Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2019
Selection date(s)16 February 2019
Selected entrantRoko Blažević
Selected song"The Dream"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th)
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song “The Dream” performed by Roko Blažević. The Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT) organised the national final Dora 2019 in order to select the Croatian entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1]

Background[]

Main article: Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-four times since its first entry in 1993.[2] Croatia's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been fourth place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 1996 with the song "Sveta ljubav" performed by Maja Blagdan and in 1999 "Marija Magdalena" performed by Doris Dragović. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Croatia had featured in seven finals. In 2018, Croatia failed to qualify to the final, placing 17th in the first semi-final with the song "Crazy" performed by Franka.

Before Eurovision[]

Dora 2019[]

Dora 2019 was the twentieth edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The competition consisted of sixteen entries competing in one final on 16 February 2019 at the Marino Cvetković Sports Hall in Opatija, broadcast on HRT 1 as well as online via the broadcaster's streaming service HRTi and hosted by Mirko Fodor, Jelena Glišić and Iva Šulentić.[3][4]

Competing entries[]

On 20 November 2018, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 10 January 2019.[5] Songs submitted were required to be in either English, French, Italian or Croatian.[6] 162 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period.[7] A seven-member expert committee consisting of Ivana Vrdoljak Vanna, Zlatko Turkalj Turki, Igor Geržina, Ante Pecotić, Antonija Šola, Zlatko Gal and Željen Klašterka reviewed the received submissions and selected sixteen artists and songs for the competition.[8][9] HRT announced the competing entries on 17 January 2019 and among the competing artists, Neda Parmac of Gelato Sisters represented Bosnia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 as part of Feminnem, while Marko Škugor of 4 Tenora represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 as part of Klapa s Mora. On 29 January 2019, 4 Tenora withdrew from the competition due to a previously scheduled concert, and was replaced by "Nisam to što žele" performed by Kim Verson.[10][11]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
4 Tenora "Brod bez imena" Eduard Botrić, Matko Šimac
Beta Sudar "Don't Give Up" Predrag Martinjak, Malin Johansson
Bernarda "I Believe in True Love" Duško Rapotec Ute, Bernarda Brunović, Tatjana Bon
Bojan Jambrošić and Danijela Pintarić "Vrijeme predaje" Ante Toni Eterović, Leonardo Čeči Baksa
Domenica "Indigo" Tonči Huljić, Vjekoslava Huljić
Elis Lovrić "All I Really Want" Elis Lovrić, Olja Dešić
Ema Gagro "Redemption" Andreas Björkman, Adriana Pupavac, Kalle Persson, Ema Gagro
Gelato Sisters "Back to That Swing" Tvrtko Hrelec
Jelena Bosančić "Tell Me" Jelena Bosančić
Jure Brkljača "Ne postojim kad nisi tu" Miroslav Drljača Rus
Kim Verson "Nisam to što žele" Kim Verson
Lea Mijatović "Tebi pripadam" Igor Ivanović, Marko Vojvodić
Lidija Bačić "Tek je počelo" Denis Dumančić, Fayo
Lorena Bućan "Tower of Babylon" Tonči Huljić, Ivan Huljić, Vjekoslava Huljić
Luka Nižetić "Brutalero" Branimir Mihaljević, Mario Mihaljević
Manntra "In the Shadows" Marko Matijević Sekul, Maja Kolarić, Boris Kolarić
Roko Blažević "The Dream" Jacques Houdek, Andrea Čubrić, Charlie Mason

Final[]

The final took place on 16 February 2019. The running order was announced on 4 February 2019.[12] The winner, "The Dream" performed by Roko Blažević, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from ten regional juries and a public televote. Ties were decided in favour of the entry ranked higher by the public televote.[13]

Final – 16 February 2019
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points Phone SMS Total Points
1 Bojan Jambrošić and Danijela Pintarić "Vrijeme predaje" 4 0 1,410 775 2,185 6 6 9
2 Jelena Bosančić "Tell Me" 2 0 790 157 947 0 0 14
3 Kim Verson "Nisam to što žele" 10 0 210 133 343 0 0 16
4 Jure Brkljača "Ne postojim kad nisi tu" 29 2 1,328 841 2,169 5 7 8
5 Beta Sudar "Don't Give Up" 41 4 1,250 565 1,815 2 6 10
6 Lea Mijatović "Tebi pripadam" 12 0 615 221 836 0 0 15
7 Gelato Sisters "Back to That Swing" 23 1 827 338 1,165 0 1 12
8 Luka Nižetić "Brutalero" 38 3 3,663 3,175 6,838 10 13 3
9 Elis Lovrić "All I Really Want" 68 8 831 381 1,194 0 8 7
10 Domenica "Indigo" 19 0 817 577 1,394 0 0 13
11 Roko Blažević " The Dream" 77 12 7,088 4,436 11,524 12 24 1
12 Ema Gagro "Redemption" 62 7 1,063 907 1,970 4 11 5
13 Lidija Bačić "Tek je počelo" 10 0 945 564 1,509 1 1 11
14 Lorena Bućan "Tower of Babylon" 72 10 3,538 2,047 5,585 8 18 2
15 Bernarda "I Believe in True Love" 58 6 1,145 710 1,855 3 9 6
16 Manntra "In the Shadows" 55 5 2,183 1,738 3,921 7 12 4

