HRT the national broadcaster of Croatia have confirmed the names and song titles of the 24 acts that will compete in its Eurovision Song Contest 2026 selection show Dora 2026.
🇭🇷 24 acts chosen for Dora 2026 from 251 submissions
Today, the Croatian national broadcaster HRT has revealed the 24 artists and the additional acts on the reserve list for its national selection Dora 2026. An expert jury has chosen the artists from a pool of 251 song submissions. A record total for the broadcaster.
- Alen Đuras – ‘From Ashes To Flame’
- Ananda – ‘Dora’
- Cold Snap – ‘Mucho Macho’
- Devin – ‘Over Me’
- Ema Bubić – ‘Vrijeme za nas’
- Fenksta – ‘Memento Mori’
- Fran Uccellini – ‘Ako bolje bude sutra’
- Irma – ‘Ni traga’
- Ivan Sever – ‘Crying Eyes’
- Jasmina Makota – ‘Higher’
- Kandžija – ‘3 ujutro’
- Karolina Ilic – ‘Breathe Her In’
- Lana Mandarić – ‘Tama’
- Lara Demarin – ‘Mantra’
- LELEK – ‘Andromeda’
- Lima Len – ‘Raketa’
- Marko Kutlić – ‘Neotuđivo’
- Noelle – ‘Uninterrupted’
- Ritam Noir – ‘Profumi di mare’
- Sergej – ‘Scream’
- Stela Rade – ‘Nema te’
- ToMa – ‘Ledina’
- Toni Sky – ‘O ne!’
- Zevin – ‘My Mind’
Additionally, should an act have to drop out for any reason, before the live shows, four reserve acts have also been selected. These are as follows:
- Gabrijel Ivić – ‘Light Up’
- Dorian Stipčić – ‘Loved’
- Gabriela Braičić (Bria) – ‘Soho’
- Vanessa Kralj – ‘Tišina prije kiše’
Dora 2026 is set to commence in February with three live shows – two Semi-Finals and one Grand Final. The contest will move to the HRT studios in Zagreb. The winner will represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 taking place in Vienna, Austria next May.
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent country since 1993, and their only absences were in 2014 and 2015. Croatia are currently enjoying a newfound success in the contest following a run of poor results in the 2010s. In 2024 it was the turn of Baby Lasagna to represent the Balkan nation with the entry, ‘Rim Tim Tagi Dim’. During the Malmö contest, Baby Lasagna achieved Croatia’s best result in the contest with second place, scoring 547 points.
Earlier this year, Marko Bošnjak won Dora 2025 with his entry ‘Poison Cake’. Unfortunately it failed to make the Basel final, achieving 12th place in the first Semi-Final.
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