We at That Eurovision Site will be ranking national finals throughout this coming season. The next national final that the team have taken a closer look at is Dora 2025, which will take place between the 27th of February and the 2nd of March. Dora will select the Eurovision representative for Croatia in Basel.
Who is taking part in Dora 2025?
There are 16 artists taking part in the final of Dora. The 16 artists taking part are as follows:
| Entrant | Entry |
| EoT | “Bye, Bye, Bye” |
| Fenksta | “Extra” |
| Filomena | “Strong” |
| Ivxn | “Monopol” |
| Laurakojapjeva | “NPC” |
| Lelek | “The Soul of My Soul” |
| Luka Nižetić | “Južina” |
| Magazin | “AaAaA” |
| Marko Bošnjak | “Poison Cake” |
| Marko Škugor | “Šta da Boga molim ja” |
| Marko Tolja | “Through the Dark” |
| Matt Shaft | “Welcome to the Circus” |
| Natalli | “Dom si srcu mom” |
| Nipplepeople | “Znak” |
| Ogenj | “Daj, daj” |
| Petar Brkljačić | “Kraj” |
Who are our qualifiers from the Dora 2025 final?
We ranked the songs taking part in the first semifinal, using a 1-16 ranking. 1 being our favourite, 16 being our least favourite song. We then calculated the average of all our rankings. Right below, you can see our top three for this selection.
3rd. Luka Nižetić – “Južina” (5.43):
2nd. Ivxn – “Monopol” (4.86):
1st. Fenksta – “Extra” (3.43):
What is Dora?
Dora has taken place 25 times since its inception in 1992, and has selected the majority of Croatia’s Eurovision entries, except for a hiatus between 2011 and 2019. Since its return, the competition has usually consisted of a single final of around 14 to 18 songs, but the format has changed in 2024 to include a semi-final stage for the expanded amount of 24 songs. The winner will be decided by a 50/50 split between a televote, and four national and four international jury panels.
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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