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=== <i lang="hr">Dora</i> ''2024'' ===
=== <i lang="hr">Dora</i> ''2024'' ===
{{lang|hr|Dora}} ''2024'' is set to be the twenty-fifth edition of {{lang|hr|Dora}}, the national final format which selects Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition will take place in HRT studios in Zagreb,<ref name="PrisavljeTwoSemis" /> the first time since 2011 that the contest is not held in [[Opatija]], and will be hosted by [[Duško Čurlić]], Maja Ciglenečki and Anja Cerar. It will air on [[HRT 1]] as well as on the streaming service HRTi.<ref name="submissions">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-15 |title=Otvoren natječaj za Doru 2024. godine |trans-title=The competition for Dora 2024 is open |url=/proxy/https://magazin.hrt.hr/zabava/hrt-otvoren-natjecaj-za-doru-2024-godine-11037075 |access-date=2023-09-15 |publisher=HRT |lang=hr}}</ref> The head of the Croatian delegation to the contest, Tomislav Štengl, discussed the possibility of including two semi-finals in addition to the usual final, which was provisionally scheduled for 24 February 2024;<ref name="semifinals1">{{Cite web |last=Ntinos |first=Fotios |date=2023-11-30 |title=Croatia: Will Dora 2024 feature two semi-finals? |url=/proxy/https://eurovisionfun.com/en/2023/11/croatia-will-dora-2024-feature-two-semi-finals/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |work=Eurovisionfun}}</ref><ref name="stengl">{{Cite web |last=Giacometti |first=Emilia |date=2023-11-28 |title=24 pjesme 24. veljače na Dori u Opatiji? |trans-title=24 songs on February 24 at Dora in Opatija? |language=hr |url=/proxy/https://eurosong.hr/24-pjesme-24-veljace-na-dori-u-opatiji/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |work=Eurosong.hr}}</ref><ref name="semifinals2">{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=2023-11-30 |title=Croatia: Semi-Finals for Dora 2024? |url=/proxy/https://eurovoix.com/2023/11/30/croatia-semi-finals-dora-2024/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |work=Eurovoix}}</ref> it was ultimately decided that the competition would consist of two semi-finals on 22 and 23 February, and a final on 25 February.<ref name="PrisavljeTwoSemis">{{Cite web |url=/proxy/https://magazin.hrt.hr/zabava/dora-2024-odrzat-ce-se-22-23-i-25-veljace-na-prisavlju-11270891 |title=Dora 2024. održat će se 22., 23. i 25. veljače na Prisavlju |trans-title=Dora 2024 will be held on 22, 23 and 25 February on Prisavlje |date=2024-01-08 |publisher=HRT |access-date=2024-01-08}}</ref>
{{lang|hr|Dora}} ''2024'' is set to be the twenty-fifth edition of {{lang|hr|Dora}}, the national final format which selects Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition will take place in HRT studios in Zagreb,<ref name="PrisavljeTwoSemis" /> the first time since 2011 that the contest is not held in [[Opatija]], and will be hosted by [[Duško Čurlić]], Maja Ciglenečki and Anja Cerar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-24 |title=Otkrivamo tko su voditelji Dore 2024. |trans-title=We find out who the presenters of Dora 2024 are |url=/proxy/https://magazin.hrt.hr/zabava/otkrivamo-tko-su-voditelji-dore-2024-11313154 |access-date=2024-01-24 |publisher=HRT |lang=hr}}</ref> It will air on [[HRT 1]] as well as on the streaming service HRTi.<ref name="submissions">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-15 |title=Otvoren natječaj za Doru 2024. godine |trans-title=The competition for Dora 2024 is open |url=/proxy/https://magazin.hrt.hr/zabava/hrt-otvoren-natjecaj-za-doru-2024-godine-11037075 |access-date=2023-09-15 |publisher=HRT |lang=hr}}</ref> The head of the Croatian delegation to the contest, Tomislav Štengl, discussed the possibility of including two semi-finals in addition to the usual final, which was provisionally scheduled for 24 February 2024;<ref name="semifinals1">{{Cite web |last=Ntinos |first=Fotios |date=2023-11-30 |title=Croatia: Will Dora 2024 feature two semi-finals? |url=/proxy/https://eurovisionfun.com/en/2023/11/croatia-will-dora-2024-feature-two-semi-finals/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |work=Eurovisionfun}}</ref><ref name="stengl">{{Cite web |last=Giacometti |first=Emilia |date=2023-11-28 |title=24 pjesme 24. veljače na Dori u Opatiji? |trans-title=24 songs on February 24 at Dora in Opatija? |language=hr |url=/proxy/https://eurosong.hr/24-pjesme-24-veljace-na-dori-u-opatiji/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |work=Eurosong.hr}}</ref><ref name="semifinals2">{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=2023-11-30 |title=Croatia: Semi-Finals for Dora 2024? |url=/proxy/https://eurovoix.com/2023/11/30/croatia-semi-finals-dora-2024/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |work=Eurovoix}}</ref> it was ultimately decided that the competition would consist of two semi-finals on 22 and 23 February, and a final on 25 February.<ref name="PrisavljeTwoSemis">{{Cite web |url=/proxy/https://magazin.hrt.hr/zabava/dora-2024-odrzat-ce-se-22-23-i-25-veljace-na-prisavlju-11270891 |title=Dora 2024. održat će se 22., 23. i 25. veljače na Prisavlju |trans-title=Dora 2024 will be held on 22, 23 and 25 February on Prisavlje |date=2024-01-08 |publisher=HRT |access-date=2024-01-08}}</ref>


