Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Country |  Croatia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dora 2010 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-final: 5 March 2010 Final: 6 March 2010 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Feminnem | |||
| Selected song | "Lako je sve" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (13th) | |||
| Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Croatia selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 through the Dora contest, which was held on 5 and 6 March 2010, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT). The winner of Dora was the girl group Feminnem with "Lako je sve".
Feminnem had previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Call Me", and placed 14th in the final.
Before Eurovision
Dora 2010
Dora 2010 was the eighteenth edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition consisted of a semi-final and a final on 5 and 6 March 2010, respectively, both taking place at the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija and hosted by Nevena Rendelli, Mila Horvat, Mirko Fodor and Duško Ćurlić. The semi-final was broadcast on HRT 2 and HRT Radio 2, while the final was broadcast on HRT 1 and HRT 2 Radio as well as online via the broadcaster's website hrt.hr and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[1][2]
Format
Dora 2010 consisted of two shows: a semi-final on 5 March 2010 and a final on 6 March 2010.[3] Sixteen songs selected from an open call for submissions competed in the semi-final and eight proceeded to the final as determined by a public televote. The eight songs that qualified from the semi-final were joined by an additional eight songs written by composers directly invited by HRT in the final and the winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.[4][5]
Competing entries
On 26 November 2009, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 15 December 2009.[6] 200 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period.[7] A nine-member expert committee consisting of Elizabeth Homsi, Željen Klašterka, Aleksandar Kostadinov, Silvije Glojnarić, Robert Urlić, Đurđica Ivanković, Želimir Babogredac, Mišo Doležal and Zvonimir Bučević reviewed the received submissions and selected sixteen artists and songs for the competition. HRT announced the competing entries in the semi-final on 17 January 2010 and among the competing artists, Feminnem represented Bosnia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.[8] Two preview shows, Ususret dori, were broadcast on 11 and 12 February 2010 on HRT 1 where the semi-finalist songs were presented.
On 17 January 2010, HRT announced the names of the eight composers that were invited to participate. The invited composers were:
- Alfi Kabiljo
- Ante Pecotić
- Boris Đurđević
- Denis Dumančić
- Luka Zima
- Miro Buljan
- Miroslav Škoro
- Neno Ninčević
The pre-qualified finalist entries were announced on 8 January 2010.[9]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| AliBi | "Prvi pogled" | Boris Đurđević, Viktor Milaković, Dino Juratovac |
| Bety Belle | "Ne" | Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunštek |
| Carla Belovari | "Sada osjećam to" | Alan Crnković, Alen Orlić |
| Đani Stipaničev | "Nek nam bude lijepo" | Alfi Kabiljo |
| Doris Teur | "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" | Doris Teur |
| Dražen Žanko | "Moja ljubav jedina" | Dražen Žanko, Nenad Ninčević |
| Feminnem | "Lako je sve" | Branimir Mihaljević, Pamela Ramljak, Neda Parmać |
| Filip Dizdar | "Sunce" | Aljoša Šerić |
| Franka Batelić | "Na tvojim rukama" | Miro Buljan, Boris Đurđević, Neno Ninčević |
| Franko Krajcar | "Jobrni je jobrni" | Franko Krajcar |
| Giuliano | "Moja draga" | Duško Rapotec-Ute, Branko Berković, Boris Novković |
| Klapa Iskon | "Vrime za kraj" | Matko Šimac |
| Marta Kuliš | "Preporodjena" | Luka Zima, Tomislav Erceg |
| Martina Vrbos | "Ti i ja" | Martina Vrbos |
| Mijo Lešina | "Tajna ljubavi" | Mijo Lešina |
| Nikola Marjanović | "Ti i muzika" | Lea Dekleva |
| Rivers | "Bez tebe" | Tamara Obrovac, Anja Gasparini |
| Sabrina | "Golu si me skinuo" | Ante Pecotić |
| Swing Mamas | "Trio tulipan" | Stefan Bravačić |
| Teška industrija | "Nazovi stvari pravim imenom" | Denis Dumančić, Fayo |
| Tihomir Kožina | "Za koga si se čuvala" | Denis Dumančić, Fayo |
| Valungari | "Vol or ne vol" | Zoran Preradović, Marko Kovačić |
| Viva | "Zadnja kap života" | Nenad Ninčević, Miroslav Buljan |
| Žiga & ŽVS Druge | "Blagdani" | Miroslav Škoro |
Semi-final
The semi-final took place on 5 March 2010. The eight qualifiers were determined exclusively by a public televote.[10]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feminnem | "Lako je sve" | 1,137 | 4 |
| 2 | Mijo Lešina | "Tajna ljubavi" | 218 | 15 |
| 3 | Valungari | "Vol or ne vol" | 679 | 6 |
| 4 | Martina Vrbos | "Ti i ja" | 492 | 9 |
| 5 | Bety Belle | "Ne" | 484 | 10 |
| 6 | Teška industrija | "Nazovi stvari pravim imenom" | 405 | 12 |
| 7 | Nikola Marjanović | "Ti i muzika" | 374 | 14 |
| 8 | Klapa Iskon | "Vrime za kraj" | 1,253 | 3 |
| 9 | Carla Belovari | "Sada osjećam to" | 576 | 8 |
| 10 | Dražen Žanko | "Moja ljubav jedina" | 378 | 13 |
| 11 | Filip Dizdar | "Sunce" | 458 | 11 |
| 12 | Swing Mamas | "Trio tulipan" | 625 | 7 |
| 13 | Rivers | "Bez tebe" | 169 | 16 |
| 14 | Doris Teur | "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" | 1,410 | 1 |
