Over at That Eurovision Site the team will be ranking national finals throughout the season. The next national final that the team have taken a closer look at was Croatia’s Dora 2024. Specifically the first semi-final, which will take place on February 23rd. Dora will select the Eurovision representative for Croatia.
Who is taking part in the second Semi-Final of Dora 2024 ?
There are twelve artists taking part in the first semi-final of Dora 2024 . The twelve artists taking part are as follows:
| Running Order | Artist | Entry |
| 1 | Lu Dedić | “Plavi leptir” |
| 2 | James Night | “Nebo plače” |
| 3 | Lara Demarin | “Ne vjerujem ti” |
| 4 | Alen Đuras | “A Tamburitza Lullaby” |
| 5 | The Splitters | “Od kad te sanjam” |
| 6 | Boris Štok | “Can We Talk” |
| 7 | Baby Lasagna | ”Rim Tim Tagi Dim” |
| 8 | ET | “Pametnom dosta” |
| 9 | Vatra | “Slatke suze, gorka ljubav” |
| 10 | Damir Kedžo | ”Voljena ženo” |
| 11 | Natalie Balmix | “Dijamanti” |
| 12 | Marcela | “Gasoline” |
Who are our qualifiers of the second Dora 2024 semi-final ?
We ranked the songs taking part in the first semi-final of Dora, using a 1-12 ranking. 1 being our favourite, 12 being our least favourite song. We then calculated the average of all our rankings. Right below, you can see our qualifiers for this week’s show.
Alen Ðuras – “A Tamburitza Lullaby”
Baby Lasagna – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
Damir Kedžo – “Voljena ženo”:
ET – “Pametnom dosta”:
James Night – “Nebo plače”
Lu Dedić- “Plavi leptir”
Marcela – “Gasoline”
Natalia Balmix – “Dijamanti”
What did some of our team members have to say about their favourite songs from the second Semi-Final of Dora 2024?
Jazzi (“Gasoline”): This is a pure girl bop, I do feel the verses are a little stronger than the chorus, but that is just a personal opinion. I do think this would gel with international audiences if this were to go to Eurovision as the sound is very familiar. There is big vocal potential as well, which if it reached the Eurovision final I feel juries would really appreciate.
Kittens (“Pametnom dosta”): Honestly why not have a bit of fun. This might have all the qualities of “Dragostea Din Tei” but that was a massive hit soooooo…. Very cringe for sure but it still feels really like something that would go hard at Euroclub and I bet you’d all still be dancing regardless. If you’re gonna do this, then go hard, and this certainly does that in spades.
Rory (“Rim Tim Tagi Dim”): How this was only a reserve for the show is astounding to me! This is a great deal of fun and sonically very different to what we’ve been hearing in Dora so far. There’s great staging potential for this that can easily be translated to the Eurovision stage too. Could this be the beginning of a Croatian qualification streak? Only time will tell!
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.
Who would you like to see represent Croatia in Malmö? As always, let us know what you think by commenting below. Also, be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Threads and Bluesky for all things Croatia at Eurovision 2024!
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Euan T