was Group Editor, Pre-School Magazines, managing a team and overseeing the production of various magazines and special editions. In summer 1996 he wrote his first children's books: Cars on Mars, Alien Olympics, School on Saturn and Mucky Martians, a collection of pop-up poetry books published by Levinson the following year. Cole's counterpart in BBC Children's Books was Nuala Buffini two floors above, and the two often met for lunch and meetings. Cole's curiosity was piqued when he learned BBC Books were taking back the rights to publish Doctor Who fiction in the wake of the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie – and that Buffini would be commissioning for a new range of Eighth Doctor Adventures and Past Doctor Adventures until a dedicated staff member was recruited. Buffini was soon swamped with novel submissions and Cole's involvement with the range began with reading the slush pile. Having been a fan of Doctor Who all his life, when the position of Project Editor, Sci-Fi Titles was advertised, Cole applied and was successful. Buffini had commissioned the first six books in the Eighth Doctor Adventures range, although one of these — Legacy of the Daleks — was held back for publication later on in the range to prevent two Dalek stories being published in consecutive months. This means that the first novel commissioned by Cole was actually the sixth published, Lawrence Miles' Alien Bodies. Cole also edited the BBC's Short Trips short story collections, for which he began to write under the pseudonyms of "Tara Samms" and "Paul Grice". He has since published other work under these pen-names, including the 2003 Doctor Who novella Frayed, part of a series published by Telos Publishing Ltd. He has also written several short stories and audio plays for Big Finish Productions. A clue to Samm's true identity can be found in the "About the author" section at the end of Frayed in which the author's insomniac dog is described with the enigmatic phrase "he slept once" — an anagram of "Stephen Cole". Works: "Astrosaurs", "Cows in Action", "Astrosaurs Academy", "The Slime Squad", "The Hunting, or Z Trilogy", "Tripwire", "Young James Bond", "The Wereling Trilogy", "Thieves Like Us Trilogy", and so on. Source: Wikipedia -
What's Up
What's UP (real name Marius Ivancea) was born on 8 February 1989 in Bucharest. Since childhood, music has been the most enjoyable part of his life. At the age of eight, he wrote the first lyrics and, since then, he writes without stopping. At age 13, he went to a musical studio for the first time and a year later he became a lyricist at Atomic TV. At age 17, What's UP got his first video. Not long after, Atomic TV closed, when What's UP takes a break and continues its studies. At the beginning of 2011 he sets up Moondust Production and closes in the studio with his new team. Shortly after, the projects began to appear, including music packages for television shows (Kanal D, Antena 1, Euforia TV). At the age of 22, What's UP brings out the first successful song "Habar nu ai tu", in collaboration with Maximilian, when he announces his first album "The Story of the Heart". After this project, What's UP appears with Sisu in my "My Mind" and "If You Want" projects. He collaborates with DOC for the song "Tea", which was a real success. His notoriety grows at the moment of launching the hit "K to meteo". This song become one of the biggest hits of 2012 that gave What's UP numerous awards. Also in 2012 he collaborates with Iony and Cabron for the hit "Winter on Wave". His most popular song is "Bine" that he released 2015 and it has more than 15 million views on YouTube. Source: CAT Music -
Loredana
Loredana Groza (born 10 June 1970) is a Romanian pop singer-songwriter, model, actress, dancer, TV personality, media proprietor, and coach in the talent show Vocea României known for alternating music styles. She began her career in Onești, Romania. She is married to Andrei Boncea and they have one daughter. Her debut album Bună seara, iubito, which was released in 1988, and the title song remains her biggest hit to this day. In 2002, inspired by the huge success of her album Agurida, Loredana decided to go further in rediscovering and reinterpriting some old Romanian songs after meticulous research on the period between the two world wars. The result was the live performance Zaraza–vânzătoarea de plăceri on Pro TV which was released in December 2002 on MC, CD and VHS support. Her song "Vreau toată noaptea" was falsely rumoured to be taking part in the Romanian National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. This contradicted Loredana's comments that she would never take part in the national selection following her defeat in 2005 with the song "Lele". The rumour was, however, quashed following the publication of the participants in the 2006 National Final. She is coaching in the Romanian version of the televised competition The Voice and she is the image of Avon in Romania. Her most popular songs are: "Bună seara, iubito!", "Extravaganza", "Lele", "Zig-Zagga", "Șatra în asfințit", "Regina", "Tzuki", "Fire and Ice", "Like a Rockstar", "Apa" (feat. Cabron), "Te iubesc", und so on. Loredana lives in Bucharest and is one of the most popular Romanian artists. Source: Wikipedia -
Milan Stanković
Milan Stanković (born September 9 1987 in Obrenovac) is a Serbian pop-folk singer. Stanković started his career in 2007, by taking part in "Zvezde Granda" (a televised singing contest), where he reached the finale and finished in 4th place. In the same year, his singles appeared on the Zvezde Granda compilation CD (circulation of 100,000 copies). In May 2009, Stanković released his debut album, Solo, with 9 tracks ("Solo", "Face", "Nepristojna ponuda", "Nepopravljivo", "Još uvek", "Hajde vodi me sa sobom", "Ja ću da ti čuvam leđa", "Opet će se rode vratiti" and "Ovo je priča o nama"). Stanković competed in Tri Pa Jedan Za Oslo, the Serbian national final for Eurovision Song Contest 2010. He won the competition and represented Serbia with the song "Ovo je Balkan" (This is the Balkans), written by Goran Bregović. The lyrics of "Ovo Je Balkan" were Marina Tucaković and Ljiljana Jorgovanović. Serbia sent Stanković to the Eurovision song contest. Stanković appeared in the 1st in the semifinal on May 10, 2011. He made it to the finals (on May 14, 2011) and finished in 13th place with 72 points. After Eurovision, Stanković returned to Serbia. More than a year later, Stanković released "Perje" on June 1, 2011. On October 27, 2011, Stanković announced a European tour. The first stop was JIL CLUB in Zurich, Switzerland. On February 24, 2012, Stanković released "Mama" which, according to Stanković, was dedicated to his mother Milena. Two years later, Stanković prepared a surprise for his fans, the "Krasivas". On his birthday, September 9, 2013, Stanković released the official music video for "Od Mene Se Odvikavaj". Stanković and Marina Tucaković (one of the songwriters of "Ovo Je Balkan") collaborated one more time for "Od Mene Se Odvikavaj". The music and arrangement was by Damir Handanovic and media covered by his new workmate Serbian Celebrity Publicist Milan Popovic. For the video, Stanković was the director and the stylist. On April, 16th 2014, Milan competed in the Pink Music Festival with "Luda Ženo" (Crazy Woman) with Matrix Band joining him on stage. He appeared in the 19th place and he left the contest with 2 prizes (most YouTube votes and most SMS votes). In 2017, Milan released mega hit called "Ego" that he recorded with Bosnian rappers Jala Brat and Buba Corelli. This song turned out to be one of the most popular songs he has ever made. In 2018, he recorded "Sve što ne smemo" with young and attractive Serbian singer Ina Gardijan. Milan lives in Blegrade and is one of the 5 judges of talent show for kids called "Pinkove Zvezdice". Source: Wikipedia -
Ina Gardijan
Katarina 'Ina' Gardijan is a Serbian singer. Ina was born in Belgrade on November 26th, 1992. She graduated from Music Academy in Belgrade. Ina was one of contestants in several music shows in Serbia such as are: "Zvezde Granda", "Pinkove Zvezde" and "Prvi Glas Srbije". She has been performing in front of the audience since she was 18 years old. Ina has several songs so far and one hit that she recorded with popular Serbian singer Milan Stanković called "Sve što ne smemo". Other popular Ina's songs are: "Zla kraljica", "24 dana", "Ako budem htela" (ft. Kristijan Tudor), and so on. Ina lives in Belgrade. Source: weebly.com -
Cezar
Florin Cezar Ouatu (born 18 February 1980) is a Romanian opera countertenor, singer and pianist, sometimes known by the stage nicknames "Cezar The Voice [Vocea]"or simply "Cezar". Son of the late flautist and former teacher at Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Florin Ouatu, he was born into a family of musicians in Ploieşti. Cezar began playing piano at six years of age. He graduated from the "Carmen Sylva" School of Arts in his hometown and the Milan Conservatory. In Italy, Cezar graduated the bel canto classical singing section with maximum mark. He has also studied Baroque music. In 2001, Ouatu was accepted to the Giuseppe Verdi Music Academy in Milan, and graduated in 2004. In the 2003 International Singing Contest Francisco Viñas and in the 2005 International Voice Competition organized by the Renata Tebaldi Foundation in San Marino he won the "Best Countertenor" prize. Cezar made his professional opera stage debut in 2007 at La Fenice, Venice. He has since appeared in further opera performances in Baroque opera roles. Ouatu released his first pop-opera single "Cinema Paradiso" on Christmas Eve 2012. In May 2013, Cezar represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "It's My Life", and finished in 13th place with 65 points at the end of the contest. A week later, on 25 May 2013, he performed alongside Andrea Bocelli and Angela Gheorghiu at Bocelli's concert in Romania at the Romexpo, which led to a collaboration with Vangelis. Source: Wikipedia -
Irina Rimes
Irina Rimes (born August 22, 1991, Floreşti, USSR), also known as Irina Remesh or Irra, is a Moldovan singer and songwriter who currently works and lives in Bucharest. Irina Rimes became known after participating in 2012 at the Star Factory show in the Republic of Moldova, where she got to the final. Irina said in interviews that her interest in music was thrown by the family, especially by her father and grandmother from a paternal line, about which the artist remembers that she had a very good voice - "my grandmother was part of the church choir and he is lying on the stove and singing our carols. " Rimes has been inclined towards writing and composition from an early age: "I have been composing poetry since I was in class 0. I remember learning to sing, write and read at home." With the beginning of high school, the artist moved in Soroca, where he attended the "Constantin Stere" High School until 2010, and the finalization of his studies was made at the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts in Chisinau. Her first single, Dreams, launched her into the music industry, quickly reaching the top of the most popular tracks on the local radio, and earned her a prize in 2016 for the best debut of the year. Besides the songs composed and played by her, Irina Rimes also composed for various Romanian artists such as Inna, Raluka, Andra, Alina Eremia, Nicoleta Nuca or Antonia. Irina is the first artist in Romania to launch a musical trilogy, being named by Cosmopolitan magazine "the revelation of 2016". In 2017, Irina signed a contract with Universal Music France, and began preparing for her first album „Despre el”. Most popular Irina's songs are: „Ce s-a întâmplat cu noi”, „Haina ta”, „I Loved You”, „My Favourite Man”, „Bandana”, „Eroii pieselor noastre”, „Cosmos”, etc. Source: Wikipedia -
Michael Salinger & Sara Holbrook
Michael Salinger (born March 2, 1962) is American poet, performer, and educator living in Northeast Ohio. He been writing and performing poetry and fiction for over 20 years. In this time he has become a fixture in the performance poetry and education community performing and teaching in over 200 cities in 35 countries. His work has appeared in dozens of literary journals published across the US and Canada, including Poetry Magazine, Sapphire Magazine, Taproot the Detroit Metro Times and the Cleveland Free Times. Eight time captain and coach of the Cleveland Slam team that represented the city at the National Poetry Slam competition, he has also served as a consultant and board member to Poetry Slam, Inc., the governing body of Poetry Slams across the country. He founded the organization's summer writing and performance conference held at the campus of SUNY, Oneonta in Oneonta New York. He is the founder and director of the Nova Lizard project, a seminal performance troupe in Cleveland, Ohio and chief facilitator of the teen writing and performance program at Cleveland's Playhouse Square Foundation - the second largest performing arts center in the United States after Broadway. His publication, Stingray , nominated for a Pushcart Prize, was published by Word Smith Press of Ann Arbor in 2007. A collection of humorous poems defining S.A.T vocabulary words titled Well Defined - Vocabulary in Rhyme is published by Boyds Mills Press. His latest collection - A Bear in the Kitchen was published by Red Giant books in 2013. He has co-authored three professional books with author Sara Holbrook. Sara Holbrook is a full time educator, author/poet and consultant who brings practical knowledge to the classroom helping students to develop the complex thinking and literacy skills they will need to succeed in the 21st century workplace. With over 30 years’ experience as a writer in the fields of education, law, public housing, and drug prevention, she has been teaching in classrooms around the US and abroad for over 20 years. She is also the author of more than a dozen books for children, adults and teachers as well as an award-winning performance poet. A frequent keynote speaker, she shows teachers how to use writing and oral presentation exercises in order to help raise vocabulary and other literacy skills along with comprehension through collaboration, writing and classroom performance across all grade levels and content areas. Her poetry book for teens, Walking on the Boundaries of Change, won the Parent’s Choice Award. She is the author of two poetry books for adults, Chicks Up Front (Cleveland State University Press) and Isn’t She Ladylike, (Collinwood Media, distributed by Bottom Dog Press). Her work has been included in many anthologies, including Slam and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and she appeared in the documentary SlamNation. Sources: michaelsalinger.com & saraholbrook.com -
