Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Croatia originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) used the national selection Dora 2020 to decide their representative.[1] However, due to 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the contest was cancelled.[2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2020
Selection date(s)29 February 2020
Selected entrantDamir Kedžo
Selected song"Divlji vjetre"
Selected songwriter(s)Ante Pecotić
Finals performance
Semi-final resultCancelled
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2020 Contest, Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-five times since its first entry in 1993.[3] Croatia's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been fourth place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 1996 with the song "Sveta ljubav" performed by Maja Blagdan and in 1999 "Marija Magdalena" performed by Doris Dragović. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Croatia had featured in seven finals. In 2019, Croatia failed to qualify to the final, placing 14th in the second semi-final with the song "The Dream" performed by Roko.[4]

Before Eurovision

Dora 2020

Dora 2020 was the twenty-first edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The competition consisted of sixteen entries competing in one final on 29 February 2020 at the Marino Cvetković Sports Hall in Opatija, broadcast on HRT 1 as well as online via the broadcaster's streaming service HRTi and hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Mirko Fodor, Zlata Mück Sušec and Doris Pinčić Rogoznica.[5][6]

Competing entries

On 5 November 2019, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 15 December 2019. Songs submitted were required to be in either English, French, Italian or Croatian.[1] An expert committee consisting of members from the Croatian Musicians Union (HGU), Croatian Composers' Society (HDS) and HRT reviewed the received submissions and selected sixteen artists and songs for the competition.[7] HRT announced the competing entries on 23 December 2019 and among the competing artists, Goran Karan represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.[8] Goran Karan later withdrew from the competition and was replaced by "Jušto" performed by Elis Lovrić.[9]

Artist Song Composer(s)
Aklea Neon "Zovi ju mama" Dorotea Zovko, Pavle Kladarin
Alen Vitasović & Božidarka Matija Čerina "Da se ne zatare" Robert Pilepić
Bojan Jambrošić "Više od riječi" Antonija Šola
Colonia "Zidina" Boris Đurđević, Valerija Đurđević
Damir Kedžo "Divlji vjetre" Ante Pecotić
Đana "One" Rando Stipišić
Edi Abazi "Coming Home" Srđan Sekulović Skansi
Elis Lovrić "Jušto" Elis Lovrić
Goran Karan "My Legacy Is Love" Nikša Bratoš
Indira Levak "You Will Never Break My Heart" Branimir Mihaljević, Ambrogio Crotti, Doron Medalie
Jure Brkljača "Hajde nazovi me!" Miroslav Rus
Lorena Bućan "Drowning" Ivan Huljić
Lorenzo, Dino Purić & Reper iz sobe "Vrati se iz Irske" Ivan Grgić, Marko Kantolić
Marin Jurić Čivro "Naivno" Boris Kolarić, Maja Kolarić, Marko Matijević Sekul
Mia Negovetić "When It Comes to You" Linnea Deb, Anderz Wrethov, Denniz Jamm, Mia Negovetić
Nikola Marjanović "Let's Forgive" Adi Karaselimović
Zdenka Kovačiček "Love, Love, Love" Branimir Mihaljević, Mario Mihaljević

Final

The final took place on 29 February 2020.[10] The running order was announced on 17 February 2020.[11] The winner, "Divlji vjetre" performed by Damir Kedžo, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from five regional juries and a public televote. Ties were decided in favour of the entry ranked higher by the public televote.[12]

Final – 29 February 2020
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points Phone
Calls		 SMS Total Points
1 Elis Lovrić "Jušto" 44 11 342 304 646 1 12 12
2 Bojan Jambrošić "Više od riječi" 27 5 927 279 1,206 7 12 10
3 Edi Abazi "Coming Home" 26 3 829 524 1,353 8 11 13
4 Zdenka Kovačiček "Love, Love, Love" 39 6 1,558 599 2,157 12 18 6
5 Alen Vitasović & Božidarka Matija Čerina "Da se ne zatare" 21 2 1,514 815 2,329 13 15 9
6 Đana "One" 42 8 1,084 403 1,487 9 17 7
7 Aklea Neon "Zovi ju mama" 52 13 997 768 1,765 10 23 4
8 Nikola Marjanović "Let's Forgive" 44 10 453 367 820 2 12 11
9 Lorenzo, Dino Purić & Reper iz sobe "Vrati se iz Irske" 20 1 608 339 947 3 4 16
10 Marin Jurić Čivro "Naivno" 27 4 677 409 1,086 6 10 15
11 Lorena Bućan "Drowning" 43 9 1,171 682 1,853 11 20 5
12 Indira Levak "You Will Never Break My Heart" 64 14 3,414 2,127 5,541 14 28 3
13 Jure Brkljača "Hajde nazovi me!" 40 7 698 313 1,011 4 11 14
14 Colonia "Zidina" 44 12 732 309 1,041 5 17 8
15 Mia Negovetić "When It Comes to You" 78 16 7,954 3,641 11,595 15 31 2
16 Damir Kedžo "Divlji vjetre" 69 15 7,985 3,870 11,855 16 31 1

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Croatia was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[13] However, due to 2019-20 pandemic of Coronavirus, the contest was cancelled.

References
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