Claudia Beni (born May 30, 1986) is a pop music singer from Croatia.At the time when she first participated in Dora, the national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest, Claudia was only 12, but she was already an experienced band singer having performed all over Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Montenegro with the Teens - formerly known as Mi?i rokeri (Little Rockers).After having enjoyed sales of almost 30,000 (this number cannot be confirmed as there is no system in Croatia to measure exact album sales, most figures are provided by record companies, therefore, there cannot be considered to be accurate) for three Teen albums and after receiving the 2002 Porin prize, Claudia broke away from the Teens. Her first 12-song solo album “Claudia” was released just before the summer of 2002. The singles “Tako hrabar da me ostaviš” (Brave Enough To Leave Me) (one of the songs in the Best New Album awarded at the Split Festival 2001), “Ili ona ili ja” (It’s Her or Me) (Zagrebfest 2001), and “Led” (Ice) (HRF 2002) put Claudia at the top of the charts (once again, there are no accurate means to measure single sales in Croatia, and such figures on which charts are based are known to be manipulated).In 2003, Claudia represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, singing "Više nisam tvoja".Claudia has also worked together with another member of the Croatian pop scene, Ivana Banfi?, singing the song “Hrvatice vas vole” (Croatian Women Love You), dedicated to the national football team during the World Championship in Japan which enjoyed no success.
She was chosen as the Croatian entry for the The Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 in Riga when she was only 17 years old. Her song "Vise Nisam Tvoja" (I'm no longer yours) ended up in the 15th place. However, Claudia earned a lot of popularity after the contest. "Vise Nisam Tvoja" made her popular in several countries in Europe and all around the world. She also recorded an English version for this song, titled "I Can't be your lover"
2
Lives with her parents in Pobri, a place near Opatija.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Eurovision Song Contest
2003
TV Special
Herself - Croatian Entry: 15th Place
Dora
2003
TV Movie
Herself
Known for movies
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 as Herself - Croatian Entry: 15th Place
$800,000
