HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, has released the entries that will compete in Dora 2026, the country’s selection for Eurovision 2026.
The 24 competing entries of Dora 2026 were released today. The songs were premiered on Svijet diskografije on HR 2, and have been released on YouTube starting from 15:00 CET. You can listen to the songs here.
The 24 competing entries are:
Alen Đuras – “From Ashes to Flame”
Ananda – “Dora”
Cold Snap – “Mucho Macho”
Devin – “Over Me”
Ema Bubić – “Vrijeme za nas” (Time for us)
Fenksta – “Memento mori”
Fran Uccellini – “Ako bolje bude sutra” (If it’s better tomorrow)
Gabrijel Ivić – “Light up”
Irma – “Ni traga” (No trace)
Ivan Sever – “Crying Eyes”
Jasmina Makota – “Higher”
Kandžija – “3 ujutro” (3 a.m.)
Lana Mandarić – “Tama” (Darkness)
Lara Demarin – “Mantra”
LELEK – “Andromeda”
Lima Len – “Raketa” (Rocket)
Marko Kutlić – “Neotuđivo” (Inalienable)
Noelle – “Uninterrupted”
Ritam Noir – “Profumi di mare” (Scents of the sea)
Sergej – “Scream”
Stela Rade – “Nema te” (You’re gone)
ToMa – “Ledina” (Meadow)
Tony Sky – “O ne!” (Oh no!)
Zevin – “My Mind”
Dora 2026 will take place in February in HRT Studios in Zagreb and will consist of two semi-finals and a final. The winner will represent Croatia in Vienna at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest.
Marko Bošnjak represented Croatia at Eurovision 2025 with the song “Poison Cake”. He finished 12th in Semi-Final 1 with a total of 28 points and thus, did not qualify for the Grand Final.
Image source: HTV / HRT
Croatia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993. They were one of three countries to debut in the contest that year. Croatia’s best result came in 2024 when Baby Lasgana finished 2nd in Malmö. He performed the song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” which scored a total of 547 points, including 12 points from the juries in Cyprus and Serbia, and 9 sets of 12 points from the public vote. Croatia returned to the contest in 2016 having withdrawn after the 2013 contest due to a string of poor results and financial difficulties.