Beauty Queens
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Beauty Queens are a Serbia
n girlband
, formed in Helsinki
, Finland
, in May 2007, after Marija Šerifović
's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
. The girls sang the backing vocals, and became very popular. They also reached third place at Beovizija 2008
.
Former members
was at the Budva
Music Festival, in July 2007, where they came second with the song "Pet na jedan". Despite not winning, their song became a huge radio
hit. In August, they took part in Ohrid Fest
with the song "Protiv srca". They came second again, but their song became very popular in the Republic of Macedonia
, reaching the top position on almost all Macedonian music charts.
In March 2008, Beauty Queens took part in Beovizija 2008
. In their semi-final they came first, but in the final they ended up third: Jelena Tomašević
won. They competed with a song named "Zavet", which was somewhat reminiscent Marija Šerifović
's "Molitva
". Indeed, the song was written by Vladimir Gaić and Saša Milošević Mare, who had also written "Molitva". The song became very popular in Serbia
. Beauty Queens were given the chance to represent Serbia at the Eurovision Second Chance
competition.
On June 1, 2008, Beauty Queens sang the song of Tajči
"Hajde da ludujemo
" (with this song, Tajci represented SFR Yugoslavia at Eurovision Song Contest 1990
) at the Vrnjačka Banja
Music Festival. They didn't compete, just sang the song during voting.
Beauty Queens were hosts of the special show about Belgrade
's night life. The show was made for Discovery Channel
. The girls competed at 2008 Suncane skale Festival, with the song "Ti ili on". They won the third place.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n girlband
Girlband
Girlband can refer to:*A general name for an all-female band*Girlband *Girlband, a group on the fifth UK series of The X Factor...
, formed in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, in May 2007, after Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifovic
Marija Šerifović is a singer from Serbia. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Molitva". Šerifović was born in Kragujevac, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia and is the daughter of Verica Šerifović, also a notable singer...
's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...
. The girls sang the backing vocals, and became very popular. They also reached third place at Beovizija 2008
Beovizija 2008
Beovizija 2008 was the 6th Beovizija music festival. The semi-finals were to be held on February 19, 2008 while the finals were to be held a day later. However due to unilateral declaration of independence of its southern province Kosovo, the festival was delayed until March 9 when the semi-finals...
.
The members
- Sanja BogosavljevićSanja BogosavljevicSanja Bogosavljević is a Serbian singer, a member of the girlband Beauty Queens.- Before Beauty Queens :...
was born in BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, on June 28, 1979. She is an advanced student at the Faculty of Music Arts (Piano Class). At the age of ten, she participated in the festival "Children sing hits" and finished second. She sang in the RTB Children's Choir for a long time. Sanja was a member of the band "Divas", which took part in the Belgrade Spring Festival. She was a backing vocalist for famous musicians. Sanja has been performing at various clubs in Belgrade with the Blah Blah Band for eight years. In 2006 and 2007, they successfully participated in the BeovizijaBeovizijaBeovizija was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Beovizija was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and internationally on Eurovision.tv and RTS SAT...
Festival. They won the best newcomer award in 2006.
- Suzana DinićSuzana DinicSuzana Dinić is a Serbian singer and pianist, the member of the girlband Beauty Queens.- Before Beauty Queens :...
was born on June 1, 1986. At the age of 16, she enrolled in the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade and studied the pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
. She performed her first solo concert when she was ten. At the concert in UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, she was accompanied by the Lavovski Philharmonic Orchestra. She has won many awards at the national and international piano and singing competitions. Since 2003, she has been singing in the choir "Collegium Musicum" conducted by Darinka Matic Marovic.
- Ksenija MiloševićKsenija MiloševicKsenija Milošević is a Serbian singer and violinist, the member of the girlband Beauty Queens.- Before the band :...
was born in BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
in 1982. She studied the violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
in the class of professor Dejan Mihailovic and graduated from the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade. In 2005, she received the M.A. degree. Ksenija has won many awards and performed as a soloist with prominent Serbian orchestras. Since 2001, she has been a deputy concertmaster of the BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
Philharmonic Orchestra. She has held the position of a concertmaster for two seasons. She participated in many international festivals with the ethno band "Ognjen and Friends". In 2006, she sang the back vocals on Hari Mata HariHari Mata HariHari Mata Hari is a popular music band from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hari Mata Hari is the stage name for the singer Hajrudin "Hari" Varešanović. The group originated from the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group has performed over 1,000 concerts and sold 5,000,000...
's song which represented Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006Eurovision Song Contest 2006The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...
.
Former members
- Ana MilenkovićAna MilenkovicAna Milenković is a Serbian singer, and a member of the girlband Beauty Queens.- Before Beauty Queens :...
(now solo performer) was born in BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, on April 19, 1980. She has appeared as a soloist at many festivals - BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
Spring (2000), BudvaBudvaBudva is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has around 15,000 inhabitants, and it is the centre of municipality...
Festival (2001), Eurosong (2004) and ZrenjaninZrenjaninZrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...
Festival (2004). In 2005, she joined the Blah Blah Band. They successfully participated in the Beovizija 2006Beovizija 2006Beovizija 2006 was the 4th edition of Beovizija. 23 songs competed in the Beovizija 2006 contest, one song, due to be performed by Zvezde Granda and Nevena Paripović, was not featured, though no reason was given for this....
and 2007Beovizija 2007Beovizija 2007 was the 5th edition of Beovizija and the first national selection for the newly independent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 7 March and 8 March...
