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Croatia: Dora 2024 voting rules are changing!

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According to the Croatian website, Jutarnji.hr, with big changes will take place Dora 2024! Already, this year’s Dora marks the first event since 2011 that will include two Semi-Finals.

Big changes, however, will also take place in the way of voting in Dora 2024. Now on both nights of the Semi-Finals, the finalists will be chosen, exclusively by the TV audience. The televoting will therefore determine the eight artists with the most public votes, from the two semi-finals, who will advance to the Grand Final, which will take place on 25 February.

On the other side, in the Final, the artist and the song, which will represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden in May, will be chosen jointly by the TV audience and the jury. The ratio of total points awarded by the audience and the jury will be 50-50. In the event of a tie between the audience and the jury, the winning song will be the one that receives the most votes from the audience.

Finally, the jury will no longer consist only of domestic professionals and lovers of good music. In contrast, the Croatian song for the Eurovision Song Contest this year will be selected by four Croatian committees (from HRT centers Zagreb, Split, Rijeka and Osijek), as well as four committees from abroad. The international committees will come from Iceland, Ukraine, Italy and Germany. Each jury will have three members and will consist of music critics, music journalists, composers and producers.

The Dora 2024 Semi-Finals will take place on February 22 and 23 and the Grand Final on February 25, where Croatia’s Eurovision 2024 representative will be determined.

The separation of the artists in the two Semi-Finals is as follows:

First Semi Final Thursday 22 February:

  1. Noelle – Baby, Baby
  2. Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin – Vodu piti trizan biti
  3. Stefany Žužić – Sretnih dana dat’ će Bog
  4. MISHA – One Day
  5. Erna – How Do You Love Me
  6. eugen – Tišine
  7. Vinko – Lying Eyes
  8. Barbara Munjas – Nepobjediva
  9. Let 3 – Baba Roga
  10. Lana Mandarić – More
  11. Pavel – TO THE MOON
  12. Saša Lozar – Ne plačem zbog nje

Second Semi Final Thursday 23 February:

  1. Lu Dedić – Plavi leptir
  2. James Night – NEBO PLAČE
  3. Lara Demarin – Ne vjerujem ti
  4. Alen Đuras – A Tamburitza Lullaby
  5. The Splitters – Od kad te sanjam
  6. Boris Štok – Can We Talk
  7. Baby Lasagna – RIM TIM TAGI DIM
  8. ET – Pametnom dosta
  9. Vatra – Slatke suze, gorka ljubav
  10. Damir Kedžo – Voljena ženo
  11. Natalie Balmix – Dijamanti
  12. MARCELA – Gasoline

Dora 2024 will be hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Maja Ciglenečki and Anja Cerar.

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Source: Jutarnji.hr

Tags: Croatia Eurovision 2024, Dora 2024, HRT

Croatia: The allocation of the artists in the semi-finals of Dora 2024!

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A few hours ago, HRT, the public broadcaster of Croatia, announced the way the artists are allocated in the two semi-finals of Dora 2024, and their respective running ordrer.

First Semi-Final, February 22

Oι καλλιτέχνες που θα πάρουν μέρος στον πρώτο ημιτελικό είναι:

  1. Noelle – “Baby, Baby”
  2. Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin – “Vodu piti trizan biti”
  3. Stefany Žužić – “Sretnih dana dat’ će Bog”
  4. MISHA – “One Day”
  5. Erna – “How Do You Love Me”
  6. Eugen – “Tišine”
  7. Vinko – “Lying Eyes”
  8. Barbara Munjas – “Nepobjediva”
  9. Let 3 – “Baba Roga”
  10. Lana Mandarić – “More”
  11. Pavel – “TO THE MOON”
  12. Saša Lozar – “Ne plačem zbog nje”

Second Semi-Final, February 23

  1. Lu Dedić – “Plavi leptir”
  2. James Night – “NEBO PLAČE”
  3. Lara Demarin – “Ne vjerujem ti”
  4. Alen Đuras – “A Tamburitza Lullaby”
  5. The Splitters – “Od kad te sanjam”
  6. Boris Štok – “Can We Talk”
  7. Baby Lasagna – “RIM TIM TAGI DIM”
  8. ET – “Pametnom dosta”
  9. Vatra – “Slatke suze, gorka ljubav”
  10. Damir Kedžo – “Voljena ženo“
  11. Natalie Balmix – “Dijamanti”
  12. MARCELA – “Gasoline”

As mentioned, Dora 2024 will take place from February 22 to 25, with the Grand Final in the 25th, where the Croatian representative for Eurovision 2024 will be seleceted. The hosts for the competition will be Duško Ćurlić, Maja Ciglenečki and Anja Cerar.

