Romanca (Kraljevi ulice & 75 Cents song)

"Romanca"
"Romanca"
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry
Country	Croatia
Artist(s)	Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents
Language	Croatian
Composer(s)	Miran Hadži Veljković
Lyricist(s)	Miran Hadži Veljković
Finals performance
Semi-final result	4th
Semi-final points	112
Final result	21st
Final points	44
Entry chronology
	◄ "Vjerujem u ljubav" (2007)
	"Lijepa Tena" (2009) ►

Performance at the Eurovision Song Contest

"Romanca" (Croatian pronunciation: [romǎntsa]; "Romance") was the Croatian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 held in Belgrade, Serbia. It was performed by the group Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents with dancer Mia Lisak wearing a red dress and playing percussion with glass bottles. Towards the end of the song, Lisak is barefoot for the performance. The song reached first place in Dora, the Croatian national final, thus entering the Eurovision Song Contest.

The song has a slight touch of humour, as the spoken introduction says that there is no difference between this song of romance and all the others. 75 Cents is rapping about how "monkeys" created the internet, however it was old people who invented music and united the world and therefore old people are not so useless as people like to think. In the live performance towards the end, he can be seen doing modern DJ trickery on a (replica) old gramophone.

The song was performed in Croatian and versions were recorded in Croatian and Russian. The singing part is sung seriously, however the rapping and intro bear slight humour to them.^{[clarification needed]}

On 22 May 2008 the song competed in the second semi-final of the competition, and was chosen as one of the 10 songs that advanced to the final, held on the 24th. At the final, the song received 44 points, placing 21st in a field of 25.

The song was succeeded as Croatian representative at the 2009 contest by Igor Cukrov with "Lijepa Tena".

Charts[]

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Croatian Top 20 Chart^[1]	2

References[]

^ Croatian Top 20 Chart

External links[]

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[1] Croatian Top 20 Chart

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