Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | HRT |
| National selection events | Dora |
| Appearances | 15 |
| First appearance | 1993 |
| Best result | 4th, 1996 and 1999 |
| Worst result | 21st, 2008 |
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| HRT page | |
| Croatia's page at Eurovision.tv | |
The Croatian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest is selected at the pop festival Dora, an annual event organized by the national public broadcaster HRT. The first Dora was held in 1993, after Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia and continued to participate in the ESC. Together with Sweden and Malta, and the 4 countries that are for financial reasons entitled to take part every year, Croatia is one of the few countries that has not missed a contest since 1993, when the lowest scorers each year got relegated. There had been no interruptions in the Croatian participation in the ESC from their first appearance in 1993 to 2008, making it one of only two countries to not miss a Contest since their first entry (the other one being Spain) before 2007 - this excludes recent debuting countries like Ukraine and Latvia.
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[edit] Contestants
| Year | Artist | Title | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| 1993 | Put | Don't Ever Cry | 15 | 31 | ||
| 1994 | Tony Cetinski | Nek' ti bude ljubav sva | 16 | 27 | ||
| 1995 | Magazin & Lidija Horvat-Dunjko | Nostalgija | 6 | 91 | ||
| 1996 | Maja Blagdan | Sveta ljubav | 4 | 98 | ||
| 1997 | E.N.I. | Probudi me | 17 | 24 | ||
| 1998 | Danijela | Neka mi ne svane | 5 | 131 | ||
| 1999 | Doris Dragović | Marija Magdalena | 4 | 118 | ||
| 2000 | Goran Karan | Kad zaspu anđeli | 9 | 70 | ||
| 2001 | Vanna | Strings Of My Heart | 10 | 42 | ||
| 2002 | Vesna Pisarović | Everything I Want | 11 | 44 | ||
| 2003 | Claudia Beni | Više nisam tvoja | 15 | 29 | ||
| 2004 | Ivan Mikulić | You Are The Only One | 12 | 50 | 9 | 72 |
| 2005 | Boris Novković feat. Lado Members | Vukovi umiru sami | 11 | 115 | 4 | 169 |
| 2006 | Severina | Moja štikla | 12 | 56 | X | X |
| 2007 | Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić | Vjerujem u ljubav | X | X | 16 | 54 |
| 2008 | Kraljevi ulice & 75 Cents | Romanca | 21 | 44 | 4 | 112 |
[edit] Participation as a part of Yugoslavia
Eurovision Song Contest was already held in Croatia, Zagreb in 1990 after Croatian band RIVA won the contest in 1989 with "Rock me baby". It's also notable that Croatian artists participated in ESC presenting Yugoslavia on many occasions - 13 times in total (out of 26 times Yugoslavia participated in ESC).
| Year | Song | Performer | Final Rank |
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| 1963 | Brodovi | Vice Vukov | 11th |
| 1965 | Čežnja | Vice Vukov | 12th |
| 1968 | Jedan dan | Luci Capurso & Hamo Hajdarhodžić | 7th |
| 1969 | Pozdrav svijetu | "Ivan & Los M's" | 13th |
| 1971 | Tvoj dječak je tužan | Krunoslav Slabinac | 14th |
| 1972 | Muzika i ti | Tereza Kesovija | 9th |
| 1983 | Džuli | Daniel | 4th |
| 1984 | Ciao, Amore | Vlado Kalember & Izolda Barudžija | 18th |
| 1986 | Željo moja | Doris Dragović | 11th |
| 1988 | Ja sam za ples | "Novi fosili" | 4th |
| 1988 | Mangup | "Srebrna krila" | 6th |
| 1989 | Rock Me | "Riva" | 1st |
| 1990 | Hajde da ludujemo | Tatiana Cameron a.k.a. Tajči | 7th |
[edit] Trivia
Famous Croatian singer Tereza Kesovija also represented Monaco in Eurovision Song Contest 1966.
[edit] External links
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