It has been revealed by OGAE that Croatia’s Baby Lasagna has won their official vote for Eurovision 2024. Baby Lasagna’s song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” received 356 points in the official OGAE poll. The runner up was Italy’s Angelina Mango, who received 338 points. The bookies favourite Switzerland’s Nemo placed third with 290 points. You can see the full result below.
What is OGAE?
OGAE stands for Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l’Eurovision. OGAE is known as the official fanclub for the Eurovision Song Contest. There are fan clubs all over Europe which represent the fans of each competing country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Every year fanclub members take part in votes in the yearly poll, to rank that year’s competing songs. As well as polls OGAE clubs hold events where Eurovision fans can get together and talk about their love of the contest.
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: OGAE International
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