Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country	Croatia
Selection process	Internal selection
Announcement date	2 October 2014
Competing entry
Song	"Game Over"
Artist	Josie Zec
Placement
Final result	16th (last), 13 points
Participation chronology
◄2006 • 2014

Croatia selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through an internal selection. On 2 October 2014 it was revealed that Josephine Zec would represent Croatia in the contest with the song "Game Over". ^[1]

Internal selection

Despite withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, on 26 September 2014 it was announced that Croatia would return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2014, after a seven-year absence. ^[2] On 2 October 2014, the Croatian broadcaster HRT announced that Josephine Zec had been internally selected to represent the Balkan country with the song "Game Over". ^[1] A presentation of the song took place on 3 October 2014 at 09:30 CET on the television show "Puni Kerg". ^[1]

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, Croatia were drawn to perform fourth on 15 November 2014, following San Marino and preceding Cyprus. ^{[3] [4]}

Voting

Points awarded to Croatia [5] Score Country 12 points [a] 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point   San Marino

Points awarded by Croatia [5] Score Country 12 points   Bulgaria 10 points   Italy 8 points   Serbia 7 points   Ukraine 6 points   Armenia 5 points   Russia 4 points   Netherlands 3 points   Slovenia 2 points   Belarus 1 point   Georgia

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Croatian jury: ^[6]

• Duško Mandić
• Iva Šulentić  [ hr ]
• Nensi Atanasov
• Ivan Horvat
• Jacques Houdek

Detailed voting results from Croatia ^[6]

Draw	Country	D. Mandić	I. Šulentić	N. Atanasov	I. Horvat	J. Houdek	Average Jury Points	Televoting Points	Points Awarded
01	Belarus	7	5	4	4	6	5		2
02	Bulgaria	8	7	7	6	7	8	10	12
03	San Marino
04	Croatia
05	Cyprus	5	6	2	3	5	4
06	Georgia	6	2		1		1	3	1
07	Sweden		1	3	2	4	3
08	Ukraine							12	7
09	Slovenia		3	5		1		7	3
10	Montenegro							1
11	Italy	12	12	12	10	12	12	4	10
12	Armenia	2	4	8	8	8	7	5	6
13	Russia	10	10	10	12	10	10	2	5
14	Serbia	3	8	6	7	3	6	8	8
15	Malta	4
16	Netherlands	1		1	5	2	2	6	4

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

1. García, Belén (2 October 2014). "Junior Eurovision: Josephine Zec to represent Croatia". esc-plus.com. ESC+Plus. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
2. Fisher, Luke James (26 September 2014). "Croatia returns to Junior Eurovision". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
3. James-Fisher, Luke (9 November 2014). "The running order for Junior Eurovision 2014!". junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
4. "Final of Valletta 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
5. "Results of the Final of Valletta 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
6. "Detailed Voting Result | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2021.