Severina Vučković

Severina Vuckovic
Birth name	Severina Vuckovic
Born	April 21 1972 (1972--) (age 35) in Split, Croatia
Origin	Croatia
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, Actress
Years active	1989 - present
Website	www.severina.com

Severina Vučković (born April 21 1972 in Split) is a Croatian pop music star and actress. Her stage name is simply Severina. Her style has various folk and cabaret-style influences. She is also widely known for her 2004 sex tape. In August 2007, Severina announced her engagement to the young schankist Mali Zito. The wedding is scheduled to take place in December 2007 at the Tombstone Saloon in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Career

Severina's career began in 1989, and she has been one of the most popular Croatian artists in history. She won many festival-awards and her albums achieved high sales. Some of the better known songs have included Kad si sam, Dalmatinka, Djevojka sa sela, Ja samo pjevam, Paloma Nera, Virujen u te, Ante, Adio ljube, Hrvatica, Adam i Seva, Moja štikla, Krivi spoj etc. She released a Greatest Hits album in 2005.

In 2004 she became part of a sex scandal reported worldwide after a personal sex tape featuring her and a wealthy married businessman leaked onto the Internet.*[1] The very sexually graphic nature of the video which includes full penetrative sex without condoms, oral sex and the fact that she was doing all of this with a married man shocked the Croatian nation and permanently damaged her public image as she promoted abstinence and morals in many of her public appearances. With this image in shreds and her hypocrisy exposed, Severina decided to sue the website that released the tape for damages, claiming that the video was stolen from her.^[1] The case was dismissed by the District Court in Zagreb. By this stage the video was already widely available across the internet. However, it actually boosted her career, especially internationally as the news story and sex video quickly went around the world and millions who had never heard of Severina now knew of her. This career boost is similar to what fellow celebrity sex tape stars (such as Paris Hilton) have experienced. Severina now embraces a more sexy image, particularly highlighted in her choices of revealing costumes and dances. The new image has so far been successful for her.

She won the Dora 2006 festival with the song "Moja Štikla" and represented Croatia in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece, on May 20 2006 finishing in 13th place with 56 points. The song caused some small controversy in Croatia, as many journalists and commentators claimed it resembled Serbian music, when in fact the song contains elements of traditional Dalmatian music styles. Although the most prominent Croatian ethno-musicians such as Dunja Knebl and Lidija Bajuk disagree, both the composer Boris Novković and Severina affirm that the song includes Croatian folk music influences from the Dalmatian Zagora (Inner Dalmatia) such as ganga and rere singing and lijerica instrumentation.

Severina just returned to the limelight with a new romantic song named "Gardelin" (Nightingale). Severina's new song will be the themesong for a new upcoming movie filmed in Slovenia, called "Roosters breakfast". The song is online at Severina's fanclub site[2].

Severina is preparing her 10th studio album that is going to be released until the end of this year.

Discography

• Severina – 1989
• Dalmatinka – 1993
• Trava zelena – 1995
• Moja stvar – 1996
• Djevojka sa sela – 1998
• Paloma nera - Live album – 1999
• Ja samo pjevam – 1999
• Pogled ispod obrva – 2001
• 18 velikih hitova – 2002
• Virujen u te - Najbolje uživo – 2002
• Virujen u te - DVD – 2003
• Severgreen – 2004
• Moja štikla – 2006

References

1. ^ Pop Star Asks Court To Show Her Porn Movie. The Independent, October 30, 2004

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest

External links

• Severina.com - note requires Flash plugin
• Croatian Eurovison Song Contest Pre-selection Page
• Most popular Severina site

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