Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Participating broadcasterHrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT)
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 1995
Selection date(s)12 March 1995
Selected artist(s)Magazin and Lidija
Selected song"Nostalgija"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result6th, 91 points
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1994 1995 1996►

Croatia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Nostalgija", composed by Tonči Huljić, with lyrics by Vjekoslava Huljić, and performed by Magazin and Lidija. The Croatian participating broadcaster, Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), selected its entry for the contest through Dora 1995.

Before Eurovision

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Dora 1995

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Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) organised Dora 1995 in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995. The national final, held on 12 March 1995 in Opatija, 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]

Final – 12 March 1995
Draw Artist Song Points Place
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
Draw Song
Šibenik
Županja
Dubrovnik
Krapina
Pazin
Vinkovci
Bjelovar
Split
Delnice
Čakovec
Zagreb
Zadar
Slavonski Brod
Sisak
Gospić
Karlovac
Rijeka
Osijek
Varaždin
Pula
Total
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

At Eurovision

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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.

Voting

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References

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  1. ^ "CROATIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1995".
  2. ^ "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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  • Dora 1995 at the Eurofest Croatia website (in Croatian)