Jelena Tomasevic – Oro

♫ Beovizija 2008 on Sun, 2nd Mar 2008 12:59 pm 

[...] The Serbian national contest for ESC, Beovizija is now confirmed to be held on 9-10 March, Jelena Tomasevic’ song Oro, composed by Zeljko Joksimovic is one of the 20 songs that will compete [...]

♫ Eurovision News on Tue, 11th Mar 2008 12:33 am 



[...] Jelena Tomasevic with her song “Oro” (”Hora” – a type of circle dance originating in the Balkan) won Beovizija 2008 [...]

Alexz on Tue, 11th Mar 2008 1:06 pm 



Ya ya…i know,i am from SERBIA!!! But, ‘Oro’ is one of better songs….i’d rather like for Betty Boop-Kvar to represent us for Eurosong…
Sorry,my english isn’t very good sometimes…

Alexz on Tue, 11th Mar 2008 1:08 pm 



Oro is now boring …to tradicional…i liked her in first moment but i think that Beovision is tricked!Somebody set up for Jelena to win and everybody knows that….am i wrong,maybe?

admin on Tue, 11th Mar 2008 7:22 pm 



I don’t know if you are right or wrong…
There is no way we will win two years in a row but I am happy that she won because she has magnificent voice, because her song is traditional, because Zeljko should have won in 2004 anyway and because she is feminine and I’d expect a woman to represent Serbia to be a woman (for a change)!

@novaktod
I have no idea who you were talking to in your angry comment but it doesn’t belong on this site. Why? Because I am Yugoslavian.

Siro on Wed, 12th Mar 2008 2:36 am 



I’m not Serbian, I’m Slovenian and I’m usually very objective and before I was to say this, I’ve checked all the other participants’ songs. ALL of them. If Serbia doesn’t win, then I don’t know, who will. It’s the best song. They’re the best in the business and they’ve been proving it now for quite some years.
Congradulations to Zeljko and Jelena! They ARE the deadly combination for all the potential competitors!

kaca on Thu, 13th Mar 2008 8:01 pm 



song is great…..and jelena has a great voice….but jutro was better….anyway oro is the best song this year……zeljko i jelena congratulations….jablan was also good song but bety boop are the worst bend ever….kiss….and i am afcours srom serbia…..

kaca on Sat, 15th Mar 2008 12:01 pm 



hi….we are from serbia and big kiss for everyone……..oro is best song…i think that is better than jutro….probably this year jelena won’t win….but is the best song this and probably next year..the best song ever……pozzz

mattx on Mon, 17th Mar 2008 3:11 pm 



I’m from Croatia and I’m really upset with our song this year… but I like Jelena’s song a lot… really great!!!

miki on Wed, 19th Mar 2008 2:22 am 



i dont think we will this year agin but its a great song, better then other else but i think iceland will win. you never know

strahigo on Sat, 22nd Mar 2008 10:15 am 



song,,oro”is a very boring and slowlly composition,but lot of people likes it.Jelena tomasevic is very good songer and veru nice girl,
evrovision stay in serbia and next year,i belive in it.that’s a sounds great he he!!!!!

escfan on Sun, 30th Mar 2008 3:27 am 



@admin

if you are yugoslavian then go to yugoslavia…ohh wait..it doesnt exist hence yugoslavian doesnt exist..you are either a serbian, a croat or bosnian (even though the latter and the former are also serb)…pick one…dont spread your communist dogma here

admin on Sun, 30th Mar 2008 11:02 am 



escfan, unlike you who escaped, I am here! What do you know about what I am “spreading”? And, I will spread whatever I want on my blog! So..dream on!
lol

jonathan on Mon, 31st Mar 2008 5:16 pm 



quite nice song, and the language is cool but last year’s song from you, molitva, was maybe better though. but this is still quite good. I’m swedish btw and our song really sucks this year

mladenovic on Thu, 10th Apr 2008 12:08 pm 



I think Serbia is going to be a winner again, it’s a great song, I like it very much, it almost so good like Molitva last year.

