Croatia: Watch tonight Dora 2021 national final take place in Opatija

Croatia: Watch tonight Dora 2021 national final take place in Opatija
Saturday, 13 February 2021

  • The Croatian national final, Dora 2021, is set to take place this evening at 20:10 CET,  with a total of 14 competing acts who ambition to represent the nation at Eurovision 2021. 

    Dora is being held for the 22nd time, and the third in a row is at the Marino Cvetković hall in Opatija, this time, unfortunately, without an audience, under strict epidemiological measures, but with four beautiful female hosts ready to present us a spectacular show. Namely, Daniela Trbović, Barbara Kolar, Jelena Lešić and Doris Pinčić will be responsible to present us the show.

    The Croatian broadcaster, HRT, decided to hold a national final after last year's cancellation and not invite Damir Kedzo back for Rotterdam. After receiving 140 entries a jury of experts came down to 14 acts that will compete in this evening's final in the following running order: 

    1. Nina Kraljić- Rijeka  (H. Librenjak – Miki Solus / N. Kraljić)

    2. Eric- Reci Mi  (E. Vidović)

    3. Ella Orešković- Come this way  (S. Reljić Simba – E. Orešković)

    4. Bernarda- Colors  ( (B. Georgiev Milanov / B. Brunović)

    5. Sandi Cenov- Kriv  (S. Reljić Simba – Fayo)

    6. Toma- Ocean of love  (A. Pupavac / A. Bjorkman / K. Persson / T. Marić – A. Pupavac)

    7. Filip Rudan- Blind  (F. Rudan / A. Franić / H. Domazet – F. Rudan / A. Franić)

    8. Beta Sudar- Ma Zamisli   (P. Martinjak) 

    9. Cambi- Zaljubljen  (M. Mirković) 

    10. Ashley Colburn & Bojan Jambrošić- Share the love  (I. Škunca – A. Colburn / I. Škunca)

    11. Brigita Vuco- Noci Pijane (B. Vuco)

    12. Mia Negovetić- She’s like a dream  (M. Negovetić / L. Deb / D. Jamm / D. Kertes)

    13. Albina- Tick-tock  (B. Mihaljević – M. Cinnamon / T. Buklijaš Bakić)

    14. Tony Cetinski & Kiki Rahimovski- Zapjevaj, Sloboda Je!  (K. Rahimovski)

     

    In the final line up we see two former Croatian representatives. Namely, Nina Kraljić who represented the country in Eurovision 2016 and Tony Cetinski who defended the Croatian colors in the nation's second participation are back and ambition to reach once again the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam. In the team behind the songs the ESC 2017 act is one of the song writers of Endi's Megaloman (reserve candidate), while Boris Milanov who has been behind several ESC entries among which the ESC 2016 entry , has contributed to Bernarda's song 'Colors'. Linnea Deb who was behind the winning ESC 2015 entry, has co-written the entry She’s like a dream .

    The final scoreboard and results will be  determined by adding up the points of the judging panels (jury) and voting of the spectators via phone calls and SMS messages (televoting). A total of 1160 points are at stake with each voting body have a 50% share on the final outcome. In the case of the same sum of total points (judging panels + viewers' voting via telephone calls and SMS messages (televoting) for two or more songs, the better placement is achieved by the song that has more viewer points collected via telephone calls and SMS voting (televoting).

     

    Dora 2021 will be held on Saturday, February 13 in Opatija with a live broadcast on the First Channel of Croatian Television (HRT - HTV1) or HRT webstream from 20:10 pm