Vladana Vučinić

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Vladana Vučinić

| native_name = Владана Вучинић

| native_name_lang = cnr

| image = Vladana Vučinić, 2022.png

| caption = Vučinić in 2022

| birth_name = Vladana Vučinić

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1986|7|18}}

| birth_place = Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia

| occupations = Singer, songwriter

| years_active = 2003–present

}}

Vladana Vučinić ({{langx|cnr|Владана Вучинић}}, {{IPA|sh|ʋlǎdana ʋǔtʃinitɕ|pron}}; born 18 July 1986), also known mononymously as Vladana, is a Montenegrin singer and songwriter. She represented Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Breathe".{{Cite web|date=4 January 2022|title=Montenegro: Vladana for Turin 🇲🇪|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/vladanas-for-montenegro|access-date=4 January 2022|website=Eurovision.tv|language=en-gb|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105153614/https://eurovision.tv/story/vladanas-for-montenegro|url-status=live}}

She worked as a creative director at Radio and Television of Montenegro.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-16 |title=Montenegro will return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/montenegro-return-eurovision-song-contest-2025 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Eurovision.tv |language=en}}

Life and career

Vladana showed interest in music at an early age as her grandfather, Boris Nizamovski was the Head of the Association of Stage Artists of North Macedonia and manager of the Macedonian ensemble Magnifico.{{Cite web|author=Carter, William|date=6 January 2022|title=Montenegro: Five Things to Know About Vladana Vučinić|url=https://www.escunited.com/montenegro-five-things-to-know-about-vladana-vucinic/|access-date=7 January 2022|publisher=escunited.com|language=en-us|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107090702/https://www.escunited.com/montenegro-five-things-to-know-about-vladana-vucinic/|url-status=live}} Vladana has a primary and secondary education in music, focusing on music theory and opera singing. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the Montenegro's State Faculty of Political Science.

In 2003, Vladana made her television debut on a national karaoke show, and in the same year she released a debut single which was performed at Budva Mediterranean Festival in Budva, Montenegro.{{cite web|author=Ćetković, Kristina|date=8 February 2015|url=https://www.portalanalitika.me/clanak/175869--razotkrivanje-vladana-vucinic-pjevacica-piperka-u-zemlji-slatkisa|website=Portal Analitika|title=Vladana Vučinić, pjevačica: Piperka u zemlji slatkiša|language=cnr|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=4 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104090909/https://www.portalanalitika.me/clanak/175869--razotkrivanje-vladana-vucinic-pjevacica-piperka-u-zemlji-slatkisa|url-status=live}} On 3 March 2005, Vučinić participated in Montevizija 2005 with the song "{{lang|cnr-latn|Samo moj nikad njen|i=no}}".{{Cite web|author=Borodin, Alexander|date=2 February 2005|title=Montevizija 2005: 24 singers selected in Montenegro|url=https://esctoday.com/3726/montevizija_05_24_singers_selected_in_montenegro/|access-date=5 January 2022|publisher=esctoday.com|language=en-gb|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105122927/https://esctoday.com/3726/montevizija_05_24_singers_selected_in_montenegro/|url-status=live}} She placed 18th and thus failed to advance into Evropesma-Europjesma 2005 held on 4 March 2005.{{Cite web|author=Borodin, Alexander|date=3 March 2005|title=No Name wins Montevizija 2005|url=https://esctoday.com/3940/no_name_wins_montevizija_2005/|access-date=5 January 2022|publisher=esctoday.com|language=en-gb|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105122938/https://esctoday.com/3940/no_name_wins_montevizija_2005/|url-status=live}} The following year, in 2006, she participated in Montevizija 2006 as a duet with Bojana Nenezić with the song "Željna".{{Cite web|author=Gudim, Laura|date=21 January 2005|title=No Name Back at Montevizija 2006|url=https://esctoday.com/5429/no_name_back_at_montevizija_2006/|access-date=5 January 2022|publisher=esctoday.com|language=en-gb|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105122927/https://esctoday.com/5429/no_name_back_at_montevizija_2006/|url-status=live}} They advanced into the final where they placed 15th overall.{{Cite web|date=11 March 2006|title=Serbia & Montenegro: Evropesma 2006|url=https://eurovisionworld.com/national/serbia-montenegro/evropesma-2006|access-date=5 January 2022|publisher=eurovisionworld.com|language=en-gb|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105122938/https://eurovisionworld.com/national/serbia-montenegro/evropesma-2006|url-status=live}} Later that year, Vučinić performed her song "{{lang|cnr-latn|Kapije od zlata|i=no}}" at the newcomers section of the music festival Sunčane skale.{{cite web|author=Ryan, Tom|date=4 January 2022|url=https://escxtra.com/2022/01/04/vladana-vucinic-montenegro-eurovision-2022/|website=ESCXTRA|title=Vladana to represent Montenegro at Eurovision 2022|access-date=4 January 2022|archive-date=4 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104080714/https://escxtra.com/2022/01/04/vladana-vucinic-montenegro-eurovision-2022/|url-status=live}}

