Goran Karan (born 2 April 1964) is a Croatian vocalist. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his most acclaimed work, which won him several awards. Biography Karan was the lead singer of Croatian rock group Big Blue, before becoming a solo artist in 1997. In 2000 he represented Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest, after winning the Croatian pre-selection Dora. In the Eurovision Song Contest, he ended up in the ninth place with his song "Ostani" ("Stay"). In 2005 he was one of the judges in Hrvatski idol, Croatian version of Pop Idol. Karan's song "Ružo moja bila" won the 2005 Split Festival song competition, as well as 2005 Sunčane skale festival in Herceg Novi. In summer 2007, deeply moved by the Kornati fire tragedy, in which 13 volunteer firemen perished, composed in the spur of the moment the song "Ovo nije kraj" ("This Is Not the End"), gathered under the name Split Star a group of famous singers (Oliver Dragojević, Marko Perković Thompson, Tedi Spalato, Dražen Zečić, Alen Nižetić, Hari Rončević) from the Split area, that performed it with him in a music video, all of this in less than fifteen days . Albums Kao da te ne volim (Like I Don't Love You) - 1999 Vagabundo (Vagabund) - 2000 Ahoj! (Ahoy!) - 2003 Od srca do usana (From Heart to the Lips) - 2005 Zlatna kolekcija (Golden Collection) - 2005 Dite Ljubavi (Child of Love) - 2008 References External links www.gorankaran.hr (Official site) gorankaran.atspace.com (Fan site) 1964 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Croatia Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2000 Singers from Belgrade Croats of Serbia Musicians from Split, Croatia Croatian tenors Croatian pop singers 20th-century Croatian male singers Indexi Award winners Hayat Production artists 21st-century Croatian male singers