Stefan Filipović Стефан Филиповић | |
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 Stefan Filipović in ESC 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Stefan Filipović (1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (age 39) |
| Genres | Pop,disco |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1999 - present |
Stefan Filipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Филиповић) (born 18 January 1987) is aMontenegrin pop singer.
Filipović was born inTitograd, nowPodgorica, and studied in theCetinje Music Academy. He started singing at age seven and he took part in various festivals in Montenegro and abroad. On 27 January he wonMontenegroSong 2008, hence gaining the right to representMontenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, that was held inBelgrade,Serbia. The song performed was chosen internally by a 30-member jury appointed byRTCG. The winning song was titled "Zauvijek volim te" (I love you for eternity), and was made by a team ofMacedonian musicians -Grigor Koprov (author),Ognen Nedelkovski (composer) andVladimir Dojčinovski (arranger), the same trio that created the Macedonian entry in2007 -Mojot Svet. An English version of the song was also recorded, under the title "Never forget that I love you". The song's demo version was presented on Saturday 8 March and was rearranged until 15 March. Filipović performed the song at the first semi-final of the competition, but failed to reach the final having only received 23 points placing him 14th in a pool of 19.
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| Preceded by | Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Music Festival Budva winner 2007 | Succeeded by |
