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Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic

Jelena Tomašević will carry the hopes of the Serbian nation in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. Jelena has a tough act to follow after Marija Šerifović's victory in Helsinki, but will be hoping she can make it two victories back to back for Serbia with the song Oro.

Jelena Tomasevic was born in Kragujevac on 1 November, 1983. She entered  the world of music in a town where she finished Elementary School and Gymnasium.  At the age of eight, she won the top award at the Children’s Music Festival  Sarenijada, and three years later, she became the winner of the Yugoslav  Children’s Festival.  


After becoming a member of the Abrasevic Folklore Ensemble, one of the most  successful ensembles in Serbia, her music career soared. She achieved tremendous  results at the most prestigious festivals.  In 2002, Jelena emerged on the  Serbian music scene and her career as a pop singer started to take off. She won  over the jury in the superfinal of the TV show 3K DUR which was broadcast on RTS  Three with the aim of promoting young talented artists. Later that same year,  she was second at the Zrenjanin Festival and won the best novice award. She was  the Serbian representative at the prestigious music festivals in Bulgaria, the  Czech Republic and Belarus.


After this turning point in Jelena’s career, she made a huge breakthrough.  In 2003, she competed for the first time at the Budva Festival and finished  second at the prestigious festival Slavjanski bazar in Belarus.In 2004, she  participated with great success in the Beovizija Festival. In 2005, she met  Zeljko Joksimovic. She became a member of the Minacord Production Company. At  the Beovizija 2005, she sang the song Jutro (Morning) composed by  Zeljko Joksimovic and written by Aleksandra Milutinovic and won the top award.


Jelena was considered one of the favourites at the Serbian national  selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. She came second in the final. Later  that same year, she sang the soundtrack to the film Ivkova slava which was  written by Zeljko Joksimovic.The film pulled in a record number of viewers.In  December 2007 Jelena Tomasevic entered the Beovizija 2008 Open Competition with  the song Oro composed by Zeljko Joksimovic and written by Dejan  Ivanovic.On 10 March, 2008, she won the Serbian national selection having  received the highest number of points from both the jury and televoters. She was  awarded the best interpretation prize by the selection jury.  


Live performance

Lyrics of Oro

Ko li miluje
milo moje
Ko li usne te snene budi
Ne zaboravi ime moje
Kada krene da
da te ljubi

Klasje
moje ne spavaj
Njega ljubi
mene uspavaj

Ne lomi mi led
vodu nema
Ne soli mi ranu
suza nema
Ko li zaigra
oro moje
Neka ne igra za nas dvoje
Klasje, mene uspavaj

Nuna nej, nuna nuna nuna nunu nunu nej
Nuna nej, nuna nuna nuna nunu nunu nej
Na Vidovdan
probudi me
Da ga opet pogledam

Nuna nej, nuna nuna nuna nunu nunu nej
Nuna nej, nuna nuna nuna nunu nunu nej

Na Vidovdan
Probudi me
Da ga opet pogledam

Na Vidovdan
Probudi me
Jos jednom, da ga pogledam