eurovision 2018
Sanja Ilić
Sanja Ilić represented Serbia at Eurovision 2018 in Lisbon with “Nova deca”, finishing 19th of 26.
- who
- Serbian singer and composer
- born
- 27 March 1951, Belgrade
- died
- 7 March 2021 (aged 69), Belgrade, Serbia
- contest
- 2018
- best result
- 19th, 2018
- music
- folk, electronic
- plays
- keyboard instrument
- active
- from 1963
- studied at
- University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture
- also in
- Balkanika
- sang for
- Serbia
Biography
Sanja Ilić was a Serbian musician and composer who began composing as a teenager, led the rock band San from 1971 to 1975, and then worked as a composer. Ilić formed the group Balkanika in 1998, and Sanja Ilić and Balkanika performed “Nova deca” for Serbia in Lisbon in 2018, finishing 19th.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Sanja Ilić”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2018 Lisbon
“Nova deca (Нова деца)”
19th of 26 Finished 19th of 26 in the final, with 113 points.
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