Feminnem is a

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from

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and

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composed of three members. They represented both countries at the

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; Bosnia and Herzegovina in

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(with original members Ivana Marić,

Neda Parmać Feminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members. They represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in Eurovision Song Contest 2005, 2005 (with original members Ivana ...

and Pamela Ramljak) and Croatia in

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(when the group consisted of Nika Antolos, Parmać and Ramljak). On 21 February 2012, Pamela, Neda and Nika decided to start solo careers and leave Feminnem and effectively disbanded the group. They were named after American rapper

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. In May 2022, the group decided to get back together, and the members posted on social media the announcement for their comeback.

Band members

Neda Parmać

Parmać was born in

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and took dance lessons from an early age. At the age of thirteen, she performed as a member the band ''Kompas''. In 2004, she entered the

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competition (the Croatian version of

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). Her self-confident approach and ability to improvise appealed to the audience, as best seen in her rendition of

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's ''

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'', when she continued to perform despite forgetting the lyrics. She finished third, with the show being won by Žanamari Lalić. Together with two other finalists, she went on to create Feminnem.

Nika Antolos

Antolos was born in

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Pamela Ramljak

Ramljak was born in

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. She attended the Music Academy in Zagreb, and was back up

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for Toni Cetinski and

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. In 2004, she was one of the finalists on ''Hrvatski Idol''.

Formation, disbanding and reunion

The group formed in 2004 following the appearance of the three original members on

. They debuted with the single ''"Volim te, mrzim te"'' ("I love you, I hate you"). In 2012, the group decided to split and effectively disbanded the group. In May 2022, it was announced that Feminnem will reunite, and shortly after, their new single, "Zajedno" (Together) was released. In March 2023, Feminnem placed first at the 70th jubilee edition of the annual with a song named "Trending" which they performed alongside Saša Antić.

Eurovision Song Contest

;2005 Feminnem won the right to represent

in the

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with their entry " Call Me", an up-tempo

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written and composed by Andrej Babić. They had automatic entry to the Eurosong Final, where they finished in fourteenth out of twenty-four participants. ;2007 Feminnem hoped to represent

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with the song "Navika", but they placed only ninth with 16 points. The winner was

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, featuring

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with " Vjerujem u ljubav". ;2009 Feminnem again hoped to represent Croatia in

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with the song "Poljupci u boji", but they placed third with 28 points. The winner was Igor Cukrov feat.

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with " Lijepa Tena". ;2010 Feminnem took part at the Croatian national final for the third time in 2010, hoping to represent the country in the

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to be held in

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with their song " Lako je sve". Having finished only fourth in the semi-final, they nonetheless went on to win the final, receiving maximum points from both the jury and the telephone voters. They therefore succeeded in representing Croatia at Eurovision, however they failed to qualify for the final, placing thirteenth in a field of seventeen entries in semi-final two.

Discography

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'' (2005) *''Lako je sve'' (2010) *''Easy to See'' (2010)

References

External links

Official Site

Interview with FeminnemBiography at EscToday
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