{"id":971,"date":"2021-02-14T21:15:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T21:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/?p=971"},"modified":"2021-03-08T20:29:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T20:29:07","slug":"tick-tock-time-is-ticking-down-for-albina-to-rotterdam-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/tick-tock-time-is-ticking-down-for-albina-to-rotterdam-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tick-Tock&#8217;&#8230; Time is ticking down for Albina to Rotterdam 2021 \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>Damir Ked\u017eo was selected as Croatia&#8217;s representative for Eurovision Song Contest last year with the national selection called Dora. This year, he declined to participate in Dora 2021, stating he didn&#8217;t have any good song to represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest with this year, thus 14 artists and songs were selected for Dora 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":972,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Albina-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Albina-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Albina-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Albina-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Albina-1232x693.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Albina.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:image-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>Among thee 14 artists were some great names, such as Nina Kralji\u0107 &#8211; who represented Croatia in Eurovision 2016, Bernarda Brunovi\u0107 &#8211; Swiss-Croatian singer and songwriter, Tony Cetinski &#8211; Croatian pop legend, who is also very popular in former Yugoslavic countries. The lineup for the show was like this:<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<ol><li>Nina Kralji\u0107 &#8211; Rijeka<\/li><li>Eric &#8211; Reci mi<\/li><li>Ella Ore\u0161kovi\u0107 &#8211; Come This Way<\/li><li>Bernarda &#8211; Colors<\/li><li>Sandi Cenov &#8211; Kriv<\/li><li>ToMa &#8211; Ocean of love<\/li><li>Filip Rudan &#8211; Blind<\/li><li>Beta Sudar &#8211; Ma zamisli<\/li><li>Cambi &#8211; Zaljubljen<\/li><li>Ashley Colburn &amp; Bojan Jambro\u0161i\u0107 &#8211; Share the Love<\/li><li>Brigita Vuco &#8211; No\u0107i pijane<\/li><li>Mia Negoveti\u0107 &#8211; She&#8217;s Like a Dream<\/li><li><strong>Albina &#8211; Tick-Tock<\/strong><\/li><li>Tony Cetinski &amp; Kiki Rahimovski &#8211; Zapjevaj, sloboda je<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:list-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>Albina managed to get the most points from both the juries, as well as the televoters, insuring her the ticket to Rotterdam 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>&#8216;Tick-Tock&#8217; is an up-tempo song, which shows a strong woman trying to burn his broken love to the ground. <\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CX9fBSTjUfk\\u0026list=PLptbA_Ovp5koOFfwO-pr4DLiPBaYlIsLe\\u0026index=13\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ALBINA \u2013 Tick-Tock\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CX9fBSTjUfk?list=PLptbA_Ovp5koOFfwO-pr4DLiPBaYlIsLe\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:embed-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p><strong>Who is Albina?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p><strong>Albina <\/strong>aka <strong>Albina Gr\u010di\u0107<\/strong>, is the singer from Split who has had a burning passion for performance since she was young; her talent for singing was nurtured by her family who encouraged her to also learn the piano.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>Albina auditioned for the second season of X Factor Adria in Serbia, where she advanced to the next round, however declined the production offer to form of a girl group and thus, left the show. In 2019, Albina joined the third season of the reality show The Voice Hrvatska. She continued her journey with Vanna, however in the Battle Round, her coach decided to continue with Filip Rudan, who was also in Dora 2021. <\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_-PT8qmFl_0\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Albina vs. Filip - \u201cLovely\u201d | Dvoboj | The Voice Hrvatska | Sezona 3\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_-PT8qmFl_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:embed-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>She continued her journey then with Massimo Savi\u0107 and reached to third place in overall, after Filip Rudan who sang Blind in Dora 2021. In the final one of her three songs, was Eurovision entry of Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina Maya Sar&#8217;s &#8211; Korake ti znam.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xUQitAApWXI\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Albina - &quot;Korake ti znam&quot; | Live 3, finale | The Voice Hrvatska | Sezona 3\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xUQitAApWXI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:embed-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>The Dora 21 winner, Albina released her first single<em>\u00a0Imuna na strah<\/em> (No more tears)\u00a0towards the end of last year, but says about her winning track\u00a0<em>Tick-Tock<\/em>\u00a0that she knew this would be the song to define her as an artist and performer.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damir Ked\u017eo was selected as Croatia&#8217;s representative for Eurovision Song Contest last year with the national selection called Dora. This year, he declined to participate in Dora 2021, stating he didn&#8217;t have any good song to represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest with this year, thus 14 artists and songs were selected for Dora&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[77,89],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","tag-croatia","tag-eurovision-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":985,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}