With Croatia choosing their Eurovision representative, this week, Daniel spoke with Fenksta, who is hoping to emulate his fellow Umag native Baby Lasagna in winning Dora. Daniel and Fenksta talk about his song “Extra” as well as his experience going from Eurovision superfan to potential Eurovision artist, and their mutual love for Trenuleţul.
Watch our interview with Fenksta here!
About Fenksta
Fenksta is the pseudonym of Saša Stević, a MC, producer and beatmaker originally from Umag in the far North West of Croatia, though now living in Zagreb. He has been making beats for around 15 years, winning beatmaking competitions in his native Croatia. He has also collaborated with fellow Dora 2025 artists EoT. Having previously applied for Dora 2024, His song for this year’s competition was initially a backup, but after Natalie Balmix was disqualified, “Extra” joined the competition.
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.
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Photo credit: Fenksta
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