Đorđe Gogov

Đorđe Gogov
Birth name	Đorđe Gogov
Born	September 5, 1988 (1988-09-05) (age 23) Dimitrovgrad, Serbia
Genres	Rock, Pop rock
Occupations	Singer, musician, television personality
Instruments	Vocals[1]
Years active	2008—present
Labels	Melody Music/Universal Music Group
Associated acts	OT Band, Operacija trijumf

Đorđe Gogov (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Гогов; born 5 September 1988, in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia) is a Serbian singer, musician and television personality. He came to media attention as one of sixteen contestants on the B92's Operacija trijumf, Balkan version of Endemol's Fame Academy. As one of four members of OT Band, he took part in Beovizija 2009, with the song "Blagoslov za kraj", and the band placed 2nd in the final.^[2]

Personal life

Đorđe Gogov is a former professional high jumper, but had to give up of athletic career because he had no conditions for trainings.^[3] He is recorded of Serbia with 201m jump.^[3] Gogov admires artists such as Ivana Peters, Negative, Dado Topić, Gibonni, Lenny Kravitz and Glen Hughes.^[4] He finds himself in a song "Eye of the Tiger".^[4]

Career

Operacija trijumf

The Operacija trijumf, Balkan version of Endemol's Fame Academy, started broadcasting on September 29, 2008. Đorđe Gogov was gained great popularity, and was among the favourites for the win.^[5] However, he was expelled at the ninth gala event, losing to Vukašin Brajić; everyone was surprised, Brajić perhaps the most.^[6][7][8][9] Gogov performed with the expelled students Nikola Sarić and Nikola Paunović at the semifinals event. They covered Billy Idol's hits "White Wedding", "Rebel Yell" and "L.A. Woman".

During the Operacija trijumf, Gogov performed the following songs:

• Električni orgazam — "Ja ne postojim" with the student Ivan (did not enter) (Gala 1)
• Laka — "Džemper" with Laka (Gala 2)
• Oliver Mandić — "Nije za nju" (Gala 3)
• Bryan Adams — "Summer of '69" (Gala 4)
• Guns'n'Roses — "Paradise City" (Gala 5)
• Azra — "A šta da radim" with the student Nikola Paunović (Gala 6)
• Dino Dvornik — "Ti si mi u mislima" (Gala 7)
• Divlje jagode — "Motori" with Divlje jagode (Gala 8)
• Deep Purple — "Soldier of Fortune" (Gala 9)
• Lenny Kravitz — "Are You Gonna Go My Way" with the student Vukašin Brajić (Gala 9)
• Billy Idol — "White Wedding"/"Rebel Yell"/"L.A. Woman with the students Nikola Paunović and Nikola Sarić (Semifinals, revival)

Present

After the end of the Operacija trijumf, the Emotion Production formed a band named "OT Band", consisting of four participants — Vukašin Brajić, Đorđe Gogov, Nikola Paunović and Nikola Sarić. The band took part in the Beovizija 2009, the Serbian national election for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.^[10] Their song, named "Blagoslov za kraj", was written by E. Owen, S. Vukomanović and E. Botric, and was produced at the Universal Music Group.^[11][12] The band placed the 2nd, behind Marko Kon and his song "Cipela".^[2] OT Band and the rest of Operacija trijumf contestants held two sold-out concerts at Belgrade's Sava Centar, on April 19 and April 20, 2009.^[13]

Discography

Albums

• 2009: Compilation of the Operacija trijumf contestants

OT Band singles

• 2009: "Blagoslov za kraj" (feat. Kaya)
• 2009: "Strpi se još malo" (cover of Take That's Patience
• 2009: "Zaboravi" (feat Karolina Goceva)

Solo singles

• 2008:"Ovu noc"

References

1. ^ Official Website of the Operacija trijumf
2. ^ ^{a b} "Марко Кон победник "Беовизије 2009"". RTS. http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/124/Друштво/48701/Марко+Кон+победник+. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Đorđe Gogov pre „Trijumfa“ bio atletski potencijal
4. ^ ^{a b} Đorđe Gogov at the Operacija trijumf official website
5. ^ B92: Vukašin bliži izlasku
6. ^ B92: Đorđe izbačen
7. ^ B92: Iznenađenje
8. ^ B92: OT Đorđe napustio Akademiju, ali ulazi u OT rock'n'roll band
9. ^ B92: Moja publika nije glasačka
10. ^ B92: Rokeri iz OT zajedno na „Beoviziji“
11. ^ Blic: „Universal“ daje pesmu rokerima iz OT
12. ^ Kurir: OT Bend pred prvim iskušenjem
13. ^ Na Uskrs kod OT studenata

External links

• Đorđe Gogov at the Operacija trijumf official website

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Name	Gogov, Dorde
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Date of birth	September 5, 1988
Place of birth	Dimitrovgrad, Serbia
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