Serbia: Meet the Serbian hopefuls

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Aleksa Jelic

Vodi me

Aleksa Jelic is a 38-year-old singer from Belgrade.

From an early age he learnt the violin and then the viola, and eventually he became the youngest member of the prestigious Terazijama Theatre at the age of 17.

In 2007, he competed in the Serbian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, Beovizija, but finished in 11th place behind the soon to be winner of Eurovision that year Marija Šerifović with Molitva

The following year, he finished in second place in the national final with his duet with Ana Stajdohar, losing out to Jelena Tomasevic who achieved 6th place on home ground.

In 2009, he released Idemo u grad – a song supporting the gay pride event in Belgrade.

Last year, he competed in the Serbian version of Your face sounds familiar. Below you can see his cover version of Single ladies by Beyonce.

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