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Luka Nižetić
Luka Nižetić
Born	12 August 1983 (age 41); Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Genres	Pop, rock
Occupations	Singer; songwriter; actor;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar; piano;
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Menart Records

Luka Nižetić (born 12 August 1983) is a Croatian singer. His debut album Premijera was recorded in 2006. He is best known for his hits "Ponekad poželim" ("Sometimes I wish") and "Proljeće" ("Springtime").

Biography

Luka Nižetić was born in Split, Croatia, as the second child of Tamara and Milo Nižetić. Together with his sister Petra, he grew up in Mertojak, part of Split. His parents noticed Luka's great interest in music at a young age. Consequently, they sent him to nuns for his early music education. A nun, called Cecilia, taught Luka to play the piano. When he was about 11 years old, music professor Mišo Linić started giving Luka lessons in singing and gave him basic knowledge in composing. The opera diva Sanja Erceg–Vrekalo taught him in singing technique. When Luka was about seventeen years old, he composed his first song "Ludi grad" (Oh Crazy Town). The composer Zdenko Runjić included this song in his music festival MHJ 2001. To everybody's surprise, the young singer won three Silver Seagulls as 2nd prize by the expert jury.

Career

2004 was a stellar year for Nižetić. He signed a contract with Menart Records, and published his first album Premijera which included the singles "Ne krivi me" (Don't Blame Me), "Tebi pjevam" (I'm singing to you), "Ponekad poželim" (Sometimes I wish), "Proljeće" (Springtime) and "Meni trebaš ti" (I need you). After his second performance in the song competition Dora in 2005, where he presented his own song "Proljeće" (Springtime), Luka Nižetić became a well known music personality in Croatia. There followed his nomination for the discographic prize Porin (Croatian equivalent of Grammy) in the category [debutant of the year] as well as a performance in Osijek. Later, Luka reached success in the Croatian Radio Festival in 2006 singing together with Lana Jurčević the hit song "Prava ljubav" (True love); it soon reached the top of almost all Croatian music lists.

In Light Music Festival, Split 2006, he presented the song "More" (The Sea) for which he won the Golden Sail. After the first final evening of the festival, the audience placed him first and in the superfinale, the audience placed him third overall.

On February 16, 2019, Nižetić took part in Dora 2019, the Croatian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, with the song “Brutalero”, written by Branimir Mihaljević.^[1] He performed eighth and finished third with 13 out of 24 available points, placing behind winner Roko Blažević and runner-up Lorena Bućan.^[2] Nižetić is se to take part at Dora 2025 with the song "Južina."^[3]

Discography

Premijera (2005)
Slobodno dišem (2007)
Na tren i zavijek (2008)
Kad zasvira... (2012)
Ljubav je mukte (2018)
Ludilo brale (2022)

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Dora 2003	Himself	10th place
2005	Dora 2005	Himself	6th place
2007	Ples sa zvijezdama	Himself	Season 2, Winner (with Mirjana Žutić)	^[4]
2012–14	Volim Hrvatsku	Himself	2 Episodes
2015–18	Zvijezdice	Himself	Judge	^[5]
2020	Dora 2020	Himself	3rd place
2021	5.com s Danielom	Himself	Guest
2024	Tko to tamo pjeva?	Himself	Panelist	^[6]
2025	Dora 2025	Himself		^[3]

References

^ Farren, Neil (17 January 2019). "Croatia: Dora 2019 Participants Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ Herbert, Emily (20 February 2019). "Croatia: Full Dora 2019 Televoting Results Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Dora 2025: Rekordan broj prijava i 24 pjesme u utrci za pobjedu" [Dora 2025: Record number of entries and 24 songs in the race for victory]. magazin.hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. 5 December 2024. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
^ "Luka i Mirjana pobjednici Plesa sa zvijezdama" [Luka and Mirjana won Plesa sa zvijezdama]. ezadar.net.hr. 23 December 2007. Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
^ "Luka Nižetić: 'Mogla bi ovo biti najjača sezona Zvjezdica do sada'". RTL. 4 April 2018.
^ Uzinić, Mia (4 April 2024). "Luka Nižetić, panelist popularnog showa: Ni u snu nisam mogao zamislit da ću se tako veselit manjku nečijeg talenta". Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 6 December 2024.

"Luka Nižetić". menart.hr (in Croatian). Menart Records. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

External links

Official website (in Croatian)
Official blog (in Croatian)

Preceded by Zrinka Cvitešić & Nicolas Quesnoit	Ples sa zvijezdama winner Season 2 (2007 with Mirjana Žutić)	Succeeded by Mario Valentić & Ana Herceg