Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

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Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2011 - Let's go to Eurovision!
Selection date(s)Heats:
22 January 2011
29 January 2011
5 February 2011
12 February 2011
Quarter-final:
19 February 2011
Semi-final:
26 February 2011
Final:
5 March 2011
Selected entrantDaria Kinzer
Selected song"Celebrate"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th)
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national selection Dora 2011 - Let's go to Eurovision!, organised by Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT).

Before Eurovision[]

Dora 2011 - Let's go to Eurovision![]

Dora 2011 - Official logo

Dora 2011 - Let's go to Eurovision! was the nineteenth edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The competition consisted of seven shows between 22 January and 5 March 2011, all taking place at the Studio 10 Anton Marti in Zagreb instead of Opatija due to financial difficulties, broadcast on HRT 1 as well as online via the broadcaster's official website hrt.hr and hosted by Aleksandar Kostadinov, Leona Paraminski and Monika Lelas.[1] The final was also streamed online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.

Format[]

Dora 2011 consisted of seven live shows. The first two shows on 22 and 29 January 2011 were the heats where twelve artists competed in each show and the seven contestants with the least public televotes were eliminated. Five contestants remained in the third show on 5 February 2011, three remained in the fourth show on 12 February 2011 and two remained in the fifth show, the quarter-final, on 19 February 2011. For each of the first five shows, a contestant was saved by the public among the eliminated contestants to remain in the competition as a wildcard. The sixth show on 26 February 2011 was the semi-final, during which the three remaining contestants competed and two proceeded to the final. The seventh show on 5 March 2011 was the final where the two finalists performed songs written by composers invited by HRT for the competition and the winner was selected by a combination of votes from a jury panel and the public vote.[2][3]

Competing artists[]

Auditions for artists aged over 16 with Croatian citizenship began on 9 December 2010 and concluded on 11 December 2010.[4] 150 applicants participated in the auditions. A six-member expert committee consisting of Željen Klašterka (HRT), Branka Muvrin (HRT), Hrid Matić (HRT), Željimir Babogredac (HDU), Zvonimir Bučević (HDU) and Hrvoje Hegedušić (HDS) reviewed the applicants and selected twenty-four contestants and two backups: Maksim Hozić and Marina Đurović for the competition. HRT announced the contestants on 21 December 2010.[5][6]

Results summary[]

Colour key
  – Contestant received the most public votes
  – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was eliminated
  – Contestant received the public wildcard
Contestant Show 1 Show 2 Show 3 Show 4 Show 5
(Quarter-final) 		Show 6
(Semi-final) 		Show 7
(Final)
Daria Kinzer N/A Safe Safe Safe 3rd 1st 1st
Jacques Houdek 1st N/A Safe Safe 2nd 2nd 2nd
Mirko Švenda N/A 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd Eliminated
(Show 6)
Katica Marinović N/A Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated
(Show 5)
Ana Eškinja N/A Safe Safe 5th-6th Eliminated
(Show 4)
Doris Teur N/A Safe Safe 5th-6th Eliminated
(Show 4)
Dora Benc Safe N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 3)
Sabrina Hebiri Safe N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 3)
Saša Lozar N/A Safe 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 3)
Miro Tomić Safe N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 3)
Jelena Vanjek Safe N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 3)
Tina Vukov Safe N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 3)
Diana Heraković N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 2)
Filip Dizdar N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 2)
Manuela Svorcan N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 2)
Marija Rubčić N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 2)
Mijo Lešina N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 2)
Renata Holi N/A 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 2)
Artemija Stanić 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 1)
Damir Kedžo 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 1)
Ivana Brkašić 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 1)
Mario Sambrailo 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 1)
Mila Soldatić 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 1)
Valentina Briški 7th-12th Eliminated
(Show 1)

Shows[]

Each show featured a panel of guest judges. The jury panel for each show is listed below:

In a press conference soon after the first heat, it was announced that the votes were incorrectly analyzed and that Jelena Vanjek had qualified instead of Damir Kedžo.[10]