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Source: HRT Dora

Croatia: These are the hosts of Dora 2024!

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A month before the Croatian national final for Eurovision 2024, HRT, the Croatian public broadcaster announced presenters of the three nights of Dora 2024! Read more

Baby Lasagna: I never expected my song to be noticed! | Interview

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Baby Lasagna (Marko Purišić) is a candidate in the croatian national final Dora 2024 with the song Rim Tim Tagi Dim. Today he opened his heart to us and told us about his entry and the message he wants to convey with it.

His musical influences

I love Rammstein, rap music and dance music. I like all genres of music and I love combining them together.

I like the german down Electric Callboy, System of a Down, Beethoven, Vivaldi, the Weeknd. It’s hard to pick one artist.

How he decided to enter Dora

My friends heard my song and told me I should write it in croatian, but I didn’t. I applied for Dora and I got into the reserves. Then all of a sudden Zaza left Dora and I was the first in line to replace her.

The song wasn’t even a single, I didn’t think to make a video. It wasn’t a song that was written for Dora.

I’m surprised that everybody reacted good to the song. To be honest I never expected to reach #2 in the Youtube Trends of Croatia. It’s awesome and crazy.

The message of the song

The song is about a guy who’s leaving his village with a heavy heart, but at the same time he’s good with it. It’s a funny song that covers a problem of Croatia with young people leaving their places for a better life.

What will we see on stage?

It won’t be just the dancers or just the band. It will be a spectacular energetic show, but funny at the same time.

Which eurovision entries he likes

A lot of people compared me to Kaarija, but I don’t think that it’s fair. I was angry that he didn’t win last year!

Which Dora entries he likes

I like Babaroga, but I’m not objective, since I’ve been a fan of Let 3 since I was a kid. I like that their song has a message. They made Croatia visible in the eurovision map again.

His message to our audience

I’m surprised that you noticed me and liked my song. Thank you for making my dreams come true and I hope to see you all in Sweden!

We thank Baby Lasagna for the interview and wish him best of luck!

Croatia: Listen to the songs of Dora 2024!

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The songs that will compete in the Croatian national final, Dora 2024, have just been released on Dora’s official YouTube channel.

Below you can listen to all the 24 songs:

  1. Pavel – TO THE MOON
  2. James Night – NEBO PLAČE
  3. Baby Lasagna – RIM TIM TAGI DIM
  4. Damir Kedžo – “Voljena ženo“
  5. Lu Dedić – Plavi leptir
  6. Vatra – Slatke suze, gorka ljubav
  7. Vinko – Lying Eyes
  8. The Splitters – Od kad te sanjam
  9. Natalie Balmix – Dijamanti
  10. Stefany Žužić – Sretnih dana dat’ će Bog
  11. Saša Lozar – Ne plačem zbog nje
  12. eugen – Tišine
  13. Erna – How Do You Love Me
  14. Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin – Vodu piti trizan biti
  15. MISHA – One Day
  16. Lara Demarin – Ne vjerujem ti
  17. Lana Mandarić – More
  18. MARCELA – Gasoline
  19. Barbara Munjas – Nepobjediva
  20. ET – Pametnom dosta
  21. Boris Štok – Can We Talk
  22. Noelle – Baby, Baby
  23. Let 3 – Baba Roga
  24. Alen Đuras – A Tamburitza Lullaby

Dora 2024 marks the first event since 2011 to feature two Semi-Final.

More information on the rules of the competition are expected to be announced in the next days.

Croatia was represented this year by Let 3 with the song “Mama ŠČ!”. The popular Croatian band took the 13th place with a total of 123 points, which is the country’s best result in the contest in recent years.

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Croatia: Dora 2024 songs release and dates announced!

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A bit earlier today HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, pubished the dates when Dora 2024 will take place!

