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Poland: The Polish Eurovision Party 2023 is today!

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Today, for the second year in a row, the Polish Eurovision Party 2023 will take place in Warsaw. The hosts of the evening will be Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2011 & 2016) and Konrad Zemlik (the organizer of the event).

At this year’s Polish pre-party, twenty-five artists will appear, who are participating in this year’s Eurovision or have participated in the past.

The Eurovision 2023 entrants who will perform tonight are:

  • Albina & Familija Kelmendi – Albania
  • Alika – Estonia
  • Diljá – Iceland
  • Joker Out – Slovenia
  • Let 3 – Croatia
  • Mae Muller – United Kingdom
  • Monika Linkytė – Lithuania
  • Pasha Parfeni – Moldova
  • Piqued Jacks – San Marino
  • Reiley – Denmark
  • Sudden Lights – Latvia
  • The Busker – Malta
  • Vesna – Czechia
  • Wild Youth – Ireland

The remaining sixteen artists who will accompany this year’s participants are:

  • Anne-Marie David – Winner of Eurovision 1973 with Luxembourg
  • Eye Cue – North Macedonia 2018
  • Felivers – Tu bije serce Europy 2023 (Polish National Final)
  • Filip Baloš – Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 (Serbian National Final)
  • Gromee – Poland 2018
  • Inis Neziri – Festivali i Këngës 56 & 59 (Albanian National Final)
  • Krystian Ochman – Poland 2022
  • Kuba Szmajkowski – Tu bije serce Europy 2022 & 2023
  • Lindsay Dracass – United Kingdom 2001
  • Melovin – Ukraine 2018
  • Oceana – Unser Song für Dänemark
  • Poli Genova – Bulgaria 2011 & 2016
  • Senhit – San Marino 2011, 2020 & 2021
  • Slavko – Montenegro 2017
  • Sunstroke Project – Moldova 2010, 2017
  • Viki Gabor – Winner of Junior Eurovision 2019 with Poland

 

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Croatia: Let 3 have completed the plans of their stage performance for Eurovision 2023!

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Let 3 filmed their stage performance in the HRT studio, which will be submitted to the contest organisers in a few weeks.

You can watch a clip of the appearance below:

 

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Speaking to HRT, they confirmed that “Mama ŠČ!” will remain in Croatian. Damir Martinovic explained that:

Our language is the most beautiful for singing songs like this. I really love words with a lot of “Š”, with a lot of “Č”, like the word “razbuljoviždiriš” or “ti crna, ti krvava čađo”. These are beautiful words. When you translate it, then it loses its meaning.That is why I enjoy our language and I am very pleased that we will sing in Croatian. It’s a beautiful language for singing. Although many say that English is the most beautiful.

Croatia’s representatives will appear in the first half of the first semi-final on May 9th .

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Source: Eurovoix

Croatia: Dora 2022 final tonight!

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The time has come for the selection of the Croatian participation in Eurovision 2023. The grand finale of Dora 2023 takes place tonight and in a few hours we will know another song that will appear on the stage of Liverpool Arena in May in Liverpool.

Live from the city of Opatija, Dora 2023 takes place tonight, the process through which Croatia chooses its song in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Artists

Eighteen songs will compete tonight in Opatija, with one goal: the ticket to Liverpool and the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

  1. Top of the Pops feat. Mario 5reković – “Putovanje”
  2. Yogi – “Love At First Sight”
  3. Boris Štok – “Grijeh”
  4. Tajana Belina – “Dom”
  5. Krešo I Kisele Kiše – “Kme Kme”
  6. Maja Grgić – “I Still Live”
  7. Barbara Munjas – “Putem Snova”
  8. Đana – “Free Fallin”
  9. Patricia Gasparini – “I Will Wait”
  10. The Spitters – “Lost & Found”
  11. Hana Mašić – “Nesreća”
  12. Damir Kedžo – “Angels and Demons”
  13. Martha May – “Distance”
  14. Detour – “Master Blaster”
  15. Meri Andraković – “Bye Bye Blonde”
  16. Let 3 – “MAMA ŠČ!”
  17. Eni Jurišić – “Kreni Dalje”
  18. Harmonija Disonance – “Nevera (Lei, Lei)”

The final result will be judged by the jury votes (50%) and by the preference of the Croatian public (50%).

Presenters of Dora 2022 will be Duško Ćurlić, Mario Lipovšek Battifiaca and Marko Tolja.

The final of Dora 2023 will start at 20:15 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it on the HRT1 frequency by clicking HERE.

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Croatia: Listen to the songs of Dora 2023!

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Today is the day that Croatia will publish the songs that are competing in Dora 2023. The publication of the songs took place at the radio programm The World of Discography and then uploaded on the official YouTube channel of Dora.

You can listen to the full songs here:

Dora 2023

From Saturday January 14th and for four weeks, the show Ususret Dori 2023 with Mija Negovetić will be broadcasted , during which this year’s finalists will present themselves, sing and answer questions from the audience.

Guests on the first show will be Detour, Tajana Belina, The Splitters, Patricia Gašparini and Harmonija dissonance .