Smiley
Andrei Tiberiu Maria was born on 27 July 1983 in Pitești. He is better known by his stage name Smiley. Smiley is a Romanian singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and internet vlogger. He was part of the band Simplu and since then he developed a solo career. In 2013, he won "Best Romanian Act" during the MTV Europe Music Awards held in Amsterdam. He had been nominated as a solo act three times for the same award in 2008, 2009 and 2011 and twice in 2006 and 2007 as part of Simplu. He is also part of the Romanian Euro-House project Radio Killer where he is known as Killer 1. As of November 2013, he is the new Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF Romania. Smiley is also a television personality having hosted Românii au talent for seven consecutive seasons (2011–2017) and being a coach in Vocea României also for seven consecutive seasons (2011–2017). He started in music at a very young age. For three years he was part of the Romanian group Millenium 3 and was noted by Gyuri Pascu as a potential star. He also tried for the band Akcent in a bid to join the band. After an invitation by CRBL, he joined the singing and dancing band Simplu (stylized as SIMPLU). The members were CRBL, Smiley, OmuNegru, Piticu and Francezu. Because of his reported cheerful attitude, he was nicknamed Smiley by the band, a name he adopted for his career, soon becoming the frontman of the band, at the same time developing a solo career. Simplu released with Smiley five albums: Oare știi (2002), Zece (2004), RMX Simplu (2006),Oficial îmi merge bine (2006) and "Dance or die trying" (2011) in addition to the compilation Simplu Best Of. In 2008, Smiley and Simplu won "Best show" during the dance program Istoria Dansului. In 2007–2008, he was also in the TV series One Step Ahead as Sebastian 'Seba' Novinski and subject of lead role in the 2008 film Un film simplu directed by Tom Gatsoulis. Most popular Smiley's songs are: "Dead Man Walking", "Acasă" , "De unde vii la ora asta?", "Vals" , "Pierdut Buletin", and many more. Smiley lives in Bucharest. Source: Wikipedia -
INNA
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), known professionally as Inna, is a Romanian singer and songwriter. Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, she studied political science at the Ovidius University before meeting Romanian trio Play & Win and pursuing a music career. She adopted the stage name "Alessandra" in 2008 and approached a pop-rock style; later that year, she changed her stage name to "Inna" and began releasing house music. "Hot" (2008), her debut single, was a commercial success worldwide and topped Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart. She subsequently signed with Ultra Records in April 2009. Her debut studio album of the same name followed in August 2009 and was certified Gold and Platinum. Inna's second album, I Am the Club Rocker (2011), was honored as one of that year's best albums by her label Roton and yielded global success for the single "Sun Is Up" (2010). The track won the Eurodanceweb Award, making Inna the first and only Romanian artist to win the award. Her follow-up studio album, Party Never Ends (2013), was nominated for two consecutive years for Best Album at the Romanian Music Awards and reached the top 10 in Mexico. In 2014, Inna signed with Atlantic Records and released "Cola Song", a commercially successful collaboration with J Balvin. With global album sales of four million from her first three studio albums, Inna is the best-selling Romanian artist. She received a number of awards and nominations, including the Balkan Music Awards, European Border Breakers Award, MTV Europe Music Awards and the Romanian Music Awards. Inna is a human rights activist, participating in campaigns against domestic violence and in support of children's and LGBT rights. Inna was called "one of Romania's biggest exports" by The Guardian, based on her sales and popularity. She has also received a number of awards and nominations, including five Balkan Music Awards, a European Border Breakers Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Romanian Act and thirteen Romanian Music Awards. Inna's 2011 net worth was estimated at €8,000,000 (approximately $9.3 million US), and by March 2016 she had sold four million copies of her first three studio albums. In 2015, Antena 3 reported that Inna was Romania's best-selling artist abroad. Inna's most popular songs are: "Hot", "Yalla", "Sun is up", "Heaven", "Cola song", "More than friends", "Deja vu", "Nirvana", etc. Source: Wikipedia -
Leon
Stefan Dimitrijevic, better known as Leon, is a Serbian pop-folk singer and breakdancer. He was born in 1998 in Minsterlingen, Switzerland. Because of his attractive appearance, Leon was called Serbian Justin Bieber and is considered to be the hottest singer in Serbia at this time. Leon grew up in Jagodina where he finished elementary school and gymnasium. In Belgrade, he enrolled in a private faculty at the old DIF, which was named the Academy of Football. His parents were persuading him to move to Switzerland, but he wrote the song "Ona voli fudbalere" and offered it to some Serbian performers. In 2016, he made a video for this song with In Vivo, and had over half a million views on YouTube in a week. This song become a great hit and received a public and media award for the hit of the year at the Royal Music Festival in Kraljevo. This event represents beginning of his career. Afterwards, Leon recorded duet songs with Severina ("Hazarder"), Dado Polumenta ("Za brata moga") and also individual song "Romantik" in 2017. Leon's big wish is to be popular as Zdravko Čolić and would like to record song with Mile Kitić, Katy Perry and Chris Brown. In 2017, Stefan became a participant in the humanitarian show "Your face sounds familiar (Tvoje lice zvuči poznato)". He featured Milica Todorovic, Seko Aleksic, Sasa Kovacevic, Laku, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar and Pitbull. In the eighth episode he imitated the Bosnian singer Laka and won the first place. Leon is one of the most popular teenage singers ever in Serbia and lives in Belgrade. Source: biografija.org -
Jašar Ahmedovski
Jašar Ahmedovski was born in Prilep in SR Macedonia on December 22nd 1964. He is a popular Macedonian-Serbian singer. Jašar began his singing career with hits such as are „Svako svome mora da se vraća“ and „Sudbina je moja u rukama njenim“ in 1980. The first album "Jednoj ženi za sećanje dugo" was released in 1982 for Jugodisk and become popular all over the former Yugoslavia. Some of his most popular songs are: „Koja žena prokle mene“, „Jednoj ženi za sećanje dugo“, „Ti pripadaš samo meni“, „Dečak zaljubljeni“, „Jagnje moje malo“, „Kad sveća dogori“, „Moj bagreme beli“, „Ništa vreme promenilo nije“ and so on. Younger Jašar's brother, Ipče Ahmedovski, also popular singer, was killed in a car accident in 1994. Jašar devoted him the song “Tamo si ti“. Jašar is married to Snezana with whom he lives in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia -
Marko Vanilla
Marko Munjiza, better known as Marko Vanilla, was born on April 25, 1984. in Rijeka (Croatia). After the elementary school, he finished high school in Frankfurt (Germany), where he is still living. Originally, he is from Sanski Most (Bosnia and Herzegovina), but spent his youth in Frankfurt and Novi Sad (Serbia). He discovered his love for music at an early age when he was only 3 years old. After completing his high school, he continued his education, where he began to deal with catering in clubs where he decided to use his talent and devote more time to music. So he started working as a DJ. Working out various parties in famous clubs in Germany, some of which are "Madonna", "Club M", "Scene", "Flash Club", "Sun Set", "Luda-Noc", "Ludnica Party", "Vanilla" etc. , has gained the reputation of one of the most famous DJs in Germany. He worked the longest at the currently most popular club in Frankfurt / Offenbach "Vanilla", where he also got an artistic name. Marko moves to a music school, and had a collaboration between him, MC Stojan and Mitar Miric starts, where Marko worked on the animation for the song “Živeli”. After that song, Marko recorded few more hits like "Haos", "300 cuda" (duet with Sandra Afrika), "Ljeto" (duet with Dado Polumenta), "20 godina", "Malena", etc. Marko lives in Frankfurt and was a part of reality show "Farma 5". Source: Wikipedia -
Mira
Maria Mirabela Cismaru (Mira) is a popular Romanian singer born in Bucharest. She worked in the Children's Club in Rovinari, but decided to make a small change during her training and enrolled at the Children's Palace in Târgu Jiu to study light music for 3 years. Mirabela was part of Anonim Band, a band of five instrumental youths. Meanwhile, she discovered a new passion: the guitar and so, she wanted to accompany her voice with guitar accords alone. In six months he managed to get closer to achieving her plans. Born from a painter father and mother of folk musician, she traces her mother's footsteps from the age of six when she used to sing to her neighbors. In 2012, she had her first collaboration with a young DJ Marc Ryan for "So la la", a play on radio in Romania. Also in 2012, she was a part of the "Vocea Romaniei" show in the composer's team Marius Moga. Mirabela reached the live stages of the show. At the beginning of 2013, immediately after the competition, she started to work with Allexinno again. They released together two singles: "Loving you" and "In Love". In 2014 a new collaboration with Zhao took place on a Romanian play "Zi-mi ceva." Also starting in 2014, Mirabela becomes Global Records artist and begins his career with the name Mira. Most popular Mira's songs are: "Uit de tine", "Bella", "Dragostea Nu Se stinge", "Omnia", "Anii mei", etc. Mira lives in Bucharest. Source: Facebook & YouTube -
Tudor Chirilă
Tudor Chirilă (born 28 May 1974 in Bucharest) is a Romanian actor, musician, composer, and producer. He was the lead singer of the band Vama Veche, after which he founded the band Vama. As an actor, he featured in both short and long movies and has played reference roles in plays of some of the most important Romanian directors. In 2012, he published his first book, "Exerciții de Echilibru", which has united some of the writings from his personal blog. In 2014, he became a coach for The Voice Romania, alongside Loredana Groza, Smiley and Marius Moga. Over the years, Chirilă has been involved in numerous social causes. In 2005, he initiated the campaign "Live pentru viață", which had the intent to gather donations for flood victims. He supported the fundraiser campaign for children with cancer called "Nu ma ignora", which was initiated by "Salvează Vieți" Association. Along with Agenția de Vise, his management and booking company, he conducted a number of projects with social and cultural impact, some of which are: "Chrilă in licee" – mentorship tour for high schools in Bucharest, "Cruciada Culturii", "Ioan Chirilă Awards". Most popular movies: Live, The Couch (short), The Enemy Within, Eu sunt eu (short), The Love Marketing (short), Legături bolnăvicioase, Milionari de weekend, Komissar Rex, Nordrand and Shapeshifter. Tudor Chirilă is the lead singer and co-founder of the bands Vama Veche and Vama. Over his career he held live concerts in front of millions of spectators and has been on the main stage of many important festivals like Peninsula, BestFest, Cerbul de Aur, Folk You, Coke Live Festival. Most popular songs are: Ghosts at the war, Memories now, Fata in boxeri si in tricoul alb, Copilul care alearga catre mare, etc. Source: Wikipedia -
Vama
In 1996, Tudor Chirilă, popular Romanian singer, writer and actor establishes the band Vama Veche (band) with Traian Bălănescu and Liviu Mănescu. The band debuts with the album Nu am chef azi in 1998, Vama Veche in 1999, the maxi single Nu ne mai trageți pe dreapta in 2000, Am să mă întorc bărbat in 2002, Best of Vama Veche in 2006 and Fericire în rate in 2006. In 2003, at the National Theatre Bucharest, the album Am să mă întorc bărbat is turned into a play. It is the first Romanian rock opera, in post-revolution Romania. Some of the well known hits of the band are "Nu am chef azi", "Vara asta", "Epilog", "La Radio", "18 ani", "Vama Veche", "Nu ne mai trageți pe dreapta", "Hotel Cismigiu", "Zmeul". In 2006 the band breaks apart, Tudor Chirilă along with the lead guitar player Eugen Caminschi establish a new band: Vama. Drummer Lucian Cioargă, bass player Dan Opriș and keyboard player Raul Kusak join the two, the latter being replaced by Gelu Ionescu in 2009. In 2007 the first single "Bed for love" is released, a year later Vama released their first album Vama during a show at Bucharest's Arenele Romane via SMS, being the first Romanian band to release an album in this manner. Some of the singles from the album are "Pe sârmă", "Suflet normal", "Dumnezeu nu apare la știri" and "E plin de fete/Sâmbătă seara". Their next album, 2012 is released on 28 May 2012 at Sala Palatului. Some of the singles from the album are: "Copilul care aleargă către mare", "Fata în boxeri și în tricoul alb", "Post iubire", "Cântec de găsit". Chirilă writes the script of the music-video "Copilul care aleargă către mare", which he also directs in 2011. In the role of the king he casts Victor Rebengiuc, which was at his first appearance in a music video. Most popular songs are Ghosts at the war, Memories now, Fata in boxeri si in tricoul alb, Copilul care alearga catre mare, etc. Source: Wikipedia & YouTube -