The Croatian National Final will be aparted of three shows that will take place in HRT studios in Prisavlje. Two Semi Finals on 22 and 23 February and the Grand Final on Sunday 25 February.

HRT also confirmed that this year’s songs will be officialy released tomorrow, 9 January, on the official Dora Youtube channel!

We remind you that the twenty-four entries participating in Dora 2024 are:

  1. A TAMBURITZA LULLABY – Alen Đuras
  2. BABAROGA – Let 3
  3. BABY, BABY – Noelle
  4. CAN WE TALK – Boris Štok
  5. DIAMONDS – Natalie Balmix
  6. TO THE MOON – Pavel
  7. GASOLINE – Marcela
  8. HOW DO YOU LOVE ME – Erna
  9. LYING EYES – Vinko
  10. MORE – Lana Mandarić
  11. NEBO PLAČE – James Night
  12. I DON’T CRY FOR HER – Saša Lozar
  13. INVINCIBLE – Barbara Munjas
  14. I DON’T BELIEVE YOU – Lara Demarin
  15. SINCE I DREAM OF YOU – The Splitters
  16. ONE DAY – Misha
  17. PAMETNOM DOSTA – ET
  18. BLUE BUTTERFLY – Lu Dedić
  19. RIM TIM TAGI DIM – Baby Lasagna
  20. SWEET TEARS, BITTER LOVE – Fire
  21. GOD WILL GIVE HAPPY DAYS – Stefany Žužić
  22. SILENCE – Eugen
  23. DRINK WATER TO BE SOBER – Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin
  24. VOLJENA ŽENO – Damir Kedžo

Croatia was represented this year by Let 3 with the song “Mama ŠČ!“. The popular Croatian group took the 13th place with a total of 123 points, which is the country’s best performance in recent years in the Contest.

Source: HRT

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Croatia: ZSA ZSA pulls out of Dora 2024 – Baby Lasagna replaces her!

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Following the withdrawal of Aliona Moon feat Milla, from Etapa Nationala 2024, another participant in the national final of a country, withdraws from the competition process.

The reason for the Croatian singer, Zsa Zsa, who according to the local media of the country, has decided to leave Dora 2024.

According to the rules, her place will be taken by the first of the four alternate candidates of Dora 2024, who is none other than Baby Lasagna with the song Rim Tim Tagi Dim.

We remind you that the twenty-four artists participating in Dora 2024 along with the titles of their songs are:

  1. A TAMBURITZA LULLABY – Alen Đuras
  2. BABAROGA – Let 3
  3. BABY, BABY – Noelle
  4. CAN WE TALK – Boris Štok
  5. DIAMONDS – Natalie Balmix
  6. TO THE MOON – Pavel
  7. GASOLINE – Marcela
  8. HOW DO YOU LOVE ME – Erna
  9. LYING EYES – Vinko
  10. MORE – Lana Mandarić
  11. NEBO PLAČE – James Night
  12. I DON’T CRY FOR HER – Saša Lozar
  13. INVINCIBLE – Barbara Munjas
  14. I DON’T BELIEVE YOU – Lara Demarin
  15. SINCE I DREAM OF YOU – The Splitters
  16. ONE DAY – Misha
  17. PAMETNOM DOSTA – ET
  18. BLUE BUTTERFLY – Lu Dedić
  19. RIM TIM TAGI DIM – Baby Lasagna
  20. SWEET TEARS, BITTER LOVE – Fire
  21. GOD WILL GIVE HAPPY DAYS – Stefany Žužić
  22. SILENCE – Eugen
  23. DRINK WATER TO BE SOBER – Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin
  24. VOLJENA ŽENO – Damir Kedžo

The songs of the Croatian national final will be announced tomorrow, January 4.

The nominated entries will be presented during the Svijet diskografije show on HR 2 between 14:00 and 17:00 CET.

The songs will most likely be posted on HRT‘s official website first, while lyrics and music videos for the entries are expected to be released on Dora’s official YouTube channel.

Croatia was represented this year by Let 3 with the song “Mama ŠČ!“. The popular Croatian group took 13th place with a total of 123 points, which is the country’s best performance in recent years in the Competition.

https://youtu.be/JPiY1v3EfNc?si=RCcFBPXIHI8YnlGj

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Source: index.hr

Croatia: Dora 2024 songs to be revealed this Thursday!

