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Nemanja Nikolić (Serbian: Немања Николић) is a popular Serbian turbo-folk singer who became famous after becoming a finalist in Zvezde Granda 2004. He is currently signed with the exclusive Grand Production record label. Nikolić is from Doljevac, Nišava District, Serbia. Nikolić finished Medical school before becoming a singer. Since becoming a singer he has performed around Europe, America and Australia.
Zvezde Granda (Grand Stars, Serbian Cyrillic: Звезде Гранда) is a televised singing contest in Serbia organized by the Grand Production record label. It is broadcast live on commercial television throughout the Balkans.
Airing on Pink TV in Serbia, as well as its subsidiaries Pink M and Pink BH in Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the competition has so far been held in five seasons - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 with the sixth season currently in progress. Musical numbers performed by the contestants usually fall in the folk, pop-folk and turbo-folk genres, although since the 2007 season there has been a significant increase of straight pop elements.
Similar to the Idol series, over the course of a season, Zvezde Granda comes up with the winner who's voted on by the TV
The show starts with a jury consisting of folk music stars and show's producers, led by the owner of Grand Production, Saša Popović, picking out the contestants in the auditions throughout Serbia.
Those picked at the auditions get a chance to showcase their skills on televised broadcasts over the next few months. Eventually, there are 6-7 finalists left (mostly three guys and three girls), who compete in the final night, when one, Grand Star, is chosen. This act is, however, purely symbolical - being the chosen Grand Star does not guarantee success. The only reward for other finalists is one or two songs on Zvezde Granda compilation album. After that, they are pretty much left on their own, to find the way to viewer's hearts and make an album.
Tanja Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Тања Савић; born March 20, 1985) is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous after competing on a first season of the Zvezde Granda television singing contest and making it into the final six.
Despite not winning the grand finale, her public profile was raised sufficiently for Grand Production record label to sign her to a contract. This led to debut album Tako mlada that turned into a major success, paving the way for a career that followed. With this album she become one of biggest stars in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria and on. She twice finished second and once fourth place at the Grand Festival.
Her two singles Suknjica and Gde ljubav putuje where theme songs for films Gucha: Distant Trumpet and Serbian Scars, respectivily. Gde ljubav putuje became one of the greatest hits during 2010, 2011 around Balkan.
Tanja was born in Radinac village in Smederevo municipality, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. She is engaged to Dušan Jovančević who lives in Australia. On 29 December 2010, she became a mother for the first time, to a baby boy. In december of 2011 it was announced that she is pregnant again.