Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country  Croatia
National selection
Selection process Dora 2010
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Selection date(s) Semi-final
5 March 2010
Final
6 March 2010
Selected entrant Feminnem
Selected song "Lako je sve"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Failed to qualify (13th)

Croatia selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through the Dora contest, which was held on 5 and 6 March 2010, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT). The winner of Dora was the girl group Feminnem with "Lako je sve". Feminnem had previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Call Me", and placed 14th in the final.

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Dora 2010

HRT organised the Dora contest to select the Croatian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, which will be held in Oslo, Norway from 25 to 29 May 2010. The 18th edition of Dora was held in the Crystal Hall of the Kvarner Hotel in Opatija on 5 and 6 March, where a total of 24 songs competed in the televised semi-final and final.[1] Before this two preview shows of the semi-final songs, Ususret dori were broadcast on 11 and 12 February.[2]

16 songs competed in the semi-final of the contest on 5 March - these songs came from a public call for submissions from songwriters. A public televote selected eight of these songs to progress to the final on 6 March, where they were joined by eight songs entered by internally selected composers by HRT.[1][3] Songs could been submitted to HRT for the semi-final until 15 December.[2][4]

On 29 December HRT published 15 of the 16 semi-final participants, selected by HRT from 200 submitted entries.[5][6] On 8 January 2010 HRT announced the names of the 8 prequalified finalists, as well as the final semi-finalist.[7]

Semi-final

The semi-final of Dora 2010 was held on 5 March. From the 16 competing acts a public televote selected eight to progress to the final the following night, on 6 March. Doris Teur was the semi-final winner.[8][9]

Semi-Final - 5 March 2010
Draw Artist Song Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Televote Place
1 Feminnem "Lako je sve" Branimir Mihaljević (m), Pamela Ramljak (l), Neda Parmać (l) 1,137 4
2 Mijo Lešina "Tajna ljubavi" Mijo Lešina (m & l) 218 15
3 Valungari "Vol or ne vol" Zoran Preradović (m), Marko Kovačić (l) 679 6
4 Martina Vrbos "Ti i ja" Martina Vrbos (m & l) 492 9
5 Bety Belle "Ne" Ines Prajo (m & l), Arijana Kunštek (l) 484 10
6 Teška industrija "Nazovi stvari pravim imenom" Denis Dumančić (m), Fayo (l) 405 12
7 Nikola Marjanović "Ti i muzika" Lea Dekleva (m & l) 374 14
8 Klapa Iskon "Vrime za kraj" Matko Šimac (m & l) 1,253 3
9 Carla Belovari "Sada osjećam to" Alan Crnković (m), Alen Orlić (l) 576 8
10 Dražen Žanko "Moja ljubav jedina" Dražen Žanko (m), Nenad Ninčević (l) 378 13
11 Flip Dizdar "Sunce" Aljoša Šerić (m & l) 458 11
12 Swing Mamas "Trio tulipan" Stefan Bravačić (m & l) 625 7
13 Rivers "Bez tebe" Tamara Obrovac (m), Anja Gasparini (l) 169 16
14 Doris Teur "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" Doris Teur (m & l) 1,410 1
15 Franko Krajcar "Jobrni je jobrni" Franko Krajcar (m & l) 1,396 2
16 Giuliano "Moja draga" Duško Rapotec-Ute (m), Branko Berković (m), Boris Novković (l) 689 5

Final

The final of Dora 2010 will be held on 6 March. The eight automatic finalists were joined by eight semi-final qualifiers. The final was broadcast on HRT1 and online over the EBU's official web stream ESCTV.[9] The winner will be decided by a 50/50 decision by a professional jury and the televoting public.[10] 1994 Croatian entrant Tony Cetinski performed a number of his hits during the show.[11]

Feminnem, who previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, were the winners of Dora 2010 with the song "Lako je sve" (Everything is easy), getting full marks from both televoting and the jury members.[11][12]

