Nikola "Sajko" Sarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Сарић; born 21 February 1989) is a Serbian singer, musician and television personality. He came to media attention as one of sixteen contestants on the B92's Operacija trijumf, the Balkan version of Endemol's Fame Academy. As one of four members of OT Band, he took part in Beovizija 2009, with the song "Blagoslov za kraj", but they placed second in the final.[2]
The Operacija trijumf, started broadcasting on September 29, 2008. Nikola Sarić became very popular between the girls, and he was named "the favorite contestant of the girls".[3] However, he was expelled at the eleventh gala event, losing to Vukašin Brajić.[4][5] Sarić performed with the expelled students Đorđe Gogov and Nikola Paunović at the semifinals event. They covered Billy Idol's hits "White Wedding" and "L.A. Woman".
During the Operacija trijumf, Sarić performed the following songs:
After the end of the Operacija trijumf, the Emotion Production formed a band named "OT Band", consisting of four participants – Vukašin Brajić, Đorđe Gogov, Nikola Paunović and Nikola Sarić. The band took part in the Beovizija 2009, the Serbian national election for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.[6] Their song, named "Blagoslov za kraj", was written by E. Owen, S. Vukomanović and E. Botric, and was produced at the Universal Music Group.[7][8] The band placed the 2nd, behind Marko Kon and his song "Cipela".[2]
Sarić has recently recorded a rock ballad "Zaboravi" with Macedonianpop starKarolina Gočeva. The song was written by popular Serbian songwriters Mirko and Snežana Vukomanović.[9] OT Band and the rest of Operacija trijumf contestants held two sold-out concerts at Belgrade's Sava Centar, on April 19 and 20, 2009.[10]