Vučinić released her first video for the single "{{lang|cnr-latn|Kao miris kokosa|i=no}}", directed by Montenegrin director Nikola Vukčević, which became at that time the most-aired video in Montenegro. In 2007 she continued working with Vukčević and released her second video, for the single "{{lang|cnr-latn|Poljubac kao doručak|i=no}}".{{Cite web|date=4 January 2022|title=Vladana va reprezenta Muntenegru la Eurovision!|url=http://www.tvr.ro/vladana-va-reprezenta-muntenegru-la-eurovision_34779.html#view|access-date=7 January 2022|website=TVR|language=ro|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107090703/http://www.tvr.ro/vladana-va-reprezenta-muntenegru-la-eurovision_34779.html#view|url-status=live}}

In late 2009, Vučinić recorded and released her first single in English, "Bad Girls Need Love Too". A year later, in November 2010, an animated video for the song "Sinner City" was released as a prelude to her first English language album. Vučinić self-released her debut album titled Sinner City on 13 December 2010.

Vladana is the first solo performer from Montenegro broadcast on the regional MTV station MTV Adria.{{cite web|date=3 January 2017|url=https://www.cdm.me/zabava/muzika-film-tv/vladana-vucinic-u-chiwelooku-sam-pronasla-mir-ali-nijesam-zavrsila-sa-muzikom/|website=CDM|title=Vladana Vučinić: U Chiwelooku sam pronašla mir, ali nijesam završila sa muzikom|language=cnr|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=6 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106103456/https://www.cdm.me/zabava/muzika-film-tv/vladana-vucinic-u-chiwelooku-sam-pronasla-mir-ali-nijesam-zavrsila-sa-muzikom/|url-status=live}}

She launched an online fashion magazine called Chiwelook ({{lang|cnr-latn|Čiviluk}}) based on editorials with fashion designers from Montenegro. As a founder and editor in chief, she contributed to the magazine through columns and interviews about fashion with different figures in music, culture and politics.

On 4 January 2022, it was announced that she had been selected by the Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG to represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.{{Cite web|author=Mamsikashvili, Rezo|date=4 January 2022|title="My cure for Europe and for the world" — Montenegro's Vladana wants to help you heal with her Eurovision 2022 song|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/01/04/montenegro-vladana-eurovision-2022/268273/|access-date=5 January 2022|publisher=wiwibloggs|language=en-gb|archive-date=4 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104142213/https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/01/04/montenegro-vladana-eurovision-2022/268273/|url-status=live}} A day later, on 5 January 2022, it was announced that her Eurovision entry will be titled "Breathe" and performed in English. The song was released on 4 March 2022 alongside a music video.{{Cite web|author=Zogović, Mirela|date=5 January 2022|title=Pjesmu "Breath/Unforgivable" izvešće na engleskom jeziku|url=https://www.vijesti.me/zabava/muzika/583974/pjesmu-breathunforgivable-izvesce-na-engleskom-jeziku|access-date=5 January 2022|publisher=RTCG|language=cnr|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105124515/https://www.vijesti.me/zabava/muzika/583974/pjesmu-breathunforgivable-izvesce-na-engleskom-jeziku|url-status=live}} At Eurovision in Turin, she performed in second semi-final on 12 May 2022, but failed to qualify to the grand final. The song was later recorded and released in Finnish ("Jää"/Stay) and Italian ("Respira"/Breathe).{{Cite web |date=2022-01-05 |title=[VÍDEO] ESC2022: Vladana lança "Jää", versão finlandesa de "Breathe" |url=https://www.escportugal.pt/2022/04/video-esc2022-vladana-lanca-jaa-versao.html |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=ESCPortugal |language=pt-EU |archive-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531165400/https://www.escportugal.pt/2022/04/video-esc2022-vladana-lanca-jaa-versao.html |url-status=live }}

