Vladana Vučinić

Vladana Vučinić (, ; born 18 July 1986), also known mononymously as Vladana, is a Montenegrin singer and songwriter. She represented Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Breathe".

She worked as a creative director at Radio and Television of Montenegro.

Life and career Vladana showed interest in music at an early age as her grandfather, Boris Nizamovski was the Head of the Association of Stage Artists of North Macedonia and manager of the Macedonian ensemble Magnifico. Vladana studied music theory and opera singing in secondary school graduated with a degree in journalism from the Montenegro's State Faculty of Political Science. On 3 March 2005, Vučinić participated in Montevizija 2005 with the song "" but failed to advance to Evropesma-Europjesma 2005 held on 4 March 2005. In 2006, she participated in Montevizija 2006 as a duet with Bojana Nenezić with the song "Željna". They advanced into the final where they placed 15th overall. Later that year, Vučinić performed her song "" at the newcomers section of the music festival Sunčane skale.

Vladana is the first solo performer from Montenegro broadcast on the regional MTV station MTV Adria.

She launched an online fashion magazine called Chiwelook based on editorials with fashion designers from Montenegro. A day later, on 5 January 2022, it was announced that her Eurovision entry will be titled "Breathe" and performed in English. The song was released on 4 March 2022 alongside a music video. At Eurovision in Turin, she performed in second semi-final on 12 May 2022, but failed to qualify to the grand final. The song was later recorded and released in Finnish ("Jää"/Stay) and Italian ("Respira"/Breathe).

In 2024, she was the TV host of Montesong, but her appearance was marked by frequent slips of the tongue, mispronounced words, and disjointed sentences. Vučinić resigned from RTCG the day after the national final and made her decision public on 5 December, citing a lack of transparency in the organisation of the national final. However, Vučinić remained as head of delegation for Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

Discography

Studio albums Title Details Sinner City Released: 15 December 2010 Label: self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles Title Year Album "" 2003 "" 2004 "" 2005 ""(with Bojana Nenezić) 2006 "" "" ""2007 "Bad Girls Need Love Too"2009Sinner City "Sinner City"2010 "Breathe" 2022 "Jää" "Prevarena" "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.