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Croatia: Dora 2022 to be held without audience!

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A while ago, the Croatian public broadcaster, HRT, announced that there will be no audience attending Dora 2022!

The official account of Dora on Facebook, published a post that they explained the situation that sadly will not allow an audience to be present at Dora, for a second year in a row:

Following your numerous messages regarding the tickets sold for Dora 2022, we regret to announce, that due to the unforeseen restrictions that are in place at the moment, due to the pandemic, the entire contest will take place without an audience. However, we are still looking into how the situation develops and if there is any change or if any restriction is lifted, we will inform you accordingly.

How things will work in case of any COVID-19 case

HRT has already established a protocol, that will be followed in case any of the artists tests positive for COVID-19. If one or two of the artists withdraw until the 4th of February, their place will be covered by the first, second, third or even the fourth backup artist. In case of five or more artists withdrawing before the 1st of February, their song will also be withdrawn and their allocated televoting phone number will get deactivated.

If any of the artists develops symptoms or tests positive for COVID-19 after the rehearsal of the 16th, 18th or even the 19th of February, then one of their recorded performances will be shown, during the live final show.

Dora 2022, the Croatian national selection process of the Croatian representative for this year’s Eurovision song Contest, will take place on February 19 at Marino Cvetković Sports in Opatija!

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding the Croatian entry for Eurovision 2022!

Source: DORA HRT / Eurovoix

Croatia: The voting system of Dora 2022!

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Croatian broadcaster HRT has published the official Dora 2022 voting rules as well as instructions for the televote, to be held on Saturday February 19th at Opatija’s Marino Cvetković Sports.

The Croatian song that will be sent to the Eurovision 2022 Song Contest will be determined by:

a) the vote of the jury

b) the voting of the viewers via phone calls and SMS

In case of a tie in the voting of the jury and the television audience, the winner will be the one who received the most votes from the television audience.

In case of cancellation or withdrawal of one or two performers until February 4, their place is taken by the first, second, third and fourth alternate artist. In the event that five or more performers drop out of the competition, the song number or phone line becomes inactive and therefore not included in the voting procedure.

In case a performer is positive for covid after the costume rehearsal on February 16th or in the general rehearsal on February 18th and in the final rehearsal on February 19th, they will be able to use the corresponding recorded rehearsal.

Jury

The jury will be divided according to the cities Čakovec, Varaždin, Rijeka, Pula, Osijek, Zadar, Knin, Šibenik, Split and Dubrovnik.

Each jury consists of three members:

  • an HRT employee (HR music writer or music journalist)
  • an HDS member
  • an HGU member

Each member of the jury ranks the songs from first to 14th place. The results of the individual members of the jury are entered into the electronic ballot processing system. After summing up the results of the individual members of the jury, they are ranked and the ten songs with the best ranking receive the total points of the judges. The judges’ scores will be: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12, just like in the Eurovision system.

The total number of points of each jury is 58 points. The total number of points for all ten judges is 580 points.

The jury will be announced on Friday, February 18, during the rehearsal.

TV audience

The TV audience can vote either via phone calls or SMS.
Each song receives points based on the percentage of total voting points (580 points) in proportion to the percentage of votes each song received from the total number of votes received (by phone and SMS). Televoting has a total of 580 points.

The 14 artists that will participate in the Croatian national final are:

  1. Mila Elegović – “Ljubav“
  2. Mia Negovetić -“Forgive Me (Oprosti)“
  3. Marko Bošnjak – “Moli za nas“
  4. Jessa – “My Next Mistake“
  5. Zdenka Kovačiček – “Stay on the Bright Side“
  6. Tina Vukov – “Hideout“
  7. Roko Vušković – “Malo kasnije“
  8. Bernarda – “Here for Love“
  9. Eric Vidović -“I Found You“
  10. ToMa – “In the Darkness“
  11. Elis Lovrić – “No War“
  12. Ella Orešković -“If You Go Away“
  13. Tia – “Voli me do neba“
  14. Mia Dimšić -“Guilty Pleasure“

We remind you that the songs will be released on February 10th on the music program Svijet diskografije (World of Discography) which is broadcast on the second channel of Croatia and later on the official website of HRT!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Croatia’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Source: HRT Dora

Croatia: Through “Dora” the selection of participation |Submissions to start on November 5th

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Croatian Public Television (HRT) announced recently that the country’s participation in Eurovision 2020 will be selected through “Dora” next year.

Interested creators can submit their entries online from November 5 until December 15. A panel of HRT will select the 16 best songs to compete at Dora 2020, which will bring the Croatian representative to Rotterdam.

In Tel Aviv, Croatia was represented by Roko Blažević with the song “The Dream”, composed by Jacques Houdek, who represented Croatia at Eurovision 2017. Unfortunately, he was ranked 14th in the second semifinal and thus did not qualify for the final.

Source: HRT

Croatia: the participation in Eurovision 2020 still uncertain

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Croatia‘s participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in May 2020 in the Netherlands is unclear.

Croatian public broadcaster HRT, speaking on the ESCXTRA website, said they still can not confirm their presence in the next contest. More information was not provided, which suggests the country’s withdrawal from the upcoming event, as a possible scenario, considering the bad results of the last two years.

However, as announced earlier, the Croatian capital, Zagreb will host the Eurovision Song Contest for young musicians in 2020, which may work for or against the above decision.

If Croatia withdraws, it will follow the example of Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovakia, who have been reluctant to return to Eurovision 2020.

This year, Roko represented by Croatia, with “The Dream“, where he finished in  14th place with 64 points in the Second Semi-final without being able to qualify for the Final.