Croatia:The 14 Dora 2022 participants and song titles unveiled

Croatia:The 14 Dora 2022 participants and song titles unveiled
Friday, 17 December 2021

  • The 14 acts that will be competing in the Croatian national final for Eurovision 2022, Dora 2022, along with their song titles have been released. 

    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'. 

    After receiving a total of 184 entries during the submission period, a special jury assessed the submissions and shorlisted 14 acts for the national final. The jury that determined the 14 finalists was made up the following members: 

     

    • Željko Mesar (HRT)
    • Zlatko Turkalj (HRT)
    • Robert Urlić  (HRT)
    • Antonela Doko (Croatian Music Union)
    • Aljoša Šerić (Croatian Society of Composers)

    The 14 acts that will give a shot at the chance of representing Croatia at Eurovision 2022 along with their songtitles are: 

    1. Mia Negovetić – “Forgive Me (Oprosti)”
    2. Mia Dimšić – “Guilty Pleasure”
    3.  Bernarda – “Here for Love”
    4.  Tina Vukov – “Hideout”
    5. Erik Vidović – “I Found You”
    6. Ella Orešković – “If You Go Away”
    7. ToMa – “In the Darkness”
    8. Mila  Elegović – “Ljubav” (Love)
    9. Roko Vušković – “Malo kasnije” (A little later)
    10. Marko Bošnjak – “Moli za nas” (Pray for us)
    11. Jesse – “My Next Mistake”
    12. Elis Lovrić – “No War”
    13. Zdenka Kovačiček – “Stay on the Bright Side”
    14. Tia – “Voli me do neba” (Love me to heaven)

    In addition four back-up entries have been chosen in case their is a sudden withdrawal or one of the competing acts is disqualiied. Those are: 

    1. Karlo Vudrić – “3AM”
    2. Vlatka Burić Dujmović Vyan – “Gladiator”
    3. Totalni Optimizam – “What If”
    4. Stella Scholaja – “Ghost”

    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: HRT / Eurovoix