Sandi Cenov appeared on HRT's programme "Kod nas doma", where he recounted one of the funniest moments from his time with Mišo Kovač. His story amused host Barbara Kolar, and Cenov decided to act out the entire situation for the cameras.
Cenov revealed that on one occasion, he and Mišo spent nearly 40 minutes talking in the dressing room of a television studio. After Mišo left the dressing room, a sound engineer approached Sandi and asked: "Little one, where is your little prick?" Cenov initially had no idea what the engineer was talking about, but after further explanation, he realised it referred to a particular habit of Mišo's.
During conversations, Kovač would poke his interlocutor with his finger, especially when recalling his great successes and millions of records sold. Sandi recounted: "Like that thing, my little one, when I sold 20 million records." Cenov then stood up from his chair, approached Barbara Kolar, and demonstrated what Mišo's signature poke looked like. He concluded: "The little prick must be there, and I didn't have a little prick."
Sandi also recalled their first phone conversation. At first, the voice sounded so unbelievable that he thought a friend was trying to play a prank on him. When the person on the other end identified himself as Mišo Kovač, he did not immediately believe his own ears. It was only after a few moments that it became clear to him that he was indeed being called by one of the most famous Croatian singers.
Mišo pointed out to him that an audience is won not only by a quality voice, technique and top-tier production. What makes a song special is the emotion the performer manages to convey to people.
News of Mišo's death was published on 31 October. More than 30,000 people said goodbye to the music legend at Poljud in Split. A few days later, Mišo was buried at Mirogoj in Zagreb, alongside his son Edi, in the presence of family.