| 15 | Franko Krajcar | "Jobrni je jobrni" | 1,396 | 2 |
| 16 | Giuliano | "Moja draga" | 689 | 5 |
Final
The final took place on 6 March 2010. The eight semi-final qualifiers and the eight pre-qualified entries competed and the winner, "Lako je sve" performed by Feminnem, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a nine-member jury panel and a public televote.[2][11] Ties were decided in favour of the entry ranked higher by the jury. Tony Cetinski, who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed as the guest during the show.[12]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Swing Mamas | "Trio tulipan" | 62 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| 2 | Sabrina | "Golu si me skinuo" | 60 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Viva | "Zadnja kap života" | 53 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Marta Kuliš | "Preporodjena" | 47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Tihomir Kožina | "Za koga si se čuvala" | 48 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| 6 | Carla Belovari | "Sada osjećam to" | 64 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | Klapa Iskon | "Vrime za kraj" | 62 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 |
| 8 | AliBi | "Prvi pogled" | 51 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Đani Stipaničev | "Nek nam bude lijepo" | 66 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 9 |
| 10 | Doris Teur | "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" | 67 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 4 |
| 11 | Valungari | "Vol or ne vol" | 80 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 3 |
| 12 | Franka Batelić | "Na tvojim rukama" | 63 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 7 |
| 13 | Žiga & ŽVS Druge | "Blagdani" | 62 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 5 |
| 14 | Giuliano | "Moja draga" | 71 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 8 |
| 15 | Franko Krajcar | "Jobrni je jobrni" | 82 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 2 |
| 16 | Feminnem | "Lako je sve" | 86 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 1 |
| Draw | Song | Juror 1 | Juror 2 | Juror 3 | Juror 4 | Juror 5 | Juror 6 | Juror 7 | Juror 8 | Juror 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Trio tulipan" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 62 |
| 2 | "Golu si me skinuo" | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 60 |
| 3 | "Zadnja kap života" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 53 |
| 4 | "Preporodjena" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 47 |
| 5 | "Za koga si se čuvala" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 48 |
| 6 | "Sada osjećam to" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 64 |
| 7 | "Vrime za kraj" | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 62 |
| 8 | "Prvi pogled" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 51 |
| 9 | "Nek nam bude lijepo" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 66 |
| 10 | "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 67 |
| 11 | "Vol or ne vol" | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 80 |
| 12 | "Na tvojim rukama" | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 63 |
| 13 | "Blagdani" | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 62 |
| 14 | "Moja draga" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 71 |
| 15 | "Jobrni je jobrni" | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 82 |
| 16 | "Lako je sve" | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 86 |
Preparation
On 20 March, HRT1 aired the official music video of "Lako je sve" for the first time, with other Croatian TV channels allowed to broadcast the video the next day. The video was directed by Croatian director Gonzo, and the outfits worn by Feminnem were designed by Gordana Zucić.[13] In April 2010 Feminnem released Russian, Italian and English language versions of "Lako je sve": "Ljehko vsjo", "Semplice" and "Easy to See".[14]
At Eurovision
Croatia competed in the second semi-final of the contest, on 27 May. They failed to be amongst the ten qualifiers to the final on 29 May, despite being one of the pre-contest favourites, placing 13th with 33 points.[15] The public awarded Croatia 14th place with 22 points and the jury awarded 12th place with 54 points.[16]
Voting
Points awarded to Croatia
| Score | Country |
|---|---|
| 12 points |  Slovenia
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| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points |  Bulgaria
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| 2 points |  Denmark
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| 1 point |
Points awarded by Croatia
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References
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- ^ Klier, Marcus (6 March 2010). "Croatia sends Feminnem to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Webb, Glen (6 March 2010). "Croatia: Feminnem calls for Eurovision again!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
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External links
- (in Croatian and English) Official Dora website HRT
- (in Croatian) Dora 2010 - 16 semi-finalists and reserves[permanent dead link] HRT
- (in Croatian) Dora 2010 - 8 finalists[permanent dead link] HRT