Princ od Vranje
{{Short description|Serbian singer (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Princ od Vranje
| native_name = Принц од Врање
| native_name_lang = sr-Cyrl
| image = PrepartyES - Princ 02.jpg
| caption = Zdravković in 2025
| birth_name = Stefan Zdravković
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|09|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Vranje, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
| origin =
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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer}}
| instrument = {{flatlist|
- Vocals
- guitar
- drums
}}
| years_active = 2016–present
| label =
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Stefan Zdravković ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Стефан Здравковић}}; born 29 September 1993),{{cn|date=March 2025}} known professionally as Princ od Vranje ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Принц од Врање|lit=Prince of Vranje}}) or simply Princ, is a Serbian singer. He represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Mila".
Early life and education
Stefan Zdravković was born in Vranje, and has lived in Belgrade since 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcinjski017portal.rs/stefan-zdravkovic-iz-vranja-pobednik-muzickog-festivala-na-malti/|title=Stefan Zdravković iz Vranja pobednik muzičkog festivala na Malti {{!}} PČINJSKI 017 - PORTAL|language=sr-RS|access-date=2023-01-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://sveusvemu.in.rs/upoznajte-stefana-zdravkovica-mladog-muzicara-i-profesora-norveskog-jezika/|title=Upoznajte Stefana Zdravkovića mladog muzičara i profesora norveškog jezika|date=2021-02-23|website=Sve u svemu|language=sr-RS|access-date=2023-01-10|archive-date=10 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110205117/http://sveusvemu.in.rs/upoznajte-stefana-zdravkovica-mladog-muzicara-i-profesora-norveskog-jezika/|url-status=}} He was the Serbian national champion and vice-champion in karate, and also competed for the national team.{{Cite web|url=https://fest-sbv.by/en/participants/stefan-zdravkovic|title=Стефан Здравковић|url-status=|access-date=10 January 2023|archive-date=10 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110205111/https://fest-sbv.by/en/participants/stefan-zdravkovic}} In high school, at the age of 15, he began to play music, when he founded the band Šesta Žica with his friends.{{Cite web|url=https://vom.rs/intervju/bozicni-intervju-za-stefana-zdravkovica-muzika-je-zivot/|title=BOŽIĆNI INTERVJU: Za Stefana Zdravkovića muzika je život|last=Dimić|first=Andrea|date=2022-01-07|website=VOM|language=sr-RS|access-date=2023-01-10}} He is a philologist by profession, having graduated from the Department of Scandinavian Languages, Literature and Culture, Norwegian Language, at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology.
Career
=2016{{ndash}}2021: Early career=
Zdravković sings, plays the guitar and drums. Since 2016, he has been the lead singer of the band Sisyphus. In 2020, he was cast in the lead role in the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, organized by the Cultural Center of the Student City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dksg.rs/lat/stefan-zdravkovic--sizip/|title=STEFAN ZDRAVKOVIC :: DOM KULTURE „STUDENTSKI GRAD”|last=Đurđević|first=Milan|website=STEFAN ZDRAVKOVIC :: DOM KULTURE „STUDENTSKI GRAD”|language=sr-Latn-RS|access-date=2023-01-10}}
He has participated in many festivals, such as the Slavyanski Bazaar in Belarus. He is the winner of the International Music Competition "River Notes" in Bulgaria,{{Cite web|url=https://vranjskaplustv.rs/2020/08/31/u-centru-paznje-stefan-zdravkovic/|title=„У центру пажње“ Стефан Здравковић|date=2020-08-31|website=VRANJSKA PLUS TELEVIZIJA|language=sr-RS|access-date=2023-01-10}} and also won one of the largest music festivals in Malta. In addition to the aforementioned, he has also participated in festivals in Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Italy and Spain. He wrote the song "Lepo moje Vranje", which was sung by his friend Đorđe Popović. In Glasat na Bulgaria, out of 4,000 applicants, he entered the top 12, i.e. the semi-finals, in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.juznevesti.com/Zabava/Vranjanac-Stefan-Zdravkovic-nakon-uspeha-na-takmicenju-u-Bugarskoj-sebe-vidi-i-na-Evroviziji.sr.html|title=Vranjanac Stefan Zdravković nakon uspeha na takmičenju u Bugarskoj, sebe vidi i na Evroviziji|website=Južne vesti|language=sr|access-date=2023-01-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://informer.rs/vesti/drustvo/654243/stefan-prvi-srbin-koji-pobedio-dva-bugarska-takmicenja-sada-polufinalu-treceg|title=Stefan je prvi Srbin koji je pobedio na dva bugarska takmičenja, a sada je u polufinalu trećeg! Ko je Princ od Vranje čiji glas osvaja svet?|last=Pešić|first=M.|website=INFORMER|language=sr|access-date=2023-01-10}}
=2022{{ndash}}2024: ''Pesma za Evroviziju '22'' and '''23''=
