Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dora 1995
Selection date(s)	12 March 1995
Selected entrant	Magazin and Lidija
Selected song	"Nostalgija"
Selected songwriter(s)	Tonči Huljić; Vjekoslava Huljić;
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 91 points
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Croatia selected its entry for the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest through the "Dora 1995" contest, which was held on 12 March 1995, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) in Opatija. The winners were Magazin and Lidija with "Nostalgija".

Before Eurovision[]

Dora 1995[]

HRT organised the Dora contest to select the Croatian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, held in Opatija. The national contest consisted of a televised final with 20 songs selected from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers. The winner was chosen by 20 regional juries.^[1]

Final – 12 March 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Venera	"Ova je pjesma tvoja"	1	17
2	Battifiaca	"Još vavek"	11	13
3	Mucalo	"Neka ljubav spaja nas"	0	19
4	Marinela Malić	"Mjesec je jak ko afrodizijak"	0	19
5	Ivan Mikulić	"Ti i ja"	25	11
6	Leteći odred	"Pišem ti pismo"	28	9
7	Stare staze	"Ritam ljubavi mi daj"	13	12
8	Latino	"Ne kunem ljubav"	27	10
9	Boris Novković and Moonlight Cats	"Pjesma moja to si ti"	58	6
10	Romantic	"Telefon"	2	16
11	Nina Badrić	"Odlaziš zauvijek"	1	17
12	Oliver Dragojević	"Boginja"	115	2
13	Zrinka	"Srce od zlata"	109	3
14	Bumerang	"Suzy"	3	15
15	Julija	"Babysitter"	10	14
16	Davor Radolfi	"Tvoje ime kao ime ruže"	71	5
17	Minea	"Good Boy"	36	8
18	Mira Šimić	"Oluja"	102	4
19	Srebrna krila	"Ljubav je za ljude sve"	38	7
20	Magazin and Lidija	"Nostalgija"	150	1

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Šibenik	Županja	Dubrovnik	Krapina	Pazin	Vinkovci	Bjelovar	Split	Delnice	Čakovec	Zagreb	Zadar	Slavonski Brod	Sisak	Gospić	Karlovac	Rijeka	Osijek	Varaždin	Pula	Total
1	"Ova je pjesma tvoja"															1						1
2	"Još vavek"					1		7						3								11
3	"Neka ljubav spaja nas"																					0
4	"Mjesec je jak ko afrodizijak"																					0
5	"Ti i ja"					3		5					5	5							7	25
6	"Pišem ti pismo"		10				2	1			3								12			28
7	"Ritam ljubavi mi daj"							12							1							13
8	"Ne kunem ljubav"	10							7		2				3					5		27
9	"Pjesma moja to si ti"	5	1	1	3		7			2	5	5		2	10	3	7	1	3	3		58
10	"Telefon"																2					2
11	"Odlaziš zauvijek"																		1			1
12	"Boginja"			2	10	12	5	3	12	7	10	10	12	1	5	5	12		2	2	5	115
13	"Srce od zlata"	7	5	7	5	5			1	5		3	10	10		7	5	12	5	10	12	109
14	"Suzy"		3																			3
15	"Babysitter"		2							1		7										10
16	"Tvoje ime kao ime ruže"	2		5	2	2	1		10			12	7	7	7			5	10	1		71
17	"Good Boy"			3			3		5		1	1	2			2	3	7	7		2	36
18	"Oluja"	1	7	10	12	7	10	2	3	10			3	12		12		10			3	102
19	"Ljubav je za ljude sve"	3			1					3	7	2			2		10	2		7	1	38
20	"Nostalgija"	12	12	12	7	10	12	10	2	12	12		1		12	10	1	3		12	10	150

At Eurovision[]

Magazin & Lidija performed 11th on the night of the contest, following Turkey and preceding France. At the close of voting they had received 91 points, finishing 6th in a field of 23 competing countries.^[2] The Croatian jury awarded its 12 points to Malta.

Voting[]

Points awarded to Croatia^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Malta Slovenia Spain
10 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland
8 points
7 points	Norway Turkey
6 points
5 points	Cyprus Greece
4 points	Israel Portugal
3 points	Ireland
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Croatia^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Malta
10 points	Spain
8 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points	Greece
6 points	Russia
5 points	Turkey
4 points	Israel
3 points	France
2 points	Slovenia
1 point	Cyprus

References[]

^ "CROATIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1995".
^ "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links[]

Dora 1995 at the Eurofest Croatia website (in Croatian)

[1] "CROATIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1995".

[2] "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1995detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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