The first Semi-Final of Croatia’s Eurovision 2026 selection, Dora 2026 has now concluded with eight acts that have qualified for the Grand Final.
🇭🇷 Eight acts qualify from Dora 2026 Semi-Final 1
During the first Semi-Final of Croatia’s Dora 2026, a total of 12 acts participated. Following the conclusion of the results live from the HRT studios in Zagreb, eight qualifiers were announced:
- Lima Len – “Raketa“
- Ananda – “Dora“
- Ema Bubić – “Vrijeme za nas“
- Noelle – “Uninterrupted“
- Alen Đuras – “From Ashes To Flame“
- Cold Snap – “Mucho Macho“
- ToMa – “Ledina“
- LELEK – “Andromeda“
A total of 8 acts from each Semi-Final will advance to the Grand Final of Dora 2026 on February 15. The Final will be held at the HRT studios in Zagreb. The winner will represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 taking place in Vienna, Austria this 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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