#Zeljko Joksimovic

[betweenthetimeandsound]

Jelena Tomašević -- Jutro (Evropesma 2005)

"Hej, suzice, brojanice more ti je postelja prošao si sve stanice, samo meni više doći nećeš..."

"Hey, little tears, my rosaries, the sea is your bed now, you have passed all the stops, but only to me you will never come..."

If you remember my 250, you might recognize Jelena with her song Oro in 2008. It's a haunting, melancholic gem, with beautiful imagery and sadness about Jelena's lost love. I thought I would be put off it, but it grew on me, and became my winner.

Jutro, on the other hand, was love at first listen.

Using oceanic elements instead of those based on wheat, it's a lament about a lost love. From the flow of the melody, it feels like Jelena was waiting for her love to come, before realizing her lover has drowned in the waves, and probably died herself "my breasts hurt like sails/for my life has come to an end". (Strange imagery, but it gets at the angst.) Combined with Zeljko's composition, it makes for a heart wrenching tale.

Jutro was also involved in one of the most controversial NFs ever (every Evropesma ever), in which Zeljko might have gotten too cocky and planned a party prior to the final, both sides accused the other of blanking songs from the other broadcaster, and it ended up a total mess which would mark the beginning of the end of Serbia-Montenegro as a country.

The winner, Zauvijek Moja, came in seventh at Eurovision 2005 (and became the basis of Love Love Peace Peace's melody eleven years later!). However, I think Jutro has a bit more power to elevate the country to the top five again, though I'm not sure if it would've won. Especially in a year filled with ethno-influenced music in 2005.

But, who knows?

[gaymer-hag-stan]

Good evening Europe!

It's that magical time of the year again when we all come together to trash each others' musical tastes!

The point system has changed many times over the years, and as various countries have come and gone, it is hard to determine who did "the best" based on the points they got alone as, since the maximum available points doubled with the jury and televote scores no longer being combined, post 2016 entries would have an obvious advantage and, likewise, the contests with 40+ participants would also have more maximum available points to give so a country getting 200 points in 2004 is not the same as another getting 200 points in 2009 or 2016.

But if we divide the points each entry got by the maximum available points for the respective year it competed, we get a percentage score that can easily be measured against entries from years with differing point systems.

So, for example, in 2009 42 countries participated. The maximum points each country can award is of course 12 and you can't vote for yourself. So 41 × 12 = 492. Let's then take Norway's total of 387 points and divide it by the 492 total of maximum available points. We get 78.6, meaning Norway and Alexander Rybak amassed 78.6% of the total points in 2009!

In the case of tie breaks the entry that placed higher in its respective year wins the tie break and if there's still a tie I used rules similar to the actual contest; the winner of a tie is the entry that received more points from televoting. If there are no split results available to the public, the entry that received points from more countries, then the country that received more 12 points, then 10 points all the way down to 1. If the tie cannot be broken in this way, the entry that performed earlier wins the tie break.

I've set 2004 as the "beginning of time", if you will, because that's when I started watching Eurovision and because there also had to be some sort of limit to how far back I would go with this 🤣

With that very long-winded explanation of my measuring tactics out of the way, shall we see our current Top 100 before new entries are added after the 2023 Grand Final is over?

100. Greece 🇬🇷 - 2010 - Giorgos Alkaios and Friends - Opa - 30.7%

99. Armenia 🇦🇲 - 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone - 30.9%

98. Bulgaria 🇧🇬 - 2016 - Poli Genova - If Love Was a Crime - 31.1%

97. Belgium 🇧🇪 - 2010 - Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar - 31.3%

96. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 - 2019 - Chingiz - Truth - 31.4%

95. North Macedonia 🇲🇰 - 2019 - Tamara Todevska - Proud - 31.7%

94. Serbia 🇷🇸 - 2008 - Jelena Tomasevic feat. Bora Duguc - Oro - 31.7%

93. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 - 2010 - Safura - Drip Drop - 31.7%

92. Bulgaria 🇧🇬 - 2007 - Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov - Water - 31.7%

91. Moldova 🇲🇩 - 2005 - Zdob si Zdub - Boonika bate toba - 32.4%

90. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 2006 - Tina Karol - Show Me Your Love - 32.6%

