Grand Festival
Encyclopedia
Grand Festival is a competitive festival of pop-folk
and turbo-folk
music, organized by Grand Production
. Held every two years since 2006.
The most successful contestants receive money prizes. Most of the participants are members of the Grand Productions, including the competitors of the Zvezde Granda
.
Pop-folk
Pop-folk is the umbrella term for the popular musical genres originating in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that are characteristic by the fusion of commercial folk music and "nightclub" music. The term is used alternatively for Turbo-folk and Chalga and is mostly used in Bulgaria...
and turbo-folk
Turbo-folk
Turbo-folk is a popular musical sub-genre that originated in Serbia, the Balkans. Having mainstream popularity in Serbia, although closely associated with Serbian performers, its sound is as popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro...
music, organized by Grand Production
Grand Production
Grand Production is a Serbian record label and production company. Registered as a limited liability company, it is owned and operated by Saša Popović...
. Held every two years since 2006.
Format
In the first edition of the competition organized two evenings. In 2008. was the first contest to have two semi-finals with 22 songs. Top 12 from each semi-final has gone to the final. For the third edition festival introduced a rule that 50% of the votes given the jury, and 50% of the audience.The most successful contestants receive money prizes. Most of the participants are members of the Grand Productions, including the competitors of the Zvezde Granda
Zvezde Granda
Zvezde Granda is a televised singing contest in Serbia organized by the Grand Production record label...
.
Winners
Year | Winner artist | Song | English translation | Second place | Third place |
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2006 | Saša Matić Saša Matic Aleksandar "Saša" Matić is a Bosnian Serb folk singer, very popular in former Yugoslavia. He has a twin brother, Dejan Matić, who is also a popular singer. Both of them were born completely blind.-Biography:He and his brother were born on April 26, 1978 in Drvar, SR Bosnia to father Zoran and... |
Sve je na prodaju (Све је на продају) | Everything is for sale | Tanja Savić Tanja Savic Tanja Savić is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous after competing on a first season of the Zvezde Granda television singing contest and making it into the final six.... |
Mira Škorić |
2008 | Aca Lukas Aca Lukas Aleksandar Vuksanović , most known as Aca Lukas is a popular Serbian folk singer.-Biography:Aca Lukas was born in as Aleksandar Vuksanović... |
Upali svetlo (Упали светло) | Turn on the light | Džej Ramadanovski Džej Ramadanovski Džej Ramadanovski is a popular Romani singer in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1989, he made a cameo appearance in the movie Hajde da se volimo 2, even performing one of his songs in the movie... |
Silvija Silvija Nedeljkovic Silvija Nedeljković is a contestant on the second season of Serbian Idol and on the third season of Zvezde Granda.-Idol:... & Nemanja |
2010 Grand Festival 2010 III Axal Grand Festival is the third edition of Grand Festival. It was held in March 2010. - Semi-final 1 :- Semi-final 2 :- Winners :The money prizes are for the artists and song writers combined.Jury vote... |
Topalko | Zavet (Завет) | Pledge | Tanja Savić Tanja Savic Tanja Savić is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous after competing on a first season of the Zvezde Granda television singing contest and making it into the final six.... |
Nikola Rokvić |