Dora 2010 Final - 6 March 2010
Draw Artist Song Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Swing Mamas "Trio tulipan" Stefan Bravačić (m & l) 8 6 14 11
2 Sabrina "Golu si me skinuo" Ante Pecotić (m & l) 5 3 8 14
3 Viva "Zadnja kap života" Nenad Ninčević (m & l), Miroslav Buljan (m) 4 2 6 15
4 Marta Kuliš "Preporodjena" Luka Zima (m & l), Tomislav Erceg (l) 1 1 2 16
5 Tihomir Kožina "Za koga si se čuvala" Denis Dumančić (m), Faruk Buljubašić Fayo (l) 2 8 10 13
6 Carla Belovari "Sada osjećam to" Alan Crnković (m), Alen Orlić (l) 10 4 14 10
7 Klapa Iskon "Vrime za kraj" Matko Šimac (m & l) 8 14 22 6
8 AliBi "Prvi pogled" Boris Đurđević (m & l), Viktor Milaković (l), Dino Juratovac (l) 3 9 12 12
9 Đani Stipaničev "Nek nam bude lijepo" Alfi Kabiljo (m & l) 11 7 18 9
10 Doris Teur "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" Doris Teur (m & l) 12 11 23 4
11 Valungari "Vol or ne vol" Zoran Preradović (m), Marko Kovačić (l) 14 10 24 3
12 Franka Batelić "Na tvojim rukama" Miro Buljan (m), Boris Đurđević (m), Neno Ninčević (l) 9 12 21 7
13 Žiga and Bandisti "Blagdani" Miroslav Škoro (m & l) 8 15 23 5
14 Giuliano "Moja draga" Duško Rapotec-Ute (m), Branko Berković (m), Boris Novković (l) 13 5 18 8
15 Franko Krajcar "Jobrni je jobrni" Franko Krajcar (m & l) 15 13 28 2
16 Feminnem "Lako je sve" Branimir Mihaljević (m), Pamela Ramljak (l), Neda Parmać (l) 16 16 32 1

Before Eurovision

On 20 March, HRT1 aired the official music video of "Lako je sve" for the first time, with other Croatian TV channels allowed to broadcast the video the next day. The video was directed by Croatian director Gonzo, and the outfits worn by Feminnem were designed by Gordana Zucić.[13]

In April 2010 Feminnem released Russian, Italian and English language versions of "Lako je sve" - "Легко всë - Ljehko vsjo" (Everything is easy), "Semplice" (Simple) and "Easy to See".[14]

At Eurovision

Croatia competed in the second semi-final of the contest, on 27 May. They failed to be amongst the ten qualifiers to the final on 29 May, despite being one of the pre-contest favourites.

See also

References

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  7. ^ Hondal, Victor (2010-01-08). "Full list of Dora direct qualifiers announced". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14787. Retrieved 8 January 2010. 
  8. ^ Klier, Marcus (2010-03-05). "esults: Eight acts qualified in Croatia". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15307. Retrieved 5 March 2010. 
  9. ^ a b Webb, Glen (2010-03-06). "Croatia: Dora 2010 final tonight WATCH LIVE!". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=9973&_t=Croatia%3A+Dora+2010+final+tonight+WATCH+LIVE!. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 
  10. ^ Klier, Marcus (2010-03-06). "Tonight: National final in Croatia". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15300. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 
  11. ^ a b Webb, Glen (2010-03-06). "Croatia: Feminnem calls for Eurovision again!". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=10073&_t=Croatia%3AFeminnem+calls+for+Eurovision+again!. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 
  12. ^ Klier, Marcus (2010-03-06). "Croatia sends Feminnem to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15315. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 
  13. ^ Horvat, Ivan (2010-03-20). "Croatia: Watch the official videoclip!". http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15421. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  14. ^ Hondal, Victor (2010-04-16). "Croatia: Official English, Italian and Russian versions online". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15537. Retrieved 16 April 2010. 

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