89. Denmark 🇩🇰 - 2010 - Chanée and N'evergreen - In a Moment like This - 32.6%

88. Finland 🇫🇮 - 2021 - Blind Channel - Dark Side - 33%

87. Hungary 🇭🇺 - 2014 - András Kállay-Saunders - Running - 33.1%

86. Turkey 🇹🇷 - 2007 - Kenan Dogulu - Shake It Up Sekerim - 33.1%

85 Greece 🇬🇷 - 2013 - Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis - Alcohol Is Free - 33.3%

84. Serbia 🇷🇸 - 2022 - Konstrakta - In corpore sano - 33.3%

83. Latvia 🇱🇻 - 2005 - Walters and Khaza - The War Is Not Over - 33.5%

82. Israel 🇮🇱 - 2005 - Shiri Maimon - HaSheket SheNish'ar - 33.7%

81. Germany 🇩🇪 - 2008 - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone - 33.7%

80. Italy 🇮🇹 - 2017 - Francesco Gabbani - Occidentali's Karma - 33.9%

79. Austria 🇦🇹 - 2018 - Cesár Sampson - Nobody but You - 33.9%

78. Norway 🇳🇴 - 2019 - Keiino - Spirit in the Sky - 34.4%

77. Romania 🇷🇴 - 2007 - Luminita Anghel and Sistem - Let Me Try - 34.6%

76. Sweden 🇸🇪 - 2019 - John Lundvik - Too Late for Love - 34.7%

75. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 2011 - Mika Newton - Angel - 34.8%

74. Sweden 🇸🇪 - 2017 - Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On - 34.9%

73. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 - 2009 - Jade Ewen - It's My Time - 35.1%

72. Romania 🇷🇴 - 2010 - Paula Seling and Ovi - Playing with Fire - 35.5%

71. Turkey 🇹🇷 - 2009 - Hadise - Düm Tek Tek - 35.9%

70. Norway 🇳🇴 - 2008 - Maria - Hold On Be Strong - 36.1%

69. Lithuania 🇱🇹 - 2006 - LT United - We Are the Winners - 36.4%

68. Belgium 🇧🇪 - 2017 - Blanche - City Lights - 36.8%

67. Turkey 🇹🇷 - 2010 - Manga - We Could Be the Same - 37.2%

66. Switzerland 🇨🇭 - 2019 - Luca Hänni - She Got Me - 37.9%

65. Moldova 🇲🇩 - 2017 - SunStroke Project - Hey Mamma - 38%

64. Russia 🇷🇺 - 2013 - Dina Garipova - What If - 38.1%

63. Sweden 🇸🇪 - 2006 - Carola - Invincible - 38.2%

62. Russia 🇷🇺 - 2019 - Sergey Lazarev - Scream - 38.5%

61. Romania 🇷🇴 - 2006 - Mihai Traistariu - Tornerò - 38.7%

60. Armenia 🇦🇲 - 2008 - Sirusho - Qélé, Qélé - 39.4%

59. Latvia 🇱🇻 - 2015 - Aminata - Love Injected - 39.7%

58. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 2021 - Go_A - Shum - 39.9%

57. Armenia 🇦🇲 - 2014 - Aram Mp3 - Not Alone - 40.3%

56. Sweden 🇸🇪 - 2004 - Lena Philipsson - It Hurts - 40.4%

55. Cyprus 🇨🇾 - 2004 - Lisa Andreas - Stronger Every Minute - 40.4%

54. Sweden 🇸🇪 - 2011 - Eric Saade - Popular - 40.5%

53. Iceland 🇮🇸 - 2021 - Dathi og Gagnamagnith - 10 Years - 41.4%

52. Italy 🇮🇹 - 2011 - Raphael Gualazzi - Madness of Love - 41.4%

51. Australia 🇦🇺 - 2015 - Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again - 41.8%

50. Norway 🇳🇴 - 2013 - Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love - 41.8%

49. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 - 2009 - AySel and Arash - Always - 42%

48. Russia 🇷🇺 - 2007 - Serebro - Song #1 - 42%

47. Malta 🇲🇹 - 2005 - Chiara - Angel - 42.1%

46. Greece 🇬🇷 - 2008 - Kalomira - Secret Combination - 43.2%

45. Cyprus 🇨🇾 - 2018 - Eleni Foureira - Fuego - 43.2%

44. Serbia 🇷🇸 - 2012 - Zeljko Joksimovic - Nije ljubav stvar - 43.4%

43. Iceland 🇮🇸 - 2009 - Yohanna - Is It True? - 44.3%

42. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 2008 - Ani Lorak - Shady Lady - 45.6%

