Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
| Eurovision Song Contest 2003 | ||||
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| Country |  Croatia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dora 2003 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 7 March 2003 8 March 2003 Final: 9 March 2003 | |||
| Selected entrant | Claudia Beni | |||
| Selected song | "Više nisam tvoja" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Andrej Babić | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 29 points | |||
| Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "Više nisam tvoja" written by Andrej Babić. The song was performed by Claudia Beni. Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final Dora 2003 in order to select the Croatian entry for the 2003 contest in Riga, Latvia. The national final consisted of three shows: two semi-finals on 7 and 8 March 2003 and a final on 9 March 2003. Twelve songs competed in each semi-final and the top six as determined by a regional televote qualified to the twelve-song final. In the final, regional televoting selected "Više nisam tvoja" performed by Claudia Beni as the winner.
Croatia was drawn to perform in position 8 in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2003. In the final, Croatia placed fifteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 29 points.
Background[]
Prior to the 2003 Contest, Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its first entry in 1993.[1] The nation's best result in the contest was 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.
The Croatian national broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), broadcasts the event within Croatia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Between 1993 and 2002, HRT organised the national final Dora in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, a method that continued for their 2003 participation.[2] On 15 November 2002, HRT announced the organisation and details of Dora 2003, which would consist of multiple shows for the first time since 1993.[3]
Before Eurovision[]
Dora 2003[]
Dora 2003 was the eleventh edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. The competition consisted of two semi-finals on 7 and 8 March 2003 and a final on 9 March 2003, all taking place at the Summer Stage in Opatija and broadcast on HTV 1 and HRT Radio 2.
Format[]
Dora 2003 consisted of three shows: two semi-finals on 7 and 8 March 2003 and a final on 9 March 2003. Twelve songs competed in each semi-final and the top six songs, as determined by regional televoting, proceeded to complete the twelve-song lineup in the final. The results of the public televote were grouped into Croatia's five regions that each created an overall ranking from which points from 1 (lowest) to 12 (highest) were distributed and the top six entries following the combination of the points proceeded to the final. The twelve qualifying songs competed in the final where regional televoting selected the winner. In the event of a tie during the semi-finals and final, ties were decided in favour of the entry that received more higher points.
Competing entries[]
On 28 December 2002, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 20 January 2003. Songs submitted were required to be in Croatian.[4] 270 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period. A twelve-member expert committee consisting of Damir Matković, Aleksandar Kostadinov, Željko Mesar as well as representatives of HDS, HGU, HDU and record companies Croatia Records, Dallas Records, Dancing Bear, Aquarius Records, Menart and Orfej reviewed the received submissions and selected twenty-four artists and songs for the competition.[2] HRT announced the competing entries on 30 January 2003 and among the competing artists, Maja Blagdan represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, while Emilija Kokić was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 for Yugoslavia as part of the group Riva.[5]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Hržica | "Uzmi svu svoju ljubav" | Alan Hržica |
| Alen Vitasović | "Lakše je kad se kraj ne vidi" | Vinko Škaron, Vlasta Juretić |
| Alenka Milano | "Nasmij me" | Fedor Boić, Stevo Cvikić |
| Andrea Ćubrić | "Ne vjeruj mi" | Ante Pecotić |
| Ani Franičević | "Sve me podsjeća na tebe" | Željen Klašterka, Borivoj Vincetić |
| Antonija Šola | "Dođi najbrže" | Nenad Ninčević, Miro Buljan |
| Claudia Beni | "Više nisam tvoja" | Andrej Babić |
| Emilija Kokić | "Žena od pepela" | Marko Tomasović, Emilija Kokić |
| Gina Kuljanić | "Sanjam" | Andrej Baša, Drago Britvić |
| Giuliano | "Moja lipa" | Tomislav Mrduljaš |
| Ivan Brdar | "More ljubavi" | Ivan Brdar |
| Ivana Kindl | "Ti mi daješ snagu" | Silvio Pasarić, Ivana Kindl |
| Izabela Martinović | "Sretna sam" | Boris Domazet, Vedran Gavrić |
| Jacques Houdek | "Na krilima ljubavi" | Željko Houdek, Boris Đurđević |
| Jelena Radan | "Povedi me" | Meri Jaman, Anita Valo, Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunštek |
| Karma | "Noćas te ne dam nikome" | Josip Miani, Nenad Čirjak, Senka Dodik |
| Kawasaki 3P | "Antonija" | Tomislav Vukelić |
| Luka Nižetić | "Robot" | Nenad Ninčević, Miro Buljan |
| Maja Blagdan | "Moje ime je ljubav" | Zrinko Tutić |
| Maja Šuput and Enjoy | "Čista petica" | Denis Dumančić, Fayo |
| Nina Badrić | "Čarobno jutro" | Nina Badrić, Danijel Troha, Sandra Sagena |
| Tina and Nikša | "Za sva vremena" | Nikša Jurinović |
| Viva | "Pitaju me pitaju" | Nenad Ninčević, Miro Buljan |
| Zvonimir Divić | "Samo more zna" | Zdenko Runjić, Krste Juras |
Semi-final 1[]
The first semi-final took place on 7 March 2003, hosted by Ljiljana Vinković and Mirko Fodor. The six qualifiers were determined by regional televoting. Vanna, who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, performed as the guest during the show.[6]
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Slavonia | Dalmatia | Istria | Northwest and Central |
Zagreb | Total |
| 1 | "Sve me podsjeća na tebe" | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | "Uzmi svu svoju ljubav" | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | "Sretna sam" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | "Dođi najbrže" | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | "Antonija" | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 | "Više nisam tvoja" | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 53 |
