- Jelena Tomašević
Infobox musical artist
Name = Jelena Tomašević
Јелена Томашевић
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jelena Tomašević Јелена Томашевић (Serbian Cyrillic )
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Born = Birth date and age|1983|11|01|mf=yKragujevac ,Serbia , formerlyYugoslavia
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Genre = Pop, Serbian music
Occupation =Singer
Years_active = 2001-Present
Label = Minacord (2008-Present)
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URL = [http://www.jelenatomasevic.com www.jelenatomasevic.com]
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Notable_instruments =Jelena Tomašević (
Serbian Cyrillic : Јелена Томашевић) (bornNovember 1 ,1983 inKragujevac ,Serbia , Yugoslavia) is aSerbia n pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at2008 Eurovision Song Contest , coming sixth with the song "Oro". [http://www.kurir-info.co.yu/clanak/kurir-27-01-2008/jelena-tomasevic-favorit JELENA TOMAŠEVIĆ FAVORIT ] ]Discography
erbian-language studio albums
Jelena Tomasevic's album will appear in a few weeks.The song have been mastered and recorded,and the official CD cover will be printed in New York.It is reported that all songs,except one are composed by
Zeljko Joksimovic .The songs reporetedly are in different style comparing to the songs such as Oro and Jutro.They will be in more different styles such as Latin,and some of the songs will also be with the traditional ethnic elements.. [cite news|url= http://www.glassrpske.com/vijest/11/novosti/9060/cir/Jelena-Tomasevic-Melodije-za-sve-ukuse.html|title= Јелена Томашевић, Мелодије за све укусe|publisher=nezavisnenovine|accessdate=2008-03-29]*2008: "Košava"
English-language studio albums
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Non-album tracks
2004
*"Kad Ne Bude Tvoje Ljubavi" (non-album track), performed at Evropesma 2004
2005
*"Jutro" (non-album track), winning song of
Beovizija 2005 2008
*"Oro" (non-album track), winning song of
Beovizija 2008 Professional life
Jelena started her way to stardom at the young age of 8 when she won the children's song contest "Šarenijada" in Kragujevac. She joined a folklore group in Kragujevac called Kud Abrasevic that toured all over Europe winning many awards for their dance as well as Jelena winning many awards with her vocals. She was one of the main vocalist for the folklore group. This was her first public performance and with her vocal abilities captivated a very large amount of people. She performed to a much larger audience in 1994 at the Yugoslav Children's festival, held that year in Kragujevac when she won. [http://www.minacord.com/produkcija.html Jelena Tomašević] ] ]
From then she performed at various international festivals such as the
Czech Republic ,Belarus andBulgaria where she won various awards. She competed and won in an Idol style show in 2002 called "3K dur" aired on RTS3.In 2005 she started a professional involvement with popular Serbian singer
Željko Joksimović . He composed the song "Jutro" for her with which she competed at Beovizija, the Serbian selection for theEurovision Song Contest . Ultimately she missed out in controversial fashion at the overallSerbia and Montenegro final (Evropesma ), when all four Montenegrin jurors overlooked it in distributing their points.No Name , qualifier from Montenegro's pre-selection, instead represented Serbia & Montenegro in theEurovision Song Contest 2005 , placing 7th. This was to be the country's last ever appearance in the contest as in 2006, both peacefully decided to go their separate ways and became independent countries.In 2007 record label company Minocard signed her up and in April 2008 her debut album will be released. Song "Košava", from the upcoming album, was presented in the RTS show "Beogradska Hronika" in late March 2008. The video to the song was filmed in a Belgrade villa built in 1907 and will be the main song off the album. [cite news|url= http://ww1.rts.co.yu/euro/|title= PREMIJERA SPOTA JELENE TOMAŠEVIĆ ZA PESMU „KOŠAVA“|publisher=RTS|accessdate=2008-03-29]
In 2008, Željko Joksimović composed Jelena a song called "Oro" for
Beovizija 2008 . She won the contest and represented Serbia in Eurovision Song Contest to be held in the same city in May.In her career she also guest starred in the movie "Ivkova slava" (2006) for which she also sang, made a guest appearance on Joksimović's album (2005) and opened the
EuroBasket 2005 in Belgrade.Personal life
Jelena graduated high school in Kragujevac in 2002. That same year she started studying at the
University of Kragujevac at the faculty for English language. She has put her studies on hold but will graduate in 2009. She is from the same town as 2007 Eurovision Winner,Marija Šerifović .Jelena is currently dating popular Serbian actor
Ivan Bosiljčić . [cite web|url=http://www.pressonline.co.yu/vest.jsp?id=34152§ionId=41|title=Tajna ljubav|publisher=pressonline.co.yu|date=2008-04-12|accessdate=2008-04-12]External links
* [http://www.jelenatomasevic.com/ Jelena Tomašević home page]
* [http://ww1.rts.co.yu/euro/bv-08/jelena-tomasevic.htm Jelena Tomašević RTS page]Notes
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