41. Belgium 🇧🇪 - 2015 - Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside - 46.3%

40. Turkey 🇹🇷 - 2004 - Athena - For Real - 46.4%

39. Sweden 🇸🇪 - 2022 - Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer - 46.7%

38. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 2013 - Zlata Ognevich - Gravity - 46.9%

37. Switzerland 🇨🇭 - 2021 - Gjon's Tears - Tout l'univers - 47.3%

36. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 2007 - Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai - 47.7%

35. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 - 2011 - Ell and Nikki - Running Scared - 48.4%

34. Spain 🇪🇸 - 2022 - Chanel - SloMo - 49%

33. Italy 🇮🇹 - 2019 - Mahmood - Soldi - 49.1%

32. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 - 2022 - Sam Ryder - Space Man - 49.7%

31. Russia 🇷🇺 - 2016 Sergey Lazarev - You Are the Only One - 49.8%

30. Sweden 🇸🇪 - 2014 - Sanna Nielsen - Undo 50.4%

29. Greece 🇬🇷 - 2005 - Helena Paparizou - My Number One - 50.4%

28. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 - 2013 - Farid Mammadov - Hold Me - 51.3%

27. Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 - 2006 - Hari Mata Hari - Lejla - 51.5%

26. Netherlands 🇳🇱 - 2019 - Duncan Lawrence - Arcade - 51.8%

25. Australia 🇦🇺 - 2016 - Dami Im - Sound of Silence - 51.9%

24. Israel 🇮🇱 - 2018 - Netta - Toy - 52.4%

23. Russia 🇷🇺 - 2012 - Buranovskiye Babushki - Party for Everybody - 52.6%

22. Germany 🇩🇪 - 2010 - Lena - Satellite - 53.9%

21. Russia 🇷🇺 - 2008 - Dima Bilan - Believe - 53.9%

20. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 2016 - Jamala - 1944 - 54.2%

19. Serbia 🇷🇸 - 2007 - Marija Serifovic - Molitva - 54.4%

18. France 🇫🇷 - 2021 - Barbara Pravi - Voilà - 54.7%

17. Netherlands 🇳🇱 - 2014 - The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm - 55%

Honourable Mention. Turkey 🇹🇷 - 2003 - Sertab Erener - Everyway That I Can - 55.6%

16. Russia 🇷🇺 - 2006 - Dima Bilan - Never Let You Go - 55.8%

15. Italy 🇮🇹 - 2021 - Måneskin - Zitti e Buoni - 57.4%

14. Greece 🇬🇷 - 2004 - Sakis Rouvas - Shake It - 60%

13. Denmark 🇩🇰 - 2013 - Emmelie de Forest - Only Teardrops - 61.6%

12. Italy 🇮🇹 - 2015 - Il Volo - Grande amore - 62.3%

11. Bulgaria 🇧🇬 - 2017 - Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess - 62.5%

10. Serbia and Montenegro 🇷🇸 - 2004 - Zeljko Joksimovic and Ad-Hoc Orchestra - Lane Moje - 62.6%

9. Russia 🇷🇺 - 2015 - Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices - 64.7%

8. Finland 🇫🇮 - 2006 - Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah - 65.7%

7. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 2004 - Ruslana - Wild Dances - 66.6%

6. Austria 🇦🇹 - 2014 - Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix - 67.1%

5. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 2022 - Kalush Orchestra - Stefania - 67.4%

4. Sweden 🇸🇪 - 2012 - Loreen - Euphoria - 75.6%

3. Portugal 🇵🇹 - 2017 - Salvador Sobral - Amar pelos dois - 77%

2. Sweden 🇸🇪 - 2015 - Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes - 77.9%

1. Norway 🇳🇴 - 2009 - Alexander Rybak - Fairytale - 78.6%

And there it is! The 100 most successful Eurovision entries from 2004 to 2022?

Did your all time fave make the cut?

[abrainstorm]

Zeljko Joksimovic - Mozda je to ljubav

[moiorchidea]

lane moje by zeljko joksimovic

[guybracha]

Eurovision 2004 - The Trinity

The top 3 places of eurovision 2004 (istanbul, turkey)

Zeljko Joksimovic - Serbia and Montenegro (lane moje)

Ruslana - Ukraine (wild dances)

Sakis Rouvas - Greece (shake it)

[sevilehane]

Zeljko Joksimovic - Lane Moje (FULL HD) with English sub

[akatiuspielinki]

10 songs 10 tags!