Florin Ristei
Traian Florin Ristei (born on August 29, 1987 in Galați, Romania) is popular Romanian singer and presenter. His debut song is called "Dana," with which he entered the music charts. Florin won the Romanian X Factor Season 3. He started his presenting career at 2006 with the talent show "TVR with the Minors". After that one, Florin also presented Fantastic Show and now he currently has a show with Diana Munteanu, called Friends of 11, broadcasted on Antena 1. Until 2004 Florin was a vocal soloist in AMICI band. In 2005 he was a part of band MARFAR. Now, he is soloist in band called Freestay founded by him in 2012. Florin cooperated with many Romanian singers: Andra, Vescan, What's UP, etc. Most popular songs of Florin are: Las-o, Trebuia sa fii tu, Facem ce vrem, Intre noi nu mai e nimic, Altfel de magie, etc. Florin lives in Bucharest and is a member of CAT Music Production. Source: Wikipedia -
Mile Kitić
Milojko "Mile" Kitić (born 1 January 1952) is a Serbian pop-folk singer, popular in the former Yugoslavia. Beginning his musical career in Sarajevo, he later gained success with the Belgrade-based Južni Vetar with fellow folk singers Sinan Sakić, Dragana Mirković, Kemal Malovčić and Šemsa Suljaković. During the Bosnian War, he fled to Serbia. He is married to the Serbian singer Marta Savić. Kitić was born to ethnic Serb parents on New Year's Day, 1952, in the village of Donji Cerani near the town of Derventa, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia. When he was thirteen years old in 1965, his family moved to Ilijaš. He graduated from high school on 15 May 1970. His first single was "Čija si ljubav" (Who's Love Are You) in 1975. From 1974 to 1980 he played the electric guitar in his band "Prinčevi". In 1983 he started his first tour after completing his first studio album Moja Slatka Mala, touring around Sarajevo and Tuzla. He joined the band Južni Vetar in 1984, and gained almost instant success with the album and single "Čaša ljubavi". In this group he collaborated with fellow Yugoslav folk singers Sinan Sakić, Dragana Mirković, Kemal Malovčić and Šemsa Suljaković. During the Bosnian War of the 1990s, he and his family fled to Belgrade. He lost relatives during the war, among others, his nephew. With his ex-wife Bosiljka he has a daughter, Sanja. Today he's living with his second wife Marta Savić, also a well-known singer, and daughter Elena in Belgrade. They have a second home in Hannover, Germany. He is grandfather of two, his daughter, Sanja's, children. Most popular songs are: Kraljica trotoara, Kilo dole, kilo gore, Sampanjac, Kockar, Plava ciganka, Nema vise cile-mile, etc. Mile is one of the most popular Serbian folk singers at this time. Source: Wikipedia -
Milica Todorović
Milica Todorovic was born in Krusevo on October, 13th 1990. She is popular Serbian pop-folk and turbo-folk singer and actress. She won the first prize at music competition Zvezde Granda at the age of 14. She was cooperating with singers like Steva Andjelkovic, MC Janko, Rada Manojlovic, Emina Jahovic, Topalko, etc. Her most popular songs are: Moje zlato (duet with MC Janko which become mega hit with more than 115 million views on YouTube), Tri case, Nema nazad, Sve je uzalud, Cure privode, Limunada, Uporedi me, etc. Milica also took a part with Kusturica's opera Vreme cigana with singer Stevan Andjelkovic. The premiere of the opera was in Paris in Opéra Bastille. Milica is one of the most popular singers in Serbia at this time. Source: Wikipedia -
Tanja Savić
Tanja Savić (born 20 March 1985) is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous aged 19 in 2004 while competing on the first season of the Zvezde Granda television singing contest, finishing in third place. Her debut studio album, Tako mlada, was released 16 June 2005. Since then she has become a leading pop star in the region. Tanja Savić was born in the village Radinac in the Smederevo municipality of Serbia. She was one of three children—two daughters and a son—born to Staniša Savić and Živana. Her sisters name is Biljana, while her brother is Tomica. In a 2004 interview, she stated that she was of Romani descent; she has since denied this. At the age of eight years she performed at the "Prvi glas Vojvodine” (English: First Voice of Vojvodina) music festival with the folk song “Ječam žela" and won first place. Although no one in the family was involved in music, they all supported her interest and Tanja began to perform with the band Calypso. Savić auditioned for the first season of the televised singing contest Zvezde Granda in 2003, ending in third place at the 2004 finale. Despite not winning the grand finale, her public profile was raised sufficiently enough for the Grand Production record label to sign her to a contract. This led to her debut album Tako mlada (2005) that turned into a major success, paving the way for a career that followed. With this album she became one of biggest stars in not only Serbia, but also neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria and surrounding countries. Her two singles "Suknjica" and "Gde ljubav putuje" were theme songs for films Gucha: Distant Trumpet and Serbian Scars (2008), respectively. Most popular Tanja's songs are: Zlatnik, Tako mlada, Gde ljubav putuje, Nova godina, Prostakusa, Oci boje viskija, Incident, etc. Tanja lives in Zvezdara neighborhood of Belgrade with her husband who is Australian businessman and kids. Source: Wikipedia -
Tony Cetinski
Anthony "Tony" Cetinski (born 31 May 1969) is a Croatian pop singer. Today, he is one of the most popular male singers in Croatia and he is also popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro. Born into a family of musicians in Pula (then SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia), Cetinski began singing when he was 15 years old with various local groups. He moved from Rovinj to Zagreb in 1991 to start his career, and quickly became one of Croatia's leading pop stars. In 1994 he represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva". Nine years after Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) died, Tony released the eighth studio album "A sada" with 14 tracks: "Blago onom tko te ima", "Moje sve", "Ostani zauvijek", "Sve bih opet", "Rijeka ljubavi", "Daj mi sve", "Zauvijek", "Nebo iznad nas", "Zvijezda", "Sve svoje snove", "Iz dana u dan", "Ti", "Reci da li znaš" and "O sole mio". At the 10th Croatian Radio Festival in 2006, Cetinski won all three prizes in pop-rock category: HRF Grand Prix – pop-rock, Listener's award and Music Editors award. He also recorded the song "Lagala nas mala" as a duet with the late Toše Proeski. This song appears on both of Toše Proeski's 2005 albums Po tebe and the Croatian edition Pratim te. The song was also done as a remix by DeeJay Time.In 2009 Cetinski won the Porin award for best male vocal performance with his song "Ako to se zove ljubav". Cetinski sold out two concerts in Arena Zagreb the same year with more than 30,000 people attending. Most popular Tony's songs are: Umirem 100 puta dnevno, Krik, Opet si pobijedila, Zbogom odlazim, Mjesecar, etc. Tony lives in Zagreb. Source: Wikipedia -
Snežana Djurišić
Snežana Đurišić (Gornji Milanovac, June 6th, 1959.) is a popular Serbian pop-folk singer and one of the most talented singers from ex-Yugoslavia so many people consider her to be the "Queen of the Folk music". Her first album come out when she was at the age of eight when she won the competition "Studio 8 gives you a chance". She was often called a "Child Prodigy". If you ask Snezana what is the secret of her success she would say: "If you like it, you can do it! Music is my life!". Most popular songs of Snezana Djurisic are: Lepi moj, Kako da se pomirim sa tim, Srna i jelen, Niko me nije voleo kao ti, Oj,joj, kaludjeru moj, etc. Snezana is one of the judges in a talent show Zvezde Granda and lives in Belgrade (Serbia). Source: Wikipedia -
Jana
Dragana Todorović known by her stage name Jana (Јана), is a Serbian turbo-folk and pop folk singer. Jana was born in the village of Babin Most, near the town of Obilić, SFR Yugoslavia in 1974. She has two siblings: a brother Dejan and a sister Danijela. After finishing the Stevan Mokranjac music academy in her hometown, she recorded an album in 1992 that sold very few copies and flopped. She went back to performing in kafanas throughout Kosovo, then took a short break from singing due to the disappointment of her last album, working as a music educator. In 1997, she met singer Marina Živković in Kosovska Mitrovica, a meeting which kick-started her career. As Živković was preparing for her concert, she overheard Todorović singing and was left 'breathless'. She asked for Jana to come to her table and talk and after the conversation, she recommended Jana to friend, Ivan Todorović (Jana's future husband) who owned a discothèque and was in need of a live band. Not long after, Ivan traveled to Priština to meet with Jana. That day, Jana and her cousin met up with him near the Grand Hotel and struck up a record deal. In October 1997, with great sadness, she left her home country and moved to Germany, four months prior to the outbreak of war in Kosovo. She became extremely homesick in Germany, but was unable to travel home because of the insecurity. She was signed to the now-defunct record label Zabava miliona (ZAM). As there already was a famous singer called Dragana Mirković, Saša Popović, the label's director, recommended her to adopt Jana as her stage name. During the recording of her second album, Sokolica (Falcon, 1998), she fell in love with Ivan Todorović and they later married. Her first album was a huge success and she went on tour with famous singer Lepa Brena. Most popular songs are: Kuci, kuci, Andjele moj, Crna kutija, Barabar, Ostavi mi drugove, Kada se svetla pogase, etc. Jana lives in Germany with her husband and daughter Kristina Džulijen Todorović. Source: Wikipedia -
2CELLOS
2Cellos (stylized 2CELLOS) is a Croatian - Slovenian cellist duo, consisting of classically trained Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser. Signed to Sony Masterworks since 2011, they have released four albums and play instrumental arrangements of well-known pop and rock songs as well as classical and film music. The duo perform internationally and have been featured on several US TV shows including Glee and The Bachelor. Hauser, born in Pula, Croatia, and Šulić, born in Maribor, Slovenia, to Croatian father and Slovenian mother, both classically trained musicians, met at a master class in Croatia while still in their teens. Šulić—the younger of the two by a year— attended the Academy of Music in Zagreb, and then studied in Vienna. Šulić later entered London's Royal Academy of Music. Hauser attended the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, after completing his studies at Trinity Laban in London. The duo rose to fame after their cover of "Smooth Criminal" became a hit on YouTube, receiving over three million views in the first two weeks and over eighteen million views as of May 2016. 2CELLOS are touring world for their third time in 2017. Most popular covers of these artists are: "Highway to Hell", "Smooth Criminal", "They don't care about us", "Wake me up", "Thunderstruck", "My heart will go on", "Despacito", etc. They are definitely 2 most popular cellists in the world. Source: Wikipedia -
Marissa Moss
Marissa Moss (born September 29, 1959, Jeannette, Pennsylvania) is an American children's book author. Marissa Moss first submitted a book for publication at the age of nine. She attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated in 1979. She studied art history in graduate school for two years and then attended the California College of Arts and Crafts to study the publishing world. She, like most artists and authors, received many rejections before finally breaking into print with her book,One, Two, Three & Four. No More? published by Houghton Mifflin in 1988. She currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. Moss's work spans the many ages of a child. She started her first career making picture books. Amelia's Notebook was her first deviation from that format. This book is the format of a journal or diary and is penned in a black and white composition notebook. Moss herself says that she loves this format that she stumbled upon because it allows her to explore the world through a child's eyes. In fact, she says, "The things that happened to Amelia really happened to me--from the fire in the school to the marshmallows on the ceiling — though the names have been changed because my sister is mad enough at me already!" Other books in this series, which traces Amelia's life through the years, are: Amelia Writes Again, Amelia Hits the Road, Amelia Takes Command, The All New Amelia, My Notebook (with help from Amelia), Luv, Amelia, Luv Nadia, Amelia's Family Ties, Amelia Works It Out!, Oh Boy, Amelia!, Amelia Lends a Hand, Amelia's Best Year Ever, Amelia's Book of Notes & Note Passing, Amelia's Sixth Grade Notebook, Dr. Amelia's Boredom Survival Guide, Madame Amelia Tells All,toddler time Amelia's Bully Survival Guide, Amelia's Guide to Gossip: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Amelia's 5th-Grade Notebook, Amelia's School Survival Guide, Amelia's Most Unforgettable Embarrassing Moments and Amelia's Must-Keep Resolutions For The Best Year Ever!. Source: Wikipedia -
