Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Member station HRT
Appearances 14
First appearance 1993
Best result 4th, 1996 and 1999
Worst result 17th, 1997
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The Croatian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest is selected at the pop festival Dora, an annual event organized by the national public broadcaster HRT. The first Dora was held in 1993, after Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia and continued to participate in the ESC. Together with Sweden and Malta, and the 4 countries that are for financial reasons entitled to take part every year, Croatia is one of the few countries that has not missed a contest since 1993, when the lowest scorers each year got relegated. There have been no interruptions in the Croatian participation in the ESC from their first appearance in 1993 to 2006 making it one of the few countries that participated in every final since its first entry.

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(placement in the final of the ESC):

[edit] Participation as a part of Yugoslavia

Eurovision Song Contest was already held in Croatia, Zagreb in 1990 after Croatian band RIVA won the contest in 1989 with "Rock me". It's also notable that Croatian artists participated in ESC presenting Yugoslavia on many occasions - 12 times in total (out of 27 times Yugoslavia participated in ESC).

Year Song Performer Final Rank
1963 Brodovi Vice Vukov 11th
1965 Čežnja Vice Vukov 12th
1968 Jedan dan Luci Capurso & Hamo Hajdarhodžić 7th
1969 Pozdrav svijetu "Ivan & Los M's" 13th
1971 Tvoj dječak je tužan Krunoslav Slabinac 14th
1972 Muzika i ti Tereza Kesovija 9th
1986 Željo moja Doris Dragović 11th
1987 Ja sam za ples "Novi fosili" 4th
1988 Mangup "Srebrna krila" 6th
1989 Rock me "Riva" 1st
1990 Hajde da ludujemo Tatjana Matejaš-Tajči 7th

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