Indira Levak Objects to Alka Vuica's Kiss in Novi Sad

Singer Indira Levak, a former member of the group Colonia, objected at a concert in Novi Sad to Alka Vuica kissing her just before they went on stage, according to a source who was nearby and spoke to Telegraf. The Stars of the Nineties concert took place on Saturday evening, October 17.

Both Croatian singers, Levak and Vuica, performed, along with local bands from the nineties. Among the performers that night was Ivan Gavrilovic, who confirmed part of the claims about Indira Levak’s behavior to Kurir.

What happened before the show?

According to Telegraf, Alka Vuica spotted her younger colleague in the crowd, turned to greet her and kissed her warmly. Levak reportedly answered in a raised voice. The source standing close by says she started shouting at Vuica and complained that she had been kissed three times.

The words the source relayed were:

• “Don’t kiss me.”
• “Why are you kissing me three times, what does that mean?”

Telegraf reports that its crew filmed the moment. Kurir, which carries the same story, says reporters who were present recorded the situation. According to both outlets, Alka Vuica kissed her colleague even though she was refusing the greeting.

How people close to the organizers described the evening

A source close to the organizers told Telegraf that Levak arrived at the hall shortly before the show, came in with her team and greeted no one. According to the same source, she spent most of the evening in a van and asked the organizers to bring her whatever she needed there.

“She didn’t want to come with the other performers. Terrible, she immediately started acting like some kind of star, full of herself. She was in the van the whole time, where she asked the organizers to bring her everything she needed. Nobody understands why she didn’t want to socialize with her colleagues,” the source close to the organization told Telegraf.

The same source added:

“She arrived at the hall shortly before the show, then came in with her team and didn’t want to say hello to anyone. She disappointed me so much, such hostility! She even took offense at Alka for greeting her, just terrible.”

Neither outlet names this source, so the words are relayed as claims, not as confirmed facts.

What does Ivan Gavrilovic say?

Kurir contacted Ivan Gavrilovic to check the claims that Levak did not want to sit with the Serbian performers. Gavrilovic confirmed it.

“We worked in shifts all evening, but we really didn’t see her once until she came out on stage. She was in some hotel or in the van,” Gavrilovic said.

So the accounts differ on where Levak spent the evening: the organizers’ source speaks of a van, while Gavrilovic says she was in a hotel or in the van.

His bigger complaint, he says, concerns the end of the performance. Gavrilovic says he does not mind that she did not talk to the other performers, but that it was unpleasant that she left the stage without saying goodbye to the audience.

“When the show ended she didn’t bow to the audience, she just left. That’s a bit lame,” Gavrilovic told Kurir.

In the articles we read, there is no reaction from Indira Levak or Alka Vuica to these claims.