with the song "Lejla" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The announcement confirmed rumors circulating throughout the country for more than two months. Varešanović performed a song with music written by Serbian composer Željko Joksimović and lyrics written by Bosnian writer Fahrudin Pecikoza and Serbian Dejan Ivanović. Hari Varešanović told the Bosnian newspaper Nezavisne Novine: On 20 May 2006, Hari Varešanović and his group Hari Mata Hari reached third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens, Greece. In 2011, Varešanović composed the music to and wrote the lyrics to Briši me, a song sung by Bosnian singer Lepa Brena for her sixteenth studio album Začarani krug. He also wrote the lyrics to her 2014 song Zaljubljeni veruju u sve. Personal life On 14 February 2010, Varešanović married girlfriend Jasminka Ištuk from Osijek, Croatia. They live in Sarajevo and Munich. It is the second marriage for both. Each have children from previous marriages. Discography Solo albums 1984 – Zlatne kočije with Hari Mata Hari 1985 – Skini haljinu 1985 – U tvojoj kosi 1986 – Ne bi te odbranila ni cijela Jugoslavija 1988 – Ja te volim najviše na svijetu 1989 – Volio bi' da te ne volim 1990 – Strah me da te volim 1991 – Rođena si samo za mene 1994 – Ostaj mi zbogom ljubavi 1998 – Ja nemam snage da te ne volim 2001 – Baš ti lijepo stoje suze 2002 – Ružmarin 2004 – Zakon jačega 2009 – Sreća 2016 – Ćilim References External links 1961 births Living people Singers from Sarajevo Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina 20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina male singers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina male singers Yugoslav male singers Hayat Production artists Indexi Award winners Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2006 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Bosnia and Herzegovina ro:Hari Mata Hari