Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Dora 2022 was the twenty-third edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition consisted of fourteen entries competing in one final on 19 February 2022 at the Marino Cvetković Sports Hall in Opatija, hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Elizabeta Brodić and 2018 Croatian Eurovision entrant Franka Batelić.[3][4] The show was broadcast on HRT 1 as well as online via the broadcaster's YouTube channel and streaming service HRTi.[5]

On 27 October 2021, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 25 November 2021, which was later extended until 12 December 2021.[6][7] 184 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period. A five-member expert committee consisting of Željko Mesar (HRT), Zlatko Turkalj (HRT), Robert Urlić (HRT), Antonela Doko (HGU) and Aljoša Šerić (HDS) reviewed the received submissions and selected fourteen artists and songs for the competition. HRT announced the competing entries on 17 December 2021.[8] The running order of the final was determined during the HRT 1 show Kod Nas Doma, hosted by Branimir Mihaljević and Barbara Kolar.[9][10]

The final took place on 19 February 2022.[11] The winner, "Guilty Pleasure" performed by Mia Dimšić, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from ten regional juries and a public televote. The viewers and the juries each had a total of 580 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1-8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through telephone and SMS voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 580 points rounded to the nearest integer: 58 points. Ties were decided in favour of the entry ranked higher by the public televote.[12] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, host Franka Batelić and 2021 Croatian Eurovision entrant Albina performed as the interval acts during the show.[13][14]

In late March, Mia Dimšić filmed the music video for "Guilty Pleasure" in Osijek, which was directed by Artem Dushkin and the company Lumiere Productions.[17] The music video was released to the public on 1 April. An alternative video featuring the Croatian version of the song entitled "Netko drugi" was also released.[18]

Mia Dimšić made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Guilty Pleasure" as the Croatian Eurovision entry. On 3 April, Mia Dimšić performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Hard Rock Hotel in London, United Kingdom and hosted by Paddy O'Connell and SuRie.[19] On 7 April, Dimšić performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel.[20] On 9 April, Dimšić performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Edsilia Rombley.[21] On 16 April, Dimšić performed during the PrePartyES 2022 event which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain and hosted by Ruth Lorenzo.[22] In addition to her international appearances, Mia Dimšić performed during the Adriatic PreParty which was held online and organised by Hrvatski Eurovizijski Klub.[23]

Mia Dimšić performing during the first semi-final

Mia Dimšić took part in technical rehearsals on 1 and 5 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May. This included the jury show on 9 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.[28]

The Croatian performance featured Mia Dimšić in a pink silk dress and black boots designed by Ivan Tandarić and Aleksandar Šekuljica.[29] The performance began with Dimšić alone on stage, while three dancers appeared by the end of the first chorus. The stage colours were predominantly pink and blue and Dimšić performed the bridge and final chorus of "Guilty Pleasure" in the Croatian language.[30][31] The Croatian performance was choreographed by Igor Barberić.[32] The dancers that joined Mia Dimšić on stage were Rebecca Krajnović, Roman Vrančić and Danon Vrkić, while two off-stage backing vocalists that joined Dimšić were: Bruna Oberan and Josip Palameta.[33]

At the end of the show, Croatia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Croatia placed eleventh in the semi-final, receiving a total of 75 points: 33 points from the televoting and 42 points from the juries.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Croatia during the first semi-final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.[34] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[35][36] The Croatian jury consisted of Dinko Komadina, Mia Elizabeta Negovetić, Nela, Pegi, and Saša Lozar.[35][36] In the first semi-final, Croatia finished in eleventh place out of seventeen entries, marking the country's fourth consecutive non-qualification from the semi-finals. The first semi-final saw Croatia receive twelve points from Slovenia in the televote. Over the course of the contest, Croatia awarded its 12 points to Portugal (jury) and Ukraine (televote) in the first semi-final and to Serbia in both the jury and televote in the final.[37][38]

The following members comprised the Croatian jury:[35][36]

• Dinko Komadina - TV producer, broadcaster
• Mia Elizabeta Negovetić - Singer-songwriter, participated in Dora 2022
• Nela – Performer, musician
• Pegi – Singer-songwriter
• Saša Lozar – Singer-songwriter

Detailed voting results from Croatia (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Albania	14	16	16	9	12	14		9	2
02	Latvia	12	11	11	11	10	11		13
03	Lithuania	2	3	1	4	2	2	10	5	6
04	Switzerland	5	1	7	5	16	5	6	16
05	Slovenia	6	10	4	8	4	6	5	3	8
06	Ukraine	3	7	6	3	7	4	7	1	12
07	Bulgaria	15	15	15	15	14	16		14
08	Netherlands	7	4	5	12	15	9	2	8	3
09	Moldova	16	12	14	13	9	13		2	10
10	Portugal	1	5	3	2	1	1	12	10	1
11	Croatia
12	Denmark	9	6	8	6	6	8	3	12
13	Austria	13	13	13	16	13	15		7	4
14	Iceland	8	8	9	7	3	7	4	15
15	Greece	4	2	2	1	5	3	8	11
16	Norway	11	14	12	14	8	12		4	7
17	Armenia	10	9	10	10	11	10	1	6	5

Detailed voting results from Croatia (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Czech Republic	19	14	12	17	9	15		20
02	Romania	23	22	8	23	11	16		15
03	Portugal	2	11	2	1	2	2	10	12
04	Finland	24	21	24	24	21	25		16
05	Switzerland	12	7	10	9	25	10	1	23
06	France	14	15	23	25	15	22		10	1
07	Norway	6	9	13	20	13	11		6	5
08	Armenia	22	8	16	16	19	17		19
09	Italy	7	16	11	3	4	7	4	5	6
10	Spain	5	2	6	11	6	5	6	4	7
11	Netherlands	8	6	7	5	24	9	2	11
12	Ukraine	3	5	9	4	5	3	8	2	10
13	Germany	21	3	20	19	20	12		17
14	Lithuania	4	10	4	8	3	4	7	8	3
15	Azerbaijan	17	25	19	10	8	13		25
16	Belgium	20	24	17	18	23	23		18
17	Greece	10	12	5	6	7	8	3	21
18	Iceland	15	13	18	14	14	18		24
19	Moldova	25	23	25	22	16	24		3	8
20	Sweden	11	4	1	7	22	6	5	7	4
21	Australia	13	18	22	13	17	20		22
22	United Kingdom	16	17	14	12	18	19		14
23	Poland	9	19	15	15	12	14		13
24	Serbia	1	1	3	2	1	1	12	1	12
25	Estonia	18	20	21	21	10	21		9	2