Tony Cetinski

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Tony Cetinski
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Cetinski at the Slovenian national final for Eurovision in February 2017
Background information
Birth nameAnthony Cetinski
Born (1969-05-31) 31 May 1969 (age 54)
Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1990–present
Labels
Spouse(s)
Dubravka
(m. 2014)

Anthony Cetinski (born 31 May 1969) is a Croatian pop singer.

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Biography

Born into a family of musicians in Pula (then SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia), Cetinski began singing when he was 15 years old with various local groups. He moved from Rovinj to Zagreb in 1991 to start his career, and quickly became one of Croatia's leading pop stars. In 1994, he represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva".

At the 10th Croatian Radio Festival in 2006, Cetinski won all three prizes in pop-rock category: HRF Grand Prix pop-rock, Listener's award and Music Editors award. [1] He also recorded the song "Lagala nas mala" as a duet with Macedonian singer Toše Proeski. This song appears on both of Proeski's 2005 albums, Po tebe and its Croatian edition Pratim te. The song was also remixed by DeeJay Time.

In 2009, Cetinski won the Porin award for best male vocal performance with his song "Ako to se zove ljubav". [2] Cetinski sold out two concerts in Arena Zagreb the same year with more than 30,000 people attending. [3]

Personal life

Tony is married to Dubravka. He is a devout Roman Catholic. [4]

Discography

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References

  1. "Hrvatski radijski festival - Novosti" (in Croatian). Croatian Radio Festival. 2006-06-03. Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2010-05-20. Trostrukim pobjednikom proglašen je Tony Četinski, koji je u kategoriji pop rock glazbe osvojio nagradu za najbolju pjesmu od strane glazbenih urednika, zatim nagradu na osnovu glasova slušatelja te Grand prix nagradu. Grand Prix Četinski je osvojio s pjesmom "Sve je s tobom napokon na mjestu".
  2. "Porin prošao u znaku hvalospjeva Dini Dvorniku" (in Croatian). Index.hr. May 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  3. Aleksandar Dragaš (2009-05-23). "Tony Četinski pred punom Arenom potvrdio se kao kralj estrade". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  4. "TONI CETINSKI PRED TISUĆAMA KRŠĆANA Otkrio što će nas Bog pitati kad stanemo pred Njega" (in Croatian). Dnevno.hr. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2020-05-15.

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Achievements
Preceded by Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
1994
Succeeded by