Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song “The Dream” performed by Roko Blažević. The Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT) organised the national final Dora 2019 in order to select the Croatian entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2019
Selection date(s)16 February 2019
Selected entrantRoko Blažević
Selected song"The Dream"
Selected songwriter(s)Jacques Houdek
Andrea Čubrić
Charlie Mason
Finals performance
Final resultFailed to qualify (14th, 64 points)
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2018 • 2019 • 2020►

Background
Main article: Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-four times since its first entry in 1993.[2] Croatia's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been fourth place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 1996 with the song "Sveta ljubav" performed by Maja Blagdan and in 1999 "Marija Magdalena" performed by Doris Dragović. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Croatia had featured in seven finals. In 2018, Croatia failed to qualify to the final, placing 17th in the first semi-final with the song "Crazy" performed by Franka.

Before Eurovision

Dora 2019

Dora 2019 was the twentieth edition of the Croatian national selection Dora, which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The competition consisted of up to 16 entries competing in one final on 16 February 2019.[3] Participating entries for the selection must be in either English, French, Italian, or Croatian.[4]

Format

Unlike in most other Dora editions the format of the competition includes one final night. 16 songs competed in the final. The combination of points from a viewer vote and ten regional jury groups determined the winner. According to the competition rules, in the event of a tie for the first place, the winner was the entrant ranked highest by the public televote.[5]

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 20 November 2018 and 10 January 2019.[6] 162 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period.[7] An expert committee selected sixteen artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions.[8] The competing artists were announced on 17 January 2019.[9] 4 Tenora withdrew on 29 January 2019, due to a previously scheduled concert.[10] As a result of this, Kim Verson and her song "Nisam to što žele" participated in the national selection instead.[11] The running order was revealed on 4 February 2019.[12]

Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s)
Beta Sudar "Don't Give Up" Predrag Martinjak, Malin Johansson
Bernarda Bruno "I Believe in True Love" Duško Rapotec Ute, Bernarda Brunović, T. Bon
Bojan Jambrošić & Danijela Pintarić "Vrijeme predaje" (Time of surrender) Ante Toni Eterović, Leonardo Čeči Baksa
Domenica "Indigo" Tonči Huljić, Vjekoslava Huljić
Elis Lovrić "All I Really Want" Elis Lovrić, Olja Dešić
Ema Gagro "Redemption" Andreas Björkman, Adriana Pupavac, Kalle Persson, Ema Gagro
Gelato Sisters "Back to That Swing" Tvrtko Hrelec
Jelena Bosančić "Tell Me" Jelena Bosančić
Jure Brkljača "Ne postojim kad nisi tu" (I don't exist when you're not here) Miroslav Drljača Rus
Kim Verson "Nisam to što žele" (I'm not what they want) Kim Verson
Lea Mijatović "Tebi pripadam" (I belong to you) Igor Ivanović, Marko Vojvodić
Lidija Bačić "Tek je počelo" (It only started) Denis Dumančić, Fayo
Lorena Bućan "Tower of Babylon" Tonči Huljić, Ivan Huljić, Vjekoslava Huljić
Luka Nižetić "Brutalero" Branimir Mihaljević, Mario Mihaljević
Manntra "In The Shadows" Marko Matijević Sekul, Maja Kolarić, Boris Kolarić
Roko Blažević "The Dream" Jacques Houdek, Andrea Čubrić, Charlie Mason
4 Tenora "Brod bez imena" (Nameless ship) Eduard Botrić, Matko Šimac

Final

The final took place at Opatija, on 16 February 2019, and was hosted by Mirko Fodor, Jelena Glišić and Iva Šulentić.[13] The winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of points awarded by regional juries and from the public televote.

Final – 16 February 2019
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points Phone
Calls		 SMS Total Points
1 Bojan Jambrošić & Danijela Pintarić "Vrijeme predaje" 4 0 1410 775 2185 6 6 9
2 Jelena Bosančić "Tell Me" 2 0 790 157 947 0 0 14
3 Kim Verson "Nisam to što žele" 10 0 210 133 343 0 0 16
4 Jure Brkljača "Ne postojim kad nisi tu" 29 2 1328 841 2169 5 7 8
5 Beta Sudar "Don't Give Up" 41 4 1250 565 1815 2 6 10
6 Lea Mijatović "Tebi pripadam" 12 0 615 221 836 0 0 15
7 Gelato Sisters "Back to That Swing" 23 1 827 338 1165 0 1 12
8 Luka Nižetić "Brutalero" 38 3 3663 3175 6838 10 13 3
9 Elis Lovrić "All I Really Want" 68 8 831 381 1194 0 8 7
10 Domenica "Indigo" 19 0 817 577 1394 0 0 13
11 Roko Blažević "The Dream" 77 12 7088 4436 11524 12 24 1
12 Ema Gagro "Redemption" 62 7 1063 907 1970 4 11 5
13 Lidija Bačić "Tek je počelo" 10 0 945 564 1509 1 1 11
14 Lorena Bućan "Tower of Babylon" 72 10 3538 2047 5585 8 18 2
15 Bernarda Bruno "I Believe in True Love" 58 6 1145 710 1855 3 9 6
16 Manntra "In The Shadows" 55 5 2183 1738 3921 7 12 4


