According to a local news site, the Croatian Eurovision national selection will take place on March 2 and will be hosted in the city of Opatija, Croatia. Who are the most prominent songwriters from the revealed list?
The Croatian national broadcaster HRT officially revealed the list of participants for the Croatian Eurovision pre-selection, “Dora 2025,” along with their song titles. The chief editor of the selection process disclosed a significant improvement in song quality and substantial changes to the voting format. A local newspaper reported that the Dora final will take place on March 2 in the northern Croatian city of Opatija.
Former Eurovision Representatives Among Songwriters
HRT officially released the list of songwriters for the pre-selection competition, which includes writers from various countries and former Eurovision representatives: Mia Dimšić, Croatia’s representative at Eurovision 2022, co-wrote the song “Through the dark” for contestant Marko Tolja. Matej Zec, a member of the band Let 3 who represented Croatia at Eurovision 2023, collaborated on the song “SALUT!” for Jelena Radan.
New Judging Panel and Voting System
This year, the judging panel will consist of seven entirely new juries. The judging system, which will remain the same as last year, will combine an international jury from four Eurovision-participating countries with local juries from various Croatian cities. The jury vote will be combined with the public vote, maintaining a 50:50 ratio. Additionally, the production team is considering introducing an online voting system for the first time, departing from previous years’ practices.
List of Contestants
1. Ananda – “Lies Lay Cold”
2. EoT – “Bye, Bye, Bye”
3. Filomena – “Strong”
4. Irma – “Enigma”
5. IVXN – “Monopol”
6. Jelena Radan – “SALUT!”
7. Lara feat. LSQ – “MAMA”
8. laurakojapjeva – “NPC”
9. LELEK – “The Soul of my Soul”
10. Luka Nižetić – “Južina”
11. Magazin – “AaAaA”
12. Marin Jurić Čivro – “Gorjelo je”
13. Marko Bošnjak – “Poison Cake”
14. Marko Škugor – “Šta da Boga molim ja”
15. Marko Tolja – “Through the dark”
16. Marta May – “Running to the Light”
17. Matt Saft – “Welcome to the circus”
18. Natali Balmix – “ŽIVOT IDE DALJE”
19. Natally – “Dom si srcu mom”
20. NIPPLEPEOPLE – “ZNAK”
21. Ogenj – “Daj, daj”
22. Petar Brkljačić – “KRAJ”
23. Supersonic Trio – “Animal”
24. Teenah – “Aurora”
Backup Entries
1. SWINGERS FUL KUL – “Full cool”
2. Fenksta – “Ekstra”
3. Patricia Gasparini – “KARMA”
4. llyricum – “TANANAI (MOTHER)”
Familiar Faces in the National Selection
Among the contestants in the national selection are several familiar names:
- Magazin – Croatia’s representatives at Eurovision 1995 with their song “Nostalgija“, and participants in several “Dora” selections in the 90s and early 2000s. Since then, the band has undergone structural changes, and in the past year, the lead vocalist has been young singer Lorena Bućan, who competed in the Croatian national selection in 2019 with her song “Tower of Babylon” and in 2020 with “Drowning“.
- Jelena Radan – Competed in the Eurovision national selection in 2009 with her song “Voljet cu te sutra“.
- Marin Jurić Čivro – Competed in the Eurovision national selection in 2020 with his song “Naivno“.
- Marko Bošnjak – Competed in the Eurovision national selection in 2022 with his song “Moli za nas“.
- Marko Tolja – Competed in the Eurovision national selection in 2007 with his song “Deja Vu” and in 2009 with “Stranci“.
- Martha May – Competed in the Eurovision national selection in 2023 with her song “Distance“.
- Natalie Balmix – Competed in last year’s Eurovision national selection with her song “Dijamanti“.
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.
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.
