Beauty Queens were a
Serbia
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girlband, formed in
Helsinki
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,
Finland
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, in May 2007, after
Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifović ( sr-cyr, Марија Шерифовић, ; born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. Born in Kragujevac, she is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland with "Molitva", becoming Serbia's ...
's victory in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...
. The girls sang Šerifović's backing vocals. They also reached third place at
Beovizija 2008
Serbia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "", written by Željko Joksimović and Dejan Ivanović, and performed by Jelena Tomašević featuring Bora Dugić. The Serbian participating broadcaster, (RTS), organised ...
.
The members
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Sanja Bogosavljević (2007—2011)
Born in
Belgrade
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, on June 28, 1979. She is a graduate of the
Faculty of Music Arts (Piano Class). At the age of ten, she participated in the festival "Children sing hits" and finished second. She sang in the RTB Children's Choir for a long time. Sanja was a member of the band "Divas", which took part in the Belgrade Spring Festival. She was a backing vocalist for famous musicians. Sanja has been performing at various clubs in Belgrade with the Blah Blah Band for eight years. In 2006 and 2007, they participated in
Beovizija
''Beovizija'' () was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. ''Beovizija'' was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia, ...
. They won the best newcomer award in 2006.
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Suzana Dinić
Suzana Dinić ( sr-cyr, Сузана Динић, born 1 June 1986 in Zaječar, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian singer and pianist and a member of the girlband Beauty Queens, which was formed by gathering backing vocalists of Marija Šerifo ...
(2007—2011)
Born on June 1, 1986. At the age of 16, she enrolled in the Faculty of Music Arts in Zajecar and studied the
piano
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. She performed her first solo concert when she was ten. At the concert in
Ukraine
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, she was accompanied by the Lavovski Philharmonic Orchestra. She has won many awards at the national and international piano and singing competitions. Since 2003, she has been singing in the choir "Collegium Musicum" conducted by
Darinka Matić Marović.
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Ksenija Milošević
Ksenija Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Ксенија Милошевић, born April 26, 1982, Belgrade, Serbia, former SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian singer and violinist, and a member of the girlband Beauty Queens, which was formed by gathering backing ...
(2007—2011)
Born in
Belgrade
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in 1982. She studied the
violin
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in the class of professor Dejan Mihailović and graduated from the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade. In 2005, she received the M.A. degree. Ksenija has won many awards and performed as a soloist with prominent Serbian orchestras. Since 2001, she has been a deputy concertmaster of the
Belgrade
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Philharmonic Orchestra. She has held the position of a concertmaster for two seasons. She participated in many international festivals with the ethno band "Ognjen and Friends". In 2006, she sang the back vocals on
Hari Mata Hari's song which represented
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
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.
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Ana Milenković (2007—2010)
Born in
Belgrade
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, on April 19, 1980. She has appeared as a soloist at many festivals -
Belgrade
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Spring (2000),
Budva
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Festival (2001), Eurosong (2004) and
Zrenjanin
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Festival (2004). In 2005, she joined the Blah Blah Band. They successfully participated in the
Beovizija 2006
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and
2007
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Events
January
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. In 2006, the band won the best newcomer award. She has worked with prominent musicians from
Serbia and Montenegro
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. She did vocal back-up for the big pop star
Zdravko Colic and a very popular singer
Vlado Georgiev
Vladimir "Vlado" Georgiev ( sr-cyr, Владо Георгиев, ; born 6 June 1976) is a Serbian singer-songwriter and producer, one of the prominent musicians in the Balkans.
Georgiev served as a judge on television series '' Prvi glas Srbij ...
.
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Ivana Selakov (2007—2010)
Born in
Belgrade
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, on November 8, 1978. She grew up in
Sombor
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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
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in Belgrade, but very soon she devoted herself to music. After biology, Ivana have started studying "Recording and designing of the sound", and she has almost finished it. She has appeared as a soloist at several festivals - Radio Festival,
Beovizija 2006
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, etc. She did vocal back-up for many popular artists.
*Bojana Racić (2010—2011)
*Marina Pavlović (2010—2011)
Band work
Their first performance after
Eurovision Song Contest
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was at the
Budva
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Music Festival, in July 2007, where they came second with the song "Pet na jedan". Despite not winning, their song became a huge
radio
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hit. In August, they took part in
Ohrid Fest with the song "Protiv srca". They came second again, but their song became very popular in the
Republic of Macedonia
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, reaching the top position on almost all Macedonian music charts.
In March 2008, Beauty Queens took part in
Beovizija 2008
Serbia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "", written by Željko Joksimović and Dejan Ivanović, and performed by Jelena Tomašević featuring Bora Dugić. The Serbian participating broadcaster, (RTS), organised ...
. In their semi-final they came first, but in the final they ended up third:
Jelena Tomašević won. They competed with a song named "Zavet", which was somewhat reminiscent
Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifović ( sr-cyr, Марија Шерифовић, ; born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. Born in Kragujevac, she is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland with "Molitva", becoming Serbia's ...
's "
Molitva
"Molitva" ( sr-Cyrl, Молитва; "Prayer") is a song recorded by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović with music composed by Vladimir Graić and Serbian lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsi ...
". Indeed, the song was written by Vladimir Gaić and Saša Milošević Mare, who had also written "Molitva". The song became very popular in
Serbia
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. Beauty Queens were given the chance to represent Serbia at the Eurovision Second Chance competition.
On June 1, 2008, Beauty Queens sang the song of
Tajči "
Hajde da ludujemo
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SFR Yugoslavia
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at
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
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) at the
Vrnjačka Banja
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Music Festival. They didn't compete, just sang the song during voting.
Beauty Queens were hosts of the special show about
Belgrade
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's
night life
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for
Discovery Channel
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It init ...
. The girls competed at the 2008
Sunčane skale
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Festival, with the song "Ti ili on". They won the third place.
Discography
Albums
*2011:
Singles
*2007: "" - "" in Finnish language, Finnish
*2007: ""
*2007: ""
*2008: ""
*2008: ""
*2009: ""
*2009: "" ( & Đorđe Marjanović
Đorđe Marjanović ( sr-Cyr, Ђорђе Марјановић; 30 October 1931 – 15 May 2021) was a Serbian and SFRY, Yugoslav singer.
Marjanović began his career in the mid-1950s, rising to fame in the late 1950s with his theatrical on-stag ...
)
*2010: ""
See also
* List of all-female bands
*Beovizija 2008
Serbia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "", written by Željko Joksimović and Dejan Ivanović, and performed by Jelena Tomašević featuring Bora Dugić. The Serbian participating broadcaster, (RTS), organised ...
*Eurovision Song Contest 2007
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References
External links
Beauty Queens official website (via Wayback Machine)
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Serbian girl groups
Musical groups established in 2007
Musical groups disestablished in 2011
Serbian pop music groups