A record-breaking 221 songs have been submitted for the Croatian Eurovision pre-selection, “Dora 2025”. This is the highest number of songs ever submitted for participation in the Croatian pre-selection, with the winner set to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.
Success Breeds Appetite: Following Croatia’s near-victory at Eurovision last year, with Croatian representative Baby Lasagna garnering the majority of public votes, more Croatian artists than ever are now eager to replicate this achievement. The Croatian national broadcaster, HRT, announced that 221 songs were submitted for “Dora 2025”, the highest number of entries since the national selection’s return in 2019.
In comparison, last year saw about 200 song submissions, while 196 were submitted for Eurovision 2023, 184 for the 2022 selection, and only about 140 in 2021.
Selection Process
A professional jury will select 24 songs to compete in the Croatian Eurovision national selection from all submitted entries. Additionally, four more songs will be chosen as backups in case a participant withdraws or is disqualified. It’s worth noting that Baby Lasagna’s song, which represented Croatia at Eurovision 2024, was surprisingly chosen as one of the backup songs and only entered the selection after another contestant withdrew.
Dora 2025 – Everything You Need to Know!
The “Dora 2025” Eurovision national selection is expected to take place in the second half of February, with full details about the format to be revealed by January 20th. The winner of the national competition, who will be chosen through a combination of jury and public voting, will represent Croatia at Eurovision.
Croatia in Eurovision 2024:
“Rim Tim Tagi Dim” is the name of the song performed by the singer Baby Lasagna, which was chosen to represent Croatia after winning the national finals. Croatia advanced to the final after winning the first semi-final with 177 points, and in the grand final, it reached second place with 547 points.
Croatia won the public vote but finished in second place in the overall tally. This is Croatia’s best achievement in all its years of participation.
Source: HRT.
Eurovision 2025: This will be Croatia’s 30th participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Croatia joined the competition in 1993 and achieved its best result in Eurovision 2024 by finishing in second place with the song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” performed by the singer Baby Lasagna.
