Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Croatia has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 30 times since making its debut at the Template:Escyr. The Croatian participating broadcaster in the contest is Script error: No such module "Lang". (HRT), which has selected its entrant at the Dora festival since 1993, excluding from 2012 to 2018. Croatia's best result in the contest is a second-place finish in Template:Escyr.

Croatia achieved six top ten results in seven years, with "Script error: No such module "Lang"." performed by Magazin and Lidija finishing sixth (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Maja Blagdan fourth (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by former Magazin member Danijela Martinović fifth (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Doris Dragović fourth (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Goran Karan ninth (Template:Escyr), and "Strings of My Heart" by Vanna tenth (Template:Escyr). A period of 23 years without a top ten result followed, which was interrupted by a second-place finish in 2024 with "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" by Baby Lasagna.

Croatia failed to reach the final for four years in succession (Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr), before choosing to not participate in Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr.[1][2] Croatia returned and reached the final in both Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr, before again failing to reach the final for four consecutive contests (Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr), and in Template:Escyr. In total, Croatia has failed to reach the final in nine of the last fifteen contests it has entered.

Participation

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Before its independence in 1991, Croatia was part of Yugoslavia. Ten Template:Esccntyn entrants in the Eurovision Song Contest came from the former SR Croatia (Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty). Apart from being the most successful Yugoslav republic in the contest, it gave the socialist republic its only win, "Rock Me", performed by Riva in 1989 in Lausanne. The Template:Escyr was held in Zagreb as a result, hosted by HRT's predecessor Script error: No such module "Lang". on behalf of the Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT).[3]

History

1990s

Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1991, Croatia became an independent country, and Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) became an EBU member in 1993.

In February 1993, HRT organised HTF - Hrvatski televizijski festival (Croatian television festival),[4] which was to select the country's debut entry as an independent state for the 1993 contest. The band Put won performing the song "Don't Ever Cry" which was, despite the English title, also partially performed in Croatian. The song came third in the Kvalifikacija za Millstreet pre-selection event, which allowed their participation in the 1993 contest. HTF was also held in 1994 for the 1994 contest, until being renamed to Dora in 1995, the name which is still to this day used for the Croatian pre-selection event. The new name for the contest was inspired by the Croatian composer Dora Pejačević.[5]

Along with Cyprus, Malta, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden, Croatia was never relegated in the 1990s, and, unlike Cyprus, Norway, and Portugal, it was never relegated in the beginning of the 21st century. Relegation meant that the country would have to sit out the subsequent contest due to poor placement.

2000s

Croatia continued selecting its participants through Dora for the entirety of the decade. After Vanna's song "Strings of my Heart" finished 10th at the Template:Escyr contest, the country has not achieved a Top 10 placement until placing second at the Template:Escyr contest. The Template:Escyr edition of the contest saw Croatia failing to qualify for the finals for the first time ever. The country qualified for the finals again at the Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr contests, achieving their lowest placements at the time, placing 21st and 18th respectively.

2010s

Both 2010 and 2011 Dora winners, Feminnem and Daria Kinzer respectively, failed to quality for the finals at the Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr contests. In 2012, Dora was cancelled,[6][7] and for the first time ever since the country's debut in 1993, no pre-selection contest was held. An internal selection was made by HRT instead, with Nina Badrić and Klapa s Mora selected to represent Croatia at the Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr contests respectively. Both entries ultimately continued Croatia's non-qualification streak.

HRT announced on 19 September 2013 that they would not participate in the Template:Escyr contest, citing the financial difficulties, as well as a string of poor results between Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr influencing their decision to take a year's break. The last time Croatia qualified for the grand final at the time was in Template:Escyr.[1] Croatia would not return to the contest in 2015,[2] and on 5 May 2015, HRT announced that it wouldn't broadcast the 2015 contest either.[8] It was the first time since Template:Escyr for HRT to not broadcast the contest.

