Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Croatia was represented by Kraljevi Ulice & 75 cents in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Romanca".

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2008
Selection date(s)Semi-final
22 February 2008
Final
23 February 2008
Selected entrantKraljevi Ulice & 75 cents
Selected song"Romanca"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (4th, 112 points)
Final result21st, 44 points
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Dora 2008

Dora 2008 was the Croatian national selection Dora, which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Competing entries

200 entries were received by the broadcaster during a submission period. An expert committee selected fourteen artists and songs (and four reserves) for the competition from the received submissions. An additional nine entries were written by composers invited by HRT for the competition. The invited composers were:[1]

Among the performers in the competition were Emilija Kokić, the lead singer of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 winners Riva, and 1996 Croatian entrant Maja Blagdan.

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 22 February 2008 at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Nikolina Pišek and Lana Jurčević. The fourteen entries selected from the public submissions participated and six advanced to the final. The qualifiers were determined exclusively by a public televote.[2]

Semi-final – 22 February 2008
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 Bonaca & Nera "Tvoje oko ka' more duboko" Ivo Mikulčin 1,253 6
2 Antonija Šola "Gdje je srce tu je dom" Antonija Šola, Silvio Pasarić 1,531 4
3 Ivo Gamulin Gianni "Sanjam" Andrej Baša, Fayo 1,533 3
4 Ibrica Jusic "Iskoci sa mnom iz jureceg vlaka" Marko Tomasović, Mario Vukelić 103 14
5 Martina "Idi ledja mi okreni" Marino Mahić, Darus Despot 657 10
6 Zorica Kondža "Za tobom luda" Joško Banov, Nenad Ninčević 382 11
7 Vlatka Grakalić "Kaži mi" Fedor Boić 680 9
8 Ivana Radovniković "Kakav tužan kraj" Ivana Radovniković, Stjepan Marković 322 13
9 Mor Roll "Ne razumijemo se" Vedran Šilipetar 325 12
10 Danijela Pintarić "Dotakni zvijezdu" Zoran Jeager, Srđan Sekulović 957 8
11 Ðani Stipanicev "Ja san umra za ljubav" Miro Buljan, Nenad Ninčević 1,058 7
12 Kraljevi Ulice & 75 cents "Romanca" Miran Hadži Veljković 3,770 1
13 Maja Šuput "Lako zaljubljiva" Denis Dumančić, Fayo 1,613 2
14 Emilija Kokić "Anđeo" Emilija Kokić 1,439 5

Final

The final took place on 23 February 2008 at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Mirko Fodor, Nikolina Pišek and Lana Jurčević. The six entries that qualified from the preceding semi-final and the nine pre-qualified entries written by the invited composers participated and the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of points awarded by an expert jury and from the public televote. "Milina" performed by Dino Dvornik & Bane was disqualified just 2 nights before the final, so the official scoreboard contained their name and the phone number for televoting, but the votes weren't counted.[3]

As there was a tie for the first place, where Kraljevi Ulice & 75 cents won the jury vote while Antonija Šola won the televote, the results of the jury took precedence and led to the victory of Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents.

Final – 23 February 2008
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Dye and the Colors "Zažmirim i putujem" Husein Hasenefendić Hus 4 496 8 12 12
2 Hari Rončević "Ležim na suncu" Hari Rončević 2 229 4 6 15
3 Emilija Kokić "Anđeo" Emilija Kokić 8 1,554 12 20 6
4 Prva Liga i Druge "Vila" Miroslav Škoro, Željko Barba 6 2,571 14 20 6
5 Tamara Obrovac "Amor" Tamara Obrovac, Anja Gasparini 14 279 6 20 6
6 Pero Galić "Otvori mi oči" Denis Dumančić, Fayo 6 690 9 15 10
7 Antonija Šola "Gdje je srce tu je dom" Antonija Šola, Silvio Pasarić 15 4,119 16 31 2
8 Ivo Gamulin Gianni "Sanjam" Andrej Baša, Fayo 12 1,858 13 25 3
9 Alen Islamović "Mirno spava kosa plava" Rajko Dujmić, Nenad Ninčević 8 193 3 11 13
10 Maja Blagdan "Zvala sam ga Anđele" Miro Buljan, Nenad Ninčević 4 247 5 9 14
11 Giuliano "Plava vještica" Miro Buljan, Nenad Ninčević 12 117 2 14 11
12 Maja Šuput "Lako zaljubljiva" Branimir Mihaljević, Fayo 12 835 10 22 5
13 Kraljevi Ulice & 75 cents "Romanca" Miran Hadži Veljković 16 3,882 15 31 1
14 Bonaca & Nera "Tvoje oko ka' more duboko" Ivo Mikulčin 11 1,246 13 24 4
15 Ivana Banfić "Mir" Ante Pecotić 9 358 7 16 9
16 Dino Dvornik & Bane "Milina" Željko Banić 1 0 1 2 16

At Eurovision

The 2008 Contest was the first to implement two semi-finals, with all countries, apart from the "Big Four" countries – Germany, Spain, France and the United Kingdom – and the host country Serbia, taking part in the semi-finals.[4] Croatia took part in the second semi-final on 22 May 2008, qualifying for the final.[5] In the final they performed 9th following Finland and preceding Poland. They gained 44 points and were ranked 21st.[6]

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