CROATIA ESC 2009 - Igor Cukrov - Lijepa Tena (2.Semi Final)

Igor Cukrov was born on June 6th, 1984 in Sibenik, his family moved to Split when he was only two years old, he had dreamt about becoming a priest at one period of his childhood. Today he is in the third year student of Theology in Split. “I’ve decided to enter this university because philosophy was my favourite subject when in the high school. Beside that, I’m a fervent believer. A few years ago I had been even reflecting about becoming a priest, but my desire to sing was stronger,” said Igor and added that these studies fulfil him completely.
His performance at the Split Music Festival in 2007 with the song Dusa Mi Je Bili Kamen was crucial for his decision to dedicate to singing. He also won the Best Debutant Award there. Igor sang the first tenor in the Dalmatian vocal ensemble Cambi. He plays the guitar, piano, trumpet and clarinet and likes pop and rock best in music. His favourite singers are George Michael and Andrea Bocelli.
When he participated in the biggest regional competition, Operacija Trijumf, he became the public’s favourite and went all the way to the finals. Fascinated by his charisma and vocal capacities, Tonči Huljić offered him collaboration. Thus Cukrov had left the competition and applied for Dora with the song Beautiful Tena which he won.
Andrea Šušnjara was born 26 February 1987 in Split. At the age of three, she discovered music and since then she has had only one goal – to become a singer. Apart from regular elementary school, she went to music elementary music school where she had been practicing the piano for six years. She went to linguistic high school and solo singing lessons later on.
In 2004 she made her debut at the Dora with the song Noah, where she scored first in the semi-finals, while in the finals she placed second. The same year she debuted at the Split Music Festival with the song Kad Zazmirim and won the Best Debutant Award. In 2005 Andrea went to Dora with the song Ljudi S Mora and won the fourth place.
The same year, Andrea made an aria and an introduction theme for the first Croatian soap opera Villa Maria and appeared in albums of foreign musicians: the group Bond and the Russian violoncellist Ksenija. Due to her regular education at the Faculty of Philosophy and the studies of opera singing, Andrea was not present for a while at the Croatian music scene. However, Tonči Huljić invited her and she accepted to appear as a guest in Igor Cukrov’s song Beautiful Tena. Her charisma and fabulous vocal interpretation surely contributed to Igor Cukrov’s triumph at the Dora this year.It is 4th entry for composer Tonči Huljić and lyricist Vjekoslava Huljić in Eurovision after "Strings of My Heart" (2001), "Marija Magdalena" (1999) and "Nostalgija" (1995)

Song Download Link : http://rapidshare.com/files/209786866/2009_-_Croatia_-_Igor_Cukrov___Andrea_Susnjara_-_Lijepa_tena__Final_version_.mp3

Lyrics:

Bio sam oblak lebdio

Ni sunca nisam vidio

Tebe čekao

Bog te je meni poslao

Od srca otkinuo svog

Da bi živio

I čekao da ti meni daš

Čudo ljubavi

I draga i draga

Suze u pamuk pretvaraš

umorne oči odmaraš

začaraš

I lijepa i sveta

Vodu u vino pretvaraš

Ti se moliš za sve nas

Tena , Tena