Mitja Šinkovec

Mitja Šinkovec, also known as Šiki, is a Slovenian singer born on 5 February 1990, and a familiar face from Slovenian television: that is why he is on Muzika-Balkan. He sings mostly in Slovenian, and some of his newest songs, such as "Danas je dan" and "Svirajte", are in Croatian. His career is in Slovenia, where he sings in the dance orchestra of the POP TV show Zvezde plešejo.

He started on the piano accordion at the age of six, went through the lower and secondary music schools and won competitions with it, among them a national title and a first prize at an international competition in Pula. In 2009 and 2010 he sang in the group Tangels. In spring 2011 he reached the semi-final of the second season of Slovenija ima talent, with "Jedina" by Toše Proeski and "Kad žena zavoli" by Tony Cetinski. From 2011 to 2013 he sang with the folk ensemble Veseli Begunjčani.

In 2013 he co-founded 101ka band with the bassist Blaž Stroj and became its singer and frontman. Their first song, "Le zakaj si žalostna", came out in February 2016 and "Lubice moje" in the autumn. In 2017 he was a contestant in the fourth season of Znan obraz ima svoj glas, won two weeks as Chaka Khan and as Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson, and reached the final as Željko Joksimović. In November 2017 the band released "Nekaj je na tebi", the first song with his own music, under the name Mitja Šinkovec in 101ka band.

"Jaz in ti", "Spomini na Piran", "Letiva" and "Trenutek" followed, and in November 2019 the album Na vrhu sveta. He also sang in the funk band Towel of Shower (2014–2018) and with the Bid Bang big band from Radovljica, and played the male lead in the musical Za zmeraj! (2018). In 2021 he joined the pop group Pop Design as their singer. Solo songs such as "Drugemu je dala srce" and "Vse stavil sem na njo" came next. The playlist gathers his videos with 101ka band and solo.