==== Competing entries ====
==== Competing entries ====

Revision as of 15:29, 24 January 2024

Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2024
Selection date(s)
  • Semi-finals:
  • 22 February 2024
  • 23 February 2024
  • Final:
  • 25 February 2024
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2023 2024 2025►

Croatia is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) will organise the national final Dora 2024 to select the Croatian entry for the 2024 contest.

Background

Prior to the 2024 contest, Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-eight times since its first entry in 1993. The nation's best result in the contest is fourth, which it achieved on two occasions: in 1996 with the song "Sveta ljubav" performed by Maja Blagdan and in 1999 with the song "Marija Magdalena" performed by Doris Dragović. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Croatia has this far featured in eight finals. In 2023, Croatia qualified to the final (for the first time since 2017) with Let 3 and the song "Mama ŠČ!", finishing in 13th place.[1]

The Croatian national broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), broadcasts the event within Croatia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since first participating in 1993, HRT has consistently organised the national final Dora in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, except between 2012 and 2018, when the broadcaster either opted out of participation or internally selected its entries. On 14 September 2023, HRT confirmed Croatia's participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest and its intention to continue to use Dora to select the nation's entry.[2]

Before Eurovision

Dora 2024

Dora 2024 is set to be the twenty-fifth edition of Dora, the national final format which selects Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition will take place in HRT studios in Zagreb,[3] the first time since 2011 that the contest is not held in Opatija, and will be hosted by Duško Čurlić, Maja Ciglenečki and Anja Cerar.[4] It will air on HRT 1 as well as on the streaming service HRTi.[5] The head of the Croatian delegation to the contest, Tomislav Štengl, discussed the possibility of including two semi-finals in addition to the usual final, which was provisionally scheduled for 24 February 2024;[6][7][8] it was ultimately decided that the competition would consist of two semi-finals on 22 and 23 February, and a final on 25 February.[3]

Competing entries

On 15 September 2023, HRT opened a submission period where artists – required to hold Croatian citizenship – and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 30 November 2023.[2][9][10] At the closing of the window, a record number of 203 entries had been received.[11][12]

An expert committee reviewed the received submissions and selected twenty-four entries (plus four backups), which were announced on 15 December 2023. The participants include Damir Kedžo and Let 3, who won the competition in 2020 and 2023, respectively;[9][5][7][11][12][13] on 3 January, it was announced that Zsa Zsa had withdrawn for undisclosed reasons; she was replaced by Baby Lasagna.[14] The songs premiered on 4 January 2024 on the program Svijet diskografije on HR 2,[15] and were released on YouTube on 9 January 2024.

