Balkanika

Balkanika (Serbian Cyrillic: Балканика) is a Serbian group formed by Sanja Ilić in 1998. They represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Nova deca".

Balkanika
Balkanika during Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	World folk medieval Byzantine music electronic folktronica
Years active	1998–present
Labels	PGP-RTS
Members	Aleksandar Radulović Branimir Marković Nevena Stamenković Ljubomir Dimitrijević Danica Krstić Marija Bjelanović Milan Jejina Mladen Lukić Nebojša Nedeljković Nemanja Kojić

The mission of the group is, as affirmed by Ilić, to preserve, revitalize and modernize Serbian medieval and Byzantine music traditions.^[1]

Members

Other members of the group include:^[2]

• vocalists: Nevena Stamenković (born 11 April), Danica Krstić (born 25 November 1995), Marija Bjelanović, Mladen Lukić, and Nemanja Kojić
• percussionists: Aleksandar Radulović and Milan Jejina
• guitarists: Branimir Marković and Nebojša Nedeljković
• flautist: Ljubomir Dimitrijević

Awards

Year	Award	Category	City	Result
2019	Music Awards Ceremony	Etno/World Music Song of the Year (Nova Deca)	Belgrade, Serbia	Won

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2018
• Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018