Jelusic was born on 4 June 1992 , in Požega , Croatia . He lived most of his life in the capital city of Zagreb . As his parents also played musical instruments he was introduced to playing music and singing since the age of 3 , and started performing at the young age of 5 , appearing on TV and in a lot of stages and festivals since 1997 . Until 2003 , Jelusić won at several international festivals . He wrote his first song in English at the age of 7 . In 2003 , Jelusic participated in the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Denmark with the song he wrote at the age of 10 , " Ti si moja prva ljubav " ( ) , and won with 134 points . He released his solo debut album '' No. 1 '' in 2003 , while English edition in 2004 , including ten songs in Croatian and five in English . He toured then in America , Scandinavia , and Australia until 2005 , which included four big concerts in Denmark with total audience of 100,000 people . In the same year , Jelusic became the youngest nominee of Croatian music award Porin at the age of 12 . In 2005 he was one of the three main acts on Langeland festival in Denmark along with UB40 and Ronan Keating
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Dino Jelusić