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Place of Birth: Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
About Boris Novković
- Boris Novkovic (born 25 December 1967) is a Croatian pop-rock singer. He was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia.
- His interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with a mother who taught music, and a father, Ðorde Novkovic, who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager.
- He released his first album, Kuda idu izgubljene djevojke in 1986, selling 120,000 copies, while his follow-up release in 1987, Jaci od sudbine, was more successful still.
- Two more successful albums followed: Dok svira radio in 1988 and Obojeni snovi in 1989. In 1990 he narrowly missed out on the chance to represent Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dajana", but his second-place finish in the national pre-selection instead secured him a place at the International festival in Kuala Lumpur.
- Seven more albums followed up to 2003, as well as two "best of" compilations, but few songs were able to match the popularity of the early ones. In 2005, fifteen years after his near miss in the Yugoslav pre-selection, Novkovic won the right to represent the now independent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest.
- He performed his song "Vukovi umiru sami" ("Wolves die alone") together with members of the Lado ensemble.
- To win the Dora pre-selection competition on 5 March 2005, they had to defeat an array of former Croatian Eurovision representatives, including Magazin, Danijela Martinovic, Vesna Pisarovic and Goran Karan. Despite the respectable showing of Croatia's 2004 Eurovision entry "You Are The Only One", the country did not achieve a high enough placing to qualify automatically for the 2005 grand final.
- Thus Boris' song was performed in the semifinal, where it finished 4th with 169 points, qualifying for the final.
- Novkovic represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev and finished 11th with 115 points.
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See Also
- Famous People's Birthdays on 25 December, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Famous People's Birthdays in December, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Famous People's Birthdays on 25 December, Croatia
- Famous People's Birthdays in December, Croatia
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- Famous singer's Birthdays in December, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Famous songwriter's Birthdays on 25 December, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Famous songwriter's Birthdays in December, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Famous composer's Birthdays on 25 December, Croatia
- Famous composer's Birthdays in December, Croatia
- Famous singer's Birthdays on 25 December, Croatia
- Famous singer's Birthdays in December, Croatia
- Famous songwriter's Birthdays on 25 December, Croatia
- Famous songwriter's Birthdays in December, Croatia