jonti_swe on Mon, 14th Apr 2008 10:03 pm 



by the way, there are versions in Spanish, Greek and Portuguese of this one too,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmj7waHK38g spanish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_65NLpGYa8s portuguese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YfEBbpd4cY greek

and by the way why are the forums gone? :O :S are you changing something with them?

jonti_swe on Mon, 14th Apr 2008 10:12 pm 



never mind the forums are back now

Sminkerica on Wed, 16th Apr 2008 9:13 am 



hej I’m from BiH.. jelena’s song is really great,but our Laka and his song “Pokusaj” is great too… (:
and btw “oro” isn’t boringg!
kiss

Ivana on Mon, 21st Apr 2008 2:17 pm 



it’s a very nice song.
i’m from Serbia and i think it represents our tradition very nice

nevena on Mon, 21st Apr 2008 7:33 pm 



first i wanted for beauty queens to win but this is also perfect. i think that this is song so beautiful,i love that she sing on Serbian,i love her voice and it,s very nice to represent our tradition.

go Jelena and win that ESC

JohnnyC on Mon, 28th Apr 2008 1:01 am 



Serbia song is the best in this eurovision. Congrats to Zeljko joksimovic for the music. Although i dont know any serbian, that song spoke to me somehow. Grats again from Greece

admin on Mon, 28th Apr 2008 11:37 am 



JohnnyC,
have you heard the Greek version? click here
I think it’s magical ; )

anna on Thu, 1st May 2008 8:20 pm 



Look, who did the translation is not a competent person for the job. I searched for lyrics and I found this translation and I am really cross, since I am a student of English.
To put somebody to sleep is to kill him or her and wheat is not kissing anybody. However here is a better translation and modificated to fit better into the logics of English language.

Who is the one who caresses my dear one,
Who is the one who wakes those sleepy lips.
Do not sleep my chaff and remember my name when she starts kissing you.
Do not break the thin ice, since there is no water,
Do not rub the salt into the wound, since there are no tears.
The one who plays my oro won’t play for us, so
my chaff let me sleep.
Ko li zaigra oro moje,
Nuna nej,nuna nuna nuna nuna nuna nej,
On Vidovdan, wake me up to see his face again.

admin on Fri, 2nd May 2008 4:11 pm 



Thanks anna. Good luck with your studies.
First,

Verb	1.	put to sleep – help someone go to bed; “Mother put the baby to sleep” put – cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; “That song put me in awful good humor”; “put your ideas in writing”
	2.	put to sleep – kill gently, as with an injection; “the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep” put away

Second, wheat is not currently kissing anyone but she is asking wheat to kiss him (a man she loves).
Related to that… chaff is more likely to be used when talking about “separating wheat from the chuff”; it’s also the green stuff in this picture

I’ve also noticed, in a translation on another site, they use the word Cornstalks which is also incorrect because the word she is using means wheat ears and it creates an image like this in minds of those who understand the song

The song is a message a girl is sending to the man she loves, trying to “wake him up”. Vidovdan (Видовдан), St Vitus’ Day is mentioned in order to symbolize love, because, according to an old Serbian belief, on this religious holiday (28th June), girls dream of the man they’ll marry; the man they will see (meet) on St Vitu’s Day.

ceca on Thu, 8th May 2008 2:43 pm 



ORO is the best song and I hope that Jelena will win the eurosong contest.She has a great voice and Zeljko is the best composer.They have done a great job together and they deserve to win the contest.

