Croatia at Eurovision 2025: Tonight, the second 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” continued tonight with its second 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 Second Semi-Final (finalists are highlighted):
- laurakojapjeva – “NPC“
- Marko Škugor – “Šta da Boga molim ja“
- Fenksta – “Extra“
- Marin Jurić Čivro – “Gorjelo je“
- Filomena – “Strong“
- Supersonic Trio – “Animal“
- Irma – “Enigma“
- Luka Nižetić – “Južina“
- Ananda – “Lies Lay Cold“
- Marko Bošnjak – “Poison Cake“
- Petar Brkljačić – “KRAJ“
- Ogenj – “Daj, daj“
Click on the song title to listen!
Among the contestants, several familiar names:
Among the contestants in the national selection are several familiar names:
- Marin Jurić Čivro – competed in the Eurovision national selection in 2020 with his song “Naivno” and reached 15th place.
- Marko Bošnjak – competed in the Eurovision national selection in 2022 with his song “Moli za nas” and reached second place.
- Luka Nižetić – competed in the Eurovision national selection in 2019 with his song “Brutalero” and reached third place.
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 27Second 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.
