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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

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

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.

 

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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.

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun for all the latest news regarding Croatia’s entry in Eurovision 2024!

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.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news!

Source:vecernji.hr 

Croatia: These are the artists and songs competing in Dora 2024!

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HRT, the public broadcaster of Croatia, announced the artists competing in Dora 2024, the country’s national final for Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

From the 200 songs submitted to the broadcaster, a jury panel evaluated and chose 24 artists to compete for the country’s representation in the national final taking place in February. Four more artists were chosen, in case someone could not, perform or withdraws.

 

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The artists taking place in Dora 2024  are the following (in alphabetical order by their song title):

  1. A TAMBURITZA LULLABY – Alen Đuras
  2. BABAROGA – Let 3
  3. BABY, BABY – Noelle
  4. CAN WE TALK – Boris Štok
  5. Dijamanti – 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. Ne vjerujem ti – 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. Sretnih dana dat’ će Bog – Stefany Žužić
  22. Tišine – Eugen
  23. Vodu piti trizan biti – 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

In the above list, we can see familiar names who have previously taken part in Dora, as well as Let3, the Croatian representatives in Eurovision 2023 and Damir Kedžo, who won Dora 2020 but did not make it to the Eurovision stage as the contest was cancelled that year.

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:
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Croatian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!
Source: magazin.hrt

Croatia: Let 3 return to Dora 2024!

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As we’ve informed you, the submission period for Dora, the national final of Croatia for Eurovision 2024, ended yesterday, with a record-breaking number of submissions, that reached 203 songs. There are artists that have already confirmed their participation, and some others that have been asked.

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Croatia: About 200 songs were submitted for Dora 2024!

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A day after the end of the submission window for their national final, HRT, the public broadcaster of Croatia, revealed the exact number of songs submitted for Dora 2024. Read more

Croatia: Will Dora 2024 feature two semi-finals?

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The head of the Croatian delegation, Tomislav Štengl, was a guest on HRT’s morning show, “Dobro jutro, Hrvatska”.

Štengl disclosed HRT’s plans for Eurovision 2024 just hours before the deadline for Dora 2024 submissions. In particular, he mentioned that about 110 songs had been submitted up to this point, and he is confident that this figure will rise to 200 by the time of the submission deadline that night, as interested artists typically submit their entries right before the deadline.

Furthermore, he said that the Croatian representative in Malmö ought to have a powerful message for the European audience in addition to a catchy song.

Semi-Finals for Dora 2024?

Additionally, Tomislav Štengl revealed that two Semi-Finals may be used in Dora 2024. The last time the Croatian national final featured semi-finals was back in 2011. Also, he is aiming for a total of twenty-four songs to compete to represent Croatia in Eurovision 2024.

Finally, he stated that they are in talks to renew Dora’s contract with Opatija, and that the Dora 2024 Grand Final will most likely take place on Saturday, February 24, where we will find out who will represent Croatia in Malmö.

At the beginning of December, all details regarding Dora 2024 will be revealed.

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.

Will Croatia manage to achieve an even better result this year? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news!

Source: eurosong.hr

Croatia: Submission window for Dora 2024 is now open!

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After confirming their participation earlier yesterday, the Croatian public broadcaster, HRT, opened the submission window for Dora 2024, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2024!

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Croatia: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “Mama Šč!” (video)

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Last Saturday, the national final of Croatia, Dora 2023, concluded for another year, in which Let 3 won both the televote and the jury vote! So the next representative of the country for Eurovision 2023 will be Let 3 with the song “Mama Šč!“.

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the live performance for the country’s participation in the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Rossopoulos Thanasis, Bogiannos Apostolos and Gialetzi Stella in a Reaction video, with detailed commentary on Croatia’s participation, for 2023!

Below you can enjoy the live performance of Let 3 in Dora 2023:

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