Barbara Popović
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Popović at rehearsal, JESC 2013
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September 16, 2000 Skopje, Macedonia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
Barbara Popović (Macedonian: Барбара Поповиќ, Macedonian pronunciation: [ˈbarbɐrɐ ˈpɔpovic]; born on September 16, 2000) is a Macedonian teen singer, who represented her country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
Popović was born in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on August 16, 2000.
At the time she performed in the Junior Eurovision 2013 final, Popović was 13, but already an experienced artist, famous in her country.
She was especially noted for her participation in the Macedonian children's music festival Super Zvezda ("Super Star"). She performed at the festival for the first time at the age of six, and continued yearly until she was ten. She had collaborated with many famous Macedonian artists, who composed for her, including Kaliopi, Jovan Jovanov, Darko Dimitrov, and Elena Risteska. Kaliopi was the one who wrote one of the songs she was most known for, "Bongiorno" ("Бонџорно").
Also, since the same age of six Popović had been studying piano in a music school, her piano teacher reportedly being "Macedonia’s most famous piano professor".
In 2013, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) decided to return to the Junior Eurovision after a two-year gap. Barbara Popović was chosen by the organizer, i.e. MRT, at an internal audition, there was no public selection process.
The song she performed at the Junior Eurovision contest was called "Ohrid i Muzika" ("Ohrid and Music"). It was written by Popović herself, with composer Kire Kostov helping with music and arrangement and Ognem Nedelkovski helping with lyrics. The song was inspired by an excursion trip to the ancient Macedonian town of Ohrid. As Popović revealed, the lyrics were dedicated to a boy from the Netherlands, and the song narrated the story of the "awakening of first love in her teenage heart". The lyrics went like this: "I speak not a single word of Dutch, but your eyes are so warm... In my homeland everybody sings and dances. Don't be silly, join us. Give me your hand, you will love this music more than love!... With this song I'm crossing borders in an instant."
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