| 7 | "Nasmij me" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | "Za sva vremena" | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 44 |
| 9 | "Povedi me" | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | "Čista petica" | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 56 |
| 11 | "Lakše je kad se kraj ne vidi" | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 |
| 12 | "Moje ime je ljubav" | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 51 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ani Franičević | "Sve me podsjeća na tebe" | 20 | 9 |
| 2 | Alan Hržica | "Uzmi svu svoju ljubav" | 29 | 8 |
| 3 | Izabela Martinović | "Sretna sam" | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Antonija Šola | "Dođi najbrže" | 16 | 10 |
| 5 | Kawasaki 3P | "Antonija" | 38 | 5 |
| 6 | Claudia Beni | "Više nisam tvoja" | 53 | 2 |
| 7 | Alenka Milano | "Nasmij me" | 12 | 11 |
| 8 | Tina and Nikša | "Za sva vremena" | 44 | 4 |
| 9 | Jelena Radan | "Povedi me" | 31 | 7 |
| 10 | Maja Šuput and Enjoy | "Čista petica" | 56 | 1 |
| 11 | Alen Vitasović | "Lakše je kad se kraj ne vidi" | 31 | 6 |
| 12 | Maja Blagdan | "Moje ime je ljubav" | 51 | 3 |
Semi-final 2[]
The second semi-final took place on 8 March 2003, hosted by Karmela Vukov-Colić and Davor Meštrović. The six qualifiers were determined by regional televoting. Goran Karan, who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed as the guest during the show.[7]
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Slavonia | Dalmatia | Istria | Northwest and Central |
Zagreb | Total |
| 1 | "Robot" | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 30 |
| 2 | "Sanjam" | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 43 |
| 3 | "More ljubavi" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | "Ne vjeruj mi" | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | "Pitaju me pitaju" | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | "Samo more zna" | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | "Noćas te ne dam nikome" | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 57 |
| 8 | "Ti mi daješ snagu" | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | "Na krilima ljubavi" | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 41 |
| 10 | "Žena od pepela" | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | "Čarobno jutro" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 53 |
| 12 | "Moja lipa" | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 51 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luka Nižetić | "Robot" | 30 | 6 |
| 2 | Gina Kuljanić | "Sanjam" | 43 | 4 |
| 3 | Ivan Brdar | "More ljubavi" | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Andrea Ćubrić | "Ne vjeruj mi" | 12 | 11 |
| 5 | Viva | "Pitaju me pitaju" | 29 | 7 |
| 6 | Zvonimir Divić | "Samo more zna" | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | Karma | "Noćas te ne dam nikome" | 57 | 1 |
| 8 | Ivana Kindl | "Ti mi daješ snagu" | 25 | 9 |
| 9 | Jacques Houdek | "Na krilima ljubavi" | 41 | 5 |
| 10 | Emilija Kokić | "Žena od pepela" | 29 | 7 |
| 11 | Nina Badrić | "Čarobno jutro" | 53 | 2 |
| 12 | Giuliano | "Moja lipa" | 51 | 3 |
Final[]
The final took place on 9 March 2003, hosted by Duško Ćurlić and Danijela Trbović-Vlajki. The twelve qualifiers from the preceding two semi-finals competed with the running order being determined based on the points received in the semi-finals. The lowest-scoring entry performed first and the highest-scoring entry performed last. The winner, "Više nisam tvoja" performed by Claudia Beni, was determined by regional televoting. Divas, Gabi Novak, Josipa Lisac, Meri Cetinić and Radojka Šverko performed as guests during the show.[8]
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | |||||||
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| Draw | Song | Slavonia | Dalmatia | Istria | Northwest and Central |
Zagreb | Total |
| 1 | "Robot" | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | "Lakše je kad se kraj ne vidi" | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | "Antonija" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | "Na krilima ljubavi" | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | "Sanjam" | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | "Za sva vremena" | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | "Moje ime je ljubav" | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | "Moja lipa" | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | "Čarobno jutro" | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 51 |
| 10 | "Više nisam tvoja" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 60 |
| 11 | "Čista petica" | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 34 |
| 12 | "Noćas te ne dam nikome" | 11 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 46 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luka Nižetić | "Robot" | 20 | 10 |
| 2 | Alen Vitasović | "Lakše je kad se kraj ne vidi" | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | Kawasaki 3P | "Antonija" | 28 | 8 |
| 4 | Jacques Houdek | "Na krilima ljubavi" | 35 | 5 |
| 5 | Gina Kuljanić | "Sanjam" | 39 | 4 |
| 6 | Tina and Nikša | "Za sva vremena" | 27 | 9 |
| 7 | Maja Blagdan | "Moje ime je ljubav" | 9 | 12 |
| 8 | Giuliano | "Moja lipa" | 30 | 7 |
| 9 | Nina Badrić | "Čarobno jutro" | 51 | 2 |
| 10 | Claudia Beni | "Više nisam tvoja" | 60 | 1 |
| 11 | Maja Šuput and Enjoy | "Čista petica" | 34 | 6 |
| 12 | Karma | "Noćas te ne dam nikome" | 46 | 3 |
Preparation[]
Following Claudia Beni's win at Dora, the English version of the song, titled "This Is for Real", was presented on 16 March during a special programme broadcast on HTV 1 and HRT Radio 2. A public televote determined the language of the song Beni would perform at the Eurovision Song Contest, of which the Croatian version was selected with 10,926 votes while the English version received 5,678 votes.[9] However, HRT announced on 21 March that Beni would perform the song in a bilingual mix of both Croatian and English.[10]
At Eurovision[]
Claudia Beni competed for Croatia the Eurovision contest on 24 May 2003 in Riga, Latvia, performed 8th following Portugal and preceding Cyprus and finished 15th out of 26 countries, with 29 points.[11] As Croatia failed to reach the top 11 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2004 Contest.
Voting[]
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