Vlado and Isolda

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Vlado & Isolda was a pop duo that represented Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "Ciao, amore". [1]

The duo consisted of Croatian and Serbian pop singers, Vlado Kalember and Izolda Barudžija, respectively. The latter had appeared as a singer or back-up singer in two previous contests, her most famous appearance being the 1983 entry "Džuli".

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References

  1. Motschenbacher, Heiko (23 December 2016). Language, Normativity and Europeanisation: Discursive Evidence from the Eurovision Song Contest. Springer. p. 123. ISBN   978-1-137-56301-9 . Retrieved 25 July 2022.
Preceded by Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
1984
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