Mia Negovetić

Mia Negovetić
Birth nameMia Negovetić[1]
Born (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 22)
Rijeka, Croatia
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • voice actress
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2015–present
LabelsCroatia Records

Mia Negovetić[1] (born 5 October 2002) is a Croatian singer-songwriter and voice actress. She is known for winning season one of RTL Televizija's Zvjezdice.[2]

Career

Negovetić auditioned for the first series of RTL Televizija's Zvjezdice in 2015, singing "Listen" by Beyoncé for judges Enis Bešlagić, Luka Nižetić, Zdravko Šljivac, Vanna and Alka Vuica.[3] She won the competition on 31 October 2015 by receiving the highest number of cast televotes in the finals.[4] Over two months earlier on 4 August, at the 20th anniversary commemoration of Operation Storm, Negovetić performed Croatian national anthem "Lijepa naša domovino" (Our Beautiful Homeland), accompanied by the Croatian Armed Forces Band.[5]

In early 2016 she appeared on NBC's television series Little Big Shots where she performed her rendition of Beyoncé's "Listen".[6] Since 2016 Negovetić has released several solo singles, including "Trouble" and "Vrijeme je" (It's Time) and headlined multiple concerts at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb.[7][8]

On 23 December 2019, Negovetić was announced as one of the sixteen participants in Dora 2020, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry, with the song "When it Comes to You".[9] At the close of voting, the song had received 31 points, placing second in a field of 16.[10] It tied for the first place but the tie-break rules gave the win to Damir Kedžo.[11]

In January 2020, Negovetić signed a recording contract with Croatia Records.[12] In December 2020, Negovetić was announced as one of the fourteen finalists for Dora 2021.[13] She performed the song "She's Like a Dream" which she had co-written together with Linnea Deb, Denniz Jamm, Denise Kertes.[14] She placed third with a total of 119 points.[15] On 25 February 2021, Negovetić was nominated for the Best New Artist Award at the 2021 edition of the Porin Awards;[16] however, she lost it to Albina Grčić.[17]

The following year, on 17 December 2021, Negovetić was announced as one of the fourteen acts to perform at Dora 2022 with the song "Forgive Me (Oprosti)".[18]

As a voice actress, she dubbed the title character in Moana and Mirabel Madrigal in Encanto.

In 2024, she participated in Tvoje lice zvuči poznato.

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CRO
[19]
"Trouble" 2018 — Non-album singles
"Runnin' Away" —
"Little Love" —
"Vrijeme je" 2019 —
"Na pola puta do svemira" 2020 —[A]
"When it Comes to You" 6
"Pusti" 14
"Ljubav nema kraj"
(with Edi Abazi) 		2021 9
"She's Like a Dream" 28
"Ja ti priznajem" 12
"Forgive Me (Oprosti)" 2022 20
"Mijenjam se" 13
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominee / work Result Ref.
2021 Porin Best New Artist Herself Nominated [16]

Notes

  1. ^ "Na pola puta do svemira" did not enter the HR Top 40, but peaked at number 89 on the regional HR Top 100 (Dalmacija) chart.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b "Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  2. ^ "Ti si glazba: Mia Negovetić prva je pobjednica Zvjezdica". 24sata. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Mia Negovetić podigla na noge publiku i žiri showa Zvjezdice". 24sata. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Mia Negovetić je pobjednica prve sezone Zvjezdica!". Večernji list. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. ^ Dnevnik - Mia Negovetić pjeva himnu, retrieved 2020-08-10
  6. ^ Slimak, Morgan (9 January 2019). "13-Year-Old Mia Negovetić Performs "Listen" By Beyonce". Shareably. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Mia Negovetić objavila pjesmu koju je snimila s gitaristom benda One Direction". Dnevnik Nove TV. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Mia Negovetić oduševila prepuni Lisinski". fiuman.hr. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  9. ^ Herbert, Emily (23 December 2019). "Croatia: Dora 2020 Finalists Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  10. ^ Kalaitzis, Andreas (29 February 2020). "Croatia: Croatia: Damir Kedžo wins Dora 2020 with "Divlji vjetre"". eurovisionworld. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. ^ Farren, Neil (29 February 2020). "Croatia: Damir Kedžo to Eurovision". eurovoix. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Croatia Records - Objave". Croatia Records. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  13. ^ Farren, Neil (15 December 2020). "Croatia: Dora 2021 Finalists Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  14. ^ Komunikacije HRT-a (15 December 2020). "Rezultati natječaja za Doru 2021" (in Croatian). Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  15. ^ Davies, Megan (13 February 2021). "Croatia: Albina To Eurovision 2021". eurovoix. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Objavljene nominacije za Porin! Na tronu čak dvije skupine s pet nominacija" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  17. ^ Garić, Davor; V. B. (7 June 2021). "Mia Negovetić odrasla je i zaljubila se: Prvi put se u javnosti pojavila s dečkom koji joj je velika podrška!". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  18. ^ Melvan, Mario (17 December 2021). "Croatia: Mia Negovetic and Bernarda among the 14 acts confirmed for Dora 2022". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  19. ^ Peak positions in Croatia:
    • For "When it Comes to You": "HR TOP 40 Week 10 2020" (in Croatian). top-lista. 15 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
    • For "Pusti": "HR TOP 40 Week 33 2020" (in Croatian). top-lista. 23 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
    • For "Ljubav nema kraj": "HR TOP 40 Week 4 2021" (in Croatian). top-lista. 31 January 2021. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
    • For "She's Like a Dream: "HR TOP 40 Week 10 2021" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
    • For "Ja ti priznajem": "HR TOP 40 Week 50 2021" (in Croatian). top-lista. 19 December 2021. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
    • For "Forgive Me (Oprosti)" "HR TOP 40 Week 9 2022" (in Croatian). top-lista. 6 March 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
    • For "Mijenjam se": "HR TOP 40 Week 37 2022" (in Croatian). top-lista. 18 September 2022. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  20. ^ "HR Top 100 05. tjedan 2020 (Dalmacija)". top-lista. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.