Nina Petković

Nina Petković (Cyrillic: Нина Петковић; born April 10, 1981, in Kotor, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin singer, musician and television personality. She came to media prominence in regional Star Academy version, Operacija trijumf, and came fourth. On June 7, 2009, Petković won music festival Pjesma Mediterana with the song "S druge strane sna". In 2018 she attempted to represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest two times. First time was in 2018 with the song "Disem" receiving the last place in the Montevizija 2018. In 2019 she competed with the song "Uzmi ili ostavi" and she got the 4th place, failing again to represent her country.

Although born in Kotor, Petković was mostly raised in neighboring town Tivat. She is of mixed religious origin – her father is a Roman Catholic and mother Orthodox Christian. Before she participated in Operacija trijumf, Petković took part in many festivals, such as Evropesma and Montevizija., sometimes solo, sometimes with her band Dan Poslije.

Operacija trijumf

The Operacija trijumf, Balkan version of Endemol's Fame Academy, started broadcasting on September 29, 2008. Nina Petković was the only contestant from Montenegro, so she was constantly receiving a lot of cell-phone votes from Montenegro. She reached the finals, but was expelled in the first final round.

Petković was performing with many popular artists during the Operacija trijumf, such as Željko Joksimović, Jelena Tomašević, Jelena Rozga, Karolina Gočeva and Negative.

During the Operacija trijumf, Petković performed the following songs:

• Anastacia – "Heavy on My Heart" / "Sick & Tired" / "I'm Outta Love" with the students Ana Bebić and Milica Majstorović (Gala 1)
• Željko Joksimović – "Lane moje" with Željko Joksimović (Gala 2)
• Magazin – "Care" with Magazin (Gala 3)
• ABBA – "Mamma Mia" with the student Milica Majstorović (Gala 4)
• Kemal Monteno & Danijela Martinović – "Ovako ne mogu dalje" with Kemal Monteno (Gala 5)
• Negative – "Bez promene" with Negative (Gala 6)
• No Doubt – "Don't Speak" (Gala 7)
• Colonia – "Mirno more" with Colonia (Gala 8)
• Danijela Martinović – "Neka mi ne svane" with Danijela Martinović (Gala 9)
• Jelena Rozga – "Daj šta daš" with Jelena Rozga (Gala 10)
• Pink – "So What" (Gala 10)
• Karolina Gočeva – "Mojot svet" with Karolina Gočeva (Gala 11)
• Céline Dion – "My Heart Will Go On" with the student Igor Cukrov (Gala 11)
• Aleksandra Radović – "Čuvam te" with Aleksandra Radović (Gala 12)
• Danijel Popović/ Culture Club – "Džuli" / "Karma Chameleon" with the student Aleksandar Belov (Gala 12)
• Milena Vučić – "Da l' ona zna" with Milena Vučić (Gala 13)
• Jelena Tomašević – "Oro" with Jelena Tomašević and the student Ana Bebić (Gala 13)
• Katy Perry – "I Kissed a Girl" / "Hot n Cold" with the student Ana Bebić (Gala 13)
• Sinéad O'Connor – "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Semifinal)
• ET – "Tek je 12 sati" / "Sve bih dala da znam" with the student Ana Bebić (Semifinal)
• Paul McCartney and Wings – "Live and Let Die" with the finalists Adnan Babajić, Aleksandar Belov, Vukašin Brajić and Danijel Pavlović (Final)
• Oktobar 1864 – "Nađi me" (Final)

Present

It was almost certain that Petković will take part in the Montevizija 2009, the Montenegro's national choice for the representer at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow. However, RTCG confirmed on January 23, 2009, that Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be represented by Andrea Demirović with the song "Just Get Out of My Life". Soon after the end of Operacija trijumf, Petković appeared on a number of talk shows on television programs such as TV Pink, TV In and TV Avala.

Alongside her Operacija trijumf contestant Sonja Bakić, Petković recorded a song named "Samo". On June 8, 2009 she won Pjesma Mediterana, music festival in Budva, with the song "S druge strane sna"; Petković also received a special award by Story magazine's internet poll "The Favourite of the Festival". She also has competed in Montevizija, the national selection of Montenegro for the Eurovision Song Contest, both in 2018 and 2019.

Petković admires Roger Waters, Alanis Morissette and Oliver Mandić; she stated she finds herself in the song "Comfortably Numb". Petković is a very good friends with Sonja Bakić, other Operacija trijumf contestant. Nina is the long-term relationship with a member of the band Dan poslije.

Albums

• 2009: Upcoming compilation of Operacija trijumf contestants

Singles

• 2009: "Samo" (feat. Sonja Bakić)
• 2009: "S druge strane sna"
• 2009: "Bezobrazno"
• 2010: "Ne odustajem" (Pjesma Mediterana 2010)
• 2018: "Dišem"
• 2019: "Uzmi ili ostavi"