Nemanja Nikolić (singer)

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.

Discography

Singles

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Zvezde Granda

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, the eventual Zvezde Granda winner is voted by the TV.

Concept

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 and other Balkan countries.

Tanja Savić

Tanja Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Тања Савић; born 20 March 1985) is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous aged 19 in 2004 while competing on the first season of the Zvezde Granda television singing contest and making it into the final six. Her debut album, Tako mlada, was released 16 June 2005.

Musical career

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 her 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" were theme songs for films Gucha: Distant Trumpet and Serbian Scars (2008), respectively.

Personal life

Tanja was born in Radinac village in Smederevo municipality, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, to parents Staniša and Živana. In a 2004 interview, she stated that she was of Romani descent; she has since denied this.

Darko Filipović

Darko Filipović (Serbian: Дарко Филиповић) is a popular Serbian turbo-folk singer born in Leskovac, south Serbia, who became famous after he becoming a finalist in Zvezde Granda 2004. Darko was born 1981.02.21 in Leskovac, Serbia, and lived there until 2003, after that he moved to Belgrade. Before he competed in Zvezde Granda, Grand Stars, Darko was singing at typical Serbian night clubs on water called splavovi, float on river/lake. Darko's success in the competition Grand Stars, Zvezde Granda, gave him a lot of fame and attention from people from former Yugoslavia. Darko's most famous song is his debut song "Ona Ona". Darko is currently signed with the record label Grand Production.

Discography

Singles

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