Thank you for your tag @snowchester-nuke!

These are in a random order! Some songs I like and love.

Puhuit linnuista by Happoradio (I have two tattoos based on this song!)

Out of Breath by Wave Break

Wait by Bryde

Fugitive by Halflives

SHUM by Go_A

Nije Ljubav Stvar by Zeljko Joksimovic

Perje by Milan Stankovic

Kuula by Ott Lepland

Love in Rewind by Dino Merlin

Korake Ti Znam by Maya Sar

Also honorable artist mentions which is not part of the original tag: Bry, Icon for Hire, Beyond Awareness, Merta, Still Ghost, Cyan Kicks and Allegory Of <3

Unfortunately I do not know who to tag, but if you see this, you can do this!

[tonin-terets]

Nexus Studios - 'Silent Running' by Gorillaz, directed by Jamie Hewlett & Fx Goby from Nexus Studios on Vimeo.

Directors: Jamie Hewlett & Fx Goby Executive Producers: Jamie Hewlett & Damon Albarn Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn are managed by Eleven Management A Nexus Studios & Gorillaz Production

London Studio Executive Producers: Charlotte Bavasso & Chris O'Reilly, Mike Bell, Fx Goby CG Supervisor: Dave Hunt VFX Supervisor: Germán Díez Director of Photography: Ricky Patel Lead Compositor: Sacha Danjou Editor: Dave Slade Producer: Isobel Conroy, Jo Bierton Production Manager: Ruyi Meer Production Coordinator: Tyler Antin Head of Pipeline: Tom Melson Systems Engineer: Ryan Cawthorne Character Modeller: Andrew Hickinbottom Character Texture Artist: Florian Caspar Lead 3D Animator: William Lorton 3D Animators: Marylou Mao, Tom Lowe 3D Generalist: Josh Barlow, Matilde Vinther 2DFX Animator: Bethany Levy Compositors: Sander Saks, Gareth Tredrea Storyboard Artists: Emmanuelle Walker, Louis Kynd Lead Rigger: Niko Rossi Rigger: Nayla Nassar VFX Editors: Andrea Zantiras, Zaki Fulford Designer: Ieuan Lewis Creative & Talent Development: Delfina Maria Head of Production: Rachel Moss Head of Resourcing: Natalie Busuttil Studio Resourcing Coordinator: Meg Dupont Studio Systems Administrator: Rory Bedward IT Support: Vinicius Donadio PR & Marketing: Valentina Tarelli, Nancy Edmondson, Steph Anjo

Sydney Studio Executive Creative Producer: Darren Price Executive Producer: Tina Braham Producer: Diana Angelius Head of Studio: Ben Seager IT Manager: Jason Yee Head of 2D: Gary Fouchy Lead Compositor: Navid Bagherzadeh Compositor: Mat McCosker, Daniel Alvarez, Chris Charlton Digital Matte Painter: Jamie Phillips Junior Compositor: Wendy Lu Head of Lighting: Mike Lomas Lighting: Trent Rogan, Cosmo Park

3D Tracking: PEANUT Roto: Team VFX Artist

Sound FX Designer: JM Finch Additional Sound FX elements recorded at Brain Audio

Grade Company: Black Kite Studios Colourist: George K Colour Assist: Billy Dawson Colour Producer: Jade Denne

Live Action Service Production Company: Tuna Icon Executive Producer: Ivana Antic Line Producer: Diana Bojovic Production Manager: Janko Djoric Production Coordinators: Igor Milakov, Jovana Krnic PAs: Tara Koljkovic, Aleksandar Jelic 1st AD: Ivan Grbin 2nd AD: Boris Obrenov Production Designer: Goran Joksimovic PD Assistants: Nevena Mijuskovic, Izabela Radovanovic SFX Coordinator: Zamal M'Barek Costume Stylist: Ivana Ivic Stylist Assistants: Ivana Djuric, Sofija Jaksic Hair Stylist: Jelena Dujovic Makeup Artist: Irena Miletic Lead Prosthetic makeup artists: Katarina Bugarski Gajic, Nenad Gajic Prosthetics (workshop): Kosta Kolaric, Kristina Tekic, Milan Mihailovic 1st assistant prosthetic makeup artist: Olga Baturan 2nd assistant prosthetic makeup artist: Teodora Davidovic 3rd assistant prosthetic makeup artist: Nikola Rakovic Key Grip: Ivan Lekovic Gaffer: Igor Pavlovic Light Desk Operator: Nikola Uzelac Stunt Supervisor: Slavisa Ivanovic Rigging: Djole Alavanja Tras Coordinator: Pedja Mos Focus Puller: Milan Kostic 2nd AC: Nikola Cojcic Video Assistant: Zeljko Nikolic Q-take: Ivan Tanaskovic DIT: Jovan Nikolic Playback Operator: Aleksa Racic Unit Manager: Oliver Rnjak Transport Coordinator: Nikola Kopilanovic Stunts: Jelena Bakovic, Dejan Popadic