Promotion

Roko made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "The Dream" as the Croatian Eurovision entry. He performed at Moscow Eurovision Party on 26 April.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Croatia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[14]

Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Croatia was set to perform in position 10, following the entry from Austria and preceding the entry from Malta.[15]

Semi-final

Croatia performed tenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Austria and preceding the entry from Malta. At the end of the show, Croatia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Croatia placed fourteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 64 points: 38 points from the televoting and 26 points from the juries. With the old voting system, Croatia would have ranked 14th with 25 points.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results will be released shortly after the grand final.[16]

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

Points awarded by Croatia

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Croatian jury:[16]

  • Zlatko Turkalj – Chairperson – Managing Editor of the Croatian Radio Entertainment Program Department
  • Doris Karamatić – harp professor, harpist
  • Bojan Jambrošić – singer
  • Silvestar Glojnarić – composer and conductor
  • Franka Batelić – singer, represented Croatia in the 2018 contest
Split voting results from Croatia (Semi-final 2)
Draw Country Jury Televote
D. Karamatić B. Jambrošić S. Glojnarić Z. Turkalj F. Batelić Average Rank Points Rank Points
01 Armenia613148810116
02 Ireland8141517171514
03 Moldova491210109215
04  Switzerland5244321038
05 Latvia11121711161413
06 Romania12101612151312
07 Denmark171713141317101
08 Sweden7510557474
09 Austria1615915111217
10 Croatia
11 Malta237675692
12 Lithuania1311813121111
13 Russia1563768383
14 Albania346996556
15 Norway141611161416210
16 Netherlands1085113847
17 North Macedonia11122112112
18 Azerbaijan972344765
Split voting results from Croatia (final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
D. Karamatić B. Jambrošić S. Glojnarić Z. Turkalj F. Batelić Average Rank Points Rank Points
01 Malta1610206101219
02 Albania81217111315101
03 Czech Republic572354720
04 Germany20181420202122
05 Russia12868119212
06 Denmark24252219172417
07 San Marino25261826262592
08 North Macedonia1234421047
09 Sweden11581086511
10 Slovenia13162514917210
11 Cyprus14131323151821
12 Netherlands7916225674
13 Greece23211913232226
14 Israel22151121242023
15 Norway21241522222365
16 United Kingdom1717416161425
17 Iceland26222625252683
18 Estonia31912181810115
19 Belarus18231017211924
20 Azerbaijan151423771313
21 France66211568318
22 Italy23711112112
23 Serbia442424127438
24  Switzerland911533856
25 Australia101199141114
26 Spain1920512191616

References
  1. "Croatia: Broadcaster HRT confirms the return of national final Dora". wiwibloggs. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. "Croatia Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. "Croatia: Sixteen Acts to Compete in Dora 2019". Eurovoix. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. Granger, Anthony (12 November 2018). "Croatia: English, French, Italian & Croatian Language Songs Accepted for Dora 2019". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. "Pravila HRT-a o glasovanju za izbor hrvatskog predstavnika i pjesme za pjesmu Eurovizije - Dora 2019" (in Croatian). HRT. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. "Pravila za izbor hrvatskog predstavnika i pjesme za Pjesmu Eurovizije - Dora 2019" (in Croatian). HRT. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  7. "Završen natječaj za Doru 2019" (in Croatian). HRT. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  8. "Glazbeni dani HRT-a 2019" (in Croatian). Opatija.hr. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  9. "Croatia: Dora 2019 Participants Revealed". eurovoix. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  10. "Odustala 4 tenora - Dora 2019" (in Croatian). HRT. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  11. Janić, Luna (29 January 2019). "Odustanak na "Dori 2019.", tko je upao u konkurenciju?" (in Croatian). eurosong.hr. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  12. "Redoslijed izvođenja pjesama na Dori 2019" (in Croatian). HRT. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  13. "Dora 2019: Evo tko će sve voditi trodnevni spektakl!" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  14. Jordan, Paul (28 January 2019). "Eurovision 2019: Which country takes part in which Semi-Final?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  15. "Exclusive: This is the Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final running order!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  16. Groot, Evert (30 April 2019). "Exclusive: They are the judges who will vote in Eurovision 2019!". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.