FER on Mon, 12th May 2008 1:41 am 



hi, i’m spanish (please don’t make fun of me, i don’t like “Baila el chikichiki” too). I liked Molitva last year and i also like Oro, and i Think Jelena will win. I’ve listened to the spanish version but i don’t like it. i don’t understand serbian but when i listened to Oro (this word means gold in spanish)i felt it was a very sensitive song that must talk about very deep feelings, despite i can’t find any sense in the spanish version named “Adiós amor” (Goodbye my love)i hardly can join one verse with the next one and it’s supposed the boy dies. here is the translation from the spanish version to english:

Stay here by my side
One more night in my arms
Tell me without speaking I feel you
In my heart so lonely
Till the sun illuminates
Give me sleep for my pain

Stay here in my verses
Remain like a glow
In my thoughts
This prayer in my lips
Kisses your skin, my dear
Till the sun illuminates

Nuna ney, nuna nuna nuna nuna nuna ney
Nuna ney, nuna nuna nuna nuna nuna ney

Three tears, my last ones
I send to you to take care well of you

Nuna ney, nuna nuna nuna nuna nuna ney
Nuna ney, nuna nuna nuna nuna nuna ney

My last three tears
I send to you to take care well of you

Goodbye my love, hug me
Wait for me in other life.

I also like “All night long” from Denmark and “Disappear” from germany but i think Serbia will win, so good luck Serbia and please, DON’T VOTE FOR SPAIN

jonti_swe on Mon, 12th May 2008 5:09 pm 



^Gracias por la traducción! Seguro que a nuestro “admin” va a gustar que lo has traducido
Jaja no voy a votar para España. A mí también me gusta mucho la canción de Serbia es uno de los mejores en la Eurovision este año y quizás reciberá mi voto. Probablemente voy a votar para más que una canción.
A mí no me gusta la canción de mi país (Suecia) tanto tampoco
Saludos!

admin on Mon, 12th May 2008 5:40 pm 



jonti… English pleaseee
lol
thanks
FER, thanks a lot! and of course we wont make fun of you…

jonti_swe on Tue, 13th May 2008 5:10 pm 



lol ok sorry hehe (:

Mina on Sat, 17th May 2008 6:12 pm 



Good song,I like it. I think it is going to be in first five this year,I would like to be first,but we will see.
Big kiss from Serbia. =)

Vlada Sh on Sun, 18th May 2008 12:06 am 



Hello everybody! I’m from Serbia too, and Oro is a great song and Jelena is a great singer. I also like Armenia and Ireland, maybe Macedonia, Bosnia is interesting and funny… Slovenia isn’t bad. But Croatia is awful and, sorry, but the Spain too, althought I love Spanish language, people, music…
I hope wi’ll win again. Go ahead Jelena!

admin on Sun, 18th May 2008 6:05 pm 



I think Bosnian entry is worse than Croatian. They are both bad but.. what Laka?! jesus!
It’s really a shame for a country that produced Hari Mata Hari, Dino Merlin etc…
So, our neighbors are getting 0,00000000000 votes from me but they can still vote for Jelena, I don’t mind!

milena on Sun, 18th May 2008 7:27 pm 



Hi there…well,I think that Oro is the best song this year.Jelena has a magic voice n the music is very good. lyrics? excellent.the song represents the spirit n tradition of serbia…She sings about love and at the same time about kosovo…St. Vitus’ day n other…other song that I like is secret combination of kalomoira…It’s not bad-good rhythm. And of course – Believing (russia)…N “hey chiki chiki” is cute too…All of this songs re gonna bee very popular this year, but only 1 can win…

admin on Sun, 18th May 2008 8:01 pm 



thanks Milena
One thing – I refuse to believe the song is about Kosovo (I posted explanation in one of the comments above) and she said it herself

swedenthisyear on Sun, 18th May 2008 8:47 pm 



isnt this song a political ‘tribute’ to not accept that kosovo is independent? my friend who is macedonian think so..so i was just wondering… sorry if my eng sucks.

admin on Sun, 18th May 2008 9:35 pm 



Your English is fine but your friend is wrong.
Jelena’s exact words:
The story behind the song „Oro“ is that girl is supposed to dream about her darling on St Vitus day, because if she dreams about him on St Vitus day, she will also marry him. It is believed that if on the night before the day, you put a piece of rosemary called vidovicica under your pillow, it helps you dream of your darling and to marry him.

