Mirza Šoljanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирза Шољанин; born 11 January 1985) is a Bosnian singer and winner of the third season of the Bosnian television singing contest Zvijezda možeš biti ti (You Can Be a Star).[1]
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| Born | (1985-01-11) 11 January 1985 (age 37) Sjenica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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Šoljanin was born in Sjenica, Serbia, into an ethnic Bosniak family. He moved to the Bosnian capital city Sarajevo in 2004 to attend the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Forestry.[2]
Šoljanin auditioned for the third season of the Bosnian television singing contest Zvijezda možeš biti ti (You Can Be a Star) in 2010 on Hayat TV. He won on 17 February 2011.[3] His debut studio album, Poljubi me (Kiss Me), was released on 3 July 2011 through the label Hayat Production.[4] The title song served as the album's lead single and premiered 9 March 2011.[5]
With the Bosnian rock band Emir & Frozen Camels, Šoljanin recorded the song "Ters Bosanka" in 2013. They entered the song into the inaugural Turkvision Song Contest 2013 in December 2013 and finished in sixth place.[6] The music video featured Bosnian pin-up Idda van Munster and premiered on 3 December.[7][8][9]
On 30 June 2012 Šoljanin married Merima Džeko, sister of football player Edin Džeko.[10] They divorced a year later.[11][12][13]