Randi
Andrei Ștefan Ropcea, better known as Randi, was born on 23 of May 1983 in Romanian city called Pitești. Randi is a popular Romanian singer and music producer. In 2005 he started his career as dance singer Morandi together with Marius Moga (also singer). This duo gained huge popularity with songs "Angels", "Anybody", "Save me", "Every time we touch", etc. After 2011, he started his solo career as Randi in music production called "Famous Production". Randi's most popular songs are: "Spune tu", "Ochii ăia verzi", "Visător", "Dansăm", "De ce dansezi așa", and many more. Randi is owner of many national and international awards such as are: Best Song @ MTV Romania Music Awards 2006, Best Video @ MTV Romania Music Awards 2006, Best Romanian Act @ MTV Europe Music Award 2008, Best International Act @ Eska Music Awards 2008, Best International Hit Polonia @ Eska Music Awards 2009, Best International Song @ Musiq1 Music Awards 2009, Triple Platinum Disc în Rusia pentru albumul N3XT, etc... Randi lives in Bucharest in Romania. Source: Wikipedia · -
Delia
Delia Matache (born 7 February 1982), known by the stage name of Delia, is a Romanian singer-songwriter, TV celebrity, dancer, philanthropist, former model, fashion designer, a judge of comedy TV show iUmor, and coach of TV music competition X Factor. She has started her stage music activity in 1999 in N&D music band with Nicolae Marin and had released 4 albums. Their genre was a fine mix of house and eurodance. After the split off in 2003 she had released another two solo albums. The genre of her music is dance and all of its derivatives. During her career she cooperated with singers like Carla's Dreams, Andra, Macanache, Mircea Badea, Connect R, etc. Most popular songs: Da, mama, Ramai cu bine, 1234 - Unde dragoste nu e, Gura ta, Weekend, etc. In 2016, she launched her most popular album Deliria. Delia is one of the most popular Romanian singers ever. She lives in Bucharest in Romania. Source: Wikipedia · -
Carla's Dreams
Carla's Dreams is a Moldovan musical project. Starting in 2012, the band is an anonymous group of singers and composers who sing in Romanian, English, and Russian. During concerts, the band's vocalist, to hide his identity, wears hood and sunglasses, and his face is masked. Carla's Dreams combines several musical styles, including hip hop, jazz, rock and pop. The first song produced by Carla's Dreams was Dă-te ("Get Off"), an "underground" song with obscene content. Carla's Dreams has launched in Romania in 2013, along with Inna with the song P.O.H.U.I., later to sing with Loredana Lumea ta ("Your World"), and in 2015 with Delia, releasing songs Cum ne noi ("How We Us") and Da, mamă ("Yes, Mom"). Most popular songs are: Antiexemplu, Imperfect, Te Rog, Acele, Unde, Pana la Sange, etc. They are one of the most popular Romanian singers who are performing all over the Romania. Sources: Facebook and Wikipedia -
Mircea Cărtărescu
Mircea Cărtărescu was born on 1 June 1956. He is a Romanian poet, novelist and essayist. Born in Bucharest, he graduated from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters, Department of Romanian Language And Literature, in 1980. Between 1980 and 1989 he worked as a Romanian language teacher, and then he worked at the Writers Union and as an editor at the Caiete Critice magazine. In 1991 he became a lecturer at the Chair of Romanian Literary History, part of the University of Bucharest Faculty of Letters. As of 2010, he is an associate professor. Between 1994–1995 he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. His debut as a writer was in 1978 in România Literară magazine. Mircea is one most popular Romanian writer at this time. Source: Wikipedia -
Liviu Varciu
Liviu Varciu is a popular Romanian singer and actor. He was born on 17th of March 1981 in Costanta in Romania. Liviu become popular in 1998th when he become a part of the Romanian band L.A. together with his friends Aurelian Ciocan and Adrian Zainea. This group recorded several hits such as are "Toata viata mea" and "Ochii tai". After breaking up with the band, Liviu recorded song called "Vecina" that become very popular all over the Romania. Liviu also took a part in several movies such as are: "Secretul Mariei ", "Fast food", "Scene de casnicie". He was also a part of the TV show called "Masculin x Feminin". Liviu lives in Bucharest in Romania. Source: famouswhy.ro -
Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifović (born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Molitva". Šerifović is the daughter of Verica Šerifović, also a notable singer. She was also one of the judges on Eurosong to choose the Irish entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and sang Molitva to close the show. She was also a member of the International Jury in Melodifestivalen 2009, the selection for the Swedish entry to Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Marija was born in Kragujevac in central Serbia, the daughter of Rajko Šerifović, a drummer, and Verica Šerifović, a popular singer. Her father was born in Kragujevac, the son of a Muslim father from Vranje and an Orthodox mother, while her mother was born in Kragujevac, into an Orthodox family. Her mother had four miscarriages before having Marija, and her father left her mother for another woman when she was nine months pregnant with Marija and had a son, Marija's half-brother Danijel, with the other woman in 1985. Marija has described her father as an abusive alcoholic that would regularly beat her mother. Marija also had an older half-brother, Dušan Šerifović, from her father's previous marriage. Dušan died in September 2013, aged 42, following a long illness. In 2013, Šerifović came out as lesbian. Šerifović won the Beovizija 2007 with the song "Molitva" (meaning "prayer" in English) on 8 March, winning the combined votes of the jury and televoting and thus qualified to be the first representative of newly independent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. The song was also recorded in English as "Destiny", Spanish as "Mirame" and in Finnish as "Rukoilen". There is also a Russian version of the song called Molitva (Молитва). On 12 March, the draw of the running order for the semi-final and the final was held. Serbia was the 15th country to participate in the semi-final, and qualified for the final, where they presented their song in the 17th position, following Germany and preceding Ukraine. Her song "Molitva" (Prayer, Serbian Cyrillic: Молитва) won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in a choreography described as "a daringly lesbian chic-tinged act". At the press after Eurovision Marija said: "Tonight I am very proud being a Serb!" Marija's most popular songs are: Molitva, Deo Prošlosti, Mrš, Sama i nervozna, Svoja i tvoja, etc. Marija lives in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia -
Dado Polumenta
Damir "Dado" Polumenta (born 29 August 1982) is a Montenegrin pop-folk recording artist. Polumenta was born into a Muslim Montenegrin Bosniak family in Bijelo Polje, in northern Montenegro. His uncle Šako Polumenta is also a singer. In 2008 they released a duet single "Ljepša od noći" (More Beautiful Than Night) on Šako's album Sanjao sam san.... His first album, Jasmina, released in 2001 through the label Best Records, found little success. However, after a hiatus, Dado became prominent in the Balkans music industry after the release of his second album 100 stepeni (2005) under the label Grand Production. In due course, he left Grand Production and, through his uncle, signed with Gold Music and recorded Volim te... (2007). On 26 June 2008, Dado released a single, a ballad titled "Moja srno", which was performed in the "Vogošća Festival 2008" in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Polumenta's fourth studio album Zauvijek tvoj was released 15 December 2008. Polumenta released his fifth studio album Buntovnik (Rebel) on 18 November 2010 under Grand Production, his second project with the label. Polumenta has a son named Dorijan with Serbian model Anamarija Kikoš, with whom he lived for three years. She was his unmarried partner at the time but they broke up shortly after the child was born. Most popular songs: Jasmina, 100 stepeni, Volim te, Zauvijek tvoj, Buntovnik, Virus, Ne dam ja na tebe, etc. Source: Wikipedia -
Aco Pejović
Aleksandar "Aco" Pejović (born April 18, 1972 in Prijepolje, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a popular Serbian pop-folk singer. He finished musical education in Podgorica at the Vasa Pavić High School for Music. In his long career Aco recorded several duet songs with singers like Zorica Brunclik, Dženan Lončarević, Ministarke, Tropico Band, etc. His most popular songs are: Makar zadnji put, Oko mene sve, Boli kao metak, Amajlija, Nisam pao, Poplava, Neko treći, etc. He has lived in Belgrade since 1994 when he came with his group "Trag". Source: Wikipedia -
Ivana Selakov
Ivana Selakov is a Serbian singer, former member of the girlband Beauty Queens. Selakov was born in Belgrade, on November 8, 1978. She grew up in Sombor where she was introduced to the world of music. She finished Lower Music School, participated in numerous singing competitions, performed at jazz and rock 'n' roll clubs. In 1997, she started studying biology in Belgrade, but very soon she devoted herself to music. After biology, Ivana started studying "Recording and designing of the sound". She has appeared as a soloist at several festivals—Radio Festival, Beovizija 2006, etc. She did vocal back-up for many popular artists, she has more than 2000 back vocals did for other singer and bands. From 2016.she is judge in children's singing show "Neki novi klinci". She got many awards- best singer, best song, best album, best duet... Video for song "Daleko si" is one of most viewed in Balkan on YouTube. During her career, Ivana made duet songs with Aca Lukas (Daleko si, Omaklo mi se, Ljubav u doba kokaina), Darko Radovanović (Ako je do mene), DJ Shone (Igraj dok postojiš and Probijam led), etc. Other popular songs are: Naše malo slavlje, Otplovimo, Uradi mi to, Bolujem godinama, etc. Ivana lives in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia -
DJ Shone
Neša Jankucić (better known as DJ Shone) is a popular Serbian DJ with career longer then 10 years. He is also a producer on TV and radio channels. During his long career, DJ Shone made duets with singers like Nataša Bekvalac, Ivana Selakov, Dara Bubamara, Cvija, Goca Tržan, Dado Polumenta, etc. DJ Shone performed all over the Europe and Australia. He is also owner of many prizes and awards. Shone lives in Belgrade in Serbia. Source: Official site DJ Shone (http://www.djshone.com/bio.php) -
Seka Aleksić
Svetlana Aleksić (born 23 April 1981), married Piljikić, known by her stage name Seka Aleksić, is a Bosnian and Serbian pop folk recording artist. Svetlana Aleksić was born in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was born into an ethnically mixed marriage. Several regional media outlets have erroneously reported her birth name as being Zuhra Ramizaj, a rumor started by Jelena Karleuša in August 2009 on Facebook. Her birth certificate, released to the media on 27 August 2013, proved that she was born as Svetlana Aleksić. She started out singing in kafanas before reaching fame. She moved to Switzerland for two years to boost her career in clubs and discothèques. She then moved to Bijeljina. She signed with the record label Grand Production and released her debut studio album Idealno tvoja on 5 May 2002. In October 2002, she performed at the "Moravski biseri" music festival in Ćuprija. In 2006, Aleksić had a part in the Serbian film We Are Not Angels 3: Rock & Roll Strike Back as Smokvica, the girlfriend of a pop-folk star. Aleksić has her own clothing line, called "Šošonka", released at the same time as her third album, Dođi i uzmi me (2005). Her second clothing line is called "Queen" after her fourth album, Kraljica (Queen, 2007). In 2009, she became engaged to Veljko Piljikić. They married on September 12, 2010. In 2016, she had a baby boy named Jakov. Most popular songs are: "Mamurna", "Crnooka", "Evo", "Koma", "Soba 22", "Poslednji let", "Crno i zlatno", etc. Seka lives with her family in Serbia in Stara Pazova. Source: Wikipedia -
Mustafa Nadarević
Mustafa Nadarević was on born 2 May 1943 in Banja Luka. Mustafa was a Yugoslavian actor and comedian. He studied acting at the Academy of Drama Art in Zagreb. During his elongated acting career, Nadarević has built a reputation as one of the most recognizable character actors in the Balkans. In the former Yugoslavia, Nadarević was seen playing in roles mostly as a Partizan soldier. He is best known for his work in the films When Father Was Away on Business, Reflections, The Glembays, The Perfect Circle, among many others. Nadarević has played a variety roles in various films produced throughout the areas of the Balkans. In 1991 he won the award for Best Actor at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in Silent Gunpowder. Today Nadarević is best known for playing the hilarious television character, Izet Fazlinović in the sitcom Lud, zbunjen, normalan or "Crazy, Confused, Normal," where he plays a sexually unsatisfied 70 year old man who will do anything but work to own a dollar, and throw insults at anyone he can. Mustafa was one of the most popular actors from ex Yugoslavia now because of the role of that role. Nadarević revealed that he was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2020. He died on 22 November 2020 in his home in Zagreb, due to complications of the same disease. Source: Wikipedia -
Đani
