Stevan Faddy

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Stevan Faddy
Birth name	Stevan Faddy
Born	1986
Origin	Kotor, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2003 - present

Stevan Faddy (Стеван Фeди) (born 1986 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin singer. He took part in Montevizija 2006, singing "Cipele". He also participated in Sunčane Skale 2003 singing "Poslednja obala". On the 25th of February 2007 he won a landslide victory in MontenegroSong 2007 with his song "Ajde Kroči" and won a ticket to represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Helsinki, Finland. Stevan was the first singer representing Montenegro after the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ended in 2006.

[edit] Ancestry

Stevan Faddy has Scottish origin. William Faddy, Stevan's ancestor, came to Montenegro, at that time known as Zeta, during the Crusades with King Richard I of England, fell in love with a local girl, and decided to stay. [1]

[edit] Music Career

By winning at the music competition “Intro Karaoke” in 2003, he earned the right to participate at the music festival “Sunčane Skale” in Herceg Novi where he finished at the high second place with the song “Posljednja Obala”. The same year he received music award “Montefon” as the “breakthrough of the year”.

He already participated two times at the national competition for the Eurovision Song Contest. First time in 2005, when he finished at the second place in Montevizija 2005 and at the fourth place in Evropesma with the song "Utjeha", and the second time in 2006, when his song "Cipele" won Montevizija 2006 and finished third at Evropesma.

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, he sang "Ajde, Kroči", composed by Slaven Knezović and written by Milan Perić. It failed to reach the final.