Milan Stanković

Milan Stanković Милан Станковић
Milan Stanković in Oslo
Background information
Birth name	Milan Stanković
Also known as	Miki, Plavi čuperak
Born	September 9, 1987 (1987-09-09) (age 24)
Origin	Serbia
Genres	Pop, Folk
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Grand Production

Milan Stanković (Serbian: Милан Станковић, born in Belgrade, September 9, 1987) is a pop and folk singer from Serbia.

Biography

Milan started his career taking part in musical contest Zvezde Granda, where he became a favorite of the audience (SMS votes put him in the first place in 12 out of 14 contest shows^{[citation needed]}). He entered the super-final and attracted significant media attention. In the same year, his singles appear on the compilation disks "Zvezde Granda" (circulation of 100,000 copies). In addition to performances in the former Yugoslavia territory, he also recorded great success in his performances in Switzerland, Hungary and USA.

In May 2009, Milan’s debut album “Solo” reached sales of 50,000 copies.^{[citation needed]}

Eurovision 2010

He also competed in Tri pa jedan za Oslo, the Serbian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. He won the competition and represented Serbia with the song "Ovo je Balkan" (This is the Balkans)^[1][2] in the finals of the European contest, where Milan finished in 13th place.^[3]

Interviews

In an interview about "Ovo Je Balkan" Milan says that the song is not about Balkans exclusively, but, "how a boy tells hims girl to kiss him better more passionate and not once, not twice, but three time. Because that is our style, that is the Balkan style".^[4]

References

1. ^ Storvik-Green, Simon (2010-03-13). "Milan Stanković takes home victory in Serbia". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=10463&_t=Milan+Stankovi%C4%87+takes+home+victory+in+Serbia. Retrieved 13 March 2010. 
2. ^ Klier, Marcus (2010-03-13). "Serbia sends Milan Stanković to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15382. Retrieved 13 March 2010. 
3. ^ http://www.eurovision.tv/page/oslo2010/the-participants/final
4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mof_O_T6ORg

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Marko Kon and Milaan with "Cipela"	Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010	Succeeded by Nina with "Čaroban"

Persondata
Name	Stanković, Milan
Alternative names	Stanković, Milan
Short description	Singer
Date of birth	September 9, 1987
Place of birth	Serbia
Date of death
Place of death