Croatia | Dora to return in 2021 as Croatia's national selection
Big news from Croatia! The national broadcaster HRT have just announced that they will be selecting their 2021 entry via their national selection Dora. Consequently, this means their 2020 entrant Damir Kedzo will not be internally selected as the Croatian entry for 2021. Despite this, he is still eligible to compete in Dora next year with a different song. HRT will be completing their two year contract with the venue in Opatija, and will be hosting Dora for a second year in a
Croatia | Will Dora chose Croatia's representative for Eurovision 2021?
There has been speculation recently in the Croatian media that Dora will be coming back next year to chose Croatia's Eurovision 2021 representative. The Croatian website Jutarnji List has reported that the Croatian broadcaster HRT is looking to use Dora once again to chose their Eurovision 2021 representative. It has been reported that HRT signed a contract with Opatija 21 (the venue where Dora is held) in November 2019, with the contract stating that HRT have agreed to hold
Croatia | eurosong.hr presents Eurovision from home
Due to the unfortunate cancellation of Eurovision 2020, both the EBU and various European broadcasters have been organising their own Eurovision shows to air in place of Eurovision. In Croatia, eurosong.hr have have responded to this extraordinary situation by organising a new YouTube show called Eurosong od doma (Eurovision at home). The show will be broadcast on the official YouTube channel for eurosong.hr on Saturday May 9th at 8pm CEST. Eurosong od doma is a new YouTube s
Eurovision 2020 | Damir will sing 'Divlji Vjetre' for Croatia
After a 16 song long final, we finally have a winner in Croatia, and it's Damir Kedžo with his song 'Divlji Vjetre'. Dora 2020 was the 21st edition of the Croatian national selection show, which determines Croatia's entry for Eurovision. It was held in Opatija and was hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Mirko Fodor, Zlata Mück Sušec and Doris Pinčić Rogoznica. The winner was decided by a mix of 50/50 televote and jury vote made up of juries from five different regions of Croatia: Čakovec
Croatia l Roko releases his new single "Krila"
Roko Blažević, who won Dora 2019 and represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel has released his first single since Eurovision in May. The song is called "Krila" (Wings), and it has been written by Jacques Houdek (Croatia 2017) and Andrea Cubric, the same duo that created "The Dream", which Roko performed at this years Eurovision. The main message of the song is about the joy of life, and searching for happiness in small things. Roko worked w
Eurovision 2020 | Submission window opens for Croatian national final
HRT, the Croatian broadcaster, has opened the submission window for the 2020 edition of the Croatian national final Dora. It has also published the rules and regulations for the selection show, which artists wishing to represent Croatia in Rotterdam must abide by to be eligible. The submission period for Dora 2020 is open from 5th November and closes on 15th December. After the deadline is met, a special committee from HRT will judge and evaluate all of the submitted entries
Croatia | Roko covers 'Arcade', 'Scream' and 'She Got Me' on piano
Roko Blažević, Croatian hopeful for Eurovision 2019, has already proved himself to be a great vocalist. But once again he impressed us with his covers of Eurovision songs. Photo by: Damjan Fiket/Marko Košutić Before departing to Tel Aviv, where his first rehearsal is scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, he released his new medley – this time covering entries from the second semi-final of Eurovision 2019: Arcade by Duncan Laurence from The Netherlands, Scream by Russia's Sergey Laz
Croatia | ENDI Joins The Croatian Delegation
As we already know for a while, Croatia will be represented by Roko Blažević with the song "The Dream", written by the Croatian representitive 2017 Jacques Houdek, Andrea Ćurić and Charlie Mason. In his Dora performance, he sang his power ballad all by himself with his iconic angle wings. However, it can be said that his Performance in Tel Aviv will be different, since Eurosong HRT announced that the dancer ENDI has joined the Croatian delegation and will therefore dance duri
Croatia | Televoting results revealed for DORA 2019
The full televoting results for DORA 2019 have been revealed by the Croatian broadcaster, HRT. The results, as seen below, have been split into those received from phone calls and those received by SMS voting. Roko Blažević – The Dream - 7088 phone calls, 4436 SMS (total 11,524) Luka Nižetić – Brutalero - 3663 phone calls, 3175 SMS (total 6838) Lorena Bućan – Tower Of Babylon - 3538 phone calls, 2047 SMS (total 5585) Manntra – In The Shadows - 2183 phone calls, 1738 SMS (tota
Croatia I Heroj - Croatian version of "The Dream" released
Roko Blažević has won Dora 2019 and will be representing Croatia in Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv with the song The Dream, composed by Jacques Houdek (Croatia 2017). Roko has won with maximum points awarded by both the jury and the televoting, followed by Lorena with "Tower of Babylon" and Luka Nižetić with "Brutalero". It was later announced that Lorena has been chosen by Eurofest Croatia to represent Croatia in this year's OGAE Second Chance Contest, fan-organized con
