BIOGRAPHY
Jelena Tomašević (born November 1, 1983 in Negotin, Serbia) is a Serbian pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, coming sixth with the song "Oro".
Jelena finished Elementary School and Mathematic Gymnasium in Kragujevac in 2002. That same year she started studying English (in which she is fluent) at the University of Kragujevac. She has put her studies on hold but plans to graduate one day. On 28 August 2011, she married the Serbian actor Ivan Bosiljčić; and on 24 January 2012, they had a baby girl named Nina.
In 2005, she started a professional involvement with popular Serbian singer Željko Joksimović. He composed the song Jutro for her with which she competed at Beovizija, the Serbian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Ultimately she missed out in controversial fashion at the overall Serbia and Montenegro final (Evropesma), when all four Montenegrin jurors overlooked it in distributing their points.
In 2008, Željko Joksimović composed Jelena a song called Oro for Beovizija 2008. She won the contest and represented Serbia in Eurovision Song Contest held in Belgrade in May.
In 2009 Jelena also recorded a song dedicated to peace along with the participants of Eurovision 2008 Boaz Mauda (Israel) and Sirusho (Armenia).The song is called Time To Pray. The lyricist of the song is the president of Israel, Shimon Peres. The song was represented in Moscow and also in Serbia during the Serbian National Final of Eurovision.
On 5 October 2013, Jelena was a guest star at OGAE Spain's party for Eurovision fans in Barcelona. There she met the composer of her song "Melanholija", Rafael Artesero, who painted her portrait as a gift. In Barcelona Jelena filmed her video clip for the song "Radio svira za nas", shich realised on 26 November 2013. The composer is Darko Dimitrov and lyric writer Aleksandra Milutinovic. Couple months later, this time OGAE Portugal asked Jelena as a guest star at their ESC party. Jelena traveled at Setubal, a town near Lisbon, where she competed in two concerts, one on 12 September 2013 and another one the next day. One year later, on 19 September 2014, on TV PINK premiered the new music talent show "Pinkove zvezdice", a show only for children.Jelena has a place as a jugde. Her songs are the most famous at the show. Children love her and use to give her nicknames as "dobra vila" (good fairy) and "slatka jabucica" (sweet little apple). The show it didn't finish yet.
On 6 December 2014, Jelena finished her records for her second album. Expect her already published singles, we are waiting to listent some songs which are given as a present to her, from friends, like Sergej Cetkovic and Marija Maric known as Mari Mari. Also, the CD will circulate some old songs, which were never on an album, Rano da verujes, Ovo nije ljubav, Kad ne bude tvoje ljubavi, Gde da odem da te en volim, which composed Tose Proeski, etc. The album will be realise until the end of spring. In addintion she plans to record a duet with a serbian legend singer Pedrag Tozovac and an album with traditional songs, that she adores.