  Entry withdrawn   Replacement entry

Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
Alen Đuras "A Tamburitza Lullaby" English
  • Jimmy Åkerfors
  • Michel Fannoun
  • Siniša Reljić-Simba
  • Tony Malm [sv]
Baby Lasagna "Rim tim tagi dim" English Marko Purišić
Barbara Munjas "Nepobjediva" Croatian
  • Barbara Munjas
  • Zoran Majstorović
Boris Štok "Can We Talk" English
  • Aidan O'Connor
  • Boris Štok
  • Darko Terlević
  • John Dorothy
Damir Kedžo "Voljena ženo" Croatian Ante Pecotić
Erna "How Do You Love Me" English
  • Alan Dović
  • Erna Imamović
  • Gabor Racz
ET "Pametnom dosta" Croatian
Eugen [hr] "Tišine" Croatian
James Night "Nebo plače" Croatian Leonardo Šajin
Lana Mandarić "More" Croatian Lana Mandarić
Lara Demarin "Ne vjerujem ti" Croatian
  • Hrvoje Domazet
  • Lara Demarin
  • Luka Demarin
  • Robert Domitrović
Let 3 "Babaroga" Croatian
Lu Dedić "Plavi leptir" Croatian Miro Lesić
Marcela "Gasoline" English
Mario Battifiaca [hr] ft. Robert Ferlin "Vodu piti trizan biti" Croatian Bruno Krajcar
Misha "One Day" English Nemanja Filipović
Natalie Balmix "Dijamanti" Croatian
Noelle "Baby, Baby" Croatian[a]
  • Ivan Zečić
  • Miroslav Zečić
Pavel "Do mjeseca" Croatian
Saša Lozar "Ne plačem zbog nje" Croatian Ante Pecotić
Stefany Žužić "Sretnih dana dat' će Bog" Croatian
  • Branimir Mihaljević
  • Nenad Ninčević
The Splitters "Od kad te sanjam" Croatian
  • Josip Senta
  • Petar Senta
Vatra "Slatke suze, gorka ljubav" Croatian Ivan Dečak
Vinko "Lying Eyes" English
  • Srđan Sekulović Skansi
  • Vinko Ćemeraš
Zsa Zsa "Probudi usne moje" Un­known
Backup entries
Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
Baby Lasagna "Rim tim tagi dim" English Marko Purišić
Cota G4 [hr] "Stavi se na mjesto" TBA
Ether "Duboko roni"
Mihael Kvorka "Vrati se"

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw will be held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) splits up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[16]

Notes

  1. ^ Contains one repeated word in English

References

  1. ^ "Croatia". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Jiandani, Sanjay (14 September 2023). "Croatia: HRT confirms participation at Eurovision 2024". ESCToday. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Dora 2024. održat će se 22., 23. i 25. veljače na Prisavlju" [Dora 2024 will be held on 22, 23 and 25 February on Prisavlje]. HRT. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Otkrivamo tko su voditelji Dore 2024" [We find out who the presenters of Dora 2024 are] (in Croatian). HRT. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Otvoren natječaj za Doru 2024. godine" [The competition for Dora 2024 is open] (in Croatian). HRT. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  6. ^ Ntinos, Fotios (30 November 2023). "Croatia: Will Dora 2024 feature two semi-finals?". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b Giacometti, Emilia (28 November 2023). "24 pjesme 24. veljače na Dori u Opatiji?" [24 songs on February 24 at Dora in Opatija?]. Eurosong.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  8. ^ Granger, Anthony (30 November 2023). "Croatia: Semi-Finals for Dora 2024?". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  9. ^ a b Rožman, Klara (14 September 2023). "HRT sutra otvara natječaj za Doru 2024., Tomislav Štengl: 'Svi glazbeni pravci su dobrodošli'" [Tomorrow HRT will open the Dora 2024 competition, Tomislav Štengl: "All musical genres are welcome"]. Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Pravila natjecanja 'Dora 2024.'" [Rules of the contest "Dora 2024"] (PDF) (in Croatian). HRT. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  11. ^ a b Farren, Neil (1 December 2023). "Croatia: Around 200 Songs Submitted for Dora 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  12. ^ a b Rožman, Klara (1 December 2023). "Jutarnji doznaje: Let3 ponovno će na Doru! Otkriveni i drugi izvođači koji će se boriti za plasman na Eurosong" [Jutarnji finds out: Let3 will return to Dora! Other performers who will fight for placement at the Eurovision Song Contest have also been revealed]. Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  13. ^ Álvarez, Jesús (15 December 2023). "Dora 2024: presentados los 24 participantes con la vuelta de Let 3 y Damir Kedžo" [Dora 2024: the 24 participants have been presented, with the return of Let 3 and Damir Kedžo]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Hrvatska pjevačica odustala od Dore, evo tko će je zamijeniti" [A Croatian singer gave up on Dora, here's who will replace her]. Index.hr (in Croatian). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  15. ^ Farren, Neil (2 January 2024). "Croatia: Dora 2024 Entries to Be Released on January 4". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  16. ^ Van Dijk, Sem Anne (13 December 2023). "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Allocation Draw on January 30". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 December 2023.