The final of Dora 2023 will take place on Saturday, February 11, with the voting process not showing any changes. The winner will be determined by both the jury and the television audience with a percentage of 50% each.

Last year, Mia Dimšić with the song “Guilty Pleasure” won the national final, but didn’t manage to qualify to the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022.

Who should represent Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest 2023?

Croatia: The songs of Dora 2023 will be released on January 12!

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According to the producer of the Croatian national final, Tomislav Štengl , the nominated songs of Dora 2023 will be heard for the first time through the radio show The World of Discography and Zlatko Turkalj, on January 12th .

Then all the videos that Croatian TV received from the creators will be released through Dora‘s YouTube channel.

From Saturday January 14th and for four weeks, the show Ususret Dori 2023 with Mija Negovetić will be broadcasted , during which this year’s finalists will present themselves, sing and answer questions from the audience.

Guests on the first show will be Detour, Tajana Belina, The Splitters, Patricia Gašparini and Harmonija dissonance .

The final of Dora 2023 will take place on Saturday, February 11, with the voting process not showing any changes. The winner will be determined by both the jury and the television audience with a percentage of 50% each.

The 18 artists who will compete to represent Croatia at Eurovision 2023 are as follows:

  • Damir Kedžo  –  “Angels and Demons”
  • Meri Andraković  –  “Bye Bye Blonde”
  • Martha May  –  “Distance”
  • Tajana Belina  –  “Dom”
  • Đana  –  “Free Fallin”
  • Boris Štok  –  “Grijeh”
  • Maja Grgić  –  “I Still Live”
  • Patricia Gasparini  –  “I Will Wait”
  • Krešo I Kisele Kiše  –  “Kme Kme”
  • Eni Jurišić  –  “Kreni Dalje”
  • The Spitters  –  “Lost & Found”
  • Yogi  –  “Love At First Sight”
  • Let 3  –  “MAMA ŠČ!”
  • Detour  –  “Master Blaster”
  • Hana Mašić  –  “Nesreća”
  • Harmonija Dissonance  –  “Nevera (Lei, Lei)”
  • Barbara Munjas  –  “Putem Snova”
  • Top of the Pops feat. Mario 5reković  –  “Putovanje”

Last year Croatia was represented by  Mia Dimšić with the song “Guilty Pleasure” , but she failed to qualify for the Grand  Final, finishing in 11th place  in the First Semi-Final for the second time in a row:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vBQdtW3mJE

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Source: magazin.hrt.hr, eurosong.hr

Croatia: Dora 2023 will take place on February 11 | The day will be a Super Saturday of national finals!

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A few days ago HRT the public broadcaster of Croatia, published the names of the artists that are going to participate in Dora 2023, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2023.

In contrast with their initial announcement, Dora 2023 will take place with just one show, the show of the Grand Final with 18 participants chosen from a jury among the 196 songs submitted:

  • Damir Kedžo – “Angels and Demons”
  • Meri Andraković – “Bye Bye Blonde”
  • Martha May – “Distance”
  • Tajana Belina – “Dom”
  • Đana – “Free Fallin”
  • Boris Štok – “Grijeh”
  • Maja Grgić – “I Still Live”
  • Patricia Gasparini – “I Will Wait”
  • Krešo I Kisele Kiše – “Kme Kme”
  • Eni Jurišić – “Kreni Dalje”
  • The Spitters – “Lost & Found”
  • Yogi – “Love At First Sight”
  • Let 3 – “MAMA ŠČ!”
  • Detour – “Master Blaster”
  • Hana Mašić – “Nesreća”
  • Harmonija Disonance – “Nevera (Lei, Lei)”
  • Barbara Munjas – “Putem Snova”
  • Top of the Pops feat. Mario 5reković – “Putovanje”

Earlier today, the organisers revealed the exact date of the national final and this is February 11th in the city of Opatija.

Dora 2023 will not be the only national final that is going to take place in that day, as five more national finals and two qualifying rounds will be broadcasted in the same evening, in a Super Saturday! In detail, these will be:

  • 🇸🇪 Melodifestivalen Heat 2
  • 🇱🇹 Papandom iš Naujo Second Semi-Final
  • 🇩🇰 Dansk Melodi Gran Prix 2023 Final
  • 🇮🇹 Festival di Sanremo 2023 Final
  • 🇲🇹 MESC 2023 Final
  • 🇪🇪 Eesti Laul 2023 Final
  • 🇭🇷 Dora 2023 Final
  • 🇷🇴 Selecția Națională 2023 Final

The previous winner of Dora and Croatia’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Mia Dimšić with the song “Guilty Pleasure“, but she didn’t manage to qualify for the grand final, ending up in 11th place of the first semi-final for the second year in a row:

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Source: eurovision.tv

Croatia: The participants of Dora 2023 have been announced!

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Croatia’s national broadcaster HRT has announced the artists who will compete in Dora 2023, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2023.

From a total of 196 submitted songs, a jury consisting of Željko Mesar, Zlatko Turkalj, Robert Urlić, Ema Gross, Igor Geržina, Željen Klašterka, Ivan Horvat, Tomislav Krizmanić and Dražen Miocić selected 18 entries to compete to represent the country on February 11 and 4 more as back-up.

