Nina Petković

Nina Petković
Birth name	Nina Petković
Born	April 10, 1981 (1981-04-10) (age 30) Kotor, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Origin	Tivat, Montenegro
Genres	Pop, Europop, Rock, Pop rock, R&B, Dance
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, composer, television personality
Instruments	Vocals, drums
Years active	2008—present
Labels	Melody Music
Associated acts	Dan Poslije, Operacija trijumf

Nina Petković (Cyrillic: Нина Петковић; born April 10, 1981, in Kotor, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin singer, musician and television personality. She came to media prominence in regional Star Academy version, Operacija trijumf, and came fourth. On 7 June 2009 Petković won music festival Pjesma Mediterana with the song "S druge strane sna".^[1]

Early life

Although born in Kotor, Petković was mostly raised in neighboring town Tivat. She is of mixed religious origin — her father is a Roman Catholic^{[citation needed]} and mother Orthodox Christian. Before she participated in Operacija trijumf, Petković took part in many festivals, such as Evropesma and Montevizija.,^[2] sometimes solo, sometimes with her band Dan Poslije.

Career

Operacija trijumf

The Operacija trijumf, Balkan version of Endemol's Fame Academy, started broadcasting on September 29, 2008. Nina Petković was the only contestant from Montenegro, so she was constantly receiving a lot of cell-phone votes from Montenegro. She reached the finals, but was expelled in the first final round.

Petković was performing with many popular artists during the Operacija trijumf, such as Željko Joksimović, Jelena Tomašević, Jelena Rozga, Karolina Gočeva and Negative.

During the Operacija trijumf, Petković performed the following songs:

• Anastacia — "Heavy on My Heart"/"Sick & Tired"/"I'm Outta Love" with the students Ana Bebić and Milica Majstorović (Gala 1)
• Željko Joksimović — "Lane moje" with Željko Joksimović (Gala 2)
• Magazin — "Care" with Magazin (Gala 3)
• ABBA — "Mamma Mia" with the student Milica Majstorović (Gala 4)
• Kemal Monteno & Danijela Martinović — "Ovako ne mogu dalje" with Kemal Monteno (Gala 5)
• Negative — "Bez promene" with Negative (Gala 6)
• No Doubt — "Don't Speak" (Gala 7)
• Colonia — "Mirno more" with Colonia (Gala 8)
• Danijela Martinović — "Nek mi ne svane" with Danijela Martinović (Gala 9)
• Jelena Rozga — "Daj šta daš" with Jelena Rozga (Gala 10)
• Pink — "So What" (Gala 10)
• Karolina Gočeva — "Mojot svet" with Karolina Gočeva (Gala 11)
• Céline Dion — "My Heart Will Go On" with the student Igor Cukrov (Gala 11)
• Aleksandra Radović — "Čuvam te" with Aleksandra Radović (Gala 12)
• Danijel Popović/Culture Club — "Džuli"/"Karma Chameleon" with the student Aleksandar Belov (Gala 12)
• Milena Vučić — "Da l' ona zna" with Milena Vučić (Gala 13)
• Jelena Tomašević — "Oro" with Jelena Tomašević and the student Ana Bebić (Gala 13)
• Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"/"Hot n Cold" with the student Ana Bebić (Gala 13)
• Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Semifinal)
• ET — "Tek je 12 sati"/"Sve bih dala da znam" with the student Ana Bebić (Semifinal)
• Paul McCartney and Wings — "Live and Let Die" with the finalists Adnan Babajić, Aleksandar Belov, Vukašin Brajić and Danijel Pavlović (Final)
• Oktobar 1864 — "Nađi me" (Final)

Present

It was almost certain that Petković will take part in the Montevizija 2009, the Montenegro's national choice for the representer at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow.^[3] However, RTCG confirmed on January 23, 2009, that Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be represented by Andrea Demirović with the song "Just Get Out of My Life".^[4] Soon after the end of Operacija trijumf, Petković appeared on a number of talk shows on television programs such as TV Pink, TV In and TV Avala.

Alongside her Operacija trijumf contestant Sonja Bakić, Petković recorded a song named "Samo".^[5] On 8 June 2009 she won Pjesma Mediterana, music festival in Budva, with the song "S druge strane sna"; Petković also received a special award by Story magazine's internet poll "The Favourite of the Festival".^[1]

Personal life

Petković admires Roger Waters, Alanis Morissette and Oliver Mandić;^[2] she stated she finds herself in the song "Comfortably Numb".^[2] Petković is a very good friends with Sonja Bakić, other Operacija trijumf contestant.^[6] Nina is the long-term relationship with a member of the band Dan poslije.

Discography

Albums

• 2009: Upcoming compilation of Operacija trijumf contestants

Singles

• 2009: "Samo" (feat. Sonja Bakić)
• 2009: "S druge strane sna"
• 2009: "Bezobrazno"
• 2010: "Ne odustajem" (Pjesma Mediterana 2010)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} RT CG: Nina Petković pobjednica
2. ^ ^{a b c} Nina Petković at the Official Website of Operacija trijumf
3. ^ B92: Svima je želja „Pesma Evrovizije“
4. ^ www.esctoday.com: Montenegro: Andrea Demirovic to Eurovision
5. ^ Sonja Bakić i Nina Petković: nova pesma i spot “Samo”
6. ^ Sonja i Nina se druže i van Trijumfa!

2009-Bezobrazno 2006-Koraci(feat Dan Posilje) 2010-What do you want 2010-Ne odustajem

External links

• Nina Petković at MySpace
• Nina Petković at the Official Website of Operacija trijumf

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ivan Čanović	Pjesma Mediterana winner 2009	Succeeded by Dado Topić & Slađana Milošević

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Name	Petkovic, Nina
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