Marcela Oroši

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}}Marcela Oroši is a Croatian singer.

Early life

Marcela Oroši was born in Crikvenica, where she spent the first 20 years of her life, having completed music school with a focus on classical guitar while also singing in both city and church choirs and performing as a member of two local bands.{{cite web|url=https://novatv.dnevnik.hr/zabavni/tvoje-lice-zvuci-poznato/likovi/marcela-orosi|title=Marcela Oroši - Tvoje lice zvuči poznato|language=hr|website=novatv.dnevnik.hr|publisher=Nova TV|access-date=1 June 2025}}

Career

In 2011, Oroši competed on the third season of RTL's Idol series Hrvatska traži zvijezdu, where she placed as a runner-up.{{cite web|url=https://www.24sata.hr/show/marcela-nizozemci-me-znaju-s-the-voicea-a-zelim-na-eurosong-sada-trema-jako-me-pere-961419|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301173210/https://www.24sata.hr/show/marcela-nizozemci-me-znaju-s-the-voicea-a-zelim-na-eurosong-sada-trema-jako-me-pere-961419|archive-date=1 March 2024|title=Marcela: 'Nizozemci me znaju s The Voicea, a želim na Eurosong sada! Trema? Jako me pere...'|language=hr|access-date=1 June 2025|trans-title="The Dutch know me from The Voice, and now I want to go to Eurovision! Nerves? I'm really feeling them..."|publisher=24sata|first=Paula|last=Petrović|date=31 January 2024}} She was a member of a girl band Luminize, along with Matilda Oroši, Irena Rogović and Tea Mišković.{{cite web|url=https://miss7.24sata.hr/zivot/tko-su-hrvatice-koje-su-rasturile-u-nizozemskom-the-voiceu-popricale-smo-s-njima-23223|first=Ivana|last=Granić|website=miss7.24sata.hr|title=Tko su Hrvatice koje su rasturile u nizozemskom The Voiceu! Popričale smo s njima...|date=14 December 2018|access-date=1 June 2025}} In 2014, the band released a single titled "Kill It With Love," which was followed by the release of their debut studio album All or Nothing in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://music-box.hr/2017/11/24/luminize-objavile-posljednji-video-iz-akustika-session-serijala/|title=Luminize objavile posljednji video iz Akustika Session serijala|date=24 November 2017|website=music-box.hr|access-date=1 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://sound-report.com/wpmain/luminize-objavile-debitantski-album-all-or-nothing/|title=Luminize objavile debitantski album "All Or Nothing"|language=hr|website=sound-report.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601102257/https://sound-report.com/wpmain/luminize-objavile-debitantski-album-all-or-nothing/|archive-date=1 June 2025|access-date=1 June 2025|date=21 February 2016}} In 2018, Luminize competed on The Voice of Holland.{{cite web|url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/video-croatian-girl-band-creating-history-on-the-voice-of-holland/|title=Croatian girl band creating history on The Voice of Holland|date=5 January 2019|access-date=1 June 2025|website=croatiaweek.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423175206/https://www.croatiaweek.com/video-croatian-girl-band-creating-history-on-the-voice-of-holland/|archive-date=23 April 2025}}

In 2024, Oroši competed on Dora 2024, the Croatian national final for Eurovision Song Contest 2024.{{cite web|url=https://magazin.hrt.hr/zabava/redoslijed-izvodenja-pjesama-u-finalnoj-veceri-dore-2024-11379445|title=

Redoslijed izvođenja pjesama u finalnoj večeri Dore 2024.|date=23 February 2024|language=hr|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision}} She qualified for the grand final with the song "Gasoline" and finished sixth with a total of 59 points.{{cite web|url=https://eurovisionworld.com/national/croatia/dora-2024#final|title=Croatia: Dora 2024|access-date=1 June 2025|website=eurovisionworld.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312000148/https://eurovisionworld.com/national/croatia/dora-2024#final|archive-date=12 March 2025}}

On 24 February 2025, Oroši was announced to compete on the ninth season of the singing reality television series Tvoje lice zvuči poznato, the Croatian edition of Your Face Sounds Familiar.{{cite web|url=https://novatv.dnevnik.hr/zabavni/tvoje-lice-zvuci-poznato/clanak/zanimljivosti/tvoje-lice-zvuci-poznato-uskoro-pocinje-show-tvoje-lice-zvuci-poznato-a-ovo-su-kandidati-nove-sezone---898527.html|title=Uskoro počinje show "Tvoje lice zvuči poznato", a ovo su kandidati nove sezone!|date=24 February 2025|access-date=24 February 2025|language=hr|publisher=Nova TV|website=novatv.dnevnik.hr}} She won the second episode of the season performing as Doris Dragović and the tenth episode as Vesna Zmijanac.{{cite web|url=https://www.24sata.hr/show/marcela-odusevila-sve-sjajnom-interpretacijom-doris-dragovic-prenijela-si-svaku-emociju-1038961|title=Marcela oduševila sve sjajnom interpretacijom Doris Dragović: 'Prenijela si svaku emociju...'|date=17 March 2025|language=hr|publisher=24sata|access-date=17 March 2025|first=Dora|last=Pek}}{{cite web|url=https://novatv.dnevnik.hr/zabavni/tvoje-lice-zvuci-poznato/clanak/zanimljivosti/tvoje-lice-zvuci-poznato-marcela-u-soku-da-mi-je-netko-rekao-da-cu-ja-pobijediti-s-ovom-pjesmom---911589.html|title=Marcela u šoku: "Da mi je netko rekao da ću ja pobijediti s ovom pjesmom!"|date=11 May 2025|language=hr|access-date=12 May 2025|publisher=Nova TV|trans-title=Marcela in shock: "If someone had told me that I would win with this song!"}}

Discography

=Singles=

  • "Nismo isti svijet" (2023)
  • "Gasoline" (2024)
  • "Ovako ne ide" (2024)

=Albums=

  • All or Nothing (2016, with Luminize)
  • Covers (2023)

References

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