Over in Croatia, Dora 2025 continues to take shape, as HRT reveals that the entries participating in this year’s competition will be released tomorrow, January 9.
Details on release confirmed by HRT
HRT has revealed that the entries will premiere at Svijet Diskografije, which will play all of the entries participating at this year’s competition. At the same time, the music videos of the entries will also premiere on the official Dora YouTube Channel
The artists participating at Dora 2024 are as follows:
| Artist | Entry |
| Ananda | “Lies Lay Cold” |
| EoT | “Bye, Bye, Bye” |
| Fenksta | “Extra” |
| Filomena | “Strong” |
| Irma | “Enigma” |
| IVXN | “Monopoly” |
| Jelena Radan | “SALUT!” |
| laurakojapjeva | “NPC” |
| LELEK | “The Soul of my Soul” |
| Luka Nižetić | “Južina” |
| Magazine | “AaAaA” |
| Marin Jurić Čivro | “It was burning” |
| Marko Bošnjak | “Poison Cake” |
| Marko Škugor | “What God I’m Asking” |
| Marko Tolja | “Through the dark” |
| Martha May | “Running to the Light” |
| Matt Shaft | “Welcome to the circus” |
| Natalli | “You are home to my heart” |
| NIPPELPEOPLE | “SIGN” |
| Ogenj | “Give, give” |
| Petar Brkljačić | “THE END” |
| Supersonic Trio | “Animal” |
| S Wingers | “FUL KUL (Full Cool)” |
| Teenah | “Aurora” |
The back-up entries for this year’s competition are:
| Artist | Entry |
| Patricia Gasparini | “Karma” |
| Ilyricum | “TANANAI (MOTHER)” |
As we have previously reported, LSQ feat. Lara and Natalie Balmix have been disqualified from the competition.
In the lead-up to Dora 2025, Croatian Radio has prepared a series ‘Ususret Dori 2025’, which will help listeners get to know the performers and their entries a bit better, which will be broadcasted on 17:35 on Weekdays and 12:35 on weekends, until the competition takes place in Opatija, which will be available on Croatian Radio’s regional programs.
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 2nd place in 2024.
For 2024, Croatia chose Baby Lasagna to represent the nation in Malmö with their song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”. Performing in the first semi-final, Croatia qualified for the Grand Final, winning the semi-final in the process. In the Grand Final, Baby Lasagna finished in 2nd place, with a total of 547 points – 210 of which coming from juries, whilst another 337 came from the televote. This was the highest televoting score in the Grand Final of the 2024 contest.
What do you make of the names for Dora 2025? Who would you like to see represent Croatia next year? As always, please let us know what you think by getting involved in the comments below. Also, be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Threads, tumblr, and Bluesky for more information about Eurovision 2025!
News Source: HRT
Photo Credit: HTV/HRT
Giwrgos Oiko