Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country  Croatia
National selection
Selection process Internal selection
Selection date(s) 2 October 2014
Selected entrant Josie Zec
Selected song "Game Over"
Finals performance
Final result 16th (last), 13 points
Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2006 • 2014 • 2015►

Croatia selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through an internal selection. On 2 October 2014 it was revealed that Josephine Zec would represent Croatia in the contest with the song "Game Over".[1]

Internal selection

Despite withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, on 26 September 2014 it was announced that Croatia would return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2014, after a seven-year absence.[2] On 2 October 2014, the Croatian broadcaster HRT announced that Josephine Zec had been internally selected to represent the Balkan country with the song "Game Over".[1] A presentation of the song will take place on 3 October 2014 at 09:30 CET on the television show "Puni Kerg".[1]

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, Croatia were drawn to perform fourth on 15 November 2014, following San Marino and preceding Cyprus.[3]

Points awarded to Croatia

12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Croatia

12 points  Bulgaria
10 points  Italy
8 points  Serbia
7 points  Ukraine
6 points  Armenia
5 points  Russia
4 points  Netherlands
3 points  Slovenia
2 points  Belarus
1 point  Georgia

Split voting results

The following five members comprise the Croatian jury: [4]

  • Duško Mandić
  • Iva Šulentić
  • Nensi Atanasov
  • Ivan Horvat
  • Jacques Houdek
Split Voting Results from Croatia
Draw Country D. Mandić I. Šulentić N. Atanasov I. Horvat J. Houdek Average Jury Points Televote Points Points Awarded
01  Belarus 7 5 4 4 6 5 2
02  Bulgaria 8 7 7 6 7 8 10 12
03  San Marino
04  Croatia
05  Cyprus 5 6 2 3 5 4
06  Georgia 6 2 1 1 3 1
07  Sweden 1 3 2 4 3
08  Ukraine 12 7
09  Slovenia 3 5 1 7 3
10  Montenegro 1
11  Italy 12 12 12 10 12 12 4 10
12  Armenia 2 4 8 8 8 7 5 6
13  Russia 10 10 10 12 10 10 2 5
14  Serbia 3 8 6 7 3 6 8 8
15  Malta 4
16  Netherlands 1 1 5 2 2 6 4

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 García, Belén (2 October 2014). "Junior Eurovision: Josephine Zec to represent Croatia". esc-plus.com. ESC+Plus. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (26 September 2014). "Croatia returns to Junior Eurovision". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ↑ James-Fisher, Luke (9 November 2014). "The running order for Junior Eurovision 2014!". junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Split". Eurovision.tv. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.