Biljana Jevtić

Biljana Jevtić, also known by her married name Biljana Jevtić Ilić, is a Serbian folk singer, born on 17 October 1959 in Grejač near Aleksinac. She won the competition Prvi glas Srbije with a traditional song, and the songwriter Radmila Todorović Babić, who heard her there, decided to help her career.

Her first album, Biće bolje, came out on Diskoton in 1983, and Diskoton also released Uđi mi u trag (1984), Evo ti srce na dlanu (1985) and Ah (1986). She then recorded Šta sam ti kriva živote for Jugodisk (1987), and for PGP-RTB Proklet da je ovaj život (1989), Uzmi aga što ti drago (1990) and Da se ja pitam (1992). Za tebe sam rođena came out on PGP-RTS in 1995, followed by three albums on ZAM, Da kucnem u drvo (1997), Bogataš (1998) and Ko iz kabla kiša lije (2001), and two on Grand Production, Pozovi me na kafu (2004) and Sve se plavi (2007): fourteen albums in all.

Among her best-known songs are "Evo ti srce na dlanu", "Uzmi, aga, što ti drago", "Proklet da je ovaj život", "Plitak potok", "Suzo jedina", "Bogataš", "Sedokosi" and "Sve se plavi". She has been married since 1989 to the singer Aleksandar "Aca" Ilić, and the two sing the duet "Biljana" together.

She has been a regular at folk festivals: MESAM from 1984 to 1996, Hit parada, Poselo 202, Valandovo, Šumadijski sabor and Moravski biseri, which she won in 2010 with "Gledam, a ne vidim". In 2014 she won first prize and the award for interpretation at the Lira festival in Belgrade with "Al' ne umem da se napijem", and in 2016 she received the Estrada-music award of Serbia. Her later singles are "Slomio si srce" (2014) and "Najlepše godine" (2016).