Marija Šerifović
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| Birth name | Marija Šerifović | |
| Born | November 14, 1984 Kragujevac, Serbia |
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| Genre(s) | pop, Serbian music | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer | |
| Years active | 2003-Present | |
| Label(s) | City Records (2003-Present) | |
| Website | www.marijaserifovic.net | |
Marija Šerifović (Cyrillic: Марија Шерифовић, born 14 November 1984 in Kragujevac) is a Serbian singer and the representative in the upcoming 52nd Eurovision Song Contest. She is the daughter of singer Verica Šerifović.
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[edit] Music Career
Marija recorded her debut album in 2003 entitled "Naj, najbolja" (very very best), which was well received by the public. The biggest hit from the album was "Znaj da znam". Marija participated in Budvanski Festival (in the city of Budva) with a song "Gorka čokolada", but didn't achieve any major success. Next year, she entered again with a song called "Bol do ludila" and won the first prize. The song topped the charts in Serbia, Montenegro and other ex-Yugoslav republics and was a major hit. In 2005, she tried her luck by entering another festival. This time it was Beovizija, a Serbian semifinal of Evropesma (the preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest), where she managed to qualify into the final with the song "Ponuda". After a national scandal in which the Montenegrin jury boycotted the Serbian participants, Marija came only 18th in the final, with just 5 points. On the summer of 2005, she released a single "Agonija", which was a cover version of Despina Vandi's (a Greek superstar) "I believe it (Olo lipis)". That same year, she entered and won the Serbian Radijski Festival (Radio Festival) with a song "U nedelju", composed by Leontina Vukomanović. She was a clear favourite from the very beginning and managed to get most of the SMS votes. She also received the award for the best vocal performance.
Her second album "Bez ljubavi" (released in 2006) was quite a success and included 10 new song and several hits, most notably "Nije mi prvi put", "101." ("Sto prvi") and "Bez ljubavi". The CD also included some songs that had been previously published (such as "U nedelju", "Bol do ludila" and "Gorka čokolada").
In early 2007, she released her second single called "Bez tebe".
On February 21, 2007, Marija held her first concert. About 4000 people attended this music event at Sava Centar, Belgrade. Marija not only interpreted her songs, but also the ones of Nina Badrić and other famous artists. Saša Kovačević, who was a special guest, performed a few of his songs, and Marija sang a duet with a well known artist Maja Odžaklijevska.[1]
[edit] Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Marija entered the qualifying round of Beovizija 2007 with a song "Molitva" (Prayer), where she easily managed to soar into the final on March 7. On March 8, she won the combined votes of jury and televoting (received a maximum 12 points from the televoting and 10 points from the jury), thus becoming the Serbian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, which is going to be held on May 10 and May 12 in Helsinki, Finland. However, there had been some irregularities with the SMS votes and several participants who didn't make it into the final filed a complaint and questioned the regularity of the qualifying round. Still, no one questioned Marija and her song "Molitva" (music by Vladimir Graić, lyrics by Saša Miloševic Mare), and the victory was confirmed by the organising committee.
Marija's team is planning a promotional tour which will include several countries, but no details have been released yet. The shooting of the video for the song should start next week, and it will include scenes shot in about 30 locations.[2]
According to the information published on the web site of RTS (the Serbian public broadcaster), Marija is going to be backed by 5 strong female vocals in Helsinki[3]. These are: Suzana Dinić (participated in Beovizija 2007), Ivana Selakov (Beovizija 2006), Ana Milenković and Sanja Bogosavljević from Blah Blah bend (Beovizija 2006, 2007) and Ksenija Milošević (Eurovision Song Contest 2006, as a part of Hari Mata Hari's group).
On March 12, the draw of the running order for the semi-final and the final was held. Serbia will be the 15th country to participate in the semi-final, and, should they qualify, their running order in the final will be decided on May 10, during the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 live broadcast.
[edit] Discography
2003 Naj, najbolja (City Records)
01 Znaj da znam
02 Sad idi nek te đavo nosi
03 Naj, najbolja
04 Ti mi se sviđaš
05 Ti i samo ti
06 Volim ga
07 Za sreću nam malo treba
2005
Ponuda (non-album track), performed at Beovizija 2005
Agonija (non-album track)
2006 Bez ljubavi (City Records)
01 Povredi me
02 Jesen bez nas
03 101
04 Na tvojoj košulji
05 Pamti me po suzama
06 Laž
07 Nije mi prvi put
08 Bilo bi bolje
09 Bez ljubavi
10 Trubači
11 U nedelju (winning song of Serbian Radio Festival 2005)
12 Bol do ludila (winning song of Budvanski Festival 2004)
13 Gorka čokolada (performed at Budvanski Festival 2003)
2007
Bez tebe (non-album track)
Molitva (non-album track), winning song of Beovizija 2007
[edit] Notes
[edit] See also
- Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
