Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1999 | ||||
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| Country |  Croatia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dora 1999 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 March 1999 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Doris Dragović | |||
| Selected song | "Marija Magdalena" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 4th, 118 points | |||
| Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Croatia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Jerusalem, Israel. The Croatian entry for the contest was Doris Dragović with the song "Marija Magdalena".
The Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) held a national final, Dora, to select the Croatian entry for the contest.
Before Eurovision
Dora 1999
The 1999 edition of Dora was held on 7 March at the HRT TV studios in Zagreb, hosted by Oliver Mlakar and Vlatka Pokos. 24 songs competed, with the winner decided by 21 juries, 20 regional juries and a 21st jury made up of televoting results.
The winner of the contest was Doris Dragović with "Marija Magdalena". Dragović had previously represented Croatia, then part of Yugoslavia, at the 1986 contest with the song "Željo moja".
| Final – 7 March 1999 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Teens | "Miris ljubavi" | Mario Šimunović, Andrej Babić | 23 | 5 | 28 | 14 |
| 2 | Kristina | "Da zora zna" | Nenad Ninčević, Ivo Lesić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Alen Nižetić | "Samo ti" | Nenad Ninčević | 15 | 8 | 23 | 16 |
| 4 | Andy | "Samo nebo zna" | Damir Farkaš | 49 | 0 | 49 | 9 |
| 5 | En Face | "Kad prestane kiša" | Sandro Bastijančić, Miroslav Vidović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Giuliano | "Dobro mi došla ljubavi" | Nenad Ninčević, Tomiaslav Mrduljas | 77 | 10 | 87 | 6 |
| 7 | Josip Katalenić | "San" | Jasminka Toth, Miroslav Borščak | 100 | 6 | 106 | 4 |
| 8 | Nikita | "Kraljica noći" | Ivica Krajač, Random Brojek | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Magazin | "Kasno je" | Vjekoslava Huljić, Tonči Huljić | 104 | 1 | 105 | 5 |
| 10 | Sanja Lukanović | "Jos jednom" | Robert Pilepić, Aleksandar Valenčić | 8 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | Turbo X | "Cijeli svijet je između nas" | Dario Stipić, Fayo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Goran Karan | "Nisam te vrijedan" | Nenad Ninčević, Zdenko Runjić | 120 | 2 | 122 | 3 |
| 13 | Joy | "Uzalud" | Fayo, Branimir Mihaljević | 11 | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| 14 | Mandi | "Lako je reći zbogom" | Branko Bernardić, Krešimir Bernardić, Miro Buljan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | Marina Tomašević | "Ja sam tvoja žena" | Marko Tomasović | 28 | 0 | 28 | 14 |
| 16 | Đani Stipaničev | "Jos jedno jutro budi se" | Sanja Mudrinić, Ðani Stipaničev | 38 | 0 | 38 | 12 |
| 17 | Branka Bliznac | "Dajte ljubavi" | Nenad Ninčević, Rajko Dujmić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 18 | Zrinka | "Jednom u životu" | Zendko Runjić, Tonči Huljić | 55 | 0 | 55 | 8 |
| 19 | Zorana Šiljeg | "Nije te briga" | Zorana Šiljeg | 38 | 0 | 38 | 12 |
| 20 | Renata Sabljak | "I kako sada ići dalje" | Marin Bukmir, Željen Klašterka | 39 | 0 | 39 | 11 |
| 21 | Doris Dragović | "Marija Magdalena" | Vjekoslava Huljić, Tonči Huljić | 195 | 12 | 207 | 1 |
| 22 | Mladen Grdović | "Mama Marija" | Nenad Ninčević, Mladen Grdović | 71 | 3 | 74 | 7 |
| 23 | Minea | "U ponoć pozvoni" | Vjekoslava Huljić, Tonči Huljić | 36 | 4 | 40 | 10 |
| 24 | Petar Grašo | "Ljubav jedne žene" | Petar Grašo | 146 | 7 | 153 | 2 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Bjelovar | Čakovec | Dubrovnik | Gospić | Karlovac | Koprivnica | Krapina | Osijek | Pazin | Požega | Rijeka | Sisak | Slavonski Brod |
Split | Šibenik | Varaždin | Virovitica | Vukovar | Zadar | Zagreb | Total |
| 1 | "Miris ljubavi" | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Da zora zna" | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Samo ti" | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Samo nebo zna" | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 49 | ||||||||
| 5 | "Kad prestane kiša" | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | "Dobro mi došla ljubavi" | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 77 | ||||
| 7 | "San" | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 100 | ||||||
| 8 | "Kraljica noći" | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | "Kasno je" | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 104 | ||||
| 10 | "Jos jednom" | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | "Cijeli svijet je između nas" | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | "Nisam te vrijedan" | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 120 | ||||
| 13 | "Uzalud" | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | "Lako je reći zbogom" | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | "Ja sam tvoja žena" | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | "Jos jedno jutro budi se" | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 38 | |||||||||||
| 17 | "Dajte ljubavi" | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | "Jednom u životu" | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 55 | |||||||
| 19 | "Nije te briga" | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | "I kako sada ići dalje" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 21 | "Marija Magdalena" | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 195 |
| 22 | "Mama Marija" | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 71 | |||||||||
| 23 | "U ponoć pozvoni" | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 36 | ||||||||
| 24 | "Ljubav jedne žene" | 10 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 146 | |||
At Eurovision 1999
On the night of the contest Dragović performed 4th, following Spain and preceding the United Kingdom. The song received 118 points at the close of the voting, placing 4th of 23 countries competing. This was, and still is as of 2019, Croatia's joint-best placing at the contest, sharing with Croatia's 1996 entry, "Sveta ljubav" with Maja Blagdan.
After the contest, the European Broadcasting Union (BU), the organizers of the contest, were forced to reduce Croatia's score to 79 for the calculation of the country's five-year average score, used to relegate countries from the next contest. This was due to the use of synthesised male vocals on the backing track, which the EBU said broke the "spirit of the rule" in which no live vocals could be featured on backing tracks. However, overall, the original score remained the same.
Points awarded to Croatia
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Croatia
| 12 points |  Slovenia
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| 10 points |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 8 points |  Israel
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| 7 points |  Norway
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| 6 points |  Malta
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| 5 points |  United Kingdom
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| 4 points |  Belgium
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| 3 points |  Germany
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| 2 points |  Lithuania
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| 1 point |  Spain
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