Do you know who I am? Before she became ‘Dance Queen’ she wore a uniform and defended her homeland

As a girl, she dreamed of great dreams, grew in the Slavonian yard, absorbed the first tunes and sought her place under the sun. The war in the 1990s brought her courage, so she spent a year and a half in uniform, defending her homeland before standing on stage and becoming a dance queen with the song « Beyond midnight ».

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That hit became her identity card, and Marinela Ella Jantos (54) A symbol of the generation that danced despite the darkness of time. The glory came quickly, but she did not bring safety, behind the reflector the bills, foreclosures, bankruptcy and life struggles were waiting for the reflectors.

When the music ceased to be a source of bread, Ella, as a real warrior, packed her dreams and went with her belly for bread to England, where she worked as a caregiver and waitress, far from the stage lights.

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Still, she never gave up the song, music remained her greatest love, and every return to the scene was a new beginning. Today he lives on the route Croatia – England, a proud single mother of her daughter Rozi Etel, who recently joined her on stage, as an accompanying vocalist and support that Ella has always sought. She continues to create, signed a new record contract and recorded songs.