The Croatian broadcaster HRT has released all 24 songs that will compete in their national final DORA to win the right to represent their country in Basel in May.
Following Baby Lasanga’s second place in Malmö in 2024, the broadcaster received a record 221 submissions for this year’s contest.
The 24 competing entries are:
Ananda – Lies Lay Cold
EoT – Bye, Bye, Bye
Fenksta – ‘Extra’
Filomena – Strong
Irma – Enigma
IVXN – Monopol
Jelena Radan – SALUT!
laurakojapjeva – NPC
LELEK – The Soul of my Soul
Luka Nižetić – Južina
Magazin – AaAaA
Marin Jurić Čivro – Gorjelo je
Marko Bošnjak – Poison Cake
Marko Škugor – Šta da Boga molim ja
Marko Tolja – Through the dark
Martha May – Running to the Light
Matt Shaft – Welcome to the circus
Natally – Dom si srcu mom
NIPPLEPEOPLE – ZNAK
Ogenj – Daj, daj
Petar Brkljačić – KRAJ
Supersonic Trio – Animal
Swingers – ‘Ful kul’
Teenah – Aurora
Since December’s announcement, Natalie Balmix has been disqualified, as her song ŽIVOT IDE DALJE was found to contain significant changes from the version that was originally submitted.
Lara feat. LSQ withdrew their song MAMA from the contest, as a result Fenksta and Swingers have taken their places from the reserve list.
Dora 2025 returns to the Sports Hall Marino Cvetković in Opatija after having been held at the HRT studios in Zagreb in 2024. The competition will consist of two semi-finals on 28 February and 1 March and a Final on 03 March (Australian time).
The results of the semi-finals will be decided 100% by the Croatian public, while the result in the Final will be in the decided by a Croatian jury (25%), an international jury (25%) and the Croatian public (50%).
In Malmö, Baby Lasagna finished in second place with his song with Rim Tim Tagi Dim. This result is Croatia’s best place since their debut in 1993.
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