Radiša Trajković, known by the stage name Đani (born 23 July 1973), is a Serbian pop-folk icon popular in the former Yugoslavia. He was born in Pristina and attended school there. His most popular songs are: Sam sam, Sve mi tvoje nedostaje, Još te sanjam, etc. He is one of the most opular Serbian folk singers. "No Đani no party" is a sentence that best describes the atmosphere during his concerts. Source: Wikipedia -
Katarina Grujić
Katarina Grujić (born 20 May 1992 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian pop-folk singer who in the beginning of 2010s became popular thanks to Grand Stars. She is believed that the third singer in this decade, in addition to Milica Pavlović and Aleksandra Prijović that broke onto the scene in Serbia. She graduated from a private high school and the student's second year of college, "Media and Communication" in Belgrade. In the season 2012/2013 Katarina competed and finished eighth. No matter what place she finished, Katarina has shown that she has talent for singing. The first song she recorded together with the other contestants, but her song 'A piece of trash' 'are allocated. The song eventually won millions of viewers. The second song Doll was published in 2014, listening to the first sounds, playing both in clubs and discotheques. 25 June 2015. Katarina issued another song Mistake that after two weeks of gains over 2 million views on YouTube, and it currently has more than 25 million views. Most popular songs: Jedno Djubre Obicno (2013), Lutka (2014), Greska (2015), Drugovi (2016). Katarina lives in Belgrade in Serbia. Source: Wikipedia -
Dubioza Kolektiv
Dubioza kolektiv, also known as Dubioza, is a band from Bosnia and Herzegovina known for its fresh take on hip-hop, reggae, dub, rock and Bosnian folklore. Band was established in 2003. Now, they are the most popular Bosnian and one of the most popular bands from territory of ex-Yugoslavia. Members are: Almir Hasanbegović, Adis Zvekić, Brano Jakubović, Vedran Mujagić, Mario Ševarac, Senad Šuta and Jernej Šavel. It is good to mention that they are with their "Happy Machine Tour" they performed on many festivals all over the world and had the few sold - out concerts in India. In their songs they satirize country and government. Most popular songs are: Kokuz, Kazu, Volio bih, No escape, USA, etc. Source: Wikipedia -
Dragana Mirković
Dragana Mirković was born on 18 January 1968. She is a Serbian pop-folk singer. Dragana was born in Kasidol, a village near Požarevac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, the youngest of two children. As a child, she lived with her parents, her grandparents, and her sister, Dušica. A major musical influence in her youth was her grandfather, Dragutin, who played the accordion. At the age of five sang the Bosnian folk song "Djevojka sokolu zulum učinila". The story of a talented young singer in Kasidol quickly spread and got the attention of the heads of record label "Diskos". They visited Mirković's parents at their house and suggested that she become a professional singer. She is very popular in ex-Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania. Mirković is arguably one of the most successful artists from the former Yugoslavia. Most popular songs are: "Pečat na usnama", "Na kraju", "Luda kao ja", "Nepoželjna", "Nisam ni metar od tebe", "Poslednje vece", "Eksplozija", "Laste", "Zemljo okreni se", "Ko je ta", and "Život moj", etc. Dragana married an Austrian businessman of Bosnian Croat ethnicity, Toni Bijelić, in 1999 and decided to take time off and dedicate herself to her newly formed family. The couple have a son, Marko (born 2000), and a daughter, Manuela (born 2001). They reside in the Austrian capital Vienna. They own a satellite Balkan music channel DM SAT, which is one of the most popular music channels in Europe. Source: Wikipedia -
Aca Lukas
Aleksandar Vuksanović known by his stage name Aca Lukas (born on 3 November 1968), is a Serbian folk star. He started performing various music genres, from jazz to Gypsy music. Aca started mixing them into potpourris that became his trademark in years to come. After performing at the clubs Hogar and Lukas, he moved on to the next stage by playing with rock singer Viktorija. Then he started a solo career. His first big hit was the song "Pesma od bola". Then he continued with other hits "Kafana na Balkanu", "Bele ruže" and many more. In 2003, he was arrested in a police action "Sablja" for possession of a non-reported gun. He was having drug and gambling problems that caused him to be withdrawn from the scene for two years. He made a comeback in 2006. On his 40th birthday on 3 November 2008, he performed at a concert in Belgrade Arena in front of nearly 25,000 fans. He repeated that two years later. On 3 and 4 November 2010, he performed again in Belgrade Arena in front of almost 50,000 fans each night. That brings the total to almost 75,000 people, making him likely the most popular singer in Serbia, especially among younger people. On the night of 3 February 2009, Lukas was shot by an unknown assailant. The assailant fired two hits, but Lukas survived with just a wounded leg. In 2016, he was linked to organized crime in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Aca's most popular songs are: "Pesma od Bola", "Gotovo", "Ako Ti Još Fali Krevet Moj", "Dođi Gore", "Daleko Si ft. Ivana Selakov", "Pao Sam Na Dno", "By Pass", "Lešće", "Chivas", "Voliš li me?", etc. He is also a judge in TV talent show "Zvezde Granda". Aca lives in Belgrade and he is one of the most popular Serbian pop/rock stars. Source: Wikipedia. -
Folk House Band
Folk House Band is a popular Serbian male pop/rock band preforming with popular pop/rock star Aca Lukas. Members are: Marko Cvetković (keyboards), Zoran Milojević - Miško (drums), Zoran Popadić - Fris (Bass guitar) and Zoran Čubrilo (electric guitar). Members live in Belgrade in Serbia. -
Nataša Bekvalac
Nataša Bekvalac was born on 25 September 1980 in Novi Sad in Serbia. She is a Serbian pop music star. Her debut album was nominated for the best album that year in FR Yugoslavia. Her single Nikotin (Nicotine) was nominated for the female Serbian song of the millennium. Bekvalac blasted onto the Balkan music scene in 2001 with her debut album "Ne brini" ("Don't Worry"). The success continued in 2003 with "Ništa lično" ("Nothing Personal"), which gave the single "Mali signali". Her third album, "Stereo ljubav" ("Stereo Love"), was released in 2005. A selection of singles from each album was chosen for her The Best of... compilation released later in 2005. On 27 July 2006, she married Danilo Ikodinović. On 17 March 2007, she gave birth to daughter Hana. On 2 February 2011, the couple announced their divorce. In January 2015, media reported about secret wedding with Ljubomir Jovanović. Nataša confirmed this rumour one month later. Her father (Dragoljub Bekvalac) is a popular football coach and her sister (Kristina Bekvalac) is a famous Serbian fashion designer. Nataša lives in Belgrade with her husband and daughter. Source: Wikipedia -
Jelena Karleuša
Jelena Karleuša Tošić was born on 17th August 1978. She is professionally known under her maiden name Jelena Karleuša. Jelena is a Serbian pop star, columnist and a human rights activist. Today, she is one of the most popular singers in the Balkans, selling millions of albums within the region. She rose to fame with her debut album "Ogledalce" (1995), and has since gained popularity in the former Yugoslavia. She held two big concerts: All About Diva Show (Beogradska arena, 2010 and Viva la Diva Show (Belgrade estuary, 2013). Karleuša holds the title of fashion icon in southeastern Europe, her stage outfits and personal style featured on her highly followed Instagram profile. In 2006, Karleuša launched her own fashion brand, named "JK Wear". The collection included dresses and other accessories. In 2010, she was guest star on the reality show Big Brother All Stars VIP for two days. The same year, it was rumored Karleuša would start her political career, as she openly supported the ideas of Zoran Đinđić and Čedomir Jovanović. In 2015, Karleuša accused Kim Kardashian of copying her fashion style, citing several outfits that were similar. Recently The Wendy Williams Show also showed Beyoncé wearing very similar looks that Karleuša had worn previously. In September 2015, Karleuša became a member of the jury in the singing talent show program "Zvezde Granda". Source: Wikipedia -
Baba the Storyteller
Baba the Storyteller is a popular African American master storyteller, author, musician and educator. Baba the Storyteller has been a professional speaker since 1994 and is one of the few recognized U.S. born practitioners of the ancient West African storytelling craft known as Jaliyaa. He has received numerous awards over the years for his work as a folklorist, traditional harpist, storyteller, community activist and volunteer. Baba traveled all over the world sharing music, fables, tales, laughter and sometimes tears. He is an amusing storyteller and big friend of kids. Baba lives in California (Long Beach). Sources: babathestoryteller.com and official Facebook page "Djeliba Baba the Storyteller". -
Tim Flannery
Timothy Fridtjof "Tim" Flannery (born 28 January 1956) is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist. He was the Chief Commissioner of the Climate Commission, a Federal Government body providing information on climate change to the Australian public. Flannery appeared in documentary series with John Doyle, Australian actor. Some of the documentaries are: "Two Men in China" (2014.), "Two on the Great Divide" (2012.), etc. He is very respected in Australia because of the finding new 16 species that were unknown by that day. Tim lives with his family in Australia. Source: Wikipedia -
Jelena Helc Vesković
Jelena Helc Vesković was born on September 16, 1977 in Belgrade. She is a popular Serbian actress and TV host. She is a member of National Theater in Belgrade since 2003. Jelena is also popular by her TV program "Granica" where she was the host until 2013. when she moved with her family in Bucharest in Romania. Other popular achievements she had in movies "Take a Deep Breath" where she was a nurse and "System" where she acted Ksenija. Jelena lives with her family in Bucharest in Romania. Source: IMDb and Народно Позориште у Београду - Јелена Хелц Весковић. -
Andrija Kovač
Andrija Kovač was born on 25. September 1969. in Belgrade. He is a popular Serbian actor best known from "Kursadžije" where he acted Croat student called Hrvoje. Now, Andrija has a role in one of the most popular theater performance called "Kod Tita u Raju" where he acts Tito, the former of Yugoslavia and its president. Source: Wikipedia -
Ranko Goranović
Ranko Goranović was born on 28. January 1967. in Belgrade. He is an actor best known from "Kursadžije" where he acted Serbian guy called Gedža. Before "Kursadžije" he took a role in TV series called "Jelena" where he was a policeman and appeared in 30 episodes. Ranko is on tour with his theater performance "Kod Tita u Raju" where he took a role of Croatian ex-president Franjo Tuđman. Source: Wikipeda and IMDb. -
Ljuba Perućica
Ljubomir "Ljuba" Perućica was born in Požarevac and lives now in Belgrade. He is popular Serbian singer best known from competing in show "Zvezde Granda" and two-year-long relationship with his college Aleksandra Prijović. Most popular songs are: "Alal vera" and "Nikada od nje". In the beginning of 2017. he published a new song "Pijem da zaboravim" with almost half million views on YouTube. Sources: YouTube and Facebook. -
Miloš Vujanović
Miloš Vujanović is a Serbian singer born in July 1992. He lived in Gornji Milanovac and lives in Belgrade now. Miloš competed in show "Zvezde Granda" in 2014. and won second place. He was a special gues on big concert of Zorica Brunclik in "Kombank arena" in Belgrade in 2014 where he sang in front of thousands people. His most popular songs are "Apsolutna nula" and "Ranjen lav". Sources: Facebook, EuroBlic and YouTube. -
Aleksandra Prijović
Aleksandra Prijović is a Serbian singer born in 1995. in Sombor in Serbia. She grew up with her mother and grandmother in Beli Manastir in Croatia. When she was 13, she recorded 2 songs: "Majko" and "Boli svaka tvoja reč". In 2013. she competed in music show "Zvezde Granda" where she won third place. Aleksandra was in a relationship with her college Ljuba Perućica but broke up after 2 years. Her songs become hits for very short time. Her song "Totalna anestezija" has ove 36 million views on YouTube. Another popular songs are: "Za nas kasno je"(more than 35 million views) and duet song with MC Stojan "Šta bi" (more than 34 million views). Sources: Boigrafija.org and YouTube. -
Aca Živanović
Aleksandar "Aca" Živanović is a Serbian singer born in Kragujevac in 1990. He started his career when he was 5 years old and competed in many festivals such as "Deca pevaju hitove" where he sang his first song "Da sam znao" in 2014. 2014. he also become a part in music competition "Pinkove Zvezde" where he finished in semi-finals. Aca also was a member of reality show "Farma". Aca lives in Belgrade and his most popular songs are: "I opet bih ko pre", "Totalni pijanac" and "Da sam znao". Source: Biografija.org -
Saša Matić
Aleksandar "Saša" Matić was born on 26 April 1978. He is a Serbian pop-folk singer. His twin brother Dejan Matić, is also a popular singer in his own right. Aleksandar Matić was born into an ethnic Serb family in Bihać, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, the son of Zoran and Dragica. He and his twin brother Dejan were born prematurely and had a difficult first few weeks of life, having to be placed in incubators in a Zagreb maternity hospital. For unknown reasons, both babies became completely blind only days after birth. The family relocated to Belgrade in 1982, when the brothers were four years of age. It was in Belgrade that they attended music school, playing the piano. Matić signed with the record label Grand Production and released his debut album "Prokleta je violina" on 15 March 2001. He is married and has 2 daughters Tara and Aleksandra. Saša lives with his family in Belgrade. Source: Wikipedia. -