{{Cite web |date=2022-04-23 |title=Eurovision 2022: Intervista a Vladana Vučinić |url=https://eurofestivalitalia.net/2022/05/08/eurovision-2022-intervista-a-vladana-vucinic/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=Eurofestival Italia|language=it}}

In 2024, she was the TV host of Montesong, but her appearance was marked by frequent slips of the tongue, mispronounced words, and disjointed sentences.{{Cite web |last=B92 |title=Voditeljka "Montesonga" se žestoko izblamirala VIDEO |url=https://www.b92.net/zivot/aktuelno/81072/vladana-vucinic-na-stubu-srama/vest |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=B92.net |language=sr}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-28 |title=“Montesong” su obilježili lapsusi voditelja, razočarani gledaoci dijele snimke |url=https://standard.co.me/video/crnogorsko-takmicenje-za-eurosong-su-obiljezili-lapsusi-voditelja-razocarani-gledaoci-dijele-snimke |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=standard.co.me |language=cnr}} Vučinić resigned from RTCG the day after the national final and made her decision public on 5 December, citing a lack of transparency in the organisation of the national final.{{Cite web |last=Stephenson |first=James |date=2024-12-05 |title=🇲🇪 Montenegro: Vladana Resigns as Artistic Director of Montesong |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/12/05/montenegro-vladana-resigns-as-artistic-director-of-montesong/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}} However, Vučinić remained as head of delegation for Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Ben |date=2025-03-21 |title=The New Eurovision Reference Group, And Its Geographical Diversity |url=https://escinsight.com/2025/03/21/the-new-eurovision-reference-group-and-its-geographical-diversity/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast}}{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=2025-04-30 |title=🇲🇪 Montenegro: Online Voting Introduced for Eurovision 2025 |url=https://eurovoix.com/2025/04/30/montenegro-online-voting-introduced-for-eurovision-2025/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"\| Title ! scope="col"\| Details
scope="row"\| Sinner City \| align="left"\| Released: 15 December 2010 Label: self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming

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scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Details

scope="row"| Sinner City

| align="left"|

Released: 15 December 2010
Label: self-released
Formats: Digital download, streaming

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" style="width:14em;"\| Title ! scope="col" style="width:1em;"\| Year ! scope="col"\| Album
scope="row"\| "{{lang\|cnr-latn\|Ostaćeš mi vječna ljubav\|i=no}}" \| 2003 \| rowspan="7" {{n/a\|Non-album singles}}
scope="row"\| "{{lang\|cnr-latn\|Noć\|i=no}}" \| 2004
scope="row" \| "{{lang\|cnr-latn\|Samo moj nikad njen\|i=no}}" \| 2005
scope="row"\| "{{lang\|cnr-latn\|Nježna\|i=no}}" (with Bojana Nenezić) \| rowspan="3" \| 2006
scope="row"\| "{{lang\|cnr-latn\|Kao miris kokosa\|i=no}}"
scope="row" \| "{{lang\|cnr-latn\|Kapije od zlata\|i=no}}"
scope="row" \| "{{lang\|cnr-latn\|Poljubac kao doručak\|i=no}}" \|2007
scope="row" \| "Bad Girls Need Love Too" \|2009 \| rowspan="2" \|Sinner City
scope="row" \| "Sinner City" \|2010
scope="row" \| "Breathe" \| rowspan="3" \| 2022 \| rowspan="3" {{n/a\|Non-album singles}}
scope="row" \| "Jää"
scope="row" \| "Prevarena"
colspan="3" style="font-size:85%" \| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col"| Album

scope="row"| "{{lang|cnr-latn|Ostaćeš mi vječna ljubav|i=no}}"

| 2003

| rowspan="7" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "{{lang|cnr-latn|Noć|i=no}}"

| 2004

scope="row" | "{{lang|cnr-latn|Samo moj nikad njen|i=no}}"

| 2005

scope="row"| "{{lang|cnr-latn|Nježna|i=no}}"
(with Bojana Nenezić)