Marija Šestić

Marija Šestić
Marija Šestić at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Marija Šestić at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Background information
Birth nameMarija Šestić
Born (1987-05-05) 5 May 1987 (age 37)
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
InstrumentPiano

Marija Šestić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Шестић; born 5 May 1987) is a Bosnian Serb singer and musician. She is most known for representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. Performing the song "Rijeka bez imena" ("Nameless river"), Šestić collected a total of 106 points, placing eleventh out of twenty-four entries.

Career

A pianist by trade,[1] Šestić has achieved top results in domestic festivals and also had the chance to be the first artist from the former Yugoslavia to appear on MTV Europe. Marija attempted to reach Eurovision in 2005 and with the song "In This World", she ended up in a respectable fourth place at the national final.

Personal life

Šestić's father, Dušan Šestić, is also a musician and composed the national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2][3][4]

Music festival wins

See also

References

  1. ^ Eurovision Radio International. "Eurovision Live Concert 2015: Interview with Marija Sestic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-14 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "ZaÅ¡to je DuÅ¡an Å estić najveći svetski baksuz meÄ'u kompozitorima". Blic (in Serbian).
  3. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina". nationalanthems.info. 28 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Dušan Šestić: Tekst himne ćemo dobiti onda kada to budemo istinski željeli". Klix (in Bosnian). Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
Preceded by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest
2007 		Succeeded by


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