Riblja Čorba
Riblja Čorba (Serbian Cyrillic: Рибља Чорба, pronounced [rîbʎaː t͡ʃɔ̌ːrba]; translation: Fish Stew) is a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was one of the most popular and most influential acts of the Yugoslav rock scene. Riblja Čorba was formed in 1978 by vocalist Bora Đorđević, guitarist Rajko Kojić, bass guitarist Miša Aleksić and drummer Vicko Milatović. Their debut release, the single "Lutka sa naslovne strane" (1978), saw huge success and launched them to fame. They were soon joined by guitarist Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga", the new lineup releasing the album Kost u grlu (1979), which was, largely due to Đorđević's social-related lyrics, a huge commercial and critical success. Their following releases, Pokvarena mašta i prljave strasti (1981), Mrtva priroda (1981) and Buvlja pijaca (1982) launched them to the top of the Yugoslav rock scene; Đorđević's provocative social- and political-related lyrics were praised by the critics and often caused media scandals. Source: Wikipedia -
Enis Bešlagić
Enis Bešlagić (born 6 January 1975) is a film and television actor and TV personality from Bosnia and Herzehovina. In the 2000s, he starred in a series of successful films such as Fuse (2003), Summer in the Golden Valley (2003), Ivko's Feast (2005), and All for Free (2006). He starred in the sitcom Naša mala klinika from 2004 until 2007. Bešlagić and Bosnian actor Milan Pavlović portrayed the comedy duo Mujo and Haso in the 2004 skit-comedy film Mujo & Haso Superstars. His more recent success has come from regular appearances on popular Bosnian television series Lud, zbunjen, normalan and Viza za budućnost, as well as series in neighboring Croatia such as Odmori se, zaslužio si and Cimmer fraj. Bešlagić portrayed Miron in the Federalna televizija comedy series Kriza for the first two seasons (2013–14) and has been a judge on the Croatian televised singing competition Zvjezdice since 2015. -
Stoja
Stoja "Stoja" Novaković was born in 1972, is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She released her first album, Kako je meni sada, through Lazarević Productions in 1998. Later, she chose to release her albums through the record label Grand Production, owned by Saša Popović and Lepa Brena, and within a short time Stoja became one of the most popular and respected singers in the Balkans. She is currently signed to BN Music. Some of the most popular Stoja's songs are: "Revolucija", "Bela ciganka", "Ola ola", "Lila lila", and "Ti brate imaš sve", "Metak", "Žena starija", "Potopiću ovaj splav", etc. Stoja lives with her husband in Belgrade in Bežanijska kosa neighborhood. Source: Wikipedia. -
Mitar Mirić
Dimitrije "Mitar" Mirić born in 1957 is a popular Serbian pop-folk singer. Some of his most popular songs include: "Ciganče", "Nisam lopov", "Voli me danas više nego juče", "Doberman", "Pomirenje", and superhit "Ne može nam niko ništa". He is one of the most popular Serbian singers who made some of the most popular songs and hits on Balkan. Source: Wikipedia -
Ljiljana Stjepanović
Ljiljana Stjepanović, born in 1952, in Belgrade is a Serbian actor. Graduated at the Academy for Drama Arts, Ljiljana is a member of Terazije Theatre and acted in many movies. She is best known by her roles in "Muzikanti", "Srećni ljudi" i "Porodično blago", and "Selo gori a baba se češlja" and Ljubav, navika, panika. Source: Wikipedia -
Dejan Matić
Dejan Matić (Serbian: Дејан Матић, born 26 April 1978) is a Serbian pop folk singer. He is the twin brother of Saša Matić, also a popular singer. Dejan Matić was born in Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the son of Zoran and Dragica. He and his twin brother Aleksandar "Saša" were born prematurely and had a difficult first few weeks of life, having to be placed in incubators in a Zagreb maternity hospital.[1] For unknown reasons, both babies became completely blind only days after birth. The family relocated to Belgrade in 1982, when the brothers were four years of age. It was in Belgrade that they attended music school, playing the piano. The Matić brothers finished their schooling in Zemun. Source: Wikipedia -
Džej Ramadanovski
Džej Ramadanovski (Serbian Cyrillic: Џеј Рамадановски, born 29 April 1964) was a popular Serbian singer. Ramadanovski was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, into a Romani family from Resen, Macedonia. He grew up on Skanderbeg's Street in Dorćol. After befriending Marina Tucaković, he started his professional career in 1988, after participating in the MESAM festival with the song Zar ja da ti brišem suze, finishing second. In 1989, he made a cameo appearance in the movie Hajde da se volimo 2, performing one of his songs in the movie. He had his career high throughout the 1990s in Serbia, and to a lesser degree in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the Grand Festival in 2008, he won second place with the song Imati pa nemati. With his ex-wife Nada, he has daughters Ana and Marija. Dzej died on 6 December 2020 in Belgrade, at the age of 56, due to cardiac arrest. Source: Wikipedia -
Bane Mojićević
Branislav "Bane" Mojićević is a popular Serbian singer born in Kraljevo in 1986. He took a part in competition in music show "Zvezde Granda" where he won and made his first album for Grand production. He is also winner of second season of entertaining show "Tvoje lice zvuči poznato". Now, he is judging in talent show for kids "Neki novi klinci". Most popular songs are: "Haluciniram", "Još je ne zaboravljam", "Padni u moj zagrljaj", "Varam", etc. He lives with his wife Marijana Mićović. Source: Wikipedia -
Senad Bašić
Senad Bašić (born 26 August 1962, Trebinje) is an actor from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Senad Bašić graduated at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 1987. He works as a professor at the Academy, specializing in acting. He currently lives and works in Sarajevo with his wife Jasna and their two children. Source: Wikipedia -
YU Grupa
YU Grupa (trans. YU Group) is a Serbian (former Yugoslav) rock band. A pioneer in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans, YU Grupa is credited with being the longest-lasting Serbian rock band. YU Grupa was formed in the autumn of 1970 by brothers Dragi (vocals, guitar) and Žika Jelić (bass guitar), both former members of the band Džentlmeni, Miodrag Okrugić (organ) and Velibor Bogdanović (drums). In the beginning the band performed under the name Idejni Posed (Notional Property), which was suggested by Korni Grupa leader Kornelije Kovač. In November 1970, on their concert in Sinagoga club in Zemun, disc jockey Zoran Modli asked the audience to suggest a name for the band. The name YU Grupa was suggested by a young man called Miroslav Stanivuk. In accordance with the name, the band continued to hold birthday concerts on November 29, the date of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia declaration. Their first song, "Nona", was recorded at the end of December of 1970. The song was inspired by folk music of Kosovo, and by recording it YU Grupa became one of the pioneers of combining rock and folk music elements on the Yugoslav rock scene. Their first solo concert was organised by radio personality and chess master Nikola Karaklajić and journalist Peca Popović, editors of the Radio Belgrade show Veče uz radio (Evening by the Radio). The concert was held in Dadov Theatre on January 21, 1971. During the year they held a great number of concerts, mostly in Serbia. They recorded fourteen songs for the needs of Radio Belgrade, part of those songs later released on their vinyl singles. All the copies of their first single "Nona" were sold immediately after the release, but the publisher, PGP-RTB, refused to release a new number of copies, so YU Grupa signed a contract with Jugoton. The band appeared at the Belgrade Spring Festival with the song "Tajna" ("Secret"), a different version of the song performed at the same festival by Zdenka Kovačiček. The songs "Drveni most" ("Wooden Bridge"), "Mali medved" ("Little Bear") and "Devojka Džoj" ("Girl Named Joy") were well accepted on all of their concerts. Okrugić's song "Opus 1" had a significant place on their live appearances, however, it was never recorded by YU Grupa. Source: Wikipedia -
Branko Vidaković
Branko Vidakovic was born September 10th 1959 in Belgrade, Serbia. He graduated in the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade and works for the National Theater in Belgrade (Narodno Pozoriste). He has stared in over 50 movies and TV series. He was married to Jasmina Vidakovic and has a son Mateja Vidakovic and daughter Majda Vidakovic. Source: IMDb -
Ivan Bosiljčić
Ivan Bosiljčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Босиљчић (born 15 January 1979 in Titovo Užice, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor. He is popular for his leading roles in theatrical musicals such as Chicago and Kiss me Kate and his television and cinematographic roles. During high school, he showed musical talent and he set up his own band, Rok Apoteka. Upon completing high school, Bošiljčić moved to Novi Sad to attend the Academy of Arts under Vida Ognjenović in 2001. He later moved to Belgrade to pursue his acting career. His first role was to provide the voices (dubbed in Serbian) for children’s animated programs such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the part of Donatello and in Yu-Gi-Oh!. His first appearance in a more serious role occurred in 2004 when he starred in a television film produced by the Radio Television of Serbia named "O štetnosti duvana" (English: About the dangers of tobacco). Although Ivan from an early age starred in some musical productions such as Grease, it wasn’t until his breakthrough roles in the Theatre on Terazije located in Belgrade (the Serbian equivalent to Broadway) that he became noticed. National interest came after Bošiljčić acted in Stižu dolari (The dollars are coming). He appeared in both seasons one and two as a young accountant. Mostly a musical theater actor, some of his more well-known roles include “Cigani lete u nebo (Gypsies fly in the sky), Kiss me Kate, Chicago, Svetlosti pozornice (Stage Lights) and A Chorus Line. All of these are performed at the Theatre on Terazije. He also stars in the emotional drama "Jasmin na stranputici" (Jasmin on the crossroads) in the Slavija Theatre in Belgrade. In 2007 he became a regular in the famous musical Les Misérables at the Belgrade Madlenianum Opera House, while in 2012 starred in musical Rebecca in the same opera. Some other theatre productions he has appeared in are "Hamlet", "Bogojavljanska noć" (for which he received an award for the best young actor), "Mileva Einstein" and "Brzina tame" (The speed of the night). Bosiljčić is also starring in the Theatre on Terazije production of "Maratonci trče počasni krug", which opened in May 2008. He is playing the role of Mirko Topalović. Bošiljcić acted in popular RTS shows Bela Lađa (White Ship) and Ranjeni Orao (Wounded Eagle), where he was one of the main characters. Currently, he stars in the TV Prva remake of ER, Urgentni Centar (lit. Emergency Center) as Dr. Arsić, a role identical to Doug Ross, played by George Clooney. He has also had previous television roles: Nenad Aleksić in Ranjeni Orao and Bojan Lazarević in Ljubav i mržnja. Source: Wikipedia -
Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica (Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Кустурица, born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician. He has been recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films, as well as his projects in town-building. He has competed at the Cannes Film Festival on five ocasions and won the Palme d'Or twice (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), as well as the Best Director prize for Time of the Gypsies. He has also won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Arizona Dream and a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for Black Cat, White Cat. In addition he was also named Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Since the mid-2000s, Kusturica's primary residence has been in Drvengrad, a town built for his film Life Is a Miracle, in the Mokra Gora region of Serbia. He had portions of the historic village reconstructed for the film. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska since 9 November 2011. Source: Wikipedia -
Rada Manojlović
Radmila "Rada" Manojlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радмила "Рада" Манојловић; born 25 August 1985) was a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous after competing in the 2007 season of the televised singing competition Zvezde Granda. Her first studio album was released in 2009. Radmila Manojlović was born 25 August 1985 in Požarevac, Serbia and raised in the nearby village Četereže. She was one of three children—a son and two daughters—born to Rade Manojlović and his wife Anđa. Her older brothers name is Nenad, who is also a singer, while her younger sister is Marija. Their mother Anđa died of cervical cancer in 2004, when Rada was 19. At age 18, Manojlović auditioned for the first season of the televised singing contest Zvezde Granda but failed to pass the first round of auditions. She auditioned again in 2007 and made it to the grand finale. Manojlović was signed to the record label Grand Production and released her first studio album Deset ispod nule in 2009. Source: Wikipedia -
S.A.R.S.
