Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Croatia
Member station	HRT
National selection events	Dora
Appearances
Appearances	17
First appearance	1993
Best result	4th: 1996, 1999
Worst result	16th: SF 2007
External links
HRT page
Croatia's page at Eurovision.tv

Boris Novković at Kiev (2005)

Dragonfly and Dado Topić at Helsinki (2007)

Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents at Belgrade (2008)

Croatia has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times, participating every year since their debut in 1993. Together with Sweden and Malta, and the 4 countries that are for financial reasons entitled to take part every year, Croatia is one of the few countries that has not missed a contest since 1993, when the lowest scorers each year got relegated. It is also only one of two countries, along with Spain (excluding recent debut countries) that has not missed a participation since their debut.

Croatia had previously been represented at Eurovision between 1961 and 1991 in the form of Yugoslavia. Croatia was the most successful republic of Yugoslavia at Eurovision, with 13 of the 26 Yugoslav entries being Croatian, and Yugoslavia's only winner, Riva with "Rock Me" in 1989, being Croatian. The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was held in Zagreb as a result.

After the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1991, Croatia took part as an independent nation for the first time in 1993. The Croatian national public broadcaster, Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), had organised a festival to select a Croatian representative for the 1992 Contest. Had HRT been a member of the EBU in time for the contest, the first Croatian entry at Eurovision would have been the band Magazin with "Aleluja".^[1]

Croatia's first entry was in 1993. The country was represented by the band Put, with the song "Don't Ever Cry" which was, despite the English title, performed in Croatian. The song came third in the "Qualification for Millstreet", thus enabling the participation in the contest. Croatia's best position, as of 2008, has been 4th, having achieved this position in 1996, when Maja Blagdan represented Croatia with "Sveta ljubav", and in 1999, when Doris Dragović sang "Marija Magdalena".

The Croatian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest is selected at the pop festival Dora, an annual event organized by the national public broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT).

Famous Croatian singer Tereza Kesovija represented Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966.

Contestants

Voting history (1993-2009)

Croatia has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	117
2	Malta	82
3	United Kingdom	64
4	Slovenia	52
5	Belgium	49

Croatia has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Slovenia	105
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	101
3	Malta	62
4	Macedonia	56
5	Turkey	50

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.

References

External links

• Croatian ESC Pre-selection
• Points to and from Croatia eurovisioncovers.co.uk