. In 2006, the band won the best newcomer award. She has worked with prominent musicians from Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
. She did vocal back-up for the big pop star Zdravko ColicZdravko ColicZdravko Čolić , is a pop singer popular across the entire area of former Yugoslavia. Originally from Sarajevo, since 1992 , his home is in Belgrade, Serbia...
and a very popular singer Vlado GeorgievVlado GeorgievVlado Georgiev is a popular Serbian pop singer, composer and lyrics writer as well.Born to Serbian parents , Georgiev was raised in Herceg Novi...
.
- Ivana SelakovIvana SelakovIvana Selakov is a Serbian singer, former member of the girlband Beauty Queens.-Before Beauty Queens:...
(now solo performer) was born in BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, on November 8, 1978. She grew up in SomborSomborSombor is a city and municipality located in northwest part of Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina. The city has a total population of 48,749 , while the Sombor municipality has 87,815 inhabitants...
where she was introduced to the world of music. She finished Lower Music School, participated in numerous singing competitions, performed at jazz and rock'n'roll clubs. In 1997, she started studying biologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
in Belgrade, but very soon she devoted herself to music.After biology,Ivana have started studying "Recording and designing of the sound",and she has almost finished it. She has appeared as a soloist at several festivals - Radio Festival, Beovizija 2006Beovizija 2006Beovizija 2006 was the 4th edition of Beovizija. 23 songs competed in the Beovizija 2006 contest, one song, due to be performed by Zvezde Granda and Nevena Paripović, was not featured, though no reason was given for this....
, etc. She did vocal back-up for many popular artists.
Band work
Their first performance after Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
was at the Budva
Budva
Budva is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has around 15,000 inhabitants, and it is the centre of municipality...
Music Festival, in July 2007, where they came second with the song "Pet na jedan". Despite not winning, their song became a huge radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
hit. In August, they took part in Ohrid Fest
Ohrid Fest
Ohridski Trubaduri - Ohrid Fest is an annual music festival that takes place in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia every summer. The festival began in 1994 as a showcase for Macedonian summer folklore. In 1997, a pop evening was introduced to motivate Macedonian lyricists and composers, as well as artists...
with the song "Protiv srca". They came second again, but their song became very popular in the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, reaching the top position on almost all Macedonian music charts.
In March 2008, Beauty Queens took part in Beovizija 2008
Beovizija 2008
Beovizija 2008 was the 6th Beovizija music festival. The semi-finals were to be held on February 19, 2008 while the finals were to be held a day later. However due to unilateral declaration of independence of its southern province Kosovo, the festival was delayed until March 9 when the semi-finals...
. In their semi-final they came first, but in the final they ended up third: Jelena Tomašević
Jelena Tomaševic
Jelena Tomašević is a Serbian pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, coming sixth with the song "Oro".- Music career :Jelena started her way to stardom at the young age of 8 when she won...
won. They competed with a song named "Zavet", which was somewhat reminiscent Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifovic
Marija Šerifović is a singer from Serbia. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Molitva". Šerifović was born in Kragujevac, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia and is the daughter of Verica Šerifović, also a notable singer...
's "Molitva
Molitva
"Molitva" is a song by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović. It was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was Serbia's Eurovision debut as an independent nation; the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro having dissolved in June 2006...
". Indeed, the song was written by Vladimir Gaić and Saša Milošević Mare, who had also written "Molitva". The song became very popular in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. Beauty Queens were given the chance to represent Serbia at the Eurovision Second Chance
OGAE Second Chance Contest
The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a video event organised between branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest.Each branch can enter one song that failed to win the country's national selection to compete in the annual Eurovision Song Contest...
competition.
On June 1, 2008, Beauty Queens sang the song of Tajči
Tajci
Tajči Cameron is a Croatian singer; she has since taken up citizenship and residence in the United States.- Career :As a pop star in the former Yugoslavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she won the national selection of RTV Zagreb, SR Croatia and represented Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song...
"Hajde da ludujemo
Hajde da ludujemo
"Hajde da ludujemo" was the Yugoslav entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia ....
" (with this song, Tajci represented SFR Yugoslavia at Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
The Eurovision Song Contest 1990, the 35th in the series, was held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia on 5 May 1990. The presenters were Helga Vlahović Brnobić and Oliver Mlakar. Toto Cutugno was the winner of this contest with the song "Insieme: 1992"...
) at the Vrnjačka Banja
Vrnjacka Banja
Vrnjačka Banja is a town, municipality, and a resort, mineral spa located in Raška District of Serbia. It contains the world's only hot spring with a temperature measuring exactly that of the human body ....
Music Festival. They didn't compete, just sang the song during voting.
Beauty Queens were hosts of the special show about Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
's night life. The show was made for Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
. The girls competed at 2008 Suncane skale Festival, with the song "Ti ili on". They won the third place.
Singles
- 2007: "Rukoilen" - Molitva in Finnish
- 2007: "Pet na jedan"(5 on 1) - Budva Festival 2007
- 2007: "Protiv srca" (Against Heart) - Ohridski Festival 2007
- 2008: "Zavet" (Pledge) - Beovizija 2008
- 2008: "Ti ili on" (You or him) - Sunčane Skale 2008
- 2009: "Afrodizijak" (Aprodisiac)
- 2009: "Superstar" (feat Oskar & Dordje Marjanovic) - Beovizija 2009
- 2010: "Dve iste" - Sunčane Skale 2010