On 14 January 2022, it was announced that Princ was one of thirty-six entries selected for Pesma za Evroviziju '22.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-14|title=Rekordan broj kompozicija u izboru za Pesmu Evrovizije – Srbija bira u martu|trans-title=A record number of compositions in the selection for the Eurovision Song Contest - Serbia chooses in March|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/sr/story/431/muzika/4664100/pesma-evrovizije-2022-srbija-izbor-rekordan-broj.html|access-date=2022-01-14|website=rts.rs|publisher=RTS|language=sr}}{{Cite tweet|number=1486737947386863620|user=SerbiaESC|title=Release date for all songs - February 8}} On 19 January 2022, however, he announced his withdrawal from the contest due to conflicts with songwriter Leontina regarding the song "{{lang|sr-latn|Ljubi svog čoveka|i=no}}". The song was instead performed by Tijana Dapčević, who had represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, under an altered version titled "{{lang|sr-Latn|Ljubi, ljubi doveka|i=no}}".{{cite AV media |url=https://youtube.com/shorts/xnOoblYnjTo |title=Instagram story korisnika @princ_od_vranje |date=20 January 2022 |author=Stevan |language=sr-Latn |access-date=20 January 2022 |quote=Što se tiče Beovizije, videćemo se ili sledeće ili neke druge godine. |via=YouTube |trans-quote=As for Beovizija, I'll be seeing you next year or some other year.}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-21 |title=Tijana Dapčević učestvuje na "Pesmi za Evroviziju 22" |trans-title=Tijana Dapčević participates in "Pesma za Evroviziju 22" |url=http://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/sr/story/431/muzika/4673877/tijana-dapcevic-pesma-za-evroviziju-takmicenje-evrosong.html |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=rts.rs |publisher=RTS |language=sr}}
File:Princ od Vranje, 2023.png
The following year, in 2023, it was announced that Princ would participate in the Pesma za Evroviziju '23 with the song "Cvet sa istoka", written by Dušan Bačić and arranged by Dejan Nikolić.{{Cite web|url=https://eurovisionworld.com/national/serbia/pesma-za-evroviziju-23/stefan-zdravkovic-cvet-sa-istoka|title=Pesma za Evroviziju 23: Stefan Zdravković - "Cvet sa Istoka"|website=Eurovisionworld|language=en-gb|access-date=2023-01-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.juznevesti.com/Drushtvo/Vranjanac-Stefan-Zdravkovic-u-konkurenciji-za-predstavnika-Srbije-na-Evroviziji.sr.html|title=Vranjanac Stefan Zdravković u konkurenciji za predstavnika Srbije na "Evroviziji"|website=Južne vesti|language=sr|access-date=2023-01-10}} The published voting results showed that Princ won the most audience votes in both the first semi-final and the final, but in the final total with the jury votes, he came in second place, just behind Luke Black.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/ci/Pesma+Evrovizije/Pesma-Evrovizije2023/story/3511/pesma-za-evroviziju-2023/5143624/detaljni-glasovi-publike-i-zirija-na-festivalu-pesma-za-evroviziju-2023.html|title=Детаљни гласови публике и жирија на фестивалу „Песма за Евровизију 2023”|last=Serbia|first=RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of|website=www.rts.rs|access-date=2023-03-05}}
=2025{{ndash}}present: Eurovision Song Contest and ''Mila''=
In December 2024, Princ was announced as a contestant in Pesma za Evroviziju '25 with the song "Mila".{{cite web |url=https://www.rts.rs/rts/pesma-evrovizije/pesma-evrovizije-2025/pesma-za-evroviziju-2025/5599463/pze-2025-ucesnici-pesma-za-evroviziju.html |title=Почиње борба за Базел – одабрано 30 учесника „Песме за Евровизију 2025“ |work=RTS |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=27 January 2025|language=Sr}} After qualifying for the second semi-final, he won the competition on 28 February 2025.{{Cite web |last=Ljuština |first=Stevan |date=2025-02-28 |title=Srbija 2025 {{!}} Princ je 18. predstavnik Srbije |url=https://evrovizija.rs/2025/02/28/srbija-2025-princ-je-18-predstavnik-srbije/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=ESC Serbia {{!}} Evrovizija.rs |language=en-US}} On 2 May, Princ released his debut studio album, Mila, featuring the afformentioned title track.{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2025/05/06/serbia-princ-debut-album-mila/|title=Serbia: Princ Releases Debut Album “Mila”|publisher=Eurovoix|date=6 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2025/05/18/new-music-gabry-ponte-theo-evan-princ-and-more/284902/|title=New music this week (part 2): Songs from Gabry Ponte, Theo Evan, Princ and more|first=Ruxandra|last=Tudor|publisher=Wiwibloggs|date=18 May 2025}} At the Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland, he participated in the second semi-final, held on 15 May, but failed to qualify to the grand final. This marked the first time since 2017 that Serbia failed to qualify to the final, and fourth overall.{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2025-second-semi-final-qualifiers|title=Eurovision 2025: The Second Semi-Final Qualifiers|website=Eurovision.TV|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|date=2025-05-15|access-date=2025-05-15}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Details |
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| scope="row"| Mila
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| Title
! Year ! Album or EP |
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| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Samo mi je lepo|i=no}}"
| 2022 | rowspan="4" | Mila |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Cvet sa Istoka|i=no}}"
| rowspan="4" | 2023 |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Divna|i=no}}" |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Mirno|i=no}}" {{small|(with Goca Tržan)}} |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Kad poželiš|i=no}}" {{small|(with Regina)}} | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Ajša|i=no}}"
| rowspan="5" | 2024 | rowspan="6" | Mila |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Čardak|i=no}}" |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Ela Ela|i=no}}" |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Belo|i=no}}" |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Paučina|i=no}}" {{small|(with {{ill|Šejla Zonić|sr|Шејла Зонић}})}} |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|sr-latn|Mila|i=no}}"
| 2025 |
References
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Category:21st-century Serbian male singers
Category:University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni