Croatia: 184 submissions for Dora 2022

Croatia: 184 submissions for Dora 2022
Wednesday, 15 December 2021

  • The Croatian national broadcaster, HRT, has revealed that 184 entries have been submitted for the country's Eurovision national final, Dora 2022. 

    Croatia will be taking part in Eurovision for the 27th time and will be selecting their representative through their traditional national final format of 'Dora'. With the submission period closed three days ago, HRT confirmed that they have received a total of 184 songs for Dora 2022. 

    The next edition of Dora will see a total of 14 entries competing for the rignt to represent Croatia at Eurovision 2022. Now a special HRT committee, the Croatian Music Union and the Croatian Society of Composers will select the 14 songs that will take part in the national final while 4 additional acts will be chosen as back up entries. 

    The national final will take place in February in Opatija during which the next Croatian hopeful will be determined by a combination of public and jury voting.

     

    Croatia in Eurovision 

    Croatia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with the group Put and their entry Don’t ever cry.  In 1996 Maja Blagdan and in 1999 Doris Dragovic, finished in 4th place in the Grand Final, marking the country’s best results so far in the competition.

    In 2018 Croatia selected internally Franka Batelic to represent the country in Lisbon with her song Crazy. Despite her dynamic performance she failed to qualify to the Grand Final. In 2019, Croatia determined its Eurovision act through the return of national selection “Dora”.  Roko won Dora 2019 and represented Croatia at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with his entry The Dream. Despite his amazing vocal performance the Croatian artist didn’t make it to the final.

    In 2020 Damir won the national final with his entry "Divlji Vjetre" but never had the chanece to perform on the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic.

    This year HRT opted again for 'Dora' as the country's national selection format, which saw Albina triumphed with her song Tik-Tok. Despite her energetic performance on stage in Rotterdam in the 1st semi final , Albina didn't make it to the Grand final show. 

     

    News Source/Image: Eurosong.hr