On 26 November 2015, it was announced that Croatia would return to the contest in Template:Escyr.[9] It was also reported that the entry would possibly be the winner of the first season of The Voice – Najljepši glas Hrvatske.[10] Nina Kraljić won The Voice and was selected to represent Croatia with the internally selected song "Lighthouse". The entry qualified for the final, making it the first time Croatia had made it to the final since 2009. After the successful return in 2016, Croatian national broadcaster HRT confirmed on 17 September 2016 that they would also participate in 2017.[11] Jacques Houdek, the coach of Nina Kraljić in The Voice, was internally selected to represent the country on 17 February 2017, exactly five months after they confirmed the participation.[12] Franka Batelić was internally selected to represent the country at the Template:Escyr contest.

On 30 October 2018, it was announced by HRT that the national final, Dora, would return in 2019, traditionally taking place in Opatija, a famous summer resort.[13] Roko won the first renewed edition of Dora with "The Dream", ultimately failing to qualify for the finals at the Template:Escyr contest.

2020s

In March 2021, it was confirmed that HRT and Opatija had signed a three-year long contract regarding the organization of HRT Music Days and Dora, meaning both of these events were held in the city annually until 2024.[14] Damir Kedžo won the 2020 edition of Dora with "Divlji vjetre", but did not represent Croatia due to the Template:Escyr contest's cancellation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] Albina and Mia Dimšić won the subsequent Dora editions, both failing to qualify for the finals at the Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr contests. Let 3 won Dora in 2023 and went on to secure the country's first finale qualification since 2017, ultimately finishing 13th. The following year's 2024 edition of Dora was held in Zagreb through two semi-final shows on 22 and 23 February, and the final show on 25 February 2024.[16] Baby Lasagna won with "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" and achieved the country's best result to date, having placed second at the Template:Escyr contest.

Participation overview

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Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
X Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
Template:Escyr Put "Don't Ever Cry" Croatian, English 15 31 3Template:Efn 51Template:Efn
Template:Escyr Tony Cetinski "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 16 27 colspan="2" rowspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Magazin and Lidija "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 6 91
Template:Escyr Maja Blagdan "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 4 98 19 30
Template:Escyr E.N.I. "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 17 24 colspan="2" rowspan="7" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Danijela "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 5 131
Template:Escyr Doris "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 4 118
Template:Escyr Goran Karan "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 9 70
Template:Escyr Vanna "Strings of My Heart" English 10 42
Template:Escyr Vesna Pisarović "Everything I Want" English 11 44
Template:Escyr Claudia Beni "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian, English 15 29
Template:Escyr Ivan Mikulić "You Are the Only One" English 12 50 9 72
Template:Escyr Boris Novković Template:Feat. Lado members "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 11 115 4 169
Template:Escyr Severina "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 12 56 colspan="2" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn
Template:Escyr Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian, English colspan="2" Template:N/A 16 54
Template:Escyr Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 21 44 4 112
Template:Escyr Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 18 45 13Template:Efn 33
Template:Escyr Feminnem "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian colspan="2" rowspan="4" Template:N/A 13 33
Template:Escyr Daria "Celebrate" English 15 41
Template:Escyr Nina Badrić "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 12 42
Template:Escyr Klapa s Mora "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 13 38
Template:Escyr Nina Kraljić "Lighthouse" English 23 73 10 133
Template:Escyr Jacques Houdek "My Friend" English, Italian 13 128 8 141
Template:Escyr Franka "Crazy" English rowspan="2" colspan="2" Template:N/A 17 63
Template:Escyr Roko "The Dream" English, Croatian 14 64
Template:Escyr Damir Kedžo "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian colspan="4" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Albina "Tick-Tock" English, Croatian colspan="2" rowspan="2" Template:N/A 11 110
Template:Escyr Mia Dimšić "Guilty Pleasure" English, Croatian 11 75
Template:Escyr Let 3 "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian 13 123 8 76
Template:Escyr Baby Lasagna "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" EnglishTemplate:Efn 2 547 1 177
Template:Escyr Marko Bošnjak "Poison Cake" English colspan="2" Template:N/A 12 28

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

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Year Category Song Performer Composer(s)
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result 		Points Host city Ref.
Template:Escyr Press Award "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" Baby Lasagna Marko Purišić 2 547 Template:Flagicon Malmö
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Winners by OGAE members

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Year Song Performer OGAE Result Points Final Result Points Host city Ref.
Template:Escyr "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" Baby Lasagna 1 356 2 547 Template:Flagicon Malmö
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Barbara Dex Award

