The Croatian broadcaster has revealed its lineup for Dora 2022! This competition will be the selection process for Croatia’s entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition will take place in February 2022.
The artists for Dora 2022
14 participants have been announced by HRT to take part in their selection for Eurovision 2022. Eight of the 14 acts have previously taking part in Dora – including five artists who took part in the 2021 edition.
- Mia Negovetić – Forgive Me (Oprosti)
- Mia Dimšić – Guilty Pleasure
- Bernarda – Here for Love
- Tina Vukov – Hideout
- Erik Vidović – I Found You
- Ella Orešković – If You Go Away
- ToMa – In the Darkness
- Mila Elegović – Ljubav
- Roko Vušković – Malo kasnije
- Marko Bošnjak – Moli za nas
- Jesse – My Next Mistake
- Elis Lovrić – No War
- Zdenka Kovačiček – Stay on the Bright Side
- Tia – Voli me do neba
4 reserve songs have also been revealed. These songs will be used to replace one of the 14 selected entries, if one has to withdraw or is disqualified.
- Karlo Vudrić – 3AM
- Vlatka Burić Dujmović Vyan – Gladiator
- Totalni Optimizam – What If
- Stella Scholaja – Ghost
Dora 2022 format
Like the 2021 edition, fourteen entries have been selected (plus four reserves). HRT, the Croatian Music Union, and the Croatian Society of Composers selected the songs. The winner, and therefore Croatia’s entry for Turin, will be determined by public televote and a jury.
Six performers are now allowed in each performance, a number that has increased from 2021, where pandemic restrictions reduced it to five.
Additionally, the winning song may no longer undergo a major revamp. This means that the song that wins Dora in February 2022 will, outside of minor modifications, be the exact song that performs at Eurovision.
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Croatia first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with “Don’t Ever Cry” by Put. Since then, they have entered 26 times. Their best results came in 1996 and 1999, 4th with “Sveta ljubav” by Maja Blagdan and “Marija Magdalena” by Doris Dragović. More recent Croatian results have been mixed. Their most recent appearance in the Grand Final was in 2017 with Jacques Houdek’s “My Friend” which finished 13th.
In 2021, Albina ended up winning the selection after placing first in both the jury vote and the televote with her song “Tick-Tock”. In Rotterdam, however, Albina narrowly missed out on a place in the Grand Final, placing in 11th in semi-final one with 105 points, just 5 points behind Norway’s TIX in 10th. The Dora 2022 participants will all be hoping to be the one to return Croatia to the Eurovision final.
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