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Filip BalošФилип Балош
Baloš in 2023
Background information
Born	(2001-03-18) 18 March 2001 (age 23) Novi Sad, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Genres	Electropop
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2017—present

Filip Baloš (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Балош; born 18 March 2001) is a Serbian singer-songwriter.

Early life and education

Baloš comes from a musical and dramatic family. At the age of four, he began to show his love for painting and music. As a boy, he participated in various music festivals. In 2016, he entered the Bogdan Šuput High School for Design. He was part of various group exhibitions and painting colonies. In 2020, after finishing high school, Filip enrolled in the first year of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, department of painting. Since October 2022, he is a student of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.

Career

In 2019, Baloš won the Play Star title awarded by Play Radio. The task was for all participants to record themselves singing a song of their choice. Baloš recorded himself singing "Breathin" (2018) by Ariana Grande. The commission of that radio, made up of music regulars, rated his work as the best. As the winner, he recorded the song "Pomereno" ("Moved"). In 2022, with Zemlja gruva! he recorded a cover of Konstrakta's song "Mekano" ("Soft"), after they heard him singing on social networks, and invited him to record his version of the song in their studio. It was also praised by Kim Petras.

On 9 January 2023, it was revealed that Baloš would be competing at Pesma za Evroviziju '23 with the song "Novi plan, drugi san" ("New Plan, Different Dream"), and on 27 January he would be performing in the first semi-final. Baloš wrote the lyrics, music and arrangement. He found the inspiration for the song, which he submitted for the competition, in his brother, who suffered because of the breakup, but very quickly rose from the situation and continued to make new plans and set other goals. As he stated, the song is motivational and can refer to other situations in life. He performed at the competition with Kost Musu, who performed Konstrakta's performance in 2022. Baloš qualified for the final as fourth in the first semi-final. In the finals, he finished third in the jury vote (8 points), fourth in the audience vote (7 points) and finished fourth overall (15 points).

On 21 December 2023, Baloš was announced among the participants of Pesma za Evroviziju '24, the Serbian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Duga je noć" ("The Night Is Long"). The song failed to qualify for the final.

Influences

Baloš cites Lady Gaga, Charlie Puth and Finneas as his musical role models, as well as local authors and performers, Bojana Vunturišević and Sara Jo.

Discography

Singles

References

1. ^ Јовановић, Милица (January 13, 2023). "-{PzE23 | Upoznajte učesnike (3. deo)}-". Evrovizija.rs. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
2. ^ "Filip Baloš je Play Zvezda, upoznajte ga bolje!". Superteen.rs. July 23, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
3. Vladimir (Famoza.net) (August 1, 2019). "Famoza intervju: Upoznajte Filipa Baloša, našu novu muzičku zvezdu!". Famoza.net (in Serbian). Retrieved February 27, 2023.
4. "Filip Baloš". Deezer.com. Deezer. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
5. ^ "Filip Baloš priprema NEOČEKIVANI NASTUP na Pesmi za Evroviziju: "Okupio sam pobedničku ekipu"". www.sd.rs (in Serbian). February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
6. "РТС: Ово су учесници фестивала „Песма за Евровизију 2023"". rts.rs. Radio Television of Serbia. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
7. "Serbia: 'Pesma za Evroviziju 2023' running order revealed". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
8. "Filip Baloš: Mi smo nova generacija koja će vratiti sjaj pop muzici". Zoomer (in Serbian). February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
9. "Детаљни гласови публике и жирија на фестивалу „Песма за Евровизију 2023"". rts.rs. Radio Television of Serbia. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
10. "Serbia: 'Pesma za Evroviziju' details announced!". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
11. Marín, Marc (March 1, 2024). "Pesma za Evroviziju '24: seleccionados los 8 finalistas de la preselección serbia" [Pesma za Evroviziju '24: the eight finalists of the Serbian preselection have been selected]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved March 1, 2024.
12. "ZOVU IH SRPSKI MANESKIN, A EVO ŠTA ZNAČI KENI U NJIHOVOM NAZIVU: Momci odgovorili na večito pitanje da li ROKENROL umire (FOTO)". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved February 27, 2023.
13. Oradio. "Filip Baloš: Cilj je da se izgradim kao sopstvena ličnost". Oradio - omladinski radio (in Serbian). Retrieved February 27, 2023.

• 2001 births
• Living people
• Musicians from Novi Sad
• Serbian pop singers
• Serbian male singer-songwriters
• 21st-century Serbian male singers
• Pesma za Evroviziju contestants