Sveže Amputirana Ruka Satrijanija (Serbian Cyrillic: Свеже ампутирана рука Сатријанија; trans. The Freshly Amputated Arm of Satriani), or S.A.R.S. for short, are a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. Presenting a combination of pop rock, reggae, blues, jazz and hip hop with the ethnic music of Serbia, the band is one of the leading acts of the so-called New Serbian Scene The band was formed in March 2006 by Aleksandar Luković "Lukac" (guitar) and Dragan Kovačević "Žabac" (vocals) along with Vladimir Popović "Hobbo" (vocals), Žarko Kovačević "Žare" (vocals), Miloš Kovačević "Kriva" (bass guitar), Branislav Lučić "Beban" (percussion), Goran Mladenović "Japanac" (drums) and Ivana Blažević "Violina" (violin). All musicians came from a different music backgrounds and spheres of interest, resulting in unique fusion sound of divergent music genres. After a few minor live appearances in 2007, including several performances at Belgrade clubs as well as the Niš performance as a part of the Mirovni Karavan (Peace Caravan) manifestation, the band had entered a crisis. At the time the band recorded the demo for the song "Buđav lebac" ("Molded Bread") at the Resnik RLZ, home made studio. On early 2008, bassist Miloš Kovačević went to serve the army, drummer Mladenović and violinist Blažević had left the band, thus the band disbanded. After the break up, band's friend Siniša "Kum" decided to promote the song "Buđav lebac" by using internet guerrilla marketing. He created a simple video for the song and uploaded demo to YouTube. Without any mainstream media promotion, "Buđav lebac" made by anonymous band S.A.R.S. had become a top chart hit in Serbia and all other former Yugoslav republics. Source: Wikipedia -
Kalina Kovačević
Kalina Kovačević was born in Belgrade on 22nd November, 1983. She grew up in Zemun, part of Belgrade. She finished music school, and can play piano. She finished National university of art in Belgrade. She has won many awards for her work. She was married with football agent Rade Caldovic, and with him she has a daughter Miona. Source: IMDb -
Mladen Andrejević
Mladen Andrejević was born in 1955. in Belgrade. He is popular actor most popular from movies „Каd porastem biću kengur“, „Тurneja“ „Оktoberfest“, „Šest dana juna“ ect. Mladen is also popular like a master of synchronization. You can hear his voice in "Štrumfovi" where he was Papa Štrumf. Sources: Wikipedia -
Milan Kalinić
Milan Kalinić was born in 1972. in Belgrade. He is popular Serbian TV and theater actor and TV presenter. He graduated like an actor and pilot. He acted in more than 16 movies and series and also worked on TV Prva where he had few shows like a TV presenter and comedian. When he moved form TV Prva, he got a job on TV Pink like a judge in talent show "Audicija" and TV presenter in "Pinkove Zvezde". Milan lives in Belgrade with his wife and two children. Source: Wikipedia. -
Jelisaveta Seka Sablić
Jelisaveta "Seka" Sablić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелисавета "Сека" Саблић, born June 13, 1942) is an award-winning Serbian actress. She is named one of the best Serbian comedic actresses in history. Seka Sablić had performed in all theatre houses in Belgrade and on TV and film. She is the winner of almost all major theatre awards in Serbia and former Yugoslavia. She grew up in Belgrade. Her father Stevan hailed from Mala Gradusa in Banija, while her mother was born in Dorćol and had Sephardic Jewish descent. Her son Stefan Sablić is a theatre director. Source: Wikipedia -
Aleksandar Stojković
Aleksandar Stojković was born in 1972. in village near Sanski Most called Kljevci in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is actor and member of National Theatre of the Republic of Srpska in Banja Luka since 2000 year. Aleksandar is most popular from "Na putu za Montevideo" and "Bez pardona". Source: Wikipedia -
Milan Dinčić Dinča
Milan Dinčić "Dinča" is a Serbian singer. He was born in 1986. in Leskovac. He was discovered on the Pink show, Zvezde Granda where was awarded third place in 2007. His hit songs include Bubo, Bubice, Ti Si Žena Za Sva Vremena, Vratio Sam Se and Digni me pao sam. On the show, Milan Dinčić was given the nickname "Dinča", because there were two "Milans" - Milan Dinčić and Milan Stanković. Milan Dincic was given the nickname "Dinča" to make it easier for the audience and the producers to distinguish the two. He is very interesting and comunicative person and because of that has very big numbers of fans and friends. Sources: Wikipedia -
Niall De Burca
Niall de Búrca is one of Ireland’s finest traditional storytellers. He was raised in Galway and displayed a talent for narrative from a young age. At home he has featured in theatre, radio and at many festivals including Féile Earraai, the CS Lewis Festival, and The National Children’s Book Festival. Abroad he has performed and held workshops in countries as diverse as Poland, Argentina, Italy and The Netherlands.Niall also spent many years living in New Zealand. His experiences as an emigrant there have had a major influence on his work and performance style. Recognised for the diversity of his stories and with an ability to reach all ages; Niall is a familiar figure to many Irish children through his innovative school programmes. His “Storytelling As A Tool Of Education” workshops are highly recommended by educators. In May 2002 he received a Medal Of Excellence from the Heidleberg school district in Germany for his work with young authors. Sources: http://www.storyteller.ie/about/ -
Petar Božović
Petar "Pera" Božović is a popular actor from Serbia. He was born in Zemun in 1946. He played many historical figures such as Nikola Tesla in "Tajni život Nikole Tesle". He acted in more than 100 roles in theater and TV. The most popular roles are: "Mali Budo", "Smrdljiva bajka", "Crni Gruja i kamen mudrosti", etc. He was married with actress Marina Koljubajeva until she passed away in 2004. Source: Wikipedia -
Zijah Sokolović
Zijah Sokolović was born in 1950 in Sarajevo. He is a Bosnian actor, writer and director who lives, acts and directs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. He is a director of Theaterland in Salzburg, professor in Bruckner Konservatorium in Linz, artistic director of Dežela gledališča theatre in Ljubljana and artistic project leader for Dramatic society, Dramatično društvo, but also directs plays in Zagreb. His famous monodrama “Glumac je... glumac... je glumac” has been performed in 20 countries. Monodrama "Cabares Cabarei" is shown all over the world and performed by Zijah. The most important role on TV was in TV series "Ljubav, navika, panika" as Mr. Jovanović. Zijah lives on relation Vienna - Belgrade - Sarajevo. Sources: Wikipedia -
Stevan Anđelković
Stevan "Steva" Anđelković was born in Leskovac in 1988. He took part in competition in Zvezde Granda in 2004. and it changed his life. He acquired big popularity and big number of fans during Zvezde Granda. After competing, he recorded few songs and album. Some of the most popular songs are "Nije rano da se pije", "Kišno leto"(duet with Tanja Savić), "Blesava",... In 2016. Steva used an alias "Dr. M" and recorded a song "Kavijar" with popular Serbian band Miligram. Steva lives in Belgrade and has concerts all over the Europe. Source: Folk klub -
Olga Odanović
Olga Odanović is a Serbian theater and film actress. She was born in Celje in 1958. and graduated from acting in 1985 on the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. She owns many prizes and achieved many TV and theater roles. Most popular role was in series "Selo gori a baba se češlja" as Zlatana. She is a member of "Boško Buha" theater. Olga is married to her colleague Dragan Petrović Pele. Sources: Wikipedia -
Tatjana Šojić
Tatjana Šojić is actress form Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was born in Sarajevo in 1964. Performance "Umri muški" that I written by her become one of the most popular performances in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most popular role she had is in series "Lud, zbunjen, normalan" where she played Marija. Tatjana lives and works in Sarajevo. Sources: Wikipedia and YouTube -
Maya Berović
Maya Berović was born in 1987. She is a Bosnian pop-folk singer. Born in Ilijaš. Her professional career began when she was signed to Belgrade-based record label Grand Production, aged 19. She has since become one of the leading pop singers in the region, with five studio albums and multiple singles. All her singles become hits that are going to be listened for very long time. Her boyfriend Alen Dragosav and her married on 31 July 2016. He served as the executive producer of her first two albums. They relocated to Graz, Austria in 2009 and also have a "spacious home" in Belgrade. Maya just published her newest song "Izvini tata". Sources: Wikipedia and Facebook -
Ljubivoje Ršumović
Ljubivoje Ršumović was born 1939 in the village of Ljubiš on Zlatibor mountains. He is a poet from Serbia. Ršumović is predominantly a writer and poet for children; however, a significant body of his work is literature for adults. Ršumović mostly writes children's poetry. He worked on radio where hold many shows for kids. He is important cultural person in Serbia and owner of many prizes. Sources: Wikipedia -
Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković
Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković was born in 1929 in Ražanj (Yugoslavia). He was a Serbian actor and singer. He acted in more than 120 films and television shows between 1957 and 2015. As a singer, the biggest hit was "Devojko mala". He was member of Atelje 212 and owner of many prizes. It is difficult to say which role is the biggest because every his role was big! The last role before his illness was in "Montevideo, vidimo se!" where he acted the old Stanoje. Soon after that, Đuza had stroke on 9th October 2014. and moved away from fans and friends. He soon felt better and moved to sanatorium to recover. He felt better and fans expected to see him again in theaters in Belgrade where he used to act. But that was only expectation. Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković died on 17.06.2015 in age of 85 in poverty and far from friends and fans. His wife buried him by herself and the place of burying was unknown for long time but his big friend, Vlasta Velisavljević found out that he is buried next to his wife's parents. Sources: Wikipedia and EuroBlic -
Tihomir Stanić
Tihomir Stanić (born 17 November 1960) is a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1981. He was born in Šeškovci in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His brother and he own production house "Balkan film" in Kozarska Dubica where he made some of his movies. Most popular roles he had in "Zona Zamfirova", "Lajanje na zvezde", "Mali Budo", "Turneja", "Falsifikator", and many more... Now, he is one of the most popular Serbian actors. Sources: Wikipedia -
Šeki Turković
Šućro "Šeki" Turković was born 27 November 1953. He is a Serbian pop-folk singer, popular in the former Yugoslavia. He and his cousin went around to bars and clubs and started to sing. The manager at one of the clubs heard him sing and asked him "Where do you sing?" "No where!" replied Šeki. The manager soon after offered Šeki an audition and a chance to sing, which turned out to be his life career. His most popular song are "Spomenar", "Poslednji Boem", "Ljubav je tvoje ime". Šeki lives and works in Belgrade with his wife. Source: Wikipedia -
Vera Matović
Vera Matović was born June 3, 1946 in Čačak. She is a Serbian folk singer. Her career started in 1974 with the release of her first album, "Pomiri se sudbinom" she has since released 26 albums and 13 singles. She finished Economical secondary school. During primary school, she sang with her brother's orchestra in Čačak. She also has 2 roles on TV - "Kamiondžije 2" and "Sok od šljiva" where she acted herself. She is owner of many awards. Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb -
Lapsus Band
Lapsus Band is "young" band from Kalesija - Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are formed in 2014. Members of group are: Muamer Bošnjaković, Mumin Korajac, Mahir Osmanović and Emir Aličković who is singer. Until now, band become popular on Balkan and have big number of concert and fans. In December 2016. they published their second song - duet with Cvija called Horoskop. Sources: Facebook and http://www.ntv.ba/predstavljamo-lapsus-band-iz-kalesije/ -
Elma Ahmetović
Elma Ahmetović is actress from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was born in Sarajevo where she graduated and started college of Academic Scenic Acts. She is member of Sarajevo Youth Theater. She had a lot of TV and theater roles. The most popular role is Fata in short comedy stories "Mujo i Haso". Sources: Elmaahmetovic.blogspot.ba -
Duško Valentić
Duško Valentić was born in Pančevo in 1950. He was popular Croatian TV and theater actor known like Papundek in "Velo misto". Other popular roles he had in "Najbolje godine"; "Ponos Ratkajevih"; "Ruža vjetrova"; "Horvatovi"; "Zlatni dvori"; etc. Also, he is known from synchronization of cartoons. Duško was member of Gavella theater and Theater ITD. He passed away on the 9th of June, 2024 at the age of 74. Sources: Wikipedia. -
Darko Filipović
Darko Filipović is a Serbian turbo-folk singer born in Leskovac in 1981 who became famous after he becoming a finalist in Zvezde Granda 2004. Before he competed in Zvezde Granda, Grand Stars, Darko was singing in night clubs. Darko's success in the competition Grand Stars, Zvezde Granda, gave him a lot of fame and attention from people from former Yugoslavia. Darko's most famous song is his debut song "Ona Ona". Darko is currently signed with the record label Grand Production. Sources: Wikipedia -
Lukijan Ivanović
Lukijan Ivanović is popular Serbian singer. He was born in Užice in 1993. As a teenager he had a lot of awards on music festivals. He won on festival Raspevano proleće Srbije 2003. and took a competed for Kid's Eurovision Serbia 2006. Since 2006. he lives in Banja Luka. He also was a contestant in X factor Adria in 2014. In November 2016. he published his first album "Svoj sam". Sources: Facebook -
Minka Muftić
Emina Minka Muftić is popular actress from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was born in Sarajevo in 1961. Even she is on TV for very long time, for younger audience she is recognizable like Zumra from "Lud, zbunjen, normalan". She also acted in Game of Thrones like Beggar Woman. According to IMDb, she is one of the 10 most popular Bosnian actresses. She lives and works in Sarajevo. Sources: IMDb and IMDb - 30 Best Bosnian Actresses of All Time. -
