The Eurodance Song Festival was born
in Malta in the summer of 2001 by an idea of a group
of djs and radio speakers who wanted to create
a song
contest dedicated to dance music with a selection of
tracks from all over Europe.
After few weeks, in
mid September, this idea came true and a website was
published with the list of entries taking part in
it. The competition was
divided into two rounds: 2 semi-finals with 15 songs
each and a big final with the best 15 entries.
Winners were Colonia,
a very popular Croatian dance group with their song
"Za tvoje snene oci". The band is made up of the disc
jockeys
Boris Đurđević
and Tomislav Jelić and the vocalist Indira Vladić.
This unespected
victory proved that Eastern European Countries have
good dance tracks that can also conquer the
international market. Indeed, after winning Eurodance,
Colonia recorded an English version of the song entitled
"A Little Bit Of Uh, La La La" that was then published
in many European Countries including Italy, Germany,
Austria, Denmark.
