Dino Jelusić

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Dino Jelusić, 2014

Dino Jelusić (born June 4, 1992 in Požega , Croatia ), also known by his stage name Dino Jelusick , is a Croatian rock singer, musician and songwriter. He is the first winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest .

biography

1997–2005: Beginnings and Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Jelusić was born on June 4, 1994 in Požega, Croatia, but spent most of his life in Zagreb. Since his parents also played musical instruments, he began making music and singing at the age of three. At the age of five he had his first appearances at various festivals and on television.

By 2003 Jelusić won several international festivals. At the age of seven he wrote his first song in English. In 2003 Jelusić took part in the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Denmark for Croatia with his self-written song Ti si moja prva ljubav (You are my first love) and won with 134 points. In the same year he released his debut album No. 1 , with ten Croatian and five English songs. He then toured America, Scandinavia and Australia until 2005. In 2005, at the age of 12, he became the youngest nominee for the Croatian Porin Music Prize .

His sister Lorena represented Croatia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song Rock, Baby and took twelfth place.

2006–2014: solo career

Through puberty, Jelusić's voice changed, he lost parts of his upper register, whereupon he changed his music style to hard rock and metal . In 2009 he recorded his new album with producer Mark Berry in Melbourne , but finalized it with Swedish producer Robert Ahrling in Malmö . The album was released in August 2011 with the title Living My Own Life and marks the beginning of his rock career. However, since he did not write the songs himself, Jelusić never sings the songs live.

From 2012 to 2013 Jelusić took part in a large international project called Syncropation in South Africa . The aim of the project was to create an album on which the collaborations of various artists are included, including Mandoza and Dilana . Dino was involved in several songs and played in front of 50,000 spectators. This project and the collaboration with Mandoza resulted in the later published solo singles Walk on the other side (2014) and Bad to the bone (2015). While studying at the Academy of Music at the University of Zagreb, Jelusić also took part in the Croatian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat .

In 2014 he took second place at the international festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk , Belarus . After the festival, Jelusić had problems with his voice and had an operation for Reinke's edema in September . Then he recorded his first studio album, with songs he had composed, and he also played all the instruments on several of the songs. The album was released in November 2014 entitled Prošao sam sve (I've been through it all). It is based on the book 260 days by Marijan Gubina, an autobiographical novel about a 10-year-old boy who survived 260 days in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Croatian war .

2015 to today: band projects and collaboration with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra

In 2015 the American drummer John Macaluso was looking for a singer and keyboard player for his new American-Croatian band Stone Leaders , after which Jelusić joined the band and recorded the album. The album Stone Leaders was released in March 2019. At the same time, Jelusić was also a member of the Croatian metal band The Ralph , with whom he released the debut album Enter Escape in February 2017. In the same year Jelusić won several prizes at the Discovery Festival in Bulgaria , including one for his song Father . In 2016 he also won the New Wave Festival in Sochi .

In 2016, the American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra was looking for two male singers. After an audition and a meeting with Paul O'Neill , Jelusić was selected as a new member and took part in the winter tour, where he sang Christmas Dreams and was involved in other songs as a background singer. Jelusić was also involved in the 2017 winter tour.

Meanwhile, Jelusić mainly worked with the hard rock band Animal Drive , which he founded in 2012. He is the band's songwriter and composer. The band has been under contract with Frontiers Records since 2017 . Her first studio album Bite! was published in February 2018. In April 2019 they released the cover EP Back To The Roots .

In 2018 and 2019, Jelusić appeared in several episodes of the entertainment and music program A-strana by Hrvatska Radiotelevizija and was the youngest mentor in the Croatian production of the BBC show Just the Two of Us , which he won together with Tara Thaller.

At the end of 2018 Jelusić recorded an album as a singer, songwriter and keyboardist for a project with George Lynch as songwriter and guitarist and Will Hunt on drums. The album Dirty Shirley was released in 2020. He has also worked with Gus G. , Mike Mangini , Jeff Scott Soto , Steve Smyth, Jon Oliva , Kip Winger , Deen Castronovo and Phil Demmel .

Discography

Albums

solo

  • No.1 (2004), Dallas Records
  • Living my own life (2011)
  • Prosao sam sve (2014)

With different artists / bands

  • Jeff Scott Soto - Give in to me - single (backing vocals) (2016)
  • The Ralph - Enter Escape (2017)
  • Chaos Addict - Sacrament of hope (guest vocals) (2017)
  • Stone Leaders - DV84U4IA (2018)

With Animal Drive

  • Please! (2018)

Singles

  • Ti si moja prva ljubav (2003)
  • You are my one and only (2004)
  • U ime ljubavi (2004)
  • Love is all we need (2004)
  • Moj život je rock'n roll (2004)
  • My life is rock'n roll (2004)
  • Malena (2008)
  • Tren (2010)
  • Rain (2010)
  • Samo za nju (2011)
  • Prosao sam sve (2011)
  • I'm not getting over you (2011)
  • Sjaj u očima (2013)
  • Ovo je moj svijet / Livin my own life (2013)
  • Prošao sam sve / I survived (260 days) (2013)
  • Degree Heroja (2013)
  • Otkazani let (2014)
  • Walk on the Otherside (2014)
  • Bad to the Bone (2015)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AUTOGRAPH: Dino Jelusić: "Uvijek sam težio koheziji glazbe i teksta". February 20, 2019, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h A Conversation with Dino Jelusić. August 8, 2017, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Junior Eurovision: What happened to 2003 winner Dino Jelusic? November 21, 2018, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  4. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Jelusić, Dino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jelusick, dino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian rock singer, songwriter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th June 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Požega