🇭🇷 About 200 songs submitted for Dora 2024

Croatia’s national broadcaster HRT revealed that the submission process for Dora 2024 has ended and that they have received about 200 songs for the national final.

About Dora 2024

Since confirming its participation in September, this is the first major step towards selecting the next Croatian Eurovision representatives. The roughly 200 songs make 2024 the most popular year for Dora since its inception in 2019. Going forward, roughly one-eighth of all songs submitted will advance to the next round, the live shows. Over the next week, HRT’s expert jury will select 24 songs to move onto the live shows, as well as four reserve songs in case of withdrawal. The live shows for Dora 2024 will take place in February.

Croatia’s Eurovision History

Croatia has been a part of the Eurovision family since 1961, as part of Yugoslavia. Ten Croatian artists went on to represent Yugoslavia in the Contest – the most famous of which being Riva, who gave Yugoslavia its only win in 1989. The 1990 Contest was held in Zagreb as a tribute to their Croatian heritage.

Croatia debuted in the Contest as an independent nation in 1993 with the band Put and their song “Don’t Ever Cry”. Since then, Croatia has gone on to score as high as 4th place in 1996 and 1999. For 2023, Croatia chose the well-known band Let 3 to represent the nation in Liverpool with their song “Mama ŠČ!”. Performing in the first semi-final, Croatia qualified for the Grand Final for the first time since 2017. In the Grand Final, the band finished in 13th place, with a total of 123 points – 11 of which came from juries, whilst another 112 came from the televote.

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News Source: HRT

Photo Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU