Roko Blažević (born 10 March 2000), also known as Roko, is a Croatian pop singer. He represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "The Dream", having won Dora 2019.[1][2][3]
Roko Blažević | |
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 Roko Blažević in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roko Blažević |
| Also known as | Roko |
| Born | 10 March 2000 Split, Croatia |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instruments |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
| Labels | Croatia Records |
Early life
editBlažević was born in Split to mother, Marija Saratlija-Blažević, a singer, and a father, Mario Blažević, also a singer, of the klapa genre. His brother plays upright bass. Roko's ex-girlfriend, Andrea Aužina, has participated in the same season of Zvijezde and in the third season of The Voice Hrvatska.[4]
Career
editIn July 2017, Blažević won the Serbian reality show Pinkove Zvezdice,[5] as well as in December 2018, he won the second place in the Croatian reality-show, Zvijezde. On 16 February 2019, Blažević won Dora 2019 with the song "The Dream", and afterwards he went on to represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, but failed to qualify from the second semi-final, placing 14th with 64 points.
On 1 June 2024 he held a concert with Klapa More in Manhattan Beach, California, as a part of Croatian Cultural Heritage Month celebrations.[6]
Discography
editSingles
edit| Title | Year | Peak position | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
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| "Podsjećaš na ljubav" | 2018 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||||||
| "The Dream" | 2019 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Krila" | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Božić nam dolazi" | 2020 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Roko Blažević je pobjednik Dore". Index.hr. 16 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (16 February 2019). "Croatia: Roko Blažević to Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Mladi Splićanin pobjednik je 'Pinkovih zvezdica'" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 8 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "On je čudo koje svijet treba čuti: Evo tko je Roko Blažević, 18-godišnji Splićanin koji će predstavljati Hrvatsku u Izraelu". tportal.hr (in Croatian). 27 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Petnaestogodišnji Splićanin Roko Blažević najveća je mlada glazbena zvijezda u regiji, a Hrvati za njega nikad nisu čuli" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 29 January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "California embraces Croatian culture with month-long festivities". croatiaweek.com. Croatia Week. 26 May 2024.
- ^ Peak positions in Croatia:
- For "The Dream": "HRTop40 Week 9 2019" (in Croatian). Hrvatska Diskografska Udruga. 3 March 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- For "Božić nam dolazi": "HR TOP 40 Week 51 2020" (in Croatian). toplista. 27 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.