Dino Jelusić is a young Croatian singer, musician and songwriter. He was the winner of the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 (JESC), which took place in Copenhagen on November 15, 2003.
Dino Jelusić (born 4 June 1992), also known by his stage name Dino Jelusick, is a Croatian rock singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the founder, principal songwriter, and lead singer of progressive rock band Animal Drive, which was formed in 2012, and since 2017 has been signed to Frontiers Records. Besides working on several hard rock and metal projects, since 2016, Jelusick has been a touring member for American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He has also worked with Gus G., Mike Mangini, George Lynch, Will Hunt, Jeff Scott Soto, Steve Smyth, Jon Oliva, Kip Winger, John Macaluso, Deen Castronovo, Phil Demmel, and others. He was the winner of the inaugural edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003.
Dino was born in Požega (Slavonia), on June 4th 1992 and now lives in Zagreb with his parents, his younger sister Lorena and the toddler Bruno. At the JESC he sang "Ti si moja prva ljubav" ("You are my first love") and obtained 134 points. The English version of the song is titled "You Are My One and Only". The performance included playing the piano and dancing as well as singing. Dino is also famous for his popular album release, mainly successful in home country, Croatia. The album, known as No.1 is popular amongst the younger people in Europe, but his success has made it even more popular. Dino is currently planning the release of his 2nd Album.
Dino has performed since he was very young, appearing in a lot of stages and festivals from 1998. His breakthrough however, was his appearance on Croatian television's Turbo Limach show for children ("Limač" is Zagreb youth slang for Mali - "little one"), when he was only about 7 years old. Besides his native Croatia, he has performed in cities like Cairo (Egypt), Figueira da Foz (Portugal), Alicante (Spain), Bucharest (Romania), Rimini (Italy) or Kaunas (Lithuania) before going to Copenhagen. Dino also appears frequently on Croatian radio and TV as a special guest for popular stations. He has already had his first full length concert held in the Zagreb Šalata stadium in September 2004, gathering 6000 fans. In the same year and in the beginning of 2005 he went on a multi-city tour in Australia, entertaining Croatian communities in Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, and Brisbane.
In June 2005, Dino performed as a guest star at the Langeland Music Festival in Denmark — the same country in which he had won the JESC two years earlier. After a break from the public eye,Dino now has began to come back into public view,as of 2008 Dino has come out with a new single called "Malena" coming off the album CMC 08 "Croatian Music Channel" Dino also has a new band made up of boys ages 15-17 which he seems to really like and is ready to come out with a video for his new single too.
Dino now plays Rock music, influenced by many 80's artists (Bon Jovi, Europe, Aerosmith) and modern rock (Nickelback, Shinedown, Daughtry). He is ready for a worldwide release of his new album ''Livin' my own life'' so be sure to look out for it!
In May 2019, Lords of Black's Tony Hernando released a self-titled album with his solo project Restless Spirits. Jelusick sang on two of the album's tracks, "Cause I Know You're the One" and "Lost Time (Not to Be Found Again)". The record also included guest artists including Deen Castronovo, Johnny Gioeli, and Alessandro Del Vecchio. In late 2018, Jelusick recorded vocals and keyboards for a George Lynch project titled Dirty Shirley, which also featured Will Hunt on drums and Trevor Roxx on bass. The self-titled album was released in January 2020.
In July 2021, Jelusick joined Whitesnake as a backing vocalist.
Born: 4th June 1992 :Place: Zagreb, Croatia
School: High school of art 4rd degree (out of 4)
Music high school, sel. Piano, 3rd degree (out of 4)
1st stage appearance: 1998
1st TV show: 1998
1st international festival:1999
Live stage performances: 200-
Composed: 20- songs
Music business awards: youngest performer nominated for Croatian music award (age 11)
11 International festivals - 10 awards
List of some performances:
TV and live shows:"Turbo Limach Show" 1998, 1999 & 2000
Croatian Eurosong contest 1999 - show programme
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
ATP Challenger Tennis Tournament - Zagreb Open- 1999
Turbovision TV show - 2001
1st charity solo concert in Zagreb - 2001
Main role in a musical in our most famous theatre "Komedija" (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago...)
Solo stadium concert with famous guests, Zagreb 2004
Festival in Dubrovnik
Guest star on New York festival in April
Christmas concert in Croatian National Theatre with philharmonic orchestra, Ave Maria and Silent night - a duet with opera diva Sandra Bagaric
Golden star festival, Bucharest, Romania - show programme
Big tour through Croatia and Bosnia 2004 - 2005
Boom Boom - TV show in Denmark 2004
Norway 2nd JESC guest star
Aah Abe tour through Denmark (4 concerts - 100.000 people)
Langeland festival, Denmark, 2005, (4 days, 10 stages) UB40, Ronan Keating and Dino - only international guests
Tour to Australia, 7 solo concerts in Croatian clubs, 2004/2005...
1st album "No.1" released in Croatia - international version released in 13 countries.
Genre: rock, pop-rock, west coast rock
Influences: Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Europe, Nickelback, Daughtry, Toto, Queen
Web site: www.dino.hr
Sport: table tennis, skiing, tennis
Festivals & results:
1999 INF, Cairo, Egypt
4th place (5 - 9 years category)
2000, Bjelovar, Croatia
winner by audience, 2nd place by jury
2000, Zagreb, Croatia
McDonalds, winner
2001 INF, Cairo, Egypt
3rd place (5 - 9 years category)
2001, Figuera da Foz, Portugal
winner
2001, Bucharest, Romania, Golden star festival
Popularity Award & Press Award.
2002: Veo-veo, Alicante - Spain
2002, Igea Marina, Italy, Super Grand Prix
winner
2002, Bucharest, Romania, Golden star festival
3rd prize
2002, Kaunas, Lithuania
winner
2003, INF, Cairo, Egypt
FIDOF award
2003, Zagreb, Croatia, Jesc national perselection
winner
2003, Copenhagen, Denmark,
1st Junior Eurovision song contest
winner
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