Doris Dragović

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Doris Dragović (born April 16, 1961, Split) is a Croatian pop singer. She has been known to support Torcida football fans.

She became popular in the 1980s with well-known songs such as "Željo moja" (which represented Yugoslavia in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest), "Sedam mora, sedam gora" and "Selim ti ja". Her later hits include "Što je od mene ostalo" and "To".

In 1999, her performance of the dramatic song "Marija Magdalena" beat 23 other entries to win Croatia's annual epic-length Dora contest, which entitled her to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest, organised that year in Jerusalem.

Dragović achieved a respectable fourth place in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest, despite having been drawn early in the singing order, sometimes cited as a disadvantage. Her act also included the removal of some of her clothing - seen jocularly as a staple of Eurovision performances - and was well-received in the first contest in which most countries allocated their points after a public telephone vote. This remains one of Croatia's best results at the contest.

Dragović also participated in the 1986 Contest, representing Yugoslavia with the song "Željo moja". However, she was less successful on that occasion, finishing only eleventh.