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Slovenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Stop" written by Omar Naber and Urša Vlašič. The song was performed by Omar Naber. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija) organised the national final ''EMA 2005'' in order to select the Slovenian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Fourteen entries competed in the national final where the winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected. In the second round, "Stop" performed by Omar Naber was selected as the winner. Slovenia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing during the show in position 23, "Stop" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed twelfth out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 69 points. Backgro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Naber
Omar Kareem Naber (born 7 July 1981) is a Slovenian singer, songwriter and guitar player. He first represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv with the song " Stop" and for a second time at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv with the song " On My Way", but failed to qualify to the final on both occasions. Early life Naber was born on 7 July 1981 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, then still part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. His father, Samir Naber originates from Jordan, and is a dentist by profession working in Ljubljana. His mother, Alenka Naber, is a Slovenian and works as a piano teacher. Like his parents, he was raised Christian. He finished high school diploma as a dental technician and even did six months internship, but soon realized that this is not what he really wants to do in his life. He is actively involved in music since the age of 16, when he joined Veter (Wind), a mixed choir of Ljubljana high schools. The main inspirati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Koper
Radio Koper / Radio Capodistria is a radio station located in the city of Koper, Slovenia. It can be heard from Slovenia and northeastern part of Italy on the main frequency of FM 103.1 MHz. Good reception is possible on medium wave AM 1170 kHz in Slovenia, Croatia and North Italy. It is also available on the Satellite through Eutelsat 16A a 16°Est. Radio-Television Slovenia is the owner of the Radio. History Radio Koper was first heard on 24 May 1949, called '' Radio jugoslovanske cone Trsta - Radio Trieste zona Jugoslava'' (Radio Triest, Yugoslav Zone), and it started to broadcast a day later. It was owned by D. D. Radiofonia SA, set up by the then Yugoslav military administration Zone B of the former Free Territory of Trieste. After the abolition of the Free Territory in 1954, it teamed up with Radio Ljubljana and was later known as ''Radio Koper - Capodistria''. Until 1954, it broadcast programs in Slovenian, Italian and Croatian. From 1954 to 1979, the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebeka Dremelj
Rebeka Dremelj (born 25 July 1980) is a Slovene singer, model, fashion designer, actress, and TV host. She was chosen to represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia, with the song " Vrag naj vzame". Professional and personal life Rebeka Dremelj was born in Brežice, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. She became a singer and was selected as Miss Slovenia 2001. Dremelj participated in Miss World 2001 and at the Miss World Talent Show in 2001 she landed the second place and thus signed a contract with Sony Records London. Dremelj represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the with the song "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadcasti ... where she did not make it through the final. Since 2011 Rebeka has been married to Sandi Škaler, and they have two children. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alya (singer)
Alya (born Alja Omladič, May 28, 1983, Mozirje, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian pop singer. Career Alya's connections to music goes far in her childhood. She started singing quite early and as a little girl she also played piano. Later on, she invited four boys to found her own quality band. One of her first performances was the radio Hit festival in 2001 with the song "Mr. Pozelenja" which brought her 2nd place. After that she made a boom on different radio music charts, especially with her next song "Igra" which had a premiere in the Slovenian Supermodel show 2002. All of the time she had lot of concerts in clubs and events. She also participated in the Slovenian Eurosong Contests (EMA) and hit the top of Slovenian charts.Her first CD a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billysi
Billysi is a pop rock music group from Slovenia. Before September 2007 they used a longer version of the name, Billy's Private Parking. The members write and produce all of their music. History The band was founded in 2001 by Sergej Pobegajlo, an established songwriter, and member of Billysi. He has composed and worked with many notable musicians (Doug Fieger – The Knack, Yunk, Hannah, …) while living in Hollywood, Los Angeles and has received a national best-songwriter award ''Zlati petelin'' in 2000. The base for the band became Ljubljana, where he found the talents for the band and started to work with them. The first cast included Steffano Vrabec, the famous Italian drummer (Achtung Babies) and Urška Majdič (a.k.a. Ursyna), who is still the front-woman and co-composer for the band. After a few changes in the cast they found the current guitarist, Matic Ajdič. There has been a change on the bass since the beginning – from Martin Rozman to Sergej Pobegajlo – and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feri Lainšček
Feri Lainšček (born 5 October 1959) is a Slovenian writer, poet, and screenwriter. Early life He was born Franc Lainšček in a Slovene Lutheran family in the village of Dolenci (part of Šalovci), in northeastern Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied journalism at the University of Ljubljana. In the 1980s, he worked as a speaker at Radio Ljubljana. Since the 1990s, he has been living and working in the town of Murska Sobota in his native Prekmurje region. Work In 1999, he wrote a novel, which is a story of the screenplay for the film '' Rooster's Breakfast'', the most successful Slovenian film to date. The screenplay of the film is based on one of Lainšček's novels. In the parliamentary elections of 2008, Lainšček ran for the Slovenian National Assembly for the social liberal party Zares. Lainšček has also created works in Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Kogoj
