The Croatian national final DORA starts. The contest consists of two semifinals, and a final to be held on March 2nd. Twelve songs will compete tonight, 8 of which will head to the final. The show starts at 20:15 CET and you can watch it on YouTube.
These are the contestants:
- Matt Shaft, “Welcome To The Circus”
- Jelena Radan, “Salut”
- Nipplepeople, “Znak”
- Swingers, “Ful Kul”
- Martha May, “Running to the Light”
- Lelek, “The Soul of my Soul”
- Teenah, “Aurora”
- IVXN, “Monopol”
- Marko Tolja, “Through the Dark”
- Magazin, “AaAaA”
- Natalli, “Dom si srcu mom”
- EoT, “Bye, Bye, Bye”
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Jelena Radan was a backing vocal for Goran Karan (Croatia 2000) and took part in DORA herself in 2003 (6th) and 2009 (semifinal).
Martha May was involved in DORA 2023 and was 12th.
Marko Tolja participated in DORA 2007 (12th) and 2009 (semifinal).
Magazin competed in DORA 1995 (winner!), 1997 (7th), 1998 (6th), 1999 (5th), 2005 (2nd) and 2006 (8th). Along with Lidija, they represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with “Nostalgija”. Their current singer Lorena Bućan took part in DORA 2019 (2nd) and 2020 (5th) as a solo singer.
Maja and Boris Kolarić, members of EoT, took part in 2019 with the band Manntra and reached a 4th place.
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Magazin, with singers Danijela and Lidija, in 1995.
