Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

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Broadcasting company

First participation

1993

Number of participations

25 (as of 2019)

Highest ranking

4 ( 1996 , 1999 )

Highest Score

131 ( 1998 )

Lowest Score

24 ( 1997 )

Points average (since first post)

61.96 (as of 2018)

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

1.93 (as of 2018)

This article deals with Croatia as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .

Participation before 1993

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Even before 1993, Croatia could look back on a 30-year history of Eurovision as part of the SFR Yugoslavia . The Croatian broadcaster "TV Zagreb" made the most contributions, 10 out of a total of 26:

• 1963 - Vice Vukov took 11th place with Brodovi in London .
• 1968 - Luci Kapurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić achieved 7th place with Jedan dan in London .
• 1969 - Ivan & M's took only 13th place with Pozdrav svijetu in Madrid .
• 1971 - Krunoslav Slabinac only managed 14th place with Tvoj dječak je tužan in Dublin .
• 1972 - Tereza came 9th with Muzika i ti in Edinburgh .
• 1985 - Zorica Kondža feat. Josip Genda won the Yugoslav preliminary decision with Pokora but did not start in Gothenburg , as the date of the competition coincided with the 5th anniversary of Tito's death.
• 1986 - Doris Dragović took 12th place with Željo moja in Bergen .
• 1987 - The Novi Fosili group achieved a good 4th place with Ja sam za ples in Brussels .
• 1988 - A year later the group Srebrna Krila with Mangup in Dublin again achieved a good 6th place.
• 1989 - In Lausanne , the Riva group achieved the only victory for Yugoslavia with Rock me .
• 1990 - The last Croatian representative, Tajči , took a good 7th place with Hajde da ludujemo in her hometown of Zagreb .

In addition, two Croatian interpreters competed in the Eurovision Song Contest for Yugoslavia, but were not contributions from TV Zagreb:

• 1965 - Two years after his first contribution, Vice Vukov competed with Čežnja in Naples and only managed 12th place. (Officially a contribution from TV Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina))
• 1983 - Daniel gota good 4th placewith Džuli in Munich . (Officially a contribution from TV Titograd (Montenegro))

Regularity of participation and achievements

Croatia took part in the competition for the first time in 1993 and since then every year up to and including 2013 as an independent country. In 2014 and 2015 they did not take part due to financial reasons and lack of interest. After returning in 2016, they are now participating regularly again.

The country celebrated its greatest successes in 1996 and 1999, when Maja Blagdan and Doris Dragović each achieved fourth place. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, you could qualify continuously from 2004 to 2006 inclusive, in 2007 you were eliminated in the semi-finals. In 2008 and 2009 they reached the final again, but both contributions ended up in the final in the lower half of the table. From 2010 to 2013, the country consistently failed to qualify for the final. When they returned in 2016, Croatia qualified for the final for the first time since 2009; in the final, however, they only finished 23rd. In 2017, Croatia (as the only country in the former Yugoslavia) qualified again for the final and reached 13th place, the highest ranking in eleven years. In 2018 and 2019, however, they failed again to qualify for the final.

List of posts

Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified. - Cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest.      

