Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

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" (Everything is easy).

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2010
Selection date(s)Semi-final
5 March 2010
Final
6 March 2010
Selected entrantFeminnem
Selected song"Lako je sve"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (13th, 33 points)
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Feminnem had previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Call Me", and placed 14th in the final.

Before Eurovision

Dora 2010

Dora 2010 was the eighteenth edition of the Croatian national selection Dora, which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

Format

The format of the competition includes a semi-final on 5 March 2010 and a final on 6 March 2010. 16 songs were selected from a public submission period to compete in the semi-final. The top eight songs, as determined by a public televote, qualified to the final which were joined by 8 songs written by composers invited by HRT for the competition, which qualified directly for the final.[1][2] In the final, the 50/50 combination of points from a public televote and an expert jury determined the winner.[1]

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 15 December 2009. 200 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period.[3][4] An expert committee selected sixteen artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions.[5][6] Fifteen of the semi-finalists were announced on 29 December 2009, with the full list of competing artists being announced on 8 January 2010.[4][7] Two preview shows of the semi-final songs, Ususret dori, were broadcast by HRT on 11 and 12 February 2010.[5]

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 5 March 2010 at the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, hosted by Nevena Rendeli, Mila Horvat, Mirko Fodor and Duško Ćurlić. The sixteen entries selected from the public submissions participated and eight advanced to the final. The qualifiers were determined exclusively by a public televote, with the winner being Doris Teur.[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, broadcast on HRT1 and online over the EBU's official web stream ESCTV, took place on 6 March 2010 at the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, hosted by Nevena Rendeli, Mila Horvat, Mirko Fodor and Duško Ćurlić.[9] The eight entries that qualified from the preceding semi-final and the eight pre-qualified entries written by the invited composers participated and the winner, "Lako je sve" performed by Feminnem, was determined by a 50/50 combination of points awarded by an expert jury and from the public televote.[10][11]

1994 Croatian entrant Tony Cetinski was the guest act, who performed a number of his hits.[10]

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.[12]

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".[13]

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.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Croatia came 13th with 33 points: the public awarded Croatia 14th place with 22 points and the jury awarded 12th place with 54 points.

Points awarded by Croatia
Points awarded to Croatia (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. "Dora 2010". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  2. Busa, Alexandru (27 October 2009). "Dora 2010 under way". ESCToday. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  3. Hondal, Victor (29 October 2009). "List of semifinalists for Dora 2010 is out". ESCToday. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  4. Klier, Marcus (23 December 2009). "Croatia: HRT receives 200 submissions for Dora 2010". ESCToday. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  5. Webb, Glen (26 November 2009). "Croatia make public call for 2010 entries". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  6. "HRT confirms dates for 2010 DORA festival". Oikotimes. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  7. Hondal, Victor (8 January 2010). "Full list of Dora direct qualifiers announced". ESCToday. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  8. Klier, Marcus (5 March 2010). "Results: Eight acts qualified in Croatia". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  9. Webb, Glen (6 March 2010). "Croatia: Dora 2010 final tonight WATCH LIVE!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  10. Webb, Glen (6 March 2010). "Croatia: Feminnem calls for Eurovision again!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  11. Klier, Marcus (6 March 2010). "Croatia sends Feminnem to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  12. Horvat, Ivan (20 March 2010). "Croatia: Watch the official videoclip!". Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  13. Hondal, Victor (16 April 2010). "Croatia: Official English, Italian and Russian versions online". ESCToday. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
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