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Through their personal Instagram account, the band Vatra, who are one of the 24 artists competing in Dora 2024, revealed that the songs for the Croatian national final will be announced this Thursday, January 4.

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Vatra (@vatra_official)

The nominated entries will be presented during the Svijet Diskografije show on HR2 between 14:00 and 17:00 CET.

Presumably, the songs will initially be posted on HRT‘s official website, and lyric and music videos for the entries are expected to be released on Dora’s official YouTube channel.

We remind you that the twenty-four artists participating in Dora 2024 along with their song titles are:

  1. A TAMBURITZA LULLABY – Alen Đuras
  2. BABAROGA – Let 3
  3. BABY, BABY – Noelle
  4. CAN WE TALK – Boris Štok
  5. DIAMONDS – Natalie Balmix
  6. TO THE MOON – Pavel
  7. GASOLINE – Marcela
  8. HOW DO YOU LOVE ME – Erna
  9. LYING EYES – Vinko
  10. MORE – Lana Mandarić
  11. NEBO PLAČE – James Night
  12. I DON’T CRY FOR HER – Saša Lozar
  13. INVINCIBLE – Barbara Munjas
  14. I DON’T BELIEVE YOU – Lara Demarin
  15. SINCE I DREAM OF YOU – The Splitters
  16. ONE DAY – Misha
  17. PAMETNOM DOSTA – ET
  18. BLUE BUTTERFLY – Lu Dedić
  19. WAKE UP MY LIPS – Zsa Zsa
  20. SWEET TEARS, BITTER LOVE – Fire
  21. GOD WILL GIVE HAPPY DAYS – Stefany Žužić
  22. SILENCE – Eugen
  23. DRINK WATER TO BE SOBER – Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin
  24. VOLJENA ŽENO – Damir Kedžo

There are also four alternate entries in case some of the participants withdraw or are unable to perform:

  1. RIM TIM TAGI DIM – Baby Lasagna
  2. PUT YOURSELF IN PLACE – Cota G4
  3. GET BACK – Mihael Kvorka
  4. DIVE DEEP – Ether

Croatia was represented this year by Let 3 with the song “Mama ŠČ!”. The popular Croatian band took the 13th place with a total of 123 points, which is the country’s best result in the contest in recent years.

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Croatia: Dora 2024 not to take place in Opatija?

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Dora will be used as the national selection format for Croatia in 2024. The contest will be renewed with the introduction of a semi-final and it appears that this is not the only change coming in 2024.

According to novilist.hr, Opatija will not serve as the host city for Dora 2024. The well-known seaside resort town of Opatija has been hosting Dora since its return in 2019, while it was confirmed that Dora’s contract with Opatija was about to be renewed. Nevertheless, the afore-mentioned scenario will possibly be abandoned, as the municipality itself mentions that:

Regarding the Dora event, we can confirm that we have been informed orally by Croatian Radio Television that HRT is not able to organize Dora 2024 in Opatija and that HRT, as the project holder, will submit a written statement about this to the City of Opatija, and soon issue an official press release and announce this year’s event.

According to rumors, Dora is set to return to the capital of Zagreb, for the first time since 2011. The festival itself is linked to the city of Opatija since its inaugural edition, while only in a few occasions it was held in Zagreb.

Dora 2024

Just a couple weeks ago, HRT revealed the twenty-four acts that will compete for the Croatian representation in Malmö. The line-up of Dora 2024 is the following:

  1. A TAMBURITZA LULLABY – Alen Đuras
  2. BABAROGA – Let 3
  3. BABY, BABY – Noelle
  4. CAN WE TALK – Boris Štok
  5. DIAMONDS – Natalie Balmix
  6. TO THE MOON – Pavel
  7. GASOLINE – Marcela
  8. HOW DO YOU LOVE ME – Erna
  9. LYING EYES – Vinko
  10. MORE – Lana Mandarić
  11. NEBO PLAČE – James Night
  12. I DON’T CRY FOR HER – Saša Lozar
  13. INVINCIBLE – Barbara Munjas
  14. I DON’T BELIEVE YOU – Lara Demarin
  15. SINCE I DREAM OF YOU – The Splitters
  16. ONE DAY – Misha
  17. PAMETNOM DOSTA – ET
  18. BLUE BUTTERFLY – Lu Dedić
  19. WAKE UP MY LIPS – Zsa Zsa
  20. SWEET TEARS, BITTER LOVE – Fire
  21. GOD WILL GIVE HAPPY DAYS – Stefany Žužić
  22. SILENCE – Eugen
  23. DRINK WATER TO BE SOBER – Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin
  24. VOLJENA ŽENO – Damir Kedžo

