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Croatia: The results of Dora 2024 first semi-final!

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The first semi-final of Dora, the Croatian national selection for Eurovision 2024, was just concluded. Dora remained for another year as the country’s national selection format, but it also saw the biggest changes in years.

Changed to the core, Dora 2024 is the first edition in thirteen years to feature semi-finals. A record of 203 entries were submitted to the Croatian broadcaster, out of which twenty-four were advanced to the semi-finals’ stage.

In total, two semi-finals of twelve will take place, while eight acts from each semi-final will advance to the Grand Final, scheduled for February 25.

Hosted by Duško Čurlić, Maja Ciglenečki and Anja Cerar, the first semi-final took place tonight, with the following twelve acts competing for a spot in the Final:

  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

The first semi-final of Dora 2024 – in detail

1. Noelle – Baby, Baby

The First Semi-Final was opened by Noelle, with a rhythmic song in Croatian. She is accompanied on stage by four female dancers, all dressed in black. Vocal issues are present.

2. Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin – Vodu piti trizan biti 

It’s time for Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin. Another song in Croatian. The presentation is dark, while they are dressed in red. Not the best presentation.

3. Stefany Žužić – Sretnih dana dat’ će Bog 

Stefany, dressed in white, is accompanied by four dancers. A lot of effects and dry ice on stage. She sounds out of rythym.

4. MISHA – One Day 

A bad start vocally-wise for MISHA. The performance reminds of Eurovision. I don’t know if the afore-mentioned is positive, though.

5. Erna – How Do You Love Me 

Erna is solo on stage. Atmospheric setting. Vocally, she also seems to face some sound issues.

6. Eugen – Tišine 

A ballad in Croatian for Eugen. He starts acapella. A dark setting here too. However, he looks quite awkward on stage and he struggles vocally.

7. Vinko – Lying Eyes 

Everything is dark here too. He is on stage accompanied by a girl and a piano. Use of dry ice again.

8. Barbara Munjas – Nepobjediva 

Feels like Konstrakta. However, a parody of Konstrakta, as it looks as a joke entry to a non Croatian.

9. Let 3 – Baba Roga 

Ok, not a fan of Let 3. However, I respect them for bringing a good result for Croatia. What i admire the most, is how they managed to return with a performance weirder than their previous one. I don’t like it. It feels like a circus to me.

10. Lana Mandarić – More 

Something really pleasant, for both ears and eyes, following Let 3. Not the best song nor performance, though.

11. Pavel – TO THE MOON

Feels like ABBA. A little bit dated, but it’s not bad overall.

12. Saša Lozar – Ne plačem zbog nje 

This also feels dated. That’s all.

Following the conclusion of the performances, Slimane, the French representative in Eurovision 2024, took the stage and performed several of his hits along “Mon Amour“.

The results

Following the voting of the public audience exclusively, the following eight acts qualified for the Grand Final of Dora 2024:

  • Pavel – “TO THE MOON“
  • Vinko – “Lying Eyes“
  • eugen – “Tišine”
  • Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin – “Vodu piti trizan biti“
  • Stefany Žužić – “Sretnih dana dat’ će Bog“
  • Saša Lozar – “Ne plačem zbog nje“
  • Let 3 – “Baba Roga“
  • Lana Mandarić – “More“

The second semi-final of Dora 2024 will take place tomorrow evening, when we will know the eight remaining finalists.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

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.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all developments regarding Croatia’s participation in Eurovision 2024!

Source: Jutarnji.hr

Tags: Croatia Eurovision 2024, Dora 2024, HRT

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!