Sanja Vučić


Sanja Vučić is a Serbian singer. Initially recognised as the lead vocalist of the Serbian crossover band ZAA, she became best known for represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Goodbye" and since 2020 as member of R&B girl group Hurricane.

Life and career

Early career

She finished both primary and secondary music school in Kruševac, at the department of opera singing. During her studies, she sang in various ensembles, ranging from the band performing ethno music Bele vile, to the town jazz orchestra, and in the church choir Saint Prince Lazar.

ZAA

The band ZAA was founded in Kruševac in 2008 and Vučić joined in April 2012. Their music is a mix of styles from ska music and dub, to post-rock, jazz and punk. They have performed in over 200 cities throughout the former Yugoslavia, and also performed in Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary. The band has participated in numerous festivals, like Exit, Nišville, and Reggae Serbia fest. As a member of ZAA, Vučić has made one album called "What About".

Eurovision Song Contest

internally selected Sanja Vučić for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. A press conference with the artist, held by RTS, took place on 7 March 2016 in Košutnjak, Belgrade where it was announced that the song Vučić would perform at the Eurovision Song Contest would be titled "Goodbye " and was written by Serbian singer-songwriter and lead vocalist of the rock band Negative, Ivana Peters.
The Serbian performance at the Eurovision stage featured Sanja Vučić performing together with four backing vocalists and a male ballet dancer. The choreography and staging of the performance interpreted the song's abuse of women in domestic violence message. In the final, Serbia performed in position 15 and placed eighteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 115 points.
Vučić was an international jury member in the Czech national selection process to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and in the first semi-final of the selection for the French entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

Hurricane

In 2017 Sanja joined a R&B girl group called Hurricane and so far they released three songs called "Irma, Maria", "Feel right" and "Personal", as well as one song called "Favorito" in Serbian. Hurricane aims to be recognized globally; they have two planned songs for Universal, They participated in the 2020 edition of the Beovizija where they were selected to represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with the song "Hasta La Vista". However, the 2020 contest was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. In June 2020, it was confirmed that Hurricane would represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

Personal life

She currently lives in Belgrade, where she attends the Faculty of Philology, Department of Arabic Language and Literature. She speaks Serbian, English, Italian, Spanish, and Arabic.

Discography

With ZAA

Studio albums

With Hurricane

As featured artist

Filmography