Tonight, the first semi-final of the Croatian national selection “Dora 2025” took place, with eight songs securing their spots in the final. Check out the results!
The Croatian national selection “Dora 2025” kicked off tonight with its first semi-final held at the Marino Cvetkovic Sports Hall in Opatija. Twelve contestants performed tonight, with the eight songs receiving the highest number of votes from the audience (100%) advancing to the grand final, which will be held on March 2nd. In this final, Croatia will select its representative and song for Eurovision 2025, which will take place in Basel, Switzerland.
The three national selection nights are hosted by Duško Čurlić, Barbara Kolar, accompanied by green room host Zlata Mück Sušec.
Results of the First Semi-Final (finalists are highlighted):
- Matt Shaft – “Welcome to the circus“
- Jelena Radan – “SALUT!”
- NIPPLEPEOPLE – “ZNAK“
- Swingers – “FUL KUL“
- Marta May – “Running to the Light“
- LELEK – “The Soul of my Soul“
- Teenah – “Aurora“
- IVXN – “Monopol“
- Marko Tolja – “Through the dark“
- Magazin – “AaAaA“
- Natalli – “Dom si srcu mom“
- EoT – “Bye, Bye, Bye“
Click on the song title to listen!
Among the contestants, several familiar names:
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“.
- 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“.
Croatia’s “Dora 2025” Details
Croatia’s Eurovision pre-selection “Dora 2025” will be held at the Sports hall Marino Cvetkovic in Opatija. The selection will include two semi-finals and a final. In the semi-finals, voting will be determined solely by the audience, while in the final, voting will be split between 50% audience, 25% local Croatian jury, and 25% international jury.
The dates for Croatia’s Eurovision selection are:
First Semi-Final: February 27- Second Semi-Final: February 28
- Final: March 2
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.
