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Croatia In The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Croatia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) organised an national final to select the entry, being Nika Turković with the song "Hej mali". Before Junior Eurovision Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2004 ''Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2004'' was the second edition of the Croatian national selection, which selected Croatia's entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Competing entries Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster. 100 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period. An expert committee consisting of Sandra Bagarić, Josip Cvitanović, Rajko Dujmić, Mladen Kušec, Marin Margitić and Maja Vučić selected twelve artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions. Final The final took place on 25 September 2004. All the songs were accompanied by a symphony orchestra, and the winner was determined by a public televote. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nika Turković
Nika Turković (born 7 June 1995) is a Croatian singer and songwriter. She got to be known through representing Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Turković was a cast in several music TV shows since and has established herself as a pop singer. Music career In 2004, Turković was chosen to represent Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ..., Norway. She placed third in the competition. In 2006, she released her debut album, titled ''Alien''. Her live performances include joining Dina Rizvić for some songs in the opening concert of the 2014 Labin Jazz Festival. Personal life Turković was born on 7 June 1995 in Zagreb, Croatia. Her mother Gordana, is a dentist, and father Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. It was presented by Stian Barsnes Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui, broadcast in twenty countries and viewed by 100 million people. Eighteen countries participated, and participated for the first time. The contest was won by 9-year-old María Isabel who represented with her song "Antes muerta que sencilla" (Better Dead Than Plain) from her debut album ''¡No me toques las palmas que me conozco!'' which was released before the contest. Dino Jelusić, who won the 2003 contest for , presented the award to María. Since then, Isabel has entered the charts in not only Spain but France, Italy, Scandinavia, Latin America and has gone on to release further albums in her home country. , who came ninth received more sets of twelve po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrvatska Radiotelevizija
''Hrvatska radiotelevizija'' (abbr. HRT), or Croatian Radiotelevision, is Croatia's public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. HRT is divided into three joint companies – Croatian Radio (), Croatian Television () and Music Production (), which includes three orchestras (Symphony, Jazz and Tamburitza) and a choir. The founder of HRT is the Republic of Croatia which exercises its founder's rights through the Croatian Government. Croatian Radio (then Radio Zagreb) was founded on 15 May 1926. This date is considered the date on which HRT was founded. Television Zagreb (today Croatian Television) began broadcasting on 7 September 1956. By the law enacted by the Croatian Parliament on 29 June 1990, Radio Television Zagreb was renamed to Croatian Radiotelevision. HRT operates as a provider of public broadcasting services, and Croatia provides independent funding in accordance with the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Bagarić
Sandra Bagarić (born 5 April 1974) is a Bosnian-born Croatian opera singer and actress. She was born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina where she attended the High School for Music. She continued her musical studies in Sarajevo, but due to the Bosnian War moved to Zagreb in 1992. In Zagreb she attended the Music Academy. She sang in many operas including ''Madame Troubadour'', '' Countess Maritza'', ''Die Fledermaus'', ''Boccaccio'' and '' One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away''. She participated in Dora 2007, together with Kraljevi ulice Kraljevi ulice is a Croatian band founded by Miran Hadži Veljković and Zlatko Petrović Pajo. The band's name translates as "Kings of the Street". They were chosen to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. .... They performed "Pjesma za novčić" (''Song for a Coin'') and finished second overall. Filmography Television Dubbing References *escdaily.comCroatia: Results of the second heat*EZadar ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajko Dujmić
Rajko Dujmić (7 August 1954 – 4 August 2020) was a Croatian songwriter, composer and music producer best known as a member of the pop group Novi fosili. He composed the winner entry of Eurovision Song Contest 1989, " Rock me", along with Stevo Cvikić. They also composed the two previous Yugoslavian entries, " Ja sam za ples", sung by Novi fosili, and "Mangup", sung by Srebrna Krila. He received the Porin award for lifetime achievement at the Croatian music awards in 2013. Personal life He married his wife Snježana on 2 December 1990. He had a son Tin from a previous marriage. After he was involved in a traffic accident in the village of Stari Laz, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar County ( hr, Primorsko-goranska županija, ) is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski kotar. Its center is Rijeka. ..., on 29 July 2020, Dujmić died six days later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries In The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the country of Wales is a component of a multi-part sovereign state, the United Kingdom. A country may be a historically sovereign area (such as Korea), a currently sovereign territory with a unified government (such as Senegal), or a non-sovereign geographic region associated with certain distinct political, ethnic, or cultural characteristics (such as the Basque Country). The definition and usage of the word "country" is flexible and has changed over time. '' The Economist'' wrote in 2010 that "any attempt to find a clear definition of a country soon runs into a thicket of exceptions and anomalies." Most sovereign states, but not all countries, are members of the United Nations. The largest country by area is Russia, while the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia In The Eurovision Song Contest
Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times since making its debut at the 1993 contest. Their entry has since 1993, excluding from 2012 to 2018, been selected at the Dora pop festival, an event organised by the national public broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). Croatia's best result in the contest is a fourth-place finish in and . Croatia achieved six top ten results in seven years, with Magazin and Lidija sixth (), Maja Blagdan fourth ( 1996), former Magazin member Danijela Martinović fifth ( 1998), Doris Dragović (who was 11th for Yugoslavia in ) fourth (), Goran Karan ninth ( 2000), and Vanna tenth (2001). Since then, Croatia has failed to reach the top ten. Croatia failed to reach the final for four years in succession (–), before choosing to not participate in and . Croatia returned and reached the final in both and , before again failing to reach the final for four consecutive contests (–). In total, Croatia has failed to reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
