Sanja Vučić

Sanja Vučić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сања Вучић; Serbian pronunciation: [sâɲa ʋûtʃitɕ], born 8 August 1993) is a Serbian singer. Initially recognised as the lead vocalist of the Serbian crossover band ZAA, she became best known for represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Goodbye" and since 2020 as member of R&B girl group Hurricane.[1]

Sanja Vučić
Background information
Born	(1993-08-08) 8 August 1993 Kruševac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Genres	R&B pop electronic ska dub post-rock jazz
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Associated acts	ZAA, Hurricane

Life and career

Early career

She finished both primary and secondary music school in Kruševac, at the department of opera singing. During her studies, she sang in various ensembles, ranging from the band performing ethno music Bele vile, to the town jazz orchestra, and in the church choir Saint Prince Lazar.[2]

ZAA

The band ZAA was founded in Kruševac in 2008 and Vučić joined in April 2012. Their music is a mix of styles from ska music and dub, to post-rock, jazz and punk. They have performed in over 200 cities throughout the former Yugoslavia, and also performed in Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary. The band has participated in numerous festivals, like Exit, Nišville, and Reggae Serbia fest.[3] As a member of ZAA, Vučić has made one album called "What About" (2014).

Eurovision Song Contest

Sanja Vučić with the Serbian flag at the opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Main article: Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Radio Television of Serbia internally selected Sanja Vučić for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. A press conference with the artist, held by RTS, took place on 7 March 2016 in Košutnjak, Belgrade where it was announced that the song Vučić would perform at the Eurovision Song Contest would be titled "Goodbye (Shelter)" and was written by Serbian singer-songwriter and lead vocalist of the rock band Negative, Ivana Peters.[4]

The Serbian performance at the Eurovision stage featured Sanja Vučić performing together with four backing vocalists and a male ballet dancer.[5][6] The choreography and staging of the performance interpreted the song's abuse of women in domestic violence message.[7] In the final, Serbia performed in position 15 and placed eighteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 115 points.[8]

Vučić was an international jury member in the Czech national selection process to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and in the first semi-final of the selection for the French entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[9][10]

Hurricane

In 2017 Sanja joined a R&B girl group called Hurricane and so far they released three songs called "Irma, Maria", "Feel right" and "Personal", as well as one song called "Favorito" in Serbian.[11] Hurricane aims to be recognized globally; they have two planned songs for Universal (as of November 2019),[12][13] They participated in the 2020 edition of the Beovizija where they were selected to represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with the song "Hasta La Vista".[14] However, the 2020 contest was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. In June 2020, it was confirmed that Hurricane would represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

Personal life

She currently lives in Belgrade, where she attends the Faculty of Philology, Department of Arabic Language and Literature. She speaks Serbian, English, Italian, Spanish, and Arabic.

Discography

With ZAA

Studio albums

• What About (2014)

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2016	"Goodbye (Shelter) / Iza osmeha" (as "ZAA" Sanja Vučić)[15]	Non-album single

With Hurricane

Main article: Hurricane (Serbian band) § Discography

As featured artist

Year	Title	Album
2014	"Underground Riot" (Y.O.X feat. Sanja)	Non-album singles
	"Želje" (Mr.Rabbit feat. Sanja)
2016	"Kuća heroja" (Anthem of the Serbian Olympic team)	Non-album single
2017	"Genesis" (Meta feat. Sanja)	Non-album singles
	"Rezervisano" (Djexon feat. Sanja)
2018	"Šuška Se, Šuška" (Dejan Petrović feat. Sanja)	Non-album single

Filmography

Title	Year	Notes
Eurovision Song CZ	2018	International jury member
Destination Eurovision	2019	International jury member

References

1. Leon, Jakov I. (7 March 2016). "ZAA to represent Serbia with "Goodbye"". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
2. "Sanja Vučić – biography" (PDF). rts.rs. 5 March 2016.
3. "ZAA Bio". ZAA Official Site. 5 March 2016.
4. Leon, Jakov I. (7 March 2016). "ZAA to represent Serbia with "Goodbye"". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
5. Nilsson, Helena (4 May 2016). "Third day of rehearsals". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
6. Brey, Marco (7 May 2016). "Day 6 at the Globe Arena". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
7. "Sanja Vučić: Prema reakcijama na turneji, bićemo prvi". b92.net (in Serbian). B92. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
8. "Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Grand Final". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
9. Weaver, Jessica (22 January 2018). "Czech Republic: ČT reveals international jury members for 2018 national final". esctoday.com. ESCtoday. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
10. "France: Sanja Vucic among international jury for first semi-final of Destination Eurovision". Wiwi Bloggs. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
11. https://www.blic.rs/zabava/vesti/pesmom-protiv-uragana-tri-nase-devojke-pevaju-na-engleskom-a-jedna-od-njih-je-cerka/3zqwdrz
12. grand.online
13. pink.rs
14. "Serbia's Beovizija 2020 songs released". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
15. ""ZAA" Sanja Vučić* - Goodbye (Shelter)". Discogs. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Bojana Stamenov with "Beauty Never Lies"	Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016	Succeeded by Tijana Bogićević with "In Too Deep"
Preceded by Nevena Božović with "Kruna"	Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest (as part of Hurricane) 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent