Showing posts with label croatia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label croatia. Show all posts

08 May 2009

Holy Roller

Igor Cukrov, one of the two Croatian lead singers, surprised the press today by revealing he had studied theology and was even thinking of becoming a priest. When asked how his degree in theology had shaped his show biz career, he said that it gives him a psychological balance that helps him share positive energy with the audience listen . When asked to sing something out of the church repertoire, he sang a song in an old Croatian dialect listen.

Igor went to this year’s Eurovision after participating in a popular Croatian TV show similar to Australian Idol crossed with Big Brother, something which exposed him to 20 million people across five countries and which he feels really helped him with his career listen .

The band’s other lead singer Andrea Susnjara who also has an excellent music background, sings a powerful vocals in Igors song. “We are really happy to have the opportunity to present our song in Moscow. It’s a dream come true. I believe it’s an excellent start for our career,” she said.

Croatia is the first song in the second semifinal. Although the Croatian band is well aware of the difficulty of the task, they are resolute to stay on the course.

The Croatia delegation was represented by:
Aleksandar KOSTADINOV (HOD), Igor CUKROV, Andrea SUSNJARA (lead artists), Sanja JUKIC, Karmen MATKOVIC, Jelena MAJIC, Ivana CABRAJA (backing artist); Tonci HULJIC (composer); Vjehoslava HULJIC (author).

17 May 2008

Croatian artist pays homage to early Eurovision star Domenico Mudugno

This year's Croatian entry is a combination of a long-established street music band, the Street Kings, with a 75-year old veteran of the Croatian music scene known as 75 cents. The band revealed the meaning of the words spoken at the start of their song listen and 75 cents recalled his earliest memories of Eurovision listen.