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Eurovision Song Contest 1995 | ||||
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Country | Croatia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Dora 1995 | |||
Selection date(s) | 12 March 1995 | |||
Selected entrant | Magazin and Lidija | |||
Selected song | "Nostalgija" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 6th, 91 points | |||
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Croatia selected its entry for the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest through the "Dora 1995" contest, which was held on 12 March 1995, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) in Opatija. The winners were Magazin and Lidija with "Nostalgija".
HRT organised the Dora contest to select the Croatian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, held in Opatija. The national contest consisted of a televised final with 20 songs selected from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers. The winner was chosen by 20 regional juries. [1]
Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Venera | "Ova je pjesma tvoja" | 1 | 17 |
2 | Battifiaca | "Još vavek" | 11 | 13 |
3 | Mucalo | "Neka ljubav spaja nas" | 0 | 19 |
4 | Marinela Malić | "Mjesec je jak ko afrodizijak" | 0 | 19 |
5 | Ivan Mikulić | "Ti i ja" | 25 | 11 |
6 | Leteći odred | "Pišem ti pismo" | 28 | 9 |
7 | Stare staze | "Ritam ljubavi mi daj" | 13 | 12 |
8 | Latino | "Ne kunem ljubav" | 27 | 10 |
9 | Boris Novković and Moonlight Cats | "Pjesma moja to si ti" | 58 | 6 |
10 | Romantic | "Telefon" | 2 | 16 |
11 | Nina Badrić | "Odlaziš zauvijek" | 1 | 17 |
12 | Oliver Dragojević | "Boginja" | 115 | 2 |
13 | Zrinka | "Srce od zlata" | 109 | 3 |
14 | Bumerang | "Suzy" | 3 | 15 |
15 | Julija | "Babysitter" | 10 | 14 |
16 | Davor Radolfi | "Tvoje ime kao ime ruže" | 71 | 5 |
17 | Minea | "Good Boy" | 36 | 8 |
18 | Mira Šimić | "Oluja" | 102 | 4 |
19 | Srebrna krila | "Ljubav je za ljude sve" | 38 | 7 |
20 | Magazin and Lidija | "Nostalgija" | 150 | 1 |
Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Draw | Song | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | "Ova je pjesma tvoja" | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | "Još vavek" | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | "Neka ljubav spaja nas" | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | "Mjesec je jak ko afrodizijak" | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | "Ti i ja" | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
6 | "Pišem ti pismo" | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 28 | |||||||||||||||
7 | "Ritam ljubavi mi daj" | 12 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Ne kunem ljubav" | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 27 | |||||||||||||||
9 | "Pjesma moja to si ti" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 58 | |||||
10 | "Telefon" | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | "Odlaziš zauvijek" | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Boginja" | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 115 | |||
13 | "Srce od zlata" | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 109 | ||||
14 | "Suzy" | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | "Babysitter" | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | "Tvoje ime kao ime ruže" | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 71 | |||||||
17 | "Good Boy" | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 36 | |||||||||
18 | "Oluja" | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 102 | ||||||
19 | "Ljubav je za ljude sve" | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
20 | "Nostalgija" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 150 |
Magazin & Lidija performed 11th on the night of the contest, following Turkey and preceding France. At the close of voting they had received 91 points, finishing 6th in a field of 23 competing countries. [2] The Croatian jury awarded its 12 points to Malta.
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