I suppose it’s quite understandable though that everything around here gets associated with politics but obviously, Jelena is not trying to spread any political message (unlike 2007 winner)

jonti_swe on Mon, 19th May 2008 3:44 pm 



I do not think this has any hidden political message or anything. I think esc-songs should be neutral when it comes to politics no matter what opinion the singer has. I cannot see anything that could be political in this text.
But the last year’s winner was trying to spread a political message? I had never heard about that….

admin on Mon, 19th May 2008 5:04 pm 



That is just because you are not so familiar with Serbian issues… I wish I wasn’t either! lol
I don’t know what Marija Serifovic was praying for at Eurovision 2007 but she has been involved in politics… click

burak on Mon, 19th May 2008 5:05 pm 



harika tek keli,meyle süper bi parca her zamn böyle gzl oluyor bunların sarkıları,,,,,,,

baky on Tue, 20th May 2008 11:03 pm 



JELENA IS THE BEST!!!!!SERBIA FOREVER!

Edi on Wed, 21st May 2008 9:41 pm 



I’m form Romania … but I hope she wins … this song is amazing …

српкиња on Wed, 21st May 2008 10:13 pm 



Ма наша песма је најбоља брее! Каква Русија, какви бакрачи…Јецо, свака част!!!

Vlada Sh on Fri, 23rd May 2008 2:09 am 



Поздрав за Српкињу!

admin on Fri, 23rd May 2008 2:12 am 



Of course we will win again! Is there any doubt?!

Nemanja Twinky on Fri, 23rd May 2008 12:43 pm 



Ma pjesma je odlična.Srbija je ponovo među prvima!!!

jonti_swe on Fri, 23rd May 2008 3:38 pm 



I’m not sure that you will win again but you would deserve it definately. I’m afraid the winner this year won’t be a ballad and a song in a native language again, even though most of the by far best songs are ballads in native languages this year! like Romania, Switzerland, Albania, Serbia, Israel….Switzerland did not even make it to the final….
argh take back the native language rule now >_< songs would be better..I think the song should be something that represents your country and its culture more like this does..

Nemanja Twinky on Fri, 23rd May 2008 3:39 pm 



The song is great.Serbia is again the winner!!!

Tyana on Sat, 24th May 2008 5:26 am 



Pesma nije nista narocito,Marijina je bila bolja..

Olja on Sat, 24th May 2008 3:18 pm 



I’m from Serbia and live in England..I love this song. I hope Serbia wins again, it’ll just be amazing

Malena on Sat, 24th May 2008 4:17 pm 



Jelena is great..no, she’s the best!!
I also like greece and ukraine..but I don’t get how macedonia and slovenia didn’t make it to the final..
spanish song is nice..but nina by ferry frias is a lot lot better….
jub svima

Peter on Sat, 24th May 2008 5:59 pm 



This is a winner…Peter from Toronto!

Kathy-Serbia!!! ~3~ on Sat, 24th May 2008 8:28 pm 



ORO is a vey nice song! Jelena has a wonderful voice a I hope that she will win! I’m from Serbia, and sorry because of some little mistakes! ) I think that song isn’t borring! I am listening it at the moment and…I don’t know…I don’t know how to say it…IT’S MAGICAL!! Jelena is the best!!! SERBIA RULES!!!!! )

admin on Sat, 24th May 2008 10:39 pm 



Finals
Song 23
Serbia can win twice in a row!
Good luck Jelena!!!

nina on Sat, 24th May 2008 11:19 pm 



Hi ya all I am from Bosnia I think that bosnia will win because of its originality but Jelena really sings great, she is the best female voice in the Europe, But Laka is something else he is funny, and it makes me proud to hear him. Serbia congratulations anyway.P.S. I think this song is about Kosovo and it sholuld be ……….great song and amazin Jelena

jonti_swe on Sun, 25th May 2008 12:53 am 



in what way can this be about Kosovo? lol….I don’t think it is….anyway the song was nice as before

admin on Sun, 25th May 2008 2:16 am 



jao nina…

Well we exchanged our 12 points though I must say I did NOT and once again, did NOT contribute to that!
Sorry but that’s just simple truth.

