Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
| Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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| Country |  Croatia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dora 2021 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 13 February 2021 | |||
| Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Croatia will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The Croatian broadcaster, Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), will use the national selection Dora 2021 to decide their representative.[1]
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-five 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 2019, Croatia failed to qualify to the final, placing 14th in the second semi-final with the song "The Dream" performed by Roko.[3] In 2020, Damir Kedžo was due to represent Croatia with the song "Divlji vjetre" before the contest's cancellation.
Before Eurovision
Dora 2021
Dora 2021 will be the twenty-second edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which will select Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The competition will consist of fourteen entries competing in one final on 13 February 2021 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 Daniela Trbović, Barbara Kolar, Jelena Lešić and Doris Pinčić Rogoznica.[4][5][6]
Competing entries
On 26 October 2020, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 10 December 2020. Unlike in 2020, where songs submitted to the contest were required to be in either English, French, Italian or Croatian, the 2021 edition expanded it's rules to any European language.[7] 140 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period. A five-member expert committee consisting of Andrej Babić (HGU, HDS), Hrvoje Prskalo (HDS), Matija Cvek (HGU), Monika Lelas (HRT) and Uršula Tolj (HRT) reviewed the received submissions and selected fourteen artists and songs for the competition.[8][9] HRT announced the competing entries on 15 December 2020 and among the competing artists, Tony Cetinski represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, while Nina Kraljić represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.[10]
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Albina | "Tick-Tock" | Branimir Mihaljević, Max Cinnamon, Tihana Buklijaš Bakić |
| Ashley Colburn & Bojan Jambrošić | "Share the Love" | Ivan Škunca, Ashley Colburn |
| Bernarda Brunović | "Colors" | Bernarda Brunović, Borislav Milanov |
| Beta Sudar | "Ma zamisli" | Predrag Martinjak |
| Brigita Vuco | "Noći pijane" | Brigita Vuco |
| Ella Orešković | "Come This Way" | Siniša Reljić Simba, Ella Orešković |
| Eric Vidović | "Reci mi" | Eric Vidović |
| Filip Rudan | "Blind" | Filip Rudan, Antonio Franić, Hrvoje Domazet |
| Cambi | "Zaljubljen" | Marija Mirković |
| Mia Negovetić | "She's Like a Dream" | Mia Negovetić, Linnea Deb, Denniz Jamm, Denise Kertes |
| Alkonost of Balkan | "Rijeka" | Nina Kraljić, Hana Librenjak, Miki Solus |
| Sandi Cenov | "Kriv" | Siniša Reljić Simba, Fayo |
| ToMa | "Ocean of Love" | Adriana Pupavac, Andreas "Beemon" Björkman, Kalle Persson, Tomislav Marić |
| Tony Cetinski & Kristijan Rahimovski | "Zapjevaj, sloboda je!" | Kristijan Rahimovski |
Final
The final will take place on 13 February 2021. The running order was announced on 18 January 2021.[6]
| Final – 13 February 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
| Votes | Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Alkonost of Balkan | "Rijeka" | ||||||
| 2 | Eric Vidović | "Reci mi" | ||||||
| 3 | Ella Orešković | "Come This Way" | ||||||
| 4 | Bernarda Brunović | "Colors" | ||||||
| 5 | Sandi Cenov | "Kriv" | ||||||
| 6 | ToMa | "Ocean of Love" | ||||||
| 7 | Filip Rudan | "Blind" | ||||||
| 8 | Beta Sudar | "Ma zamisli" | ||||||
| 9 | Cambi | "Zaljubljen" | ||||||
| 10 | Ashley Colburn & Bojan Jambrošić | "Share The Love" | ||||||
| 11 | Brigita Vuco | "Noći pijane" | ||||||
| 12 | Mia Negovetić | "She's Like a Dream" | ||||||
| 13 | Albina Grčić | "Tick-Tock" | ||||||
| 14 | Tony Cetinski & Kiki Rahimovski | "Zapjevaj, sloboda je!" | ||||||
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Zagreb | Vukovar | Varaždin & Čakovec |
Rijeka | Pula | Osijek | Zadar | Knin & Šibenik |
Split | Dubrovnik | Total |
| 1 | "Rijeka" | |||||||||||
| 2 | "Reci mi" | |||||||||||
| 3 | "Come This Way" | |||||||||||
| 4 | "Colors" | |||||||||||
| 5 | "Kriv" | |||||||||||
| 6 | "Ocean of Love" | |||||||||||
| 7 | "Blind" | |||||||||||
| 8 | "Ma zamisli" | |||||||||||
| 9 | "Zaljubljen" | |||||||||||
| 10 | "Share The Love" | |||||||||||
| 11 | "Noći pijane" | |||||||||||
| 12 | "She's Like a Dream" | |||||||||||
| 13 | "Tick-Tock" | |||||||||||
| 14 | "Zapjevaj, sloboda je!" | |||||||||||
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (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. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used for 2021 contest. Croatia was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 18 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[11]
References
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- ^ "Croatia Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Ćosić, Morana (16 May 2019). "Roko odletio s natjecanja: Nije se plasirao u finale Eurosonga" (in Croatian). 24sata. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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- ^ Giacometti, Emilia (26 October 2020). "Otvoren natječaj za Doru 2021" (in Croatian). eurosong.hr. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Otkriveni redoslijed nastupa i voditeljice Dore 2021" (in Croatian). HRT. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Objavljen natječaj za Doru 2021, uvodi se nekoliko promjena" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Kocijan, Ivana (27 October 2020). "Dora 2021. Otvoren natječaj koji donosi nekoliko promjena" (in Croatian). Novi list. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Rezultati natječaja za Doru 2021". HRT (in Croatian). 15 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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- ^ Groot, Evert (17 November 2020). "2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021". eurovision.tv. Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.