year	Interpreter	Title Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	final		Semi-final / qualification		National preliminary decision
					space	Points	space	Points
1993	Put	Don't Ever Cry M: Andrej Basa; T: Đorđe Novković	Croatian , English	Never cry	15/25	31	3/7	51	Dora 1993
1994	Tony Cetinski	Nek 'ti bude ljubav sva M: Željen Klašterka; T: Željko Krznarić	Croatian	All the love should be yours	16/25	27	Qualified directly for the final		Dora 1994
1995	Magazine & Lidija	Nostalgija M: Tonči Huljić; T: Vjekoslava Huljić	Croatian	nostalgia	6/23	91			Dora 1995
1996	Maja Blagdan	Sveta ljubav M / T: Zrinko Tutić	Croatian	Holy love	4/23	98	19/29	30th	Dora 1996
1997	ENI	Probudi me M: Before Tolja; T: Alida Sarar	Croatian	wake me up	17/25	24	Qualified directly for the final		Dora 1997
1998	Danijela	Neka mi ne svane M / T: Petar Grašo, Remi Kazinotti, Stjepan Kalogjera	Croatian	May the sun not rise for me	5/25	131			Dora 1998
1999	Doris Dragović	Marija Magdalena M: Tonči Huljić; T: Vjekoslava Huljić	Croatian	Mary Magdalene	4/23	118			Dora 1999
2000	Goran Karan	Kada zaspu anđeli (Ostani) M / T: Zdenko Runjić, Neno Ninčević, Nikša Bratoš	Croatian	When the angels fall asleep (stay)	9/24	70			Dora 2000
2001	Vanna	Strings of My Heart M: Tonči Huljić; T: Vjekoslava Huljić	English	The strings of my heart	10/23	42			Dora 2001
2002	Vesna Pisarović	Everything I Want M / T: Milana Vlaović	English	All I want	11/24	44			Dora 2002
2003	Claudia Beni	Više nisam tvoja M / T: Andrej Babić	Croatian, English	I'm not yours anymore	15/26	29			Dora 2003
2004	Ivan Mikulić	You Are the Only One M: Ivan Mikulić, Vedran Ostojić; T: Duško Gruborović	English	You are the only one	12/24	50	9/22	72	Dora 2004
2005	Boris Novković feat. Lado members	Vukovi umiru sami M: Franjo Valentić; T: Boris Novković	Croatian	Wolves die lonely	11/24	115	4/25	169	Dora 2005
2006	Severina	Moja štikla M: Boris Novković, Franjo Valentić; T: Severina Vučković	Croatian	My stiletto	12/24	56	Qualified directly for the final		Dora 2006
2007	Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić	Vjerujem u ljubav M / T: Dado Topić	Croatian, English	I believe in love	Eliminated		16/28	54	Dora 2007
2008	Kraljevi Ulice & 75 cents	Romanca M / T: Miran Hadži Veljković	Croatian	romance	21/25	44	4/19	112	Dora 2008
2009	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea Šušnjara	Lijepa Tena M: Tonči Huljić; T: Vjekoslava Huljić	Croatian	Beautiful Tena	18/25	45	13/19	33	Dora 2009
2010	Feminine	Lako je sve M: Branimir Mihaljević; T: Pamela Ramljak, Neda Parmać	Croatian	Everything is easy	Eliminated		13/17	33	Dora 2010
2011	Daria Kinzer	Celebrate M: Boris Đurđević; T: Boris Đurđević, Marina Mudrinić	English	To celebrate	Eliminated		15/19	41	Dora 2011
2012	Nina Badrić	Nebo M / T: Nina Badrić	Croatian	sky	Eliminated		12/18	42	internal selection
2013	Klapa s mora	Mižerja M / T: Goran Topolovac	Croatian	misery	Eliminated		13/16	38	internal selection
2014 2015	No participation
2016	Nina Kraljić	Lighthouse M / T: Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla	English	lighthouse	23/26	73	10/18	133	internal selection
2017	Jacques Houdek	My Friend M / T: Jacques Houdek, Tony Roberth Malm, Siniša Reljić, Fabrizio Laucella, Ines Prajo	English, Italian	My friend	13/26	128	8/18	141	internal selection
2018	Franka	Crazy M / T: Branimir Mihaljevic	English	Insane	Eliminated		17/19	63	internal selection
2019	Roco	The Dream M: Jacques Houdek ; T: Jacques Houdek , Andrea Čubrić, Charlie Mason	English, Croatian	The dream	Eliminated		14/18	64	Dora 2019
2020	Damir Kedžo	Divlji vjetre M / T: Ante Pecotić	Croatian	Wild wind	Cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the EBU				Dora 2020
2021

National preliminary decisions

All Croatian contributions up to 2011 were chosen during the Dora music festival . The event first took place in 1992 and has enjoyed great popularity ever since. In 2002 the preliminary round was extended and supplemented by two semi-finals. Since 2012, however, HRT has only selected internally, so the music festival has not taken place since then. Even after returning in 2016, all contributions were selected internally. For 2019 they returned to the Dora Music Festival.

languages

In the preliminary round, mostly all contributions had to be sung in Croatian, which is also the original language of all songs. Internationally, however, some contributions were also presented in English, for the first time in 2002 and also in 2004. In 2001, Strings of My Heart was presented in English and Croatian in the preliminary round, but in Copenhagen in English. In 2003 the last chorus was sung in English. The contributions in 1993 and 2007 were planned to be bilingual from the outset, with the former including a noticeably high proportion of English, despite the language regulations. The contributions from 2005, 2006 and 2007 are the only ones that did not include a completely English version; a German version was also sung in by Nostalgija 1995 a few years later.

Scoring

The following countries received the most points from or awarded the most points to Croatia (as of 2018):

Most of the points awarded in the final space country Points 1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 144 2  Malta 082 3  Serbia 076 4th  Russia 073 5  Slovenia 071

Most in the final received points space country Points 1  Slovenia 125 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 115 3  North Macedonia 077 4th  Malta 071 5  Germany 051

Most of the points awarded space country Points 1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 194 2  Serbia 144 3  Slovenia 125 4th  North Macedonia 116 5  Hungary 112

Most total obtained points space country Points 1  Slovenia 192 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 186 3  North Macedonia 142 4th  Austria 104 5  Switzerland 096

Award of the highest rating

Since 1993, Croatia has awarded the maximum number of points to 15 different countries, four of them to Serbia.

Sustaining land
year	country	space
1993	Norway	5
1994	Ireland	1
1995	Malta	10
1996	Malta	10
1997	United Kingdom	1
1998	United Kingdom	2
1999	Slovenia	11
2000	Russia	2
2001	Denmark	2
2002	Malta	2
2003	Russia	2
2004	Serbia and Montenegro	2
2005	Serbia and Montenegro	7th
2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
2007	Serbia	1
2008	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10
2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9
2010	Turkey	2
2011	Slovenia	13
2012	Serbia	3
2013	Ukraine	3
2014 2015	No participation
2016	Australia (J)	2
	Serbia (T)	18th
2017	Hungary (J&T)	8th
2018	Lithuania (J)	12
	Serbia (T)	19th
2019	Italy (J&T)	2

Impressions

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  Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić 2007

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  Kraljevi ulice & 75 Cents 2008

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  Igor Cukrov & Andrea 2009

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  Feminnem 2010

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  Nina Badrić 2012

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  Klapa s Mora 2013

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  Nina Kraljić 2016

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  Jacques Houdek 2017

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  Franka 2018

Web links

• The texts for all Croatian contributions (with pictures of the participants)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ eurovoix.com
2. ↑ diggiloo.net
3. ↑ diggiloo.net