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Year Performer Host city Ref.
Template:Escyr Nina Kraljić Template:Flagicon Stockholm
[19]
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You're a Vision Award

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Year Performer Host city Ref.
Template:Escyr Baby Lasagna Template:Flagicon Malmö [20]

Related involvement

Conductors

Year ConductorTemplate:Efn Notes Ref.
Template:Escyr Andrej Baša Template:Efn
Template:Escyr Miljenko Prohaska
Template:Escyr Stipica Kalogjera
Template:Escyr Alan Bjelinski
Template:Escyr Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Stipica Kalogjera
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Template:Escyr Template:Efn
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Heads of delegation

Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers and backing vocalists, among others.[21]

Year Head of delegation Ref.
Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Ksenija Urličić
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Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Aleksandar "Aco" Kostadinov
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Template:Escyr Željko Mesar Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Tomislav Štengl
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Template:Escyr Elizabeth Homsi
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Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Uršula Tolj
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Template:Escyr– Tomislav Štengl
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Commentators and spokespersons

For the show's broadcast on HRT, various commentators have provided commentary on the contest in the Croatian language. At the Eurovision Song Contest after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite each respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen.[29]

From Template:Escyr until Template:Escyr, Croatia was part of Template:Esccnty and TV Zagreb, the affiliate of JRT in the socialist republic, broadcast the contest with Croatian commentary.

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Year Television Radio Spokesperson Ref.
Channel Commentator(s) Channel Commentator(s)
Template:Escyr HTV 1 Aleksandar Kostadinov colspan="2" rowspan="10" Template:N/A Velimir ĐuretićTemplate:Efn [30]
Template:Escyr HRT 1 Helga Vlahović [31][32][33]
Template:Escyr Template:Ill [34][35]
Template:Escyr [36]
Template:Escyr Template:Ill [37][38][39]
Template:Escyr [40][41][42]
Template:Escyr Marko Rašica [43]
Template:Escyr rowspan="2" Template:N/A [44]
Template:Escyr Daniela Trbović
[45]
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Template:Escyr Ante Batinović Duško Čurlić
[46]
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Template:Escyr Template:Ill colspan="2" Template:N/A Davor Meštrović
[47][48]
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Template:Escyr HRT 2 (semi-final)
HRT 1 (final) 		rowspan="2" Template:N/A rowspan="9" colspan="2" Template:N/A Barbara Kolar
[49][50][51]
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[52][53]
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Template:Escyr Duško Čurlić Mila Horvat
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Template:Escyr HRT 1 (all shows) Barbara Kolar
[56][57]
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Template:Escyr HRT 2 (semi-finals)
HRT 1 (final)
[58][59][60]
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Template:Escyr Mila Horvat
[61][62][63][64]
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[65][66][67]
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Template:Escyr HRT 1 (all shows) Nevena Rendeli
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[68]
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Template:Escyr HRT 2 (semi-finals)
HRT 1 (final) 		HR 2 (final) Robert Urlić Uršula Tolj
[69][70][71]
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Template:EscyrTemplate:Efn HRT 1 (final) Aleksandar Kostadinov Aleksandar Kostadinov rowspan="2" Template:N/A
[72][73][74][75]
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Template:Escyr colspan="4" Template:N/A
[76]
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Template:Escyr HRT 1 (all shows) Duško Čurlić HR 2 (all shows) Template:Ill Nevena Rendeli
[77][78]
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Template:Escyr Uršula Tolj
[79][80]
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Template:Escyr Duško Čurlić
[81][82][83][84]
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Template:Escyr Monika Lelas Halambek
[85][86][87]
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Template:Escyr Not announced before cancellation Template:N/A
Template:Escyr HRT 1 (all shows) Duško Čurlić HR 2 (all shows) Template:N/A Ivan Dorian Molnar
[88][89][90]
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Template:Escyr Zlatko Turkalj
[91][92]
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Template:Escyr Template:N/A Maja Ciglenečki
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Template:Escyr Zlatko Turkalj Ivan Dorian Molnar
[97][98][99][100][101][102]
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Template:Escyr Doris Pinčić
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Photo gallery

See also

Notes and references

Notes

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References

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External links

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