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Croatia: Interview with Marko Bošnjak | The mysterious appearance of “Moli za nas” and the opportunity for Eurovision through Dora 2022! (Video)

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Being a selected artist for this year’s Croatian national final, Dora 2022, Marko Bošnjak speaks exclusively to EurovisionFun and Apostolos Bogiannos and Apostolis Matamis.

Marko is one of the finalists of the Croatian national final for Eurovision 2022, and will try to represent his country with the song “Moli za nas“.

I have been thinking about participating in Eurovision since I was a child. I always watched the competition with my whole family and I wanted to be on this huge stage. When I was in high school and I was dreaming of becoming a singer I felt it was the right time. And now that I has been selected for the national final, I feel that I am closer than ever, as long as I win. “Moli za nas” expresses a general message, about the issues someone faces regarding the acceptance of his own personal identity in our the society, nowadays . It’s about the world we have to build in a way and it’s a very emotional message from me, through a song that reflects my feelings at the moment. The fact that it is in Croatian, may make it even more emotional and beloved in the world and it will stay that way, in case I win and go to Eurovision. The song was not written from the beginning for the competition, however, listening to the demo we thought that with the appropriate stage presence it would be an excellent choice for this purpose.

Marco did not hesitate to speak about his staging in the final:

You should expect a dramatic and mysterious appearance with various effects. I will be alone on stage and all the effects will take place behind me. I really want to show you the result because it is truly wonderful. I can not wait. It’s going to be a really good look at global standards.

Among the co-nominated songs of the national final, that of Tia has stood out.

Her favorite Croatian entry is that of Severina (2006). The participation of Go_A (Ukraine 2021), Ruslana (Ukraine 2004), Loreen (Sweden 2012) and Loïc Nottet (Belgium 2015) stands out from the competition in general.

In 2015 he competed in the second round of the Serbian show Pinkove Zvezdice, something that gave him valuable experiences thanks to the opportunities he had to be on a stage with several eurotars when he was only eleven years old.

When asked if he would like to perform a duet with a star of the competition, he stated that this was undoubtedly Mahmood (Italy 2019, 2022)

Shortly before the end of the interview, Marco gave us a part of his participation.

Watch the full exclusive interview of Marko Bošnjak in the video below:

Here is  “Moli za nas”, his entry in Dora 2022.

We remind you that Croatia is going to perform in the 2nd Semifinal!

Stay tuned in Eurovisionfun for all the Croatian news on the competition and Dora 2022!

Croatia: The voting system of Dora 2022!

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Croatian broadcaster HRT has published the official Dora 2022 voting rules as well as instructions for the televote, to be held on Saturday February 19th at Opatija’s Marino Cvetković Sports.

The Croatian song that will be sent to the Eurovision 2022 Song Contest will be determined by:

a) the vote of the jury

b) the voting of the viewers via phone calls and SMS

In case of a tie in the voting of the jury and the television audience, the winner will be the one who received the most votes from the television audience.

In case of cancellation or withdrawal of one or two performers until February 4, their place is taken by the first, second, third and fourth alternate artist. In the event that five or more performers drop out of the competition, the song number or phone line becomes inactive and therefore not included in the voting procedure.

In case a performer is positive for covid after the costume rehearsal on February 16th or in the general rehearsal on February 18th and in the final rehearsal on February 19th, they will be able to use the corresponding recorded rehearsal.

Jury

The jury will be divided according to the cities Čakovec, Varaždin, Rijeka, Pula, Osijek, Zadar, Knin, Šibenik, Split and Dubrovnik.

Each jury consists of three members:

  • an HRT employee (HR music writer or music journalist)
  • an HDS member
  • an HGU member

Each member of the jury ranks the songs from first to 14th place. The results of the individual members of the jury are entered into the electronic ballot processing system. After summing up the results of the individual members of the jury, they are ranked and the ten songs with the best ranking receive the total points of the judges. The judges’ scores will be: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12, just like in the Eurovision system.

The total number of points of each jury is 58 points. The total number of points for all ten judges is 580 points.

The jury will be announced on Friday, February 18, during the rehearsal.

TV audience

The TV audience can vote either via phone calls or SMS.
Each song receives points based on the percentage of total voting points (580 points) in proportion to the percentage of votes each song received from the total number of votes received (by phone and SMS). Televoting has a total of 580 points.

The 14 artists that will participate in the Croatian national final are:

  1. Mila Elegović – “Ljubav“
  2. Mia Negovetić -“Forgive Me (Oprosti)“
  3. Marko Bošnjak – “Moli za nas“
  4. Jessa – “My Next Mistake“
  5. Zdenka Kovačiček – “Stay on the Bright Side“
  6. Tina Vukov – “Hideout“
  7. Roko Vušković – “Malo kasnije“
  8. Bernarda – “Here for Love“
  9. Eric Vidović -“I Found You“
  10. ToMa – “In the Darkness“
  11. Elis Lovrić – “No War“
  12. Ella Orešković -“If You Go Away“
  13. Tia – “Voli me do neba“
  14. Mia Dimšić -“Guilty Pleasure“

We remind you that the songs will be released on February 10th on the music program Svijet diskografije (World of Discography) which is broadcast on the second channel of Croatia and later on the official website of HRT!

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Source: HRT Dora

Croatia: Dora 2022 songs to be released on February 10th!

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This morning, croatian broadcaster HRT confirmed the dates for Dora 2022! HRT will release all the songs on February 10th on the Svijet diskografije (World of Discography) radio show on Croatia’s second channel HR2 and, right after that, on HRT’s official website!

We remind you that the running order of Dora 2022 is as follows:

  1. Mila Elegović – “Ljubav“
  2. Mia Negovetić -“Forgive Me (Oprosti)“
  3. Marko Bošnjak – “Moli za nas“
  4. Jessa – “My Next Mistake“
  5. Zdenka Kovačiček – “Stay on the Bright Side“
  6. Tina Vukov – “Hideout“
  7. Roko Vušković – “Malo kasnije“
  8. Bernarda – “Here for Love“
  9. Eric Vidović -“I Found You“
  10. ToMa – “In the Darkness“
  11. Elis Lovrić – “No War“
  12. Ella Orešković -“If You Go Away“
  13. Tia – “Voli me do neba“
  14. Mia Dimšić -“Guilty Pleasure“

The national final of Dora 2022, which will determine the croatian representative in Eurovision 2022, will be held on February 19th at the Marino Cvetković Sports in Opatija.

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Source: eurosong.hr

Croatia: The running order of Dora 2022!

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A couple of hours ago the running order of the croatian national final, Dora 2022, was announced. The draw for the Dora 2022 running order was done by HRT TV presenter Barbara Kolar and the composer of last year’s Dora 2021 winning song, Branimir Mihaljević.

The running order is as follows:

  1. Mila Elegović – “Ljubav“
  2. Mia Negovetić -“Forgive Me (Oprosti)“
  3. Marko Bošnjak – “Moli za nas“
  4. Jessa – “My Next Mistake“
  5. Zdenka Kovačiček – “Stay on the Bright Side“
  6. Tina Vukov – “Hideout“
  7. Roko Vušković – “Malo kasnije“
  8. Bernarda – “Here for Love“
  9. Eric Vidović -“I Found You“
  10. ToMa – “In the Darkness“
  11. Elis Lovrić – “No War“
  12. Ella Orešković -“If You Go Away“
  13. Tia – “Voli me do neba“
  14. Mia Dimšić -“Guilty Pleasure“

We remind you that Dora 2022 will be held on February 19 at Marino Cvetković Sports in Opatija.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Croatia’s participation in Eurovision 2022!