Promotion[]

Roko made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "The Dream" as the Croatian Eurovision entry. He performed at Moscow Eurovision Party on 26 April.

At Eurovision[]

According to Eurovision rules, 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 progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Croatia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[14]

Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Croatia was set to perform in position 10, following the entry from Austria and preceding the entry from Malta.[15]

Semi-final[]

Croatia performed tenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Austria and preceding the entry from Malta. At the end of the show, Croatia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Croatia placed fourteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 64 points: 38 points from the televoting and 26 points from the juries. With the old voting system, Croatia would have ranked 14th with 25 points.

Voting[]

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1–8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results will be released shortly after the grand final.[16]

Points awarded to Croatia[]

Points awarded to Croatia (Semi-final 2)[17]
Score Televote Jury
12 points
10 points  North Macedonia
8 points  Austria  United Kingdom
7 points
6 points
5 points   Switzerland
4 points
3 points
2 points  Armenia  Albania
1 point
 Ireland

Points awarded by Croatia[]

Detailed voting results[]

The following members comprised the Croatian jury:[16]

Detailed voting results from Croatia (Semi-final 2)[17]
Draw Country Jury Televote
D. Karamatić B. Jambrošić S. Glojnarić Z. Turkalj F. Batelić Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Armenia 6 13 14 8 8 10 1 16
02  Ireland 8 14 15 17 17 15 14
03  Moldova 4 9 12 10 10 9 2 15
04   Switzerland 5 2 4 4 3 2 10 3 8
05  Latvia 11 12 17 11 16 14 13
06  Romania 12 10 16 12 15 13 12
07  Denmark 17 17 13 14 13 17 10 1
08  Sweden 7 5 10 5 5 7 4 7 4
09  Austria 16 15 9 15 11 12 17
10  Croatia
11  Malta 2 3 7 6 7 5 6 9 2
12  Lithuania 13 11 8 13 12 11 11
13  Russia 15 6 3 7 6 8 3 8 3
14  Albania 3 4 6 9 9 6 5 5 6
15  Norway 14 16 11 16 14 16 2 10
16  Netherlands 10 8 5 1 1 3 8 4 7
17  North Macedonia 1 1 1 2 2 1 12 1 12
18  Azerbaijan 9 7 2 3 4 4 7 6 5
Detailed voting results from Croatia (Final)[18]
Draw Country Jury Televote
D. Karamatić B. Jambrošić S. Glojnarić Z. Turkalj F. Batelić Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Malta 16 10 20 6 10 12 19
02  Albania 8 12 17 11 13 15 10 1
03  Czech Republic 5 7 2 3 5 4 7 20
04  Germany 20 18 14 20 20 21 22
05  Russia 12 8 6 8 11 9 2 12
06  Denmark 24 25 22 19 17 24 17
07  San Marino 25 26 18 26 26 25 9 2
08  North Macedonia 1 2 3 4 4 2 10 4 7
09  Sweden 11 5 8 10 8 6 5 11
10  Slovenia 13 16 25 14 9 17 2 10
11  Cyprus 14 13 13 23 15 18 21
12  Netherlands 7 9 16 2 2 5 6 7 4
13  Greece 23 21 19 13 23 22 26
14  Israel 22 15 11 21 24 20 23
15  Norway 21 24 15 22 22 23 6 5
16  United Kingdom 17 17 4 16 16 14 25
17  Iceland 26 22 26 25 25 26 8 3
18  Estonia 3 19 12 18 18 10 1 15
19  Belarus 18 23 10 17 21 19 24
20  Azerbaijan 15 14 23 7 7 13 13
21  France 6 6 21 15 6 8 3 18
22  Italy 2 3 7 1 1 1 12 1 12
23  Serbia 4 4 24 24 12 7 4 3 8
24   Switzerland 9 1 1 5 3 3 8 5 6
25  Australia 10 11 9 9 14 11 14
26  Spain 19 20 5 12 19 16 16

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