Heat 1 – 22 January 2011
Draw Artist Song (Original artists) Place Result
1 Damir Kedžo "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen) — Eliminated
2 Ivana Brkašić "Iznad oblaka" (Nola) — Eliminated
3 Artemija Stanić "Believe" (Cher) — Eliminated
4 Miro Tomić "Sjećam se provog poljupca" (Film) — Safe
5 Mila Soldatić "Wuthering Heights" (Kate Bush) — Eliminated
6 Tina Vukov "S vremena na vrijeme" (Prljavo kazalište) — Wildcard
7 Mario Sambrailo "Sway" (Michael Bublé) — Eliminated
8 Sabrina Hebiri "Tempera" (Gibonni) — Safe
9 Dora Benc "This Is the Life" (Amy Macdonald) — Safe
10 Jelena Vanjek "Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo" (Josipa Lisac) — Safe
11 Valentina Briški "Monday Morning" (Melanie Fiona) — Safe
12 Jacques Houdek "Molitva" (Parni Valjak) 1 Safe
Heat 2 – 29 January 2011
Draw Artist Song (Original artists) Televote Place Result
1 Renata Holi "Ja za ljubav neću moliti" (Nina Badrić) — — Eliminated
2 Mijo Lešina "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder) — — Eliminated
3 Manuela Svorcan "Da smo se voljeli manje" (Jinx) — — Eliminated
4 Daria Kinzer "A New Day Has Come" (Celine Dion) — — Wildcard
5 Doris Teur "Stop" (Natali Dizdar) — — Safe
6 Diana Heraković "Respect" (Aretha Franklin) — — Eliminated
7 Mirko Švenda "Da li znaš da te volim" (Time) 2,969 1 Safe
8 Katica Marinović "I'm Outta Love" (Anastacia) — — Safe
9 Ana Eškinja "Kao da me nema tu" (Vanna) — — Safe
10 Marija Rubčić "If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys) — — Eliminated
11 Filip Dizdar "Nebo iznad nas" (Tony Cetinski) — — Eliminated
12 Saša Lozar "Billie Jean" (Michael Jackson) — — Safe
Heat 3 – 5 February 2011
Draw Artist Song (Original artists) Televote Place Result
1 Mirko Švenda "I'm Still Standing" (Elton John) 3,978 1 Safe
2 Doris Teur "Tako lako" (Cacadou Look) — — Wildcard
3 Saša Lozar "Stars" (Simply Red) — — Eliminated
4 Dora Benc "Mjesec" (DeTour) — — Eliminated
5 Sabrina Hebiri "Mercy" (Duffy) — — Eliminated
6 Miro Tomić "Nitko kao ti" (Songkillers) — — Eliminated
7 Jacques Houdek "Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx) — — Safe
8 Katica Marinović "Vatra i led" (Colonia) — — Safe
9 Tina Vukov "Cry Cry" (Oceana) — — Eliminated
10 Jelena Vanjek "Valerie" (Amy Winehouse) — — Eliminated
11 Ana Eškinja "Alejandro" (Lady Gaga) — — Safe
12 Daria Kinzer "Ugasi me" (Parni Valjak) — — Safe
Heat 4 – 12 February 2011
Draw Artist Song (Original artists) Place Result
1 Katica Marinović "Tvoja ljubav" (The Bastardz) — Wildcard
2 Jacques Houdek "Oprosti" (Gibonni) — Safe
3 Ana Eškinja "Čarobno jutro" (Nina Badrić) — Eliminated
4 Mirko Švenda "U ljubav vjere nemam" (Oliver Dragojević) 1 Safe
5 Daria Kinzer "Da ti nisam bila dovoljna" (Electro Team) — Safe
6 Doris Teur "Danas sam luda" (Josipa Lisac) — Eliminated
Quarter-final – 19 February 2011
Draw Artist Song (Original artists) Draw Song (Original artists) Televote Place Result
1 Katica Marinović "Idem tamo gdje je sve po mom" (Jinx) 5 "I'm So Excited" (The Pointer Sisters) — — Eliminated
2 Daria Kinzer "If I Could Turn Back Time" (Cher) 6 "Kao rijeka" (Vanna) — — Wildcard
3 Mirko Švenda "Svi tvoji poljupci" (Boa) 7 "Help!" (Beatles) 6,707 1 Safe
4 Jacques Houdek "Kiss" (Prince) 8 "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" (Tony Cetinski) — 2 Safe
Semi-final – 26 February 2011
Draw Artist Song (Original artists) Draw Song (Original artists) Televote Place Result
1 Daria Kinzer "Žena za sva vremena" (Zorica Brunclik) 4 "The Best" (Tina Turner) 11,844 1 Safe
2 Jacques Houdek "Dvije duše" (Gibonni) 5 "You Raise Me Up" (Secret Garden) 8,937 2 Safe
3 Mirko Švenda "You Raise Me Up" (Secret Garden) 6 "Bitanga i princeza" (Bijelo Dugme) — 3 Eliminated
Final[]

The final took place on 5 March 2011. The two finalists: Jacques Houdek and Daria Kinzer each performed three candidate Eurovision songs and the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, one song per finalist proceeded to the second final, the superfinal, by a 50/50 combination of votes from the celebrity judges and a public televote: "Lahor" performed by both Daria Kinzer and Jacques Houdek. Ties were decided in favour of the entry ranked higher by the judges. In the superfinal, "Lahor" performed by Daria Kinzer, was determined exclusively by a public televote. In addition to the competing entries, there were performances by Feminnem, Boris Novković and Petar Grašo.

Final – 5 March 2011
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Result
Votes Points Votes Points
1 Jacques Houdek "Još ima nas" Lea Dekleva 16 1 530 1 2 Eliminated
2 Daria Kinzer 17 1 725 1 2 Eliminated
3 Jacques Houdek "Lahor" Boris Đurđević, Andrea Čubrić 29 3 1,853 2 5 Advanced
4 Daria Kinzer 29 3 2,293 2 5 Advanced
5 Jacques Houdek "Stotinama godina" Ante Pecotić, Predrag Martinjak 27 2 3,920 3 5 Eliminated
6 Daria Kinzer 23 2 5,915 3 5 Eliminated
Superfinal – 5 March 2011
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Jacques Houdek "Lahor" 5,090 2
2 Daria Kinzer "Lahor" 9,000 1

At Eurovision[]

Croatia competed 13th on the first semi-final of the contest, on 10 May. The performance featured two outfit changes. Croatia placed 15th with 41 points and didn't pass to the final.[11] The public awarded Croatia 16th place with 32 points and the jury awarded 14th place with 49 points.[12]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Croatia[]

Points awarded to Croatia (Semi-final 1)[13]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points  Albania
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Croatia[]

References[]

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