Aleksander Kogoj is a Slovenian film director, born 1965 in Ljubljana. His interest in film making began at an early age. As a teenager he wrote a good deal, and his passions were special effects. His skills as a musician meant he could combine sound and visuals, which led to his first experimental film, 'Keketz'. His first television show was called 'Music Boutique' (Glasbeni butik). When he was a student he also worked as a script writer for commercials. Since 1993 he has made numerous commercials and music videos. In 2000 he received the TV Slovenia Award for Best Creation. He specializes in comedy and storytelling, and is also a master at special effects and compositing Compositing is the process or technique of combining visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Live action, Live-action shooting for compositing is .... External links Aleksander Kogoj web page 1965 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Babić
Andrej Babić is a Croatian songwriter who has written many Eurovision songs since 2003. He has written songs for four countries: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Portugal. Eurovision Song Contest entries * Lyrics by Carlos Coelho † Music co-written with Aleksandar Valenčić National final entries Entries in Dora (Croatia) *1997 - "Nemamo to pravo" by Ksenija Sobotinčić - 17th * 1999 - "Miris ljubavi" by Teens - 14th *2000 - "Hajde reci što" by Teens - 4th * 2003 - " Više nisam tvoja" by Claudia Beni - 1st Entries in Beovizija (Serbia) * 2009 - "Tvoje drugo ime je greh" (Твоје друго име је грех) by Dusan Zrnic - 7th Entries in BH Eurosong (Bosnia and Herzegovina) * 2005 - " Zovi" by Feminnem - 1st Entries in EMA (Slovenia) * 2005 - "Metulj" by Saša Lendero - 2nd * 2006 - "Mandoline" by Saša Lendero - 2nd * 2007 - "Cvet z juga" by Alenka Gotar - 1st * 2009 - " Love Symphony" by Quartissimo - 1st * 2010 - "Tukaj sem doma" by Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar and drums. Joksimović is multi-lingual, being fluent in Greek, English, Russian, Polish and French as well as his native Serbian. A singer-songwriter, Joksimović has been successful composing for other artists throughout the Balkans. He has written five ballads that have represented their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest: "Lane moje", " Lejla", "Oro", "Nije ljubav stvar" and "Adio". He also composes music for films, television series and theater shows. He represented Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Lane moje", placing second. He also represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nije ljubav stvar", placing third. During 2013, 2014 and 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia And Montenegro In The Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Serbia and Montenegro debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Lane moje" written by Leontina Vukomanović and Željko Joksimović. The song was performed by Željko Joksimović and the Ad-Hoc Orchestra. The union of public broadcasters of Serbia and Montenegro, Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT) organised the national final ''Evrop(j)esma 2004'' in order to select the Serbia and Montenegro entry for the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. UJRT, the Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), and the Montenegrin broadcaster Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) submitted a total of twenty-four entries to compete in the national final on 21 February 2004. "Lane moje" performed by Željko Joksimović was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from an eight-member jury panel and a public televote. Serbia and Montenegro competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko ( uk, Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, ''Ruslana Lyzhychko''; born 24 May 1973), known mononymously as Ruslana, is a World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest winning recording artist, holding the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. She is also a former MP serving as deputy in the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) for the Our Ukraine Party. Ruslana was the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Ukraine in 2004-2005. She is recognized as the most successful Ukrainian female solo artist internationally and was included in the top 10 most influential women of 2013 by the Forbes magazine. The U.S. Secretary of State honored her with the International Women of Courage Award in March, 2014. She has been named an honorary citizen of her hometown Lviv and was nominated to receive the title Hero of Ukraine. She is a singer, songwriter, producer, musical conductor, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, voice actress and social activist. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine In The Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Ukraine participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song " Wild Dances" written by Ruslana and Oleksandr Ksenofontov. The song was performed by Ruslana, who was internally selected by the Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) to represent Ukraine at the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. "Dyki tantsi" performed by Ruslana was announced as the Ukrainian entry on 23 January 2004. The song was later retitled as "Wild Dances" and presented to the public on 25 March 2004. Ukraine competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing during the show in position 11, "Wild Dances" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed second out of the 22 participating countries in the semi-final with 256 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 10 and placed first out of the 24 partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
