Tijana Dapčević

Tijana Dapčević

Tijana Dapčević (2014)
Background information
Native name Тијана Тодевска Дапчевиќ
Birth name Tijana Todevska
Born 3 February 1976
Skopje, Macedonia
Origin Macedonia
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocal
Years active 1996–present
Associated acts Esma and Lozano
Website tijanadapcevic.info
Tijana Dapčević presenting herself, 2014.

Tijana Dapčević (Macedonian: Тијана Дапчевиќ, Serbian: Тијана Дапчевић, Serbian pronunciation: [tǐjana dâptʃeʋitɕ], née Todevska, Macedonian: Тијана Тодевска, Serbian: Тијана Тодевска, born 3 February 1976) also known as simply Tijana, is a pop singer performing mainly in Serbia. She speaks Macedonian, Serbian, English, and Italian.

Early life

Tijana was born in Skopje to a Macedonian father Velko Todevski and a Serbian mother from Bosnia and Herzegovina Branka. She has a younger sister Tamara, and is married to Milan Dapčević, a Serbian businessman.

Career

One of her hit songs is "Sve je isto, samo njega nema" (All Is The Same, Only He Is Not Here), he being former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. The track has parts of the song in all of the former Yugoslavia's languages; Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian.

She won the "Sunčane skale" festival in Herceg Novi in 2002 with the song "Negativ" composed by Darko Dimitrov, included on her second studio album with the same title. She has also won first place on the "Serbian Radio Festival-Feras" in 2006 with the song "Julijana".

During Evropesma 2006 (The Song for Europe in the former Serbia and Montenegro), Tijana was placed in 8th place receiving 27 points with the song "Greh" ("Sin"). "Greh" was included on her nest album Žute minute, which was released in the summer of 2007.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014

On 28 August 2013, Tijana Dapčević was selected by Macedonian Radio Television to represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark.[1] Dapčević will compete in the second semi-final of the competition on 8 May 2014 with the song "To the Sky".[2]

Tijana's younger sister Tamara Todevska has participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and was a backing vocalist for Tijana in 2014.[3]

Dapčević placed 13th in the 2nd semi-final with 33 points and did not progress to the final.

Covers

Covers of Tijana's songs

Name of original Singer of original Year of original Language of original Name of cover Singer of cover Year of cover Language of cover
Sve je isto samo njega nema Tijana Dapčević 2005 Serbian Mała Natasza Urbańska 2009 Polish
Pogrešan čovek 2008 Krivi čovjek Lidija Bačić 2014 Croatian

Discography

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tijana Dapčević.
  1. Jiandani, Sanjay (28 August 2013). "FYR Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic selected for Eurovision 2014". ESCToday. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. Omelyanchuk, Olena (22 February 2014). "F.Y.R. Macedonia: Tijana goes to the sky". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. http://wiwibloggs.com/2014/04/11/tijana-macedonia-interview/46026/

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Croatia Ivana Banfić
Sunčane Skale winner
2002
Succeeded by
Serbia and Montenegro Bojan Marović
Preceded by
Serbia and Montenegro Marija Šerifović
Music Festival Budva winner
2005
Succeeded by
Serbia Incanto
Preceded by
N/A
Plesom do snova winner
Season 1 (2007 with Vojislav Kaluđerović)
Succeeded by
Ognjen Amidžić & Dragana Krdu
Preceded by
Vlatko Lozanoski & Esma Redžepova
with "Pred da se razdeni"
Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2014
Succeeded by
Daniel Kajmakoski
with "Lisja esenski"