Franka Batelić is a singer from Croatia. She rose to fame as the winner of the first season of Showtime (Croatian show similar to Pop Idol). Her mother Ingrid, father Damir and younger brother Nikola who is also into music - guitarist and frontman of the Storm band – currently known as the ‘youngest rock band in Labin’. Her more serious music career began when she won the Showtime show in December 2007. In May 2008 singing Ruža u kamenu by Miro Buljan/Boris Djurdjevic/Neno Nincevic Franka performed at the finals of the pop/rock evening of the 12th Radio Festival in Opatija, where she captured the audiences’ award. That very song was the one that had captured the hearts at the OGAE network which gathers 40 European clubs Eurosong fans and its Song Contest that Franka had won is the reason for it being held in Croatia next year. Franka won the fourth seson of Ples sa zvijezdama, a Croatian version of Dancing with the Stars. With Pjesma za kraj Franka took part in the Croatian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, and she was qualified directly into the finals. Her songs received only four points from the jury and 14 points from the votes, and finished the 7th with a total of 18 points. “Pjesma za kraj” peaked on the Croatian singles chart at number two. With Na tvojim rukama Franka will take part in the Croatian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, and is qualified directly to the final on 6 March. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.