Croatia: National final Dora 2022 set for February 19

Croatia: National final Dora 2022 set for February 19
Tuesday, 11 January 2022

  • The Croatian national broadcaster, HRT, has confirmed the location and date on which the national final Dora 2022 will be taking place. 

    HRT has confirmed that the next edition of Dora 2022, the country's national final for Eurovision, will take place in  Opatija on February 19, 2022. 

    The announcement comes after the signing of the agreement between the broadcaster and and the City of Opatija, which predicts that the organization will remain in the city unitl 2024. 

    A total of 14 acts and songs will compete in this year's Dora national final: 

     

    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 outcome of the final 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