Nina Radojičić Explained

Danica Prodanović
Birth Name:Danica Radojčić
Birth Date:1989 8, df=y
Birth Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
Field:Pharmacology
Alma Mater:University of Belgrade
University of Melbourne
Nina
Birth Name:Danica Radojičić
Genre:Pop, pop rock, soul
Occupation:Singer
Instrument:Vocals, piano
Years Active:2011–present
Label:PGP RTS
Associated Acts:Kristina Kovač

Danica "Nina" Prodanović (née Radojičić; Serbian: Даница "Нина" Продановић (Радојичић), in Serbian pronounced as /dǎnitsa prodanoʋitɕ/; born 5 August 1989), is a Serbian singer and pharmacologist.

She represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Čaroban", composed by Kristina Kovač,[1] [2] and placed fourteenth in the final.[3]

Life and career

Early life and career (1989–2010)

Nina was born as Danica Radojčić on 5 August 1989 in Belgrade (Yugoslavia then, Serbia now). She has an older brother, Stefan.[4] Nina began playing the piano aged six,[5] and also attended dance classes.[4] She finished both elementary and secondary musical school, but she entered pharmacy at the University of Belgrade.[6] She has performed in various clubs with her band "Legal Sex Department".[7] Nina cites "Duffy, Muse, and other pop and alternative artists" as her major influences.[5]

Eurovision Song Contest and debut album (2011–present)

On 19 January 2011, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) announced that the three members of the Kovač family — Kornelije, Aleksandra and Kristina — would compose three songs that would compete to represent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.[8] [9] On 16 February, it was confirmed that Kristina Kovač had chosen Nina, then an unknown singer, to perform her song "Čaroban". Kovač discovered Nina thanks to YouTube.[10] On 26 February, Nina was chosen for the Serbian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, with more than 15,000 SMS votes.[1] [2]

In March, Nina recorded the English version of the song, called "Magical".[11] On 9 April, she performed at the Eurovision In Concert in Amsterdam to promote her song, along with 19 other participants.[12] [13] At the Eurovision Song Contest, Nina performed sixth in the first semi-final, after Yüksek Sadakat from Turkey and before Alexey Vorobyov from Russia,[14] [15] and qualified for the final.[16] She performed the 24th in the final, after Mika Newton from Ukraine and before Eldrine from Georgia,[17] and placed 14th.[3] [18] [19]

In June 2011, Nina announced she would release her debut studio album through the PGP RTS.[20] [21] In an interview for OGAE Serbia, Nina stated that she had moved to Melbourne, Australia and that she was currently pursuing her PhD in immunopharmacology. She also stated that the plans to record an album through the PGP RTS had been scrapped.[22]

Discography

See also

Publications

Notes and References

  1. News: Nina ide u Diseldorf . 26 February 2011 . 26 February 2011 . RTS . .
  2. News: Nina Radojčić predstavnik Srbije na "Evroviziji" . 26 February 2011 . 26 February 2011 . G. Srdanov . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303140809/http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/238106/Poceo-srpski-izbor-za-Evroviziju . 3 March 2011 .
  3. News: Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Final . 14 May 2011 . 15 May 2011 . Eurovision Song Contest.
  4. News: Nina Radojičić: 10 stvari koje ne znate o meni . Žena . 2 May 2011 . 10 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110909092704/http://zena.blic.rs/PULS_poznatih/6604/Nina_Radojicic_10_stvari_koje_ne_znate_o_meni . 9 September 2011 . dead .
  5. News: Danica Radojčić Nina: Biografija . 17 March 2011 . 28 February 2011 . RTS . RTS.
  6. News: Naša čarobna Nina . 17 March 2011 . 4 March 2011 . RTS . RTS.
  7. News: Nina Radojčić: Nadam se da ću se svideti Evropi . 17 March 2011 . 28 February 2011 . Andrijana Bakić . Blic.
  8. News: Izabrani kompozitori za Evroviziju . 17 March 2011 . 19 January 2011 . RTS . RTS.
  9. News: Trio Kovač za najbolju pesmu . 17 March 2011 . 26 January 2011 . RTS . RTS.
  10. News: Nina Radojčić: Zahvaljujući Jutjubu idem na Evroviziju . 17 March 2011 . 27 February 2011 . N.G. .
  11. http://www.smedia.co.rs/zabava/detalji.php?id=6695 "Nina Radojčić otpevala pesmu za Evrosong na engleskom"
  12. News: 19 acts confirmed for Eurovision in Concert . 15 May 2011 . 18 March 2011 . Eurovision Song Contest.
  13. News: Nina peva u Amsterdamu . 23 March 2011 . 19 March 2011 . RST . RTS.
  14. News: Srbija peva šesta . 17 March 2011 . 15 March 2011 . RTS . RTS.
  15. News: Results of the Running Order Draw . 23 March 2011 . 15 March 2011 . Andreas Schacht . Eurovision Song Contest.
  16. News: 'We'll do even better in Final', say first qualifiers . . 15 May 2011 . 11 May 2011.
  17. News: Redosled nastupa finalista . 13 May 2011 . 15 May 2011 . RTS . RTS.
  18. News: Azerbejdžan pobednik Pesme Evrovizije . 15 May 2011 . 14 May 2011 . RTS . RTS.
  19. News: Azerbaijan wins 2011 Eurovision Song Contest . . 14 May 2011 . 15 May 2011.
  20. News: Čarolija se nastavlja . 7 June 2011 . 14 June 2011 . Tijana Paunković. .
  21. News: Nina Radojičić snima album . 14 June 2011 . 14 June 2011 . Tračara.com.
  22. Web site: Pravo iz Australije – Nina Radojičić | OGAE Serbia :: Vaš evrovizijski svet.

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