Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dora 1993
Selection date(s)	28 February 1993
Selected entrant	Put
Selected song	"Don't Ever Cry"
Selected songwriter(s)	Andrej Baša Đorđe Novković
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 31 points
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
1993 • 1994►

Croatia entered the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time as an independent country in 1993. The country's first entry was by Put with the song "Don't Ever Cry".

Background

Main articles: Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest and Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Croatia first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993, having previously competed as a part of Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1991. SR Croatia was the most successful republic of Yugoslavia at Eurovision, with 11 of the 27 entries that won the Yugoslavian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest being Croatian. ^[1]

During the disintegration of Yugoslavia the state broadcaster at the time, JRT, decided to continue Yugoslavia's participation in the contest, holding one last national final for the 1992 Contest, held on 28 March 1992. Only artists from the republics of Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina competed, despite the former declaring independence on 1 March. Artists from Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia did not compete after declaring independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. The winning song was "Ljubim te pesmama" by Extra Nena, representing Serbia. However, by the time Extra Nena competed at Eurovision for Yugoslavia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was no more, and a new republic, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, had been formed. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Croatia's former sub-national broadcaster RTV Zagreb became the country's national broadcaster, renamed Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT). The broadcaster first attempted to enter the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent nation in 1992, holding a national contest to select a song. However, as the broadcaster was not a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) at the time they were refused entry to the contest. The winner of the contest was Magazin with the song "Hallelujah". ^[5] The broadcaster became a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on 1 January 1993, allowing it to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time as an independent nation in 1993. The Croatian national broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), broadcasts the event within Croatia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. HRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 on 14 November 1992. Along with their participation confirmation, it was announced that a national final will be held to select the Croatian entry. ^[6]

Before Eurovision

Nina Badric (pictured in 2007) was one of the 15 participants of Dora 1993.

Dora 1993

To select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, HRT hosted a national final on 28 February 1993 at the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Kvarner in Opatija. National final was hosted by Sanja Dolezal and Frano Lasic. Prior to the event, 134 songs had been submitted to the broadcaster; sixteen candidate entries were then selected by a jury panel, consisting of Milan Mitrovic, Mario Bogliuni, Kresimir Oblak, Tomislav Ivcic, Aleksandar Kostadinov and Drago Britvic, from the received submissions. One song was later disqualified and ultimately fifteen remaining entries competed with the winning song chosen by 11 regional jury panels. At the close of voting, "Don't ever cry" performed by Put received the most votes and was selected as the Croatian entry. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Sanja Dolezal, Frano Lasic, Ivo Robic, Tomislav Ivcic, Rajko Djmic, Tereza Kesovija, Daniel Popovic, 1986 Yugoslavian representative Doris Dragovic and 1989 Eurovision winner for Yugoslavia Riva, performed as special guests. ^[7]

Final – 28 February 1993

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Davor Borno	"Ispod zvjezdica"	23	8
2	Nina Badrić	"Ostavljam te"	24	7
3	Alka Vuica and Sandi Cenov	"OK"	10	11
4	K-2	"Pepeljuge su same"	0	15
5	Alter Ego	"Ritam u grudima"	2	13
6	Neki to vole vruće	"Sve me podsjeća na nju"	54	3
7	Put	"Don't Ever Cry"	85	1
8	Zorica Kondža	"Nema mi do tebe"	51	4
9	Academia	"Tam Tam Ta Ram"	1	14
10	Ivo Amulić	"Odlazim"	48	5
11	Tony Cetinski	"Nek te zagrli netko sretniji"	33	6
12	Maja Blagdan	"Jedini moj"	76	2
13	Leteći odred	"Cijeli je svijet zaljubljen"	19	9
14	Dorian	"Lady"	3	12
15	Dražen Žanko	"Gordana"	11	10