Cast: 2D, Noodle, Russel Hobbs, Murdoc Niccals

Supporting Cast: Milica Tepavac, Dejan Kolarov, Jelena Tjapkin, Budimir Stosic, Anisja Stojkovic, Ljubica Ikic, Dimitrij Ponkratenko

Eleven Management are: Niamh Byrne, Regine Moylett, Tanyel Vahdettin, Stars Redmond, Astrid Ferguson, Gaby Power, Ellie Nolan, Katherine Nash, Suzi Grossman, Selena Dion, Saskia Blow, Clare Moss, Hannah Norris

Official Biographers: Ed Caurana & Tom O’Malley

[guysofeurovision]

Awkward confessions:

1. Eldar might looks like my cousin, looks like separated twin, but from 2 different countries o.0

2. Another one looks like the younger version of Željko Joksimovič

What in the...🤧

(I can never look at those two men in the same way again.)

Ahahah Now the question is: who do you look like? ;P

Anyway, Eldar is really not my beauty favorite and Zeljko... well, not mad about the person. Look for a different cousin, please!

[gaymer-hag-stan]

Eurovision Song Contest Icons

Even though we don’t have a conventional competition going on this year, I thought it’d still be nice to remember some of the most iconic entries in the contest!

Norway - Alexander Rybak - Fairytale - 2009

Sweden -  Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes - 2015

Portugal - Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois - 2017

Sweden - Loreen - Euphoria - 2012

Finland - Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah - 2006

Austria - Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix - 2014

Ukraine - Ruslana - Wild Dances - 2004

Russia - Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices - 2015

Serbia - Zeljko Joksimovic - Lane Moje - 2004

Bulgaria - Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess - 2017

Italy - Il Volo - Grande Amore - 2015

Denmark - Emmelie de Forest - Only Teardrops - 2013

Greece - Sakis Rouvas - Shake It - 2004

Russia - Dima Bilan - Never Let You Go - 2006

Netherlands - The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm - 2014

Serbia -  Marija Šerifović - Molitva - 2007

Ukraine - Jamala - 1944 - 2016

Russia - Dima Bilan - Believe - 2008

Germany - Lena - Satellite - 2010

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Hari Mata Hari - Lejla - 2006

Russia - Buranovskiye Babushki - Party for Everybody - 2012

Israel - Netta - Toy - 2018

Australia - Dami Im - Sound of Silence - 2016

Azerbaijan - Farid Mammadov - Hold Me - 2013

Netherlands - Duncan Laurence - Arcade - 2019

Greece - Helena Paparizou - My Number One - 2005

Sweden - Sanna Nielsen - Undo - 2014

[abrainstorm]

"Къде си сега ти, и лош да съм, да съм ти нужен? Къде си, да ми кажеш "бъди щастлив" когато те напускам. И да останеш с мен, когато целият свят гръб ми обърне.

Къде си сега ти, да ме гледаш как остарявам. Къде си, с твоята доброта живота да измамя. Защото само теб никога, никога не успях да покваря."

- Zeljko Joksimovic, "Isto je"

[nadjinovuljubav11]

Sve sto sam ti radio

sebi sam uradio

nisam znao sam sta hocu

dok si cekala me nocu

topla, pospana i bosa

Poruka na vratima

kljuceve si vratila

pise zelis mi svu srecu

a ja znam da nikad necu

preko tvoga ponosa, crnokosa...

[thewildroseworld]

"Al' šta će meni dodiri bez ljubavi."

[theeurovisionconfessions]

“ Zeljko Joksimovic is the king of the Balkan Ballads”

[saganyst]

"Nije težak put kad si ti na kraju"

- Željko Joksimović