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Marija Ugrica
Марија Угрица
Marija Ugrica at Serbian National Final for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009Background information Born July 27, 1995
BelgradeOrigin Belgrade, Serbia Genres Pop, Kids Occupations Singer,Actress Years active 2005–present Notable instruments Piano Marija Ugrica (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Угрица) (born July 27, 1995 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a pop and kids singer well known by her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and performances in the country and abroad.[1]
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Personal life
Marija was born in Belgrade, Serbia. She started going to the music school Josip Slavenski at the same time as at the elementary school Vladislav Ribnikar. At both schools, she was an excellent student.Now,she is going to the music high school,same as in the The Third Belgrade High School (Serbian Cyrillic: Трећа београдска гимназија)
Music career
Marija started her professional career in 2005, when she participated in the Serbian National Final for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song Geografija.[2] That was the first Serbian National Final for Junior Eurovision,and it was organised by Decji Kulturni Centar Beograd,like FeDemus is now,so Marija was given the song to sing it at competition. She didn't win, but the public remembered her voice and appearance. After that, she started to participate in many other festivals and competitions. Marija became a member of the RTS children choir.
She participated at FeDemus, a competition for kids and their own songs in 2007,when she sang Zvezdana noć (a song by Filip Trajanovski), and in the next year, 2008, she won that contest as a solo participant with the beautiful ballad Noć puna zvezda.[3] In the same year, she entered many other festivals. One of them was again the Serbian national final for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008. She participated with Mateja Mihailović, also a member of the choir, with the song Istina je. They finished in 2nd place.[4]
From 2005-2009, she won many awards as a singer and pianist. Some of them are Zlatna sirena 2005-2009, Talenti Vračara 2006-2008, and many others.[5] Marija decided to participate in the National Final for Junior Eurovision again, so she sent the song Hajde da sanjamo to concours, and she was selected with 9 other competitors by the music committee of RTS. Unfortunately, she got sick two days before the contest. She could not even talk or sing, but she decided to participate anyway. Marija finished in 8th place.
Marija sent one of the songs she made for National final 2009 to FeDemus 2009. The song is called Ljubav opet dobija and it is a R'n'B ballad.The organisators gave Marija a duet partner,17 years old Filip Trajanovski,well-known participant of Serbian national finals and FeDemus, and Serbian teen rap musician, also known as Phil:T. The contest was held on October 2009. Marija and Filip,who got seek on the day of contest and was not present on the stage,won that contest sharing the first place with another girl.[3]
The next year, 2010, Marija decided not to participate at National Final for Junior Eurovision, but anyway she did perform on that stage again, as a part of children choir who sang the back vocals for the group Ništa Lično (Serbian representatives at Junior Eurovision 2009, performing their song Onaj Pravi.
The fourth year in a row, Marija sent one of her songs to FeDemus.As she is now 15 going on 16, she participated in the revial part,as a star of the festival.Her song Sve pesme poklanjam tebi was originally composed as a strong pop ballade,but later on it was converted to strong pop/rock ballade with some computer instruments in its instrumental.The song was awarded for the best music and lyrics.
Singles
Year Single Composer(s) Notes 2005 Geografija Dečji kulturni centar Beograd (DKCB) - Children's Cultural Center Belgrade Entry in Serbian National final for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 2007 Zvezdana noć Filip Trajanovski FeDemus 2007 2008 Noć puna zvezda Marija Ugrica Entry and winner of FeDemus 2008 Istina je Marija Ugrica,Mateja Mihajlović Duet with Mateja Mihailovic, entry in Serbian National final for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Najlepša stvar Marija Ugrica, Lazar Vujanić, Dušica Erić The first version of FeDemus 2009. song 2009 Hajde da sanjamo Marija Ugrica Entry in Serbian National final for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Ljubav opet dobija Marija Ugrica Final version and entry for FeDemus 2009. 2010 Sve pesme poklanjam tebi Marija Ugrica, Lazar Vujanić Entry in FeDemus 2010. References
- ^ "Marija Ugrica-National final contestant". RTS. http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/ci/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0+%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5/junior2008/story/296/%D0%A3%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8+2009/75122/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0+%D0%A3%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0.html. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ "Marija Ugrica-Geografija (2005)". You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqda59z5fK0. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ a b "FEDEMUS "Deca kompozitori"". Dečji kulturni centar Beograd - Children's Cultural Center Belgrade. http://www.dkcb.rs/manifestacije/fedemus.html. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
- ^ "Serbia in the JESC 2008". ESCkaz. http://esckaz.com/jesc/2008/ser.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
- ^ "Zlatna sirena". Dečji kulturni centar Beograd - Children's Cultural Center Belgrade. http://www.dkcb.rs/manifestacije/zlatnasirena.html. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
Categories:- 1995 births
- Living people
- Serbian female singers
- Serbian pop singers
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