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Croatia: Zagreb ready to host Eurovision 2025!

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Baby Lasagna has managed to bring Croatia back in the limelight and the Croatian fans’ interest in the Eurovision Song Contest has skyrocketed.

Just yesterday, the mayor of Zagreb, Tomislav Tomasevic, was asked on reddit whether Zagreb can host Eurovision.

(Zagreb) is totally ready! The arena is already booked. Fingers crossed for Baby Lasagna to win in Sweden and Zagreb will help HRT with production and organization in every way.

At the same time people are dancing to the rhythm of Rim Tim Tagi Dim in five Croatian cities,. It is now one of the most popular dances and there is no one who has not danced it. The dances are being filmed in order to create an impressive video. As Maja Tokić and Tomislav Štengl (head of the Croatian delegation to Eurovision) pointed out:

We’ve been in all the cities with cameras, in every location, so we’re going to make a fantastic video out of it. Croatia is united again, this time not because of football, this time because of a wonderful boy from Umag and his whole team. We moved into first place and were first for a long time, and now we are second for a long time,

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Baby Lasagna also appeared on Dutch TV and specifically on Beau van Erven Dorens’ show performing his song.

Croatia will appear in the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2024 on May 7 in the seventh place.

 

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source: HRT

Croatia: Baby Lasagna’s new live performance of “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”

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Croatia is the clear frontrunner to win the Eurovision Song Contest this year, as we previously reported. In the Croatian national final, Dora, Baby Lasagna‘s song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” garnered an unprecedented amount of votes and therefore will represent the country in Malmö.

Baby Lasagna sang “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” live on HRT, the Croatian public television, less than two months before Eurovision 2024.

Croatia will perform in the first half of the first semi-final, on May 7th. The precise running order will be revealed in the coming days.

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Source: HRT

Croatia: Baby Lasagna’s stage performance will be changed for Eurovision 2024!

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Baby Lasagna‘s stage appearance in Malmö will not be the same as his performance at the country’s national selection. Given that Croatia is currently leading the betting odds, this is a predicted development.

First off, there will be differenced in the choreography, which is almost finished. Two dancers, Luana Kličić and Sebastijan Žeželić, will accompany the performer on stage. Mihael Žipovski will play the guitar and keyboard. In addition, Matija Klaj is taking over on the drums in place of Baby Lasagna’s brother Val Perum, who will be on tour at the time.

But changes go beyond the choreography. Valentina Pliško created a new outfit specifically for the artist. The performer himself called the outfit traditional, noting that it included features that reflected Istrian culture.

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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: 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.

Stay tuned at  Eurovisionfun for all the latest news about Croatia’s participation in Eurovision 2024, in Malmö!

Source: index.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.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news!

Source:vecernji.hr