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Rijeka	Zadar	Bjelovar	Vinkovci	Pazin	Split	Zagreb	Osijek	Gospić	Dubrovnik	Varaždin	Total score
1	"Ispod zvjezdica"	1	3	3		7	5		3			1	23
2	"Ostavljam te"				12						12		24
3	"OK"	2				1						7	10
4	"Pepeljuge su same"												0
5	"Ritam u grudima"								2				2
6	"Sve me podsjeća na nju"	5	2	2	5		3	5	5	7	10	10	54
7	"Don't Ever Cry"	12	10	10	7	10		12	12			12	85
8	"Nema mi do tebe"		1		2	2	7	7	10	10	7	5	51
9	"Tam Tam Ta Ram"									1			1
10	"Odlazim"		12	12	1	5	12	1			5		48
11	"Nek te zagrli netko sretniji"	10		7		3	2	3	1	2	2	3	33
12	"Jedini moj"	7	7	5	10	12	10	10		12	1	2	76
13	"Cijeli je svijet zaljubljen"		5	1			1		7	5			19
14	"Lady"									3			3
15	"Gordana"	3			3			2			3		11

At Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

By 1992 an increasing number of countries had begun expressing an interest in participating in the Eurovision Song Contest; this increase was the result of new countries being formed following the breakup of Yugoslavia and dissolution of the Soviet Union and as part of revolutions leading to the fall of communist regimes in Europe which took place in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ^{[8] [9]} To accommodate this new interest the EBU expanded the maximum number of participating countries for the 1993 contest to twenty-five, with entries from three new countries being joined by twenty-two participating countries. In order to determine which countries would progress to the contest proper, a preselection round was held for the first time in the contest's history, with the top three countries in this round progressing to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Preselection round, entitled Kvalifikacija za Millstreet, took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia and was produced by the Slovenian public broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO). ^{[8] [9] [10]} Performing during the show in position 2, following Bosnia and Herzegovina and preceding Estonia, Croatia received 51 points, placing 3rd and subsequently qualifying to the Eurovision Song Contest proper alongside Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ^{[9] [11]}

Voting

Points awarded to Croatia [12] Score Country 12 points   Hungary 10 points   Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 points   Slovakia   Slovenia 7 points   Romania 6 points   Estonia 5 points

Points awarded by Croatia [12] Score Country 12 points   Romania 10 points   Slovakia 8 points   Estonia 7 points   Slovenia 6 points   Hungary 5 points   Bosnia and Herzegovina

At Eurovision

Put performed 21st at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 in Millstreet, Ireland, following the Netherlands and preceding Spain. Despite being a favourite to win the contest, the group received only 31 points, placing 15th of the 25 competing countries. ^{[13] [14]} The Croatian jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.

Voting

Points awarded to Croatia [15] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points   United Kingdom 7 points 6 points   Israel 5 points   Portugal 4 points   Belgium   Norway 3 points   Switzerland 2 points 1 point   Spain

Points awarded by Croatia [15] Score Country 12 points   Norway 10 points   United Kingdom 8 points   France 7 points   Spain 6 points   Ireland 5 points   Iceland 4 points   Malta 3 points   Netherlands 2 points   Switzerland 1 point   Turkey

References

1. "Archive - former Eurovision representatives from Croatia". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
2. "Eurovision Trivia: Did you know..." BBC News. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
3. Klier, Marcus (28 September 2007). "Interview with Extra Nena". ESCToday. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
4. Deniz, Jose Miguel Galvan (14 March 2005). "Eurovision shows political side". BBC News . Retrieved 26 August 2008.
5. "No, No, Never!!! - Songs That Did Not Make It To Eurovision". eurovisionsongs.net. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
6. Ivo Stepanovic (14 November 1992). "Za tri pjesme dvanaest natjecatelja". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
7. "1993 – Dora (HTF)". eurosong.hr. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
8. "Millstreet 1993 – Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
9. Roxburgh 2020, p. 131.
10. O'Connor 2010, pp. 132–135.
11. "Bod vrijedan irske". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 5 April 1993. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
12. Roxburgh 2020, pp. 132–134.
13. "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
14. "Spektakli". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 18 May 1993. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
15. "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

Works cited

• O'Connor, John Kennedy (2010). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History (2nd ed.). London: Carlton Books. ISBN   978-1-84732-521-1.
• Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84583-163-9.

External links

• Croatian National Final 1993