Slaven Knezović
Slaven Knezović is popular Croatian actor born in 1968. in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina). He has more than 50 movies and series. The most popular roles played in "Zauvijek susjedi" as Jozo Bubalo - Grof, "Ruža vjetrova" - Boris Šimić and " Lud, zbunjen, normalan" as Krešimir. Slaven lives in Zagreb. Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb -
Trik FX
Supposes Natalija Stajić and Sani Ibraimov are formers of Trik FX, dance and folk Serbian group. They were members of group Đogani Fantastico. They are also popular because of competing in reality show "Farma". Most popular songs are "Do jaja", "Cura sa Balkana", "Priđi malo bliže", etc. Even very popular, group members said few times that they live in really big poverty. Sources: Poznati.info and Avaz.ba -
Milan Lane Gutović
Milan "Lane" Gutović (born 11 August 1946 in Umka, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) was a Serbian actor, cabaret performer, and television personality. Gutović has worked in both the film industry and the theatre. His biggest role and also the most important and most popular role in Serbian cinematography was Srećko Šojić in Tesna koža movies and Bela lađa series. We can say that he is the greatest living actor in Serbia! Although very popular and honorable in Serbia and also all over the Europe, Milan Lane Gutović is also known as the rudest Serbian celebrity with his fans and it is very difficult to find him being polite and nice to people who want to make a photo or take the autograph. In June 2021, Gutović contracted COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia and had to cancel all of his shows. Milan died on 25 August 2021, 14 days after his 75th birthday. Sources: Wikipedia. -
Dragoslav Ljubov Medojević
He graduated from the Department of Drama, programme in acting, at the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Džemal Bijedić University in Mostar. He was one of the founders of the Student Theatre that figured amongst the best amateur theatres of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslavia. He played in almost all plays of the Student Theatre. He is a permanent member of the National Theatre since 1991, after the Student Theatre shut down. He has played in around 40 premieres ever since that time. He also plays as a guest actor at the Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica. He has appeared in a number of major stage roles. In addition to his stage work, he has also appeared in radio, TV and film roles. -
Jovan Perišić
Jovan Perišić is a Serbian turbo-folk singer born in 1972. in village Gornji Vrbljani in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After 5 years singing in night clubs and restaurants his talent was noticed by singer Baja Mali Knindža who helped him to record his first songs and album. Jovan already has 7 albums. The most popular song is "Moje najmilije" from 2007. The song was declared like the best song of 2007. Jovan lives in Temerin near Novi Sad in Serbia. He is married and has 2 children. Source: Wikipedia. -
Franjo Jurčec
Franjo Jurčec "Džimi" is very popular Croatian TV and theater actor born in 1936. in Hodošan (Croatia). He is most popular like bartender Koma from TV series "Zauvijek susjedi". He is also popular like master of synchronization. He gave voices in almost all cartoons that are translated in Croatian. He is member of Merlin Theater in Zagreb. Sources: Wikipedia and Kazalište Merlin Zagreb -
Goran Jokić
He earned his first money on boards that mean life playing in Hamlet in Mrduša Donja directed by Jovica Pavić , 1984 at the National Theatre in Banja Luka. He has been a permanent member of the National Theatre of Republic of Srpska since 1997. This came after his professional engagement at the Children's Theatre of Republic of Srpska since 1987 and at the Theatre in Prijedor (1996/1997). He has appeared in over one hundred stage roles. He has directed pieces in professional and amateur theatres. Also, one the most popular roles he had in Vojna Akademija. Source: National Theater of Republic of Srpska. -
Bojan Vasković (Lexington Band)
Lexington Band is one of the most popular Serbian bands on Balkan. Concert in Novi Bečaj showed that the number of their audience is enormous - thousands and thousands people went on the show!!! Band is formed in 2004. First album was published in 2010. Singer of the group is Bojan Vasković. Other members are: Miloš Vuksanović, Filip Krvavac, Dragoljub Stević, Dejan Krstić and Predrag Jovanović. Source: Wikipedia. -
Tamara Dragičević
Tamara Dragičević (Serbian: Тамара Драгичевић; born 30 March 1989) is a Serbian actress and model. She is the best known for her performances in the film Montevideo, God Bless You! by Dragan Bjelogrlić and the RTS series The Scent of Rain in the Balkans by Ljubiša Samardžić. In 2013, Dragičević was one of the contestants in the first season of Tvoje lice zvuči poznato, the Serbian version of Your Face Sounds Familiar. She is married with Petar Benčina and, in December 2016. got her first child. Sources: Wikipedia -
Dragan Petrović
Dragan Petrović - Pele is popular Serbian actor born in 1961. Also, he is professor on Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. His most popular role was in "Gorki plodovi" as Vasilije Timotijević. Other popular roles he had in Montevideo, Bog te video; Montevideo, vidimo se and Na putu za Montevideo; and also in Vratiće se rode. He is married to Serbian actress Olga Odanović. Sources: Wikipedia. -
Nebojša Ilić Cile
Nebojša "Cile" Ilić (born 25 June 1973) is one of the most popular Serbian actors who appeared in more then 40 movies and series. He is member of Atelje 212 where he has a lot of performances. Also, he is member of Boško Buha Theater and National Serbian Theater in Belgrade. Most popular roles he had in „Лајање на звезде”, „Зона Замфирова” and „Монтевидео, Бог те видео!”. He is owner of Sterija Prize for acting in "Čekaonica". Source: Wikipedia -
Milan Topalković Topalko
Milan Topalović Topalko is a Serbian singer known from competing in Zvezde Granda and wining in reality show Farma. He was born in 1976. in Nova Varoš in Serbia. In competition Zvezde Granda he took second place and in 2010. won in Grand festival with song called "Zavet". He is judge in talent show for kids - Neki novi klinci. Source: Wikipedia. -
Milica Mihajlović
Milica Mihajlović is a Serbian TV and theater actress born in 1972. Her most popular roles were in Mrtav 'ladan (drug addict), Vojna Akademija (Šeki) and Sinđelići (Nikolina). Her father is popular Serbian writer Dragoslav Mihailović and her husband is also popular Serbian actor Voja Brajović. In 1998. she become a member of Atelje 212. Source: Wikipedia -
Bojan Krivokapić
Bojan Krivokapić is Serbian actor born in 1986 in Belgrade. He become popular because of the big project of Dragan Bjelogrlić - Montevideo, Bog te video!; Na putu za Montevideo and Montevideo, vidimo se!; as Gusar. He become a member of National Theater in Belgrade in 2012. His father is Miodrag Krivokapić who is also Serbian actor. Source: Wikipedia. -
Alen Islamović
Alija "Alen" Islamović (born 17 August 1957) is a Bosnian musician and singer. Islamović is best known as the vocalist for the bands Divlje jagode from 1979 to 1986 and Bijelo Dugme from 1986 to 1989. Islamović currently lives in Bihać. He is married and has two daughters. He is member of Bijelo Dugme now and, with Goran Bregović and Tifa on big Europe and USA tour. Source: Wikipedia. -
Nataša Ninković
Nataša Ninković (Serbian: Наташа Нинковић; born 22 July 1972) is a Serbian actress, best known for her roles in the films Savior, War Live, The Professional and The Trap. Also, she has a lot of theater roles in different theaters in Serbia. She also owns a lot of prizes and awards. Source: Wikipedia -
Željko Stjepanović
Željko Stjepanović is a Serbian film and theater actor born in Banja Luka in 1966. In 1994. become a member on National Theater of Republic of Srpska where he still have a lot of performances. One of the most popular roles he had was in 2009 when he acted in Lud, zbunjen, normalan as Feta. He is owner of many prizes and awards for his achievements in theater. Source: Wikipedia -
Marsha Skrypuch
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (born 1954) is a Ukrainian Canadian children's writer who lives in Brantford, Ontario. She received a BA in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario, and began writing fiction in 1992. Her first book, "Silver Threads," was published in 1996. Marsha Skrypuch is the author of many books for children and young adults, especially focusing on novels about Armenian immigrants. Source: Wikipedia -
Svetlana Bojković
Svetlana "Ceca" Bojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Светлана "Цеца" Бојковић, born 14 December 1947, in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia) is an award-winning Serbian actress. She began her career in 1967 in the film Jednog dana moj Jamele, but her greatest movie success came ten years later with the role of Mika in the social drama The Dog Who Loved Trains. Bojković was one of the biggest Serbian TV stars during the 1990s, due to the roles she played in nationally popular TV series produced by screenwriter Siniša Pavić. Bojković married for the third time in 2011 to the diplomat Slavko Kruljević, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to Finland and Estonia. In 2012 she moved to Helsinki alongside her husband.,and temporarily ended her active acting career. Source: Wikipedia -
Ljiljana Blagojević
Ljiljana Blagojević (Serbian: Љиљана Благојевић; born on 5 November 1955 in Belgrade, Serbia [then part of PR Serbia in Yugoslavia]) is a Serbian theater, film, and television actress. She is married to Serbian playwright Siniša Kovačević; together, they have one daughter named Kalina Kovačević, who is also an actress. She is one of the most popular Serbian actress who owns many prizes and awards. Source: Wikipedia -
Sloboda Mićalović
Sloboda Mićalović Ćetković or better known by Sloboda Mićalović (Serbian: Слобода Мићаловић Ћетковић; born 21 August 1981) is a Serbian actress, known for her roles in film Zona Zamfirova, and television series M(j)ešoviti brak and Ranjeni orao. She began her career on stage. After small roles on film and television, she made her breakthrough with the role of Vaske in 2002 film Zona Zamfirova. She is married with her colleague Vojin Ćetković and have two children. Source: Wikipedia -
Milica Pavlović
Milica Pavlović (born 11 August 1991) is a Serbian pop-folk recording artist known for her dancing and choreographies. She gained popularity after competing on the televised singing contest Zvezde Granda. She was signed to the record label Grand Production and released several pop-folk and dance singles between 2012 and 2014, when her debut studio album Govor tela (Body Language) was released. Later it became the best selling album in Serbia that year. Her debut single "Tango" premiered 30 June 2012. Other popular songs are "Pakleni plan", "Sexy Señorita", and "Alibi" with rapper Nesh. Source: Wikipedia -
Predrag Ejdus
Predrag Ejdus (24 July 1947 – 28 September 2018) was a Serbian actor. He won the Statuette of Joakim Vujić and received the Dobričin prsten in 2008. Ejdus was born on 24 July 1947 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (today Serbia) to a Jewish father and a Serb mother. He is one of the most popular Serbian actors with more than awards and more than 50 roles in movies and series and more than 150 roles in theaters from all over the world. He is married and has a daughter and a son. Predrag died on 28 September 2018 in Belgrade in age of 71. Source: Wikipedia -
Branislav Lečić
Branislav Lečić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Лечић) (born 25 August 1955 in Šabac, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor, and politician. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Belgrade as an actor in 1978. Original founder of the "My Serbia" Movement, he is the Vice-President of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia. He has been very successful in theater, where he received several prizes. He's one of the founders of several of the most important theater groups that influenced theater of the former Yugoslavia. A member of the Yugoslav drama theater (Jugoslovensko dramsko pozorište) from 1980. He has two children from a first marriage, and is currently married to Nina Radulović-Lečić, a TV presenter, who he has a son with. In 1991 he won the award for Best Actor at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in Silent Gunpowder. Besides acting, he also took part in political life, being the leader of "Plišana revolucija" (Plush Revolution), during the reign of Slobodan Milošević. After the victory of the DOS in the 2000 presidential elections, he was named the Minister of culture in the government of the late Zoran Đinđić. After Čedomir Jovanović left Democratic Party (Serbia), Lečić followed, and became one of the founders of LDP. Soon afterwards, he left LDP, and founded the "Moja Srbija" (My Serbia) Movement, taking part in Serbian elections in 2008. In early 2010 he and his party merged into the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia. After the death of its founder and long-term leader Vladan Batić due to prolonged and progressive cancerous illness, Lecic was elected DHSS party president. Lečić appears in Boris Malagurski's documentary film The Weight of Chains (2011). Source: Wikipedia -
Enes Begović
Enes Begović (born 1965) is a singer-songwriter and a producer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. His third album was sold in more than 500 000 copies. Begović won the 2008 Ilidža music festival with the song "Duša Sarajeva" (The Soul of Sarajevo), written by Dragan Stojković Bosanac. He is very popular and respectable in Australia where he had big tour in 2016. Source: Wikipedia -
Filip Mitrović
Filip Mitrovic a.k.a. The Elkcloner is a Serbian-American composer from Brooklyn, New York. The Elkcloner song "Come Away With Me" was used in a Rémy Martin television commercial featuring Robin Thicke and Paula Patton, which premiered during the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on ESPN. The single "Crossfire" peaked at #13 on MTV Adria chart in May 2012. Mitrovic's music was premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2010. In 2012, he was nominated for Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series". Source: Wikipedia