Darko on Sun, 25th May 2008 2:27 am 



I’m very sorry that Jelena didn’t win. The song was beautiful, the stage performance was nice, too. The problem might have been that many people recognized a touch of ‘Lane moje’ in the song and decided not to vote for it, in spite of it being really really nice (as if the rest of the songs are not copies of some other songs, lol)

I don’t mean to underestimate the success of the Russian team, but their song doesn’t seem like anything special to me. I wasn’t impressed by the singer’s vocal performance, either. What probably aroused interest of the audience is the performance of Yevgeny Plyushchenko on like two square meters of ice on the stage. Then again, the Eurovision Song Contest is the competition of songs, vocal and stage performance, and singers’ outfits (how awful they may be).

The organizer probably didn’t want to add all these competing categories to the official title of the competition and it still remains the ‘Eurovision SONG Contest’.

Darko on Sun, 25th May 2008 2:43 am 



Oh, yes, and one more thing.

I knew that the guy who won, Dima Bilan, isn’t of Slavic origin. Obvious, no?!

He’s from one of those small republics of the Russian Federation where the majority of citizens are of Turkic origin. So says wikipedia, and I trust wikipedia (usually).

jonti_swe on Sun, 25th May 2008 2:50 am 



Darko-really? I had never heard of that before, but ok, I usually trust wikipedia too so suppose it’s all right

Darko on Sun, 25th May 2008 3:06 am 



Slavs are, or at least are supposed to be red-headed or blond, and to have a fair complexion. He’s neither of these. So I checked his background. Intelligence Ops

admin on Sun, 25th May 2008 3:13 am 



I also trust wikipedia especially because they linked us on Eurovision 2008 page!
But I find it hard to believe Dima is Turkish LOL
I will have to do some investigating myself

btw
I will move these comments to Dima post

Darko on Sun, 25th May 2008 3:20 am 



@admin

Not Turkish. Turkic (turkički in Serbian). Turkish people is only one of those peoples that are included in the Turkic group

Nikolay on Sun, 25th May 2008 9:38 am 



Hi from Russia,
I think «Хора» is best track of Eurovision with difference. Great folk song. Well, unfortunately this contest had political resolution as usual

As for Bilan it’s evidently no Slav, but türks (not turkish),- «tatarin» in Russian

Simon on Sat, 12th Jul 2008 1:58 pm 



best song, best presentation,beautiful singer, CONGRATULATIONS

yağmur on Sat, 18th Oct 2008 1:29 pm 



ya ne diyonuz anlamadımmmm…. türkeyy

kindrock on Sat, 13th Dec 2008 10:19 pm 



its a wonderful song. i will listen it over and over again.this song deserves a better place. much love from turkiyeeeeeee.

admin on Sat, 13th Dec 2008 10:20 pm 



Thanks kindrock for your comment! And much love back to Turkey from me!

With love from China on Wed, 17th Dec 2008 9:52 pm 



Loved Janna’s performance, beautiful song and beautiful melody. Every time when I listen to it, I feel myself melt away. Dear serbian friends, you may be pleased to know that ‘Oro’ is on my karaoky-must-sing-along song list.

admin on Thu, 18th Dec 2008 5:12 pm 



That’s great to hear!
Have you heard her new song Okeani?
You can see the video (and lyrics) here:
http://lyricstranslations.com/yu-english-lyrics/jelena-tomasevic-okeani

Pxncho on Mon, 29th Dec 2008 9:21 am 



OMG!!
one of my favorite songs this year…
I love it..
I like it more than Molitva
The Spanish version is great too!

admin on Mon, 29th Dec 2008 9:49 am 



Yeah I think it’s much better than Molitva!

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