Watch: Tonight at 20:15 CET, the grand final of “Dora 2026” takes place. At the end of which the Croatian entry for Eurovision 2026 to be held in Vienna, Austria, will be chosen. Link to watch the live broadcast – Below!
Tonight at 20:15 CET, the Croatian national broadcaster, HRT, will hold the grand final of “Dora 2026” – at the end of which the Croatian entry for Eurovision 2026, to be held in Vienna, Austria, will be chosen. In the final taking place tonight, 16 songs that qualified from two semi-finals will compete. The winner of the contest will be selected by a combination of public voting (50%) and jury voting (50%). The jury will be made up of four groups from Croatia (25%) and four international groups (25%). “Dora 2026” will be hosted by Barbara Kolar, Duško Ćurlić, Iva Šulentić and Ivan Vukušić. The final will be broadcast live from the studios of the Croatian national broadcaster HTV in Zagreb and will be shown live on the HTV channel, on the HRTi platform and on the broadcaster’s website.
Croatia will be the 12th country to select a song for Eurovision 2026, following Albania, Montenegro, Moldova, Malta, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Cyprus, Estonia, Denmark, Latvia and Greece, and the 16th country to select its representative, as Georgia, Switzerland, Israel and Bulgaria also join the list.
The final will begin at 20:15 and continue until 23:15 CET.
Watch the grand final of “Dora 2026” here!
Who to Watch Tonight?
In a poll conducted on the site, readers of Euromix chose the band LELEK to represent Croatia at Eurovision 2026 with the song “Andromeda”, the band received 44.26% of the readers’ votes. In second place, with 26.23% of the votes, came Ananda with her song “Dora”. In third place, with 18.03% of the votes, came Lima Len with his song “Raketa” (In English: “Rocket”).
The EuroMix editorial team, which listened to the songs, did not agree at all with the readers’ choice and selected Ananda to represent Croatia at Eurovision, giving her 76 points. In second place for the editorial team, with 61 points, ranked Irma, who finished seventh in the readers’ poll. In third place, with 45 points, came Lana Mandarić, who finished eighth in the readers’ poll. LELEK, the readers’ top choice, finished in fourth place with the editorial team with 52 points, while Lima Len, who placed third with the readers, finished seventh with the editorial team with 41 points. To see the full results of the Euromix editorial ranking, click here.
Streaming Platforms Data:
According to the total number of YouTube views, the band LELEK with the song “Andromeda” is clearly in the lead with 565,000 views. Irma with the song “Ni Trega” (in English: “No Trace”) has 211,000 views, and Ananda with the song “Dora” has 105,000 views.
Also according to the number of streams on Spotify, the band LELEK with the song “Andromeda” is far ahead there as well, with about 215,000 streams. In second and third place are Ananda with the song “Dora” and Lima Len with the song “Raketa”, both with around 50,000 streams.
“Dora 2026”: Running Order
- Ananda – “Dora“
- Sergej – “Scream“
- Noelle – “Uninterrupted“
- Alen Duras – “From Ashes to Flame“
- Irma – “Ni Traga“
- Lara Demarin – “Mantra“
- Ema Bubic – “Vrijeme Za Nas“
- Lima Len – “Raketa“
- Lana Mandaric – “Tama“
- Ritam Noir – “Profumi Di Mare“
- Marko Kutlic – “Neotudivo“
- Devin – “Over Me“
- LELEK – “Andromeda“
- ToMa – “Ledina“
- Stela Rade – “Nema Te“
- Cold Snap – “Mucho Macho“
Click on the song title to listen!
Among the Finalists – Several Familiar Names:
- LELEK – competed in “Dora 2025” with the song “The Soul of my Soul“, and finished in fourth place.
- Alan Duras – competed in “Dora 2024” with the song “A Tamburitza Lullaby“, and finished in fifth place.
- ToMa – competed in “Dora 2022” with the song “In the Darkness“, and finished in seventh place.
- Ananda – competed in “Dora 2025” with the song “Lies Lay Cold“, and finished in ninth place in the second semifinal.
- Irma – competed in “Dora 2025” with the song “Enigma“, and finished in 11th place in the second semi-final.
“Dora 2026” Dates:
Semi-Final 1 – Thursday, February 12th, 2026Semi-Final 2 – Friday, February 13th, 2026- Grand Final – Sunday, February 15th, 2026
Croatia at Eurovision 2025
“Poison Cake” was the title of the song performed by Marko Bošnjak in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2025. Croatia failed to qualify for the grand final, breaking the country’s recent streak of success. The song finished 12th out of 15 entries in its semi-final, receiving a total of 28 points.
Eurovision 2026: This will be Croatia’s 31st 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.
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