Bozo Dobrisa: Ceca Got Angry at Me Over Jelena
TV host Bozo Dobrisa described his encounter with Svetlana Ceca Raznatovic at her first summer concert in Budva. He says she refused to give him a statement and pretended not to know him.
TV host and journalist Bozo Dobrisa said on August 11, in an interview with Kurir, that Svetlana Ceca Raznatovic got angry at him over interviews he did with Jelena Karleusa. The encounter between the two former collaborators took place at Ceca’s first summer concert in Budva, where the singer refused to give him a statement. Informer picked up parts of his comments the same day.
Dobrisa has been a fixture on the Montenegrin coast during the summer season for years. Singers performing in Budva and the surrounding area pass in front of his camera almost without exception, and he says his working relationship with Ceca had long been good. This summer that changed.
Ceca got angry at me because of Jelena. After all that affection between us, and I really didn’t do anything bad to her, she got angry.
He doesn’t blame himself for the change. The decision to make Karleusa the leading star of Pink television, he says, was made by Zeljko Mitrovic, and he was just doing his job.
What Happened in Budva
He described the encounter at Ceca’s concert as a moment that hit him harder than a refused microphone.
It didn’t bother me that she didn’t want to give me a statement. What bothered me was that we looked each other in the eye and she acted like she didn’t know me.
He put the message he wants to send her into a verse. “In the end, I’d just have one thing to tell Ceca: ‘When true loves die, I’m their closest kin!’” he said. He added that he used to think their relationship had been just a showbiz moment for her, but that he has since realized it wasn’t.
Asked whether missing out on her statement cost him anything, he answered briefly: “She’s the one who loses out. Whoever wants to, will. Whoever doesn’t, won’t.”
Why the Karleusa Interviews Became a Story
The conversations he has had with Karleusa this summer have been followed as content in their own right, separate from her concerts. The two had not been on good terms for years, so the reconciliation itself became news.
That’s right, JK and I are breaking every record this summer. It bothers a lot of people because they’re jealous, our reconciliation bothers them.
He claims Karleusa was never bothered by his years of working with Ceca. He said she even congratulated him on the birth of his grandchild.
Why Brena Wouldn’t Give a Statement
Dobrisa also spoke about Lepa Brena’s refusal to talk to the press before her performance at one of the biggest clubs on the coast. His explanation had nothing to do with attendance.
Yes, but this time she didn’t want to give statements because she was afraid my colleagues and I would ask her about Suzana Jovanovic. That’s the main reason.
For other singers who avoid the cameras, he has a different theory. They don’t want, he says, footage of an empty club.
How Much an Evening Performance Pays
The figures he cited explain why club owners, in his account, are considering a different lineup. “A DJ costs them 300 euros a night, while singers cost 10,000 euros and don’t fill the place at all,” he said. Hence the plan to book only the biggest names next season and let a DJ cover the rest of the nights.
He rated the 2026 season as the worst so far. Among those who still filled clubs, he named:
- Jelena Karleusa, whom he calls the star of the season
- Ceca Raznatovic, Dara Bubamara and Tea Tairovic
- Aca Lukas and Kaca Zivkovic
- Dzala Brat and Buba Koreli
- Tanja Savic, who packed her club to the last spot
The peak of the season still has about two weeks to run. Until then, it stays open whether Ceca and Dobrisa remain locked in the standoff he described, or whether the microphone will finally be accepted.
