Karleusa Invited to RTS Documentary on Marina Tucakovic
The singer says RTS entertainment programming chiefs invited her to a documentary about the late lyricist, and that an editor told her the project cannot happen without her.
Jelena Karleusa told Kurir that the heads of the entertainment programming at RTS invited her to take part in a documentary series about Marina Tucakovic. Portals carried her statement on October 27. The singer describes the invitation as a step forward in her relations with the public broadcaster.
What is known about the Marina Tucakovic series?
RTS is preparing a documentary series about the late lyricist, the author of many hits of Serbian pop music. According to the portals, the series would run for several seasons. Marina Tucakovic’s close friends and collaborators would talk about her in it.
No broadcast date has been announced. It is also not known which channel will air the series.
What did Karleusa say about the invitation?
The singer told Kurir how the invitation came and what she thinks of it:
The heads of RTS and that entertainment programming of theirs called me to take part in filming a documentary series about the late Marina Tucakovic. So that is a good step forward in the relations between RTS and me. There is a lot I have not told about Marina. To this day I keep her messages on my phone and everything that perhaps is not meant for the media. Maybe it will be interesting for me to say it in the documentary, to reveal that private side of hers and our private relationship.
Karleusa added that an editor told her the project cannot go ahead without her. The editor is not named. The singer put it this way: “The RTS editor, when she called me, said that this documentary cannot go ahead without me.”
What came before in the relationship between the singer and RTS is not explained in the statement.
What was her relationship with Marina Tucakovic like?
Karleusa says she worked with Marina Tucakovic for three decades: “We collaborated for 30 years and she made all of my biggest hits.”
The singer also spoke about the private side of that relationship and the period that linked them:
We were also very good friends in private, she was a good friend to my mother too, they were fighting cancer at the same time, and they died in a similar period. In a short span of time I was left without my mother and without the person who built my whole career, and that is Marina.
In other words, Marina Tucakovic and Karleusa’s mother were fighting the illness at the same time and died around the same period. Karleusa lost both within a short time.
What did the singer say about Eurovision?
Along with this statement, Telegraf carries an earlier answer from Karleusa, given “recently,” when she was asked about a possible appearance at the “Song of Eurovision.” There were reports that she could be selected directly. The outlet where the answer was given and the date of the conversation are not stated.
The singer said:
Nobody has told me anything yet, but it would be nice.