Among them, as it was already revealed, is Damir Kedžo, who was the winner of Dora 2020 and would have represented the country in the competition had the event not been cancelled. It is also worth noting that the composer of Hana Mašić‘s song Accident is Darko Dimitrov, a distinguished songwriter with a plethora of Eurovision and National Finals entries in the Balkan countries.

The participants of Dora 2023 are:

  1. ANGELS AND DEMONS – DAMIR KEDŽO
  2. BYE BYE BLONDE – MERI ANDRAKOVIĆ
  3. DISTANCE – MARTHA MAY
  4. DOM – TAJANA BELINA
  5. FREE FALIN’ – ĐANA
  6. GRIJEH – BORIS ŠTOK – GRIJEH
  7. I STILL LIVE – MAJA GRGIĆ
  8. I WILL WAIT – PATRICIA GASPARINI
  9. KME KME – KREŠO I KISELE KIŠE
  10. KRENI DALJE – ENI JURIŠIĆ
  11. LOST AND FOUND – THE SPLITTERS
  12. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT – YOGI
  13. MAMA ŠČ! – LET 3
  14. MASTER BLASTER – DETOUR
  15. NESREĆA – HANA MAŠIĆ
  16. NEVERA (LEI,LEI) – HARMONIJA DISONANCE
  17. PUTEM SNOVA – BARBARA MUNJAS
  18. PUTOVANJE – TOP OF THE POPS FT. MARIO 5REKOVIĆ

In the event that one/some of the above participants do not compete, the following have been appointed as back-up entries:

  • SAMA – LANA MANDARIĆ LANCHI
  • ODLAZI – MIRNA ŠKRGATI
  • ON THE SAME TRAIN – VOICE FOR YOU
  • TALKING TO ME – ROSANNA KUMERLE

This year Croatia was represented by Mia Dimšić and the song “Guilty Pleasure“, but failed to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest Final, finishing in 11th place in the First Semi-Final for the second time in a row.

Will Croatia be able to break their curse of 11th place this time? Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all things related to Eurovision!

Source: HRT

Croatia: The participants for Dora 2023 have been selected!

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The Croatian national broadcaster HRT, has confirmed that the participants for Dora 2023 have been selected. From the time that the deadline for song submissions has expired -a week ago-, a jury has assessed the proposals submitted and has selected the 28 greatest.

Also, HRT has pointed out that the list with the names of the participants will be published not earlier than December 5th. Inside the names that have submitted their proposals, three returning artists have been found:

  • Damir Kedžo – Eurovision 2020
  • Igor Cukrov – Eurovision 2009
  • Daniel Popović – Eurovision 1983

We remind you that Dora 2023 is going to be made with Semi-Finals and a Final. For five weeks some promotional actions will be made, before the live shows start, while the Final is going to take place in February in Opatija.

Croatia was represented by Mia Dimšić and the song “Guilty Pleasure“, without making to the Grand Final, finishing 11th for the second time in a row.

Will Croatia be able to break their curse of 11th place this time? Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all things related to Eurovision!

Source: Slobodna Dalmacija

Croatia: Damir Kedžo submits an entry for Dora 2023!

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Damir Kedžo, took to social media to show that he had submitted a song to Dora 2023 in order to represent Croatia in Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool!

Damir Kedžo was due to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before the contest was canceled due to COVID-19. Despite rumors that he would return to Dora the following year, he ultimately did not as he did not have the right song.

Dora 2023 is expected to be held in February, in Opatija, with many changes. In particular, the songs will be released earlier than in previous years, specifically in January, while the public will have time to listen to them several times, while there will also be a lot of playback from the media, digital platforms and social networks.

Another change is that the selection will be made through a competition of two semi-finals and one final.

However, the biggest innovation at this year’s edition will be the addition of Eurovision fans to the song selection jury for Dora 2023. Thus, the jury will be made up of both music professionals and HRT public broadcaster employees, with fans to give another note to the final selection.

Check out Damir Kedžo’s entry, “Divlji Vjetre” for Eurovision 2020 below:

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Croatia: Dora 2023 will have two semi-finals!

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Croatia’s public broadcaster, HRT, revealed that Dora 2023 will have some changes in its whole concept. In detail, Tomislav Štengl, the head of the Croatian delegation, explained the plans on Dora’s changes, in an interview in HR2.

The first big change is that the songs will be available relatively earlier in contrast with previous years, and all artists will be demanded to have a music or lyric video for their songs.

The other major change is that the song selection will once again take place through a national final, but this year Dora is going to have two semi-finals. By adding more competitive shows in the national final, HRT wants to attract as many artists as possible.

What is more, HRT plans on creating a special show that will showcase each artist and their songs for Dora 2023,

The Croatian national final will take place in February in Opatija. The submission window is already open and will remain this way until November 20.

The previous winner of Dora and Croatia’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Mia Dimšić with the song “Guilty Pleasure“, but she didn’t manage to qualify for the grand final, ending up in 11th place of the first semi-final for the second year in a row.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Croatian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!