1994 - Croatia
Performed by: Tony Cetinski
Music by: Željen Klašterka
Lyrics by: Željko Krznarić
Conductor: Miljenko Prohaska
Language: Croatian
Placing: 16th (27 points)
Other versions: English

Born into a family of musicians in Pula, Cetinski began singing when he was 15 years old with various local groups. He moved from Rovinj to Zagreb in 1991 to start his career, and quickly became one of Croatia's leading pop stars. In 1994, he represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva".

At the 10th Croatian Radio Festival in 2006, Cetinski won all three prizes in pop-rock category: HRF Grand Prix – pop-rock, Listener's award and Music Editors award. He also recorded the song "Lagala nas mala" as a duet with Macedonian singer Toše Proeski. This song appears on both of Proeski's 2005 albums, Po tebe and its Croatian edition Pratim te. The song was also remixed by DeeJay Time.

In 2009, Cetinski won the Porin award for best male vocal performance with his song "Ako to se zove ljubav". Cetinski sold out two concerts in Arena Zagreb the same year with more than 30,000 people attending.

His brother Matteo Cetinski also had a musical career in the nineties of the twentieth century, and his mother Vinka Cetinski was the Minister of Tourism in the Government of the Republic of Croatia. Cetinski is known to the public for his anti-communist views and as one of the proponents of lustration in Croatia, as well as for numerous family financial affairs. This means that he repeatedly demanded the removal of politically compromised employees from the service (especially from the public sector).

The English version of Tony's song is called "Love Forever":

   • Tony Cetinski - Love Forever (Nek' ti...  


LYRICS:

Nek' ti bude ljubav sva

Dolazi kiša sa sjevera
Jastuk miriše, al' boli tvoja nevjera
Nema te, jutro me probudi
Tko te ljubio, sve spalio u očima

Sve mi je s tobom netko uzeo
Mene si prodala, whoa...
Za ljubav se bori, a ja nemam snage
Nemam, nemam snage

Nek' ti bude ljubav sva (Sva)
Moja je duša umorna
U venama struji tuga najveća
Al' iz mene nećeš otići, oh...
Nećeš otići, oh...

Ne voliš, više me ne voliš
Sto bi godina, moja ljubav trajala

Nek' ti bude ljubav sva (Sva)
Moja je duša umorna
U venama struji tuga najveća

Nek' ti bude ljubav sva (Sva)
Moja je duša umorna
Al' iz mene nećeš otići, oh...
Nećeš otići

Ooh...



TRANSLATION:

You may have all the love

Rain from the north is coming
The pillow smells nice, but your infidelity is hurting me
You're not here, the morning awakens me
He who kissed you destroyed memories in my eyes

Someone took you away from me
You sold me, whoa...
I'm fighting for love, but don't have the strength
No, I don't have the strength

You may have all the love (All)
My soul is too tired
The biggest pain is going through my veins
But you won't disappear from inside me, oh...
Won't disappear, oh...

You don't love me, you don't love me anymore
My love would have lasted a hundred years

You may have all the love (All)
My soul is too tired
The biggest pain is going through my veins

You may have all the love (All)
My soul is too tired
But you won't disappear from inside me, oh...
Won't disappear

Ooh...