Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Dora 2010 was the eighteenth edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition consisted of a semi-final and a final on 5 and 6 March 2010, respectively, both taking place at the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija and hosted by Nevena Rendelli, Mila Horvat, Mirko Fodor and Duško Ćurlić. The semi-final was broadcast on HRT 2 and HRT 2 Radio, while the final was broadcast on HRT 1 and HRT 2 Radio as well as online via the broadcaster's website hrt.hr and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[1][2]

Dora 2010 consisted of two shows: a semi-final on 5 March 2010 and a final on 6 March 2010.[3] Sixteen songs selected from an open call for submissions competed in the semi-final and eight proceeded to the final as determined by a public televote. The eight songs that qualified from the semi-final were joined by an additional eight songs written by composers directly invited by HRT in the final and the winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.[4][5]

On 26 November 2009, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 15 December 2009.[6] 200 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period.[7] A nine-member expert committee consisting of Elizabeth Homsi, Željen Klašterka, Aleksandar Kostadinov, Silvije Glojnarić, Robert Urlić, Đurđica Ivanković, Želimir Babogredac, Mišo Doležal and Zvonimir Bučević reviewed the received submissions and selected sixteen artists and songs for the competition. HRT announced the competing entries in the semi-final on 17 January 2010 and among the competing artists, Feminnem represented Bosnia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.[8] Two preview shows, Ususret dori, were broadcast on 11 and 12 February 2010 on HRT 1 where the semi-finalist songs were presented.

On 17 January 2010, HRT announced the names of the eight composers that were invited to participate. The invited composers were:

The pre-qualified finalist entries were announced on 8 January 2010.[9]

The semi-final took place on 5 March 2010. The eight qualifiers, "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" performed by Doris Teur, "Jobrni je jobrni" performed by Franko Krajcar, "Vrime za kraj" performed by Klapa Iskon, "Lako je sve" performed by Feminnem, "Moja draga" performed by Giuliano, "Vol or ne vol" performed by Valungari, "Trio tulipan" performed by Swing Mamas and "Sada osjećam to" performed by Carla Belovari, were determined exclusively by a public televote.[10]

The final took place on 6 March 2010. The eight semi-final qualifiers and the eight pre-qualified entries competed and the winner, "Lako je sve" performed by Feminnem, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a nine-member jury panel and a public televote.[2][11] Ties were decided in favour of the entry ranked higher by the jury. Tony Cetinski, who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed as the guest during the show.[12]

On 20 March, HRT1 aired the official music video of "Lako je sve" for the first time, with other Croatian TV channels allowed to broadcast the video the next day. The video was directed by Croatian director Gonzo, and the outfits worn by Feminnem were designed by Gordana Zucić.[13] In April 2010 Feminnem released Russian, Italian and English language versions of "Lako je sve": "Ljehko vsjo" (Everything is easy), "Semplice" (Simple) and "Easy to See".[14]

• In the Semi-final 2 Croatia came 13th with 33 points: the public awarded Croatia 14th place with 22 points and the jury awarded 12th place with 54 points.