Furthermore, the four reserve songs in case a finalist is unable to perform or withdraws are:

  1. RIM TIM TAGI DIM – Baby Lasagna
  2. PUT YOURSELF IN PLACE – Cota G4
  3. GET BACK – Mihael Kvorka
  4. DIVE DEEP – Ether

Let3 and Damir Kedžo return to Dora, following their wins in 2023 and 2020 respectively, claiming the nation’s representation in Sweden.

More information on the rules of the competition as well as the dates and venue are expected to be announced in January.

The previous winners of Dora and Croatia’s representatives in Eurovision 2023, were LET 3 with their songs “Mama ŠČ!” ending up in 13th place of the Grand Final, as well as managing to bring their country back to the final for the first time since 2017:

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Source: novilist.hr

Croatia: Dora 2024 will feature a Semi-Final!

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Dora will remain as the selection process for the Croatian entry in Eurovision 2024. Following the reveal of the Dora 2024 line-up, the speculation regarding the inclusion of Semi-Finals in the competition was now confirmed by HRT.

Dora 2024 marks the first edition since 2011 to include a Semi-Final and Tomislav Štengl, the Croatian Head of Delegation, seems excited about this add-on. Specifically, he mentions that:

The work on Dora paid off, which means that the interest of authors and performers is increasing. We have a record number of applications, as well as quality songs. This is one of the reasons why we have a semi-final this year. there will be even more evenings, gossip, tension, and therefore Dora is growing.

The success of Let3 in Liverpool looks like it’s being translated to interest from the local artists, who now dare to make a step towards the Eurovision stage. Indicatively, a record number of 203 entries were submitted to HRT in order to compete in Dora 2024.

Dora 2024 line-up

A jury panel evaluated the submitted entries and chose 24 artists to compete for the country’s representation in Malmö. Hence, these are the twenty-four artists taking part in Dora 2024 along with their song titles:

  1. A TAMBURITZA LULLABY – Alen Đuras
  2. BABAROGA – Let 3
  3. BABY, BABY – Noelle
  4. CAN WE TALK – Boris Štok
  5. DIAMONDS – Natalie Balmix
  6. TO THE MOON – Pavel
  7. GASOLINE – Marcela
  8. HOW DO YOU LOVE ME – Erna
  9. LYING EYES – Vinko
  10. MORE – Lana Mandarić
  11. NEBO PLAČE – James Night
  12. I DON’T CRY FOR HER – Saša Lozar
  13. INVINCIBLE – Barbara Munjas
  14. I DON’T BELIEVE YOU – Lara Demarin
  15. SINCE I DREAM OF YOU – The Splitters
  16. ONE DAY – Misha
  17. PAMETNOM DOSTA – ET
  18. BLUE BUTTERFLY – Lu Dedić
  19. WAKE UP MY LIPS – Zsa Zsa
  20. SWEET TEARS, BITTER LOVE – Fire
  21. GOD WILL GIVE HAPPY DAYS – Stefany Žužić
  22. SILENCE – Eugen
  23. DRINK WATER TO BE SOBER – Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin
  24. VOLJENA ŽENO – Damir Kedžo

Moreover, there are the following four reserve songs in case a finalist is unable to perform or withdraws:

  1. RIM TIM TAGI DIM – Baby Lasagna
  2. PUT YOURSELF IN PLACE – Cota G4
  3. GET BACK – Mihael Kvorka
  4. DIVE DEEP – Ether

More details regarding the rules of the competition as well as the dates and the venue are expected to be released on January.

This year, Croatia was represented by Let 3 with the song “Mama ŠČ!“. The popular and controversial as well group brought Croatia back to the Grand Final after six years and finished 13th, the country’s best result in recent years.

https://youtu.be/JPiY1v3EfNc

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Source:vecernji.hr