Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Croatia is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) will organise the national final Dora 2024 to select the Croatian entry for the 2024 contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2024
Selection date(s)February 2024
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2024 contest, Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-nine times since its first entry in 1993. The nation's best result in the contest is fourth, which it achieved on two occasions: in 1996 with the song "Sveta ljubav" performed by Maja Blagdan and in 1999 with the song "Marija Magdalena" performed by Doris Dragović. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Croatia has this far featured in eight finals. In 2023, Croatia qualified to the final (for the first time since 2017) with Let 3 and the song "Mama ŠČ!", finishing in 13th place.[1]

The Croatian national broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), broadcasts the event within Croatia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since first participating in 1993, HRT has consistently organised the national final Dora in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, with a parenthesis between 2012 and 2018, when the broadcaster either opted out of participation or internally selected its entries. On 14 September 2023, HRT confirmed Croatia's participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest and its intention to continue to use Dora to select the nation's entry.[2]

Before Eurovision

Dora 2024

Dora 2024 is set to be the twenty-fifth edition of Dora, the national final format which selects Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition will take place in February 2024 at the Marino Cvetković Sports Hall in Opatija[2][3] and air on HRT 1 as well as on the streaming service HRTi.[4] Details on the format are set to be defined by 10 January 2024.[5]

Competing entries

On 15 September 2023, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers are able to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 30 November 2023.[2][3] Performers must hold Croatian citizenship in order to compete.[5] An expert committee will review the received submissions and select up to twenty-eight entries (plus four backups), which will be announced in December 2023.[3][4]

References
  1. "Croatia". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. Jiandani, Sanjay (14 September 2023). "Croatia: HRT confirms participation at Eurovision 2024". ESCToday. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. Rožman, Klara (14 September 2023). "HRT sutra otvara natječaj za Doru 2024., Tomislav Štengl: 'Svi glazbeni pravci su dobrodošli'" [Tomorrow HRT will open the Dora 2024 competition, Tomislav Štengl: "All musical genres are welcome"]. Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. "Otvoren natječaj za Doru 2024. godine" [Competition for Dora 2024 is open] (in Croatian). HRT. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. "Pravila natjecanja 'Dora 2024.'" [Rules of the contest "Dora 2024"] (PDF) (in Croatian). HRT. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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