{"id":201549,"date":"2026-02-16T12:50:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=201549"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:50:35","slug":"croatia-chooses-song-for-eurovision-music-composed-by-well-known-serbian-singer-songwriter-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/croatia-chooses-song-for-eurovision-music-composed-by-well-known-serbian-singer-songwriter-video\/","title":{"rendered":"CROATIA CHOOSES SONG FOR EUROVISION: Music composed by well-known Serbian singer-songwriter! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Croatia has selected its representative for Eurovision 2026. Among 16 finalists at the Dora festival, LELEK managed to stand out with a combination of powerful vocals, striking aesthetics, and a song that flirts with tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this year\u2019s Dora, the five-member ethno-pop group LELEK triumphed with the song \u201cAndromeda,\u201d winning a total of 136 points and securing the support of both the jury and the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among 16 finalists at the Dora festival, LELEK managed to stand out with a combination of powerful vocals, striking aesthetics, and a song that flirts with tradition while remaining firmly within a contemporary pop framework, reports Danas.rs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DORA 2026 | LELEK - ANDROMEDA | POBJEDNI\u010cKI NASTUP\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KAu-LGeJTEs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their sound has been circulating on social media for some time, where they broke through with covers of traditional songs, but \u201cAndromeda\u201d marks their most ambitious step so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Particular attention has been drawn to the author behind the music, Serbian singer-songwriter Zorja, born Zorica Paji\u0107. She worked on the music for the winning entry together with her husband and also appears in the song as a backing vocalist. This is not their first collaboration: the song \u201cTane,\u201d which they previously co-wrote, continues to live on social media, with fans commenting that it deserved a festival opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zorja has not yet spoken publicly about her participation at Dora, but her authorial signature has already sparked public interest, especially since \u201cAndromeda\u201d carries a strong symbolic layer. The inspiration comes from a specific tradition of Catholic women from central Bosnia, tattoos known as sicanje or bocanje, a practice of permanent skin puncturing dating back to the Ottoman period and characteristic precisely of women from that region. In the song, that historical motif takes on a contemporary, almost mythical framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LELEK is a relatively young group, founded in September 2024. Its members are Judita \u0160torga, Marina Ramljak, Korina Olivia Rogi\u0107, Lara Brtan, and Klaudija Pulek \u2013 five vocalists who create a recognizable blend of traditional heritage and modern pop expression. 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Among 16 finalists at the Dora festival, LELEK managed to stand out with a combination of powerful vocals, striking aesthetics, and a song that flirts with tradition. At this year\u2019s Dora, the five-member ethno-pop group LELEK triumphed with the song \u201cAndromeda,\u201d winning a total of 136 points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":201550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6543,117,7887,113,11330],"class_list":["post-201549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-balkan","tag-evrovizija","tag-hrvatska","tag-pesma-za-evroviziju","tag-srbija","tag-zorica-pajic-zorja","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201579,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201549\/revisions\/201579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}