Croatia have chosen their act for Liverpool, as Let 3 have won Dora 2023. They will now go on to represent Croatia at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool with “Mama šč!”.
Let 3 win the show
Tonight, eighteen acts took to the stage in Opatija. With a combination of televote and jury voting, the eventual winner turned out to be Let 3. With the song “Mama šč!”, they got 279 points, making it the runaway winning entry of the night. The following eighteen acts performed tonight. You can see the ranking of tonight below. The jury scores are the first score, followed by the televote and the total score, with the winner in bold:
- Let 3 – “Mama šč!” (Mum shh!): 105 + 174 = 279
- Harmonija Disonance – “Nevera (Lei, lei)” (Storm (Lei, lei)): 67 + 88 = 155
- Detour – “Master Blaster”: 73 + 41 = 114
- The Splitters – “Lost and Found”: 50 + 60 = 110
- Damir Kedžo – “Angels and Demons”: 44 + 59 = 103
- Eni Jurišić – “Kreni dalje” (Move on): 52 + 19 = 71
- Krešo and Kisele Kiše – “Kme kme” (Whoa whoa): 34 + 19 = 53
- Barbara Munjas – “Putem snova” (Through dreams): 37 + 15 = 52
- Meri Andraković – “Bye Bye Blonde”: 22 + 22 = 44
- Top of the Pops ft. Mario 5reković – “Putovanje” (Journey): 13 + 20 = 33
- Hana Mašić – “Nesreća” (Accident): 21 + 12 = 33
- Martha May – “Distance”: 23 + 8 = 31
- Đana – “Free Fallin’”: 7 + 14 = 21
- Boris Štok – “Grijeh” (Sin): 7 + 10 = 17
- Maja Grgić – “I Still Live”: 8 + 5 = 13
- Yogi – “Love at First Sight”: 10 + 3 = 13
- Tajana Belina – “Dom” (Home): 2 + 8 = 10
- Patricia Gasparini – “I Will Wait”: 5 + 3 = 8
The Splitters took an early lead in the regional jury voting, but were soon overtaken by Let 3. The group were clearly running away with the victory, until Vukovar surprised Croatia with a 12 for “Bye Bye Blonde”. “Mama šč!” won the jury vote with 105 points, followed by 73 points for Detour and 67 for Harmonija Disonance.
With 174 televote points, Let 3 became the runaway winners of the night. Harmonija Disonance, with 88 from the televote, only scored 155 and were over 120 points behind the winners. “Mama šč!” will therefore go to Liverpool!
Dora and Eurovision
Dora, the Croatian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, had been held annually since 1993, up until 2011. The competition was created as a way for the country to select its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. It returned as the selection method for Eurovision in 2019.
Over the years, Dora has become a beloved and highly anticipated event in the Croatian music calendar, attracting a wide range of talented artists and drawing in thousands of fans and spectators each year. The format of the competition has evolved over time, but its core purpose remains the same: to showcase the best and brightest musical talent from Croatia and to determine the country’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Last year, Mia Dimšić won Dora with “Guilty Pleasure”. She however failed to qualify for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. This means Croatia have now had four consecutive non-qualifying entries, with Jacques Houdek in 2017 being their last qualifier.
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