It is only a couple of days into the New Year, and Eurovision 2024 news is coming in fast. It has been confirmed Croatian broadcaster HRT will reveal the songs for their national final on January 4th.
Dora 2024 song reveal
The song reveal was confirmed by Dora 2024 artists Vatra on their official Instagram page. They also revealed the release will take place at 14:00 local time over on Hvratski Radio 2.
What we know about Dora 2024
It was previously announced 24 artistswould take part in Dora 2024. Broadcaster HRT received around 200 submissions for this year’s edition. You see who is taking part in Dora 2024 by checking out the list below.
- A TAMBURITZA LULLABY – Alen Đuras
- BABAROGA – Let 3
- BABY, BABY – Noelle
- CAN WE TALK – Boris Štok
- DIJAMANTI – Natalie Balmix
- DO MJESECA – Pavel
- GASOLINE – Marcela
- HOW DO YOU LOVE ME – Erna
- LYING EYES – Vinko
- MORE – Lana Mandarić
- NEBO PLAČE – James Night
- NE PLAČEM ZBOG NJE – Saša Lozar
- NEPOBJEDIVA – Barbara Munjas
- NE VJERUJEM TI – Lara Demarin
- OD KAD TE SANJAM – The Splitters
- ONE DAY – Misha
- PAMETNOM DOSTA – ET
- PLAVI LEPTIR – Lu Dedić
- PROBUDI USNE MOJE – Zsa Zsa
- SLATKE SUZE, GORKA LJUBAV – Vatra
- SRETNIH DANA DAT’ ĆE BOG – Stefany Žužić
- TIŠINE – Eugen
- VODU PITI TRIZAN BITI – Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin
- VOLJENA ŽENO – Damir Kedžo
Earlier last month it was confirmed Dora 2024 will have a semi-final round. The dates for this year’s edition have yet to be confirmed, however the national final should take place sometime in February, as per recent years.
What is Dora?
Dora is the current selection method for Croatia’s Eurovision entrant. This national final method has been used on and ff over the years. The national final made it’s debut in 1993, and was used to select Croatia’s entry up until their withdrawal in 2012. In 2016 Croatia returned to the contest, however until 2019 HRT selected their song and artist internally. Dora is considered a pop festival in Croatia, as well as a national final.
Croatia’s Eurovision Journey
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 coming from juries, whilst another 112 came from the televote.
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News Source: HRT
Photo Credit: HRT
Rory Gannon