Tonight is the night for Croatia

DORA, the national final of Croatia, will take place tonight. It will start at 20.00 and you can watch it here; note that you have to register for free. You might also be able to watch it here (not sure!).

The songs are:

  • Alkonost of Balkan, “Rijeka”
  • Eric Vidović, “Reci mi”
  • Ella Orešković, “Come this way”
  • Bernarda Brunović, “Colors”
  • Sandi Cenov, “Kriv”
  • ToMa, “Ocean of love”
  • Filip Rudan, “Blind”
  • Beta Sudar, “Ma zamisli”
  • Cambi, “Zaljubljen”
  • Ashley Colburn & Bojan Jambrošić, “Share the love”
  • Brigita Vuco, “Noći pijane”
  • Mia Negovetić, “She’s like a dream”
  • Albina Grčić, “Tick-Tock”
  • Tony Cetinski & Kiki Rahimovski, “Zapjevaj, sloboda je”

Bernarda Brunović took part in the 2019 national final, as did Beta Sudar and Bojan Jambrošić . Jambrošić was also one of the participants in 2020. So was Mia Negovetić. Sandi Cenov was involved in the 2006 national selection.

Tony Cetinski took part in DORA 1993, 1994 and 2001. In 1994 he was the winner and represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Nek’ ti bude ljubav sva”.

One of the members of Alkonost of Balkan is Nina Kraljić. She represented Croatia in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest and reached the final for her country with the song “Lighthouse”.

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