Radmila Manojlović ( sr-Cyrl, Радмила Манојловић, ; born 25 August 1985), better known as Rada Manojlović, is a Serbian singer, widely known for being the runner-up on the

singing competition A music competition is a public event designed to identify and award outstanding musical ensembles, soloists, composers, conductors and musicologists. Pop music competitions are music competitions which are held to find pop starlets. Exampl ...

show ''

Zvezde Granda ''Zvezde Granda'' ( sr-Cyrl, Звезде Гранда; "''Grand Stars''") is a Serbian singing competition show, created by Saša Popović. The show has been airing since 2004 on several networks in the western Balkans, and is considered to be ...

'' in 2007.

Life and career

Manojlović was born on 25 August 1985 in

Požarevac Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 201 ...

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and grew up in the nearby village of

Četereže Četereže is a village in the municipality of Žabari, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 641 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. R ...

. In 2003, Manojlović released her first album ''Ćao bezobrazni'', which failed to reach commercial succes. In 2007, Manojlović rose to public attention as a contestant on the third season of the

'', where she finished in 2nd place to Dušan Svilar. She released her album ''Deset ispod nule'' under

Grand Production Grand Production ( sr, Гранд продукција) is a Serbian record label and production company predominantly focused on folk performers. The label produces the weekly television show ''Grand Parada'', launched their own cable television ...

in 2009, which was sold in 180,000 copies. In February 2011, Rada won the Female Folk Singer of the Year Award at the Oskar Popularnosti. Also that year, she released ''Marakana'', which yielded several hit songs, like the title track, "Nije meni", "S mora na planine" and "Mešaj mala" featuring Saša Matić. It was sold in 120,000 copies. In the following years, she released numerous standalone singles, such as: "Alkotest", "Glatko" (2014), "Metropola", "Biseri i svila" (2016) with Haris Berković and "Svadba" (2019) with Emil Đulović. At the beginning of 2016, Manojlović was announced as a judge on the second season of the children's version of ''Zvezde Granda'', called ''Neki novi klinci''.

Persona life

Between 2008 and 2012, Manojlović was in a relationship with fellow-''Zvezde Granda'' contestant

Milan Stanković Milan Stanković ( sr-cyrl, Милан Станковић; born 9 September 1987) is a Serbian singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence as a finalist on the televised singing competition '' Zvezde Granda'' in 2007, and acquired wider fame by re ...

. Following her breakup with Stanković, she began dating basketball manager Momir Gajić. In September 2015, it was reported that the two had ended their relationship. In 2016, she began an on again-off again relationship with the 2015 winner of ''Zvezde Granda'', Haris Berković. In October 2022, Manojlović made a statement that she is no longer together with Berković.

Discography

;Studio albums *''Ćao bezobrazni'' (2003) *''Deset ispod nule'' (2009) *''Marakana'' (2011) ;Compilation albums *''Grand dame 3'' (with

Tanja Savić Tanja Savić ( sr-cyr, Тања Савић; born 20 March 1985) is a Serbian singer. Career In 2004, Savić auditioned for the first season of the singing competition show ''Zvezde Granda'', where she ultimately placed as the second runner-up. Su ...

and

Milica Pavlović Milica Pavlović ( sr-Cyrl, Милица Павловић, ; born 11 August 1991) is a Swiss-born Serbian singer. She gained fame in 2011/12 as a contestant on the singing competition show ''Zvezde Granda''. Pavlović has released four studio al ...

, 2020)

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manojlovic, Radmila 1985 births Living people Musicians from Požarevac Serbian folk-pop singers 21st-century Serbian women singers Grand Production artists