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Goran Karan

Background information
Birth name	Goran Karan
Born	(1964-04-02) 2 April 1964 (age 60) Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Origin	Split, Croatia
Genres	Pop, Disco
Occupation	Singer
Instrument(s)	vocals, piano, hammond organ, acoustic guitar
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Hayat Production, Menart

Website	www.gorankaran.hr

Musical artist

Goran Karan (born 2 April 1964) is a Croatian singer-songwriter. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his most acclaimed work, which won him several awards.

Biography

Karan was the lead singer of Croatian rock group Big Blue, before becoming a solo artist in 1997.

In 2000, he represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest, after winning the Croatian pre-selection Dora. In the Eurovision Song Contest, he ended up in ninth place with his song "Kad zaspu anđeli" ("When Angels Fall Asleep").

In 2005 he was one of the judges in Hrvatski idol, the Croatian version of Pop Idol. Karan's song "Ružo moja bila" won the 2005 Split Festival song competition, as well as the 2005 Sunčane skale festival in Herceg Novi.

In summer 2007, deeply moved by the Kornati fire tragedy, in which 13 volunteer firemen perished, he composed in the spur of the moment the song "Ovo nije kraj" ("This Is Not the End") and gathered under the name Split Star a group of famous singers (Oliver Dragojević, Marko Perković Thompson, Tedi Spalato, Dražen Zečić, Alen Nižetić, Hari Rončević) from the Split area, who performed it with him in a music video, all of this in less than fifteen days.

Albums

Kao da te ne volim (Like I Don't Love You) - 1999
Vagabundo (Vagabund) - 2000
Ahoj! (Ahoy!) - 2003
Od srca do usana (From Heart to the Lips) - 2005
Zlatna kolekcija (Golden Collection) - 2005
Dite Ljubavi (Child of Love) - 2008

References

^ "Goran Karan". menart.si (in Croatian). Menart Records. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
"Exploring the Power of Videos in the Digital Era". 16 June 2024.

External links

(in Croatian) www.gorankaran.hr (Official site)
(in Croatian) gorankaran.atspace.com (Fan site)

Awards and achievements
Preceded byDoris Dragović with "Marija Magdalena"	Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000	Succeeded byVanna with "Strings of My Heart"
Preceded byRomana Panić	Sunčane Skale winner 2005	Succeeded byMilena Vučić

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Season	29 September 2008 — 5 January 2009
Presenters	Milan Kalinić Dragan Marinković Ana Mihajlovski Nikolina Pišek
Judges	Tonči Huljić Marina Tucaković
Winner	Adnan Babajić
Finalists	Vukašin Brajić Nina Petković
Male contestants	Adnan Babajić Vukašin Brajić Igor Cukrov Đorđe Gogov Nikola Paunović Nikola Sarić
Female contestants	Sonja Bakić Ana Bebić Mirjana Kostić Milica Majstorović Nina Petković
Guest stars	Anastacia Atomsko Sklonište Sergej Ćetković Colonia Deen Divlje Jagode Karolina Gočeva Petar Grašo Gru Željko Joksimović Junior Jack Kaliopi Goran Karan Laka Let 3 Magazin Bojan Marović Danijela Martinović Kemal Monteno Negative Ajs Nigrutin Boris Novković Marina Perazić Aleksandra Radović Aki Rahimovski Elena Risteska Sakis Rouvas Jelena Rozga Željko Samardžić Marija Šerifović Severina Jelena Tomašević Dado Topić Sky Wikluh YU Grupa Zana
Related links	OT Band Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Endemol Melody Music Fame Academy Universal Music

v t e Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	75 Cents Albina Andrea Baby Lasagna Nina Badrić Claudia Beni Maja Blagdan Tony Cetinski Igor Cukrov Danijela Daria Mia Dimšić Dragonfly Doris Dragović E.N.I. Feminnem Franka Jacques Houdek Goran Karan ~~Damir Kedžo~~ Klapa s Mora Kraljevi ulice Nina Kraljić Let 3 Lidija Magazin Ivan Mikulić Boris Novković Vesna Pisarović Put Roko Severina Dado Topić Vanna
Songs	"Celebrate" "Crazy" ~~"Divlji vjetre"~~ "Don't Ever Cry" "The Dream" "Everything I Want" "Guilty Pleasure" "Kad zaspu anđeli" "Lako je sve" "Lighthouse" "Lijepa Tena" "Mama ŠČ!" "Marija Magdalena" "Mižerja" "Moja štikla" "My Friend" "Nebo" "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" "Neka mi ne svane" "Nostalgija" "Probudi me" "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" "Romanca" "Strings of My Heart" "Sveta ljubav" "Tick-Tock" "Više nisam tvoja" "Vjerujem u ljubav" "Vukovi umiru sami" "You Are the Only One"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Croatia did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Countries	Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Alsou Nina Åström August and Telma Pınar Ayhan and the SOS Jane Bogaert Brainstorm Charmed Nicki French Ines Goran Karan Sofia Mestari Olsen Brothers Claudette Pace PingPong Roger Pontare Stefan Raab The Rounder Girls Nathalie Sorce Taxi Eamonn Toal Voice Linda Wagenmakers XXL Serafín Zubiri
Songs	"100% te ljubam" "All to You" "Colgado de un sueño" "Desire" "Don't Play That Song Again" "Envie de vivre" "Fly on the Wings of Love" "Kad zaspu anđeli" "A Little Bit" "Millennium of Love" "The Moon" "My Heart Goes Boom" "My Star" "No Goodbyes" "Nomiza" "On aura le ciel" "Once in a Lifetime" "Sameach" "Solo" "Tell Me!" "La vita cos'è?" "Wadde hadde dudde da?" "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "Yorgunum Anla"

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