Croatia‘s traditional final, “Dora” has come to an end. HRT, the Croatian public broadcaster, once again organised their national final to select a representative for Eurovision 2023. Public television has selected 18 artists who competed tonight in the Grand Final of Dora 2023!
The presenters of the evening were Mirko Fodor, Mario Lipovšek Battifiaca and Marko Tolja. Marko Tolja tried to represent Croatia in the competition twice, in 2007 and 2009, but failed.
At the beginning of the evening, last year‘s representative of the country Mia Dimšić appeared on stage and performed her participation “Guilty Pleasure” in Eurovision 2022.
The Finalists
Below you can see the performances of the 18 candidates:
Top of the Pops feat. Mario 5reković — “Putovanje”
Yogi — “Love At First Sight”
Boris Štok — “Grijeh”
Tajana Belina — “Dom”
Krešo I Kisele Kiše — “Kme Kme”
Maja Grgić — “ I still live”
Barbara Munjas — “Putem Snova”
Đana — “Free Fallin”
Patricia Gasparini — “I Will Wait”
The Spitters — “Lost & Found”
Hana Mašić — “Nesreća”
Damir Kedžo — “Angels and Demons”
Martha May — “Distance”
Detour — “Master Blaster”
Meri Andraković — “Bye Bye Blonde”
Let 3 — “MAMA ŠČ!”
Eni Jurišić — “Kreni Dalje”
Harmonija Disonance — “Nevera (Lei, Lei)”
The Results
Without any particular change from previous years, the winner was chosen by both the jury and the Televoting with 50% each.
The results of the jury votes
The Televoting and the Final results
With the sum of the two individual results, the grand winner of Dora 2023 is Let 3 and will represent Croatia in Eurovision 2023 with the song “Mama ŠČ”
Below you can listen to the studio version of “Mama ŠČ“:
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