Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
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Croatia selected its entry for the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest
through the "Dora 2003" contest, which was held between 7 and 9 March 2003, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija
(HRT). The winner was Claudia Beni
with "Više nisam tvoja
".
, held in Riga
, Latvia
on 24 May 2003. This was the 11th edition of Dora, held in Opatija
. The national contest consisted of two televised semi-finals with 12 songs each held on 7 and 8 March 2003. The top six songs from each semi-final, as voted by the public through televote, passed through to the grand final held on 9 March. The initial 24 songs which competed in the semi-finals came from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers.
Maja Šuput and the dance band Karma were the two semi-final winners, winning 56 and 57 votes respectively (out of the possible maximum of 60).
. The order in which the songs were performed was determined by the number of votes won in the semi-finals, with the songs with the least votes performed first and the songs with the most votes performed last.
, Latvia
, and finished 15th out of 26 countries, with 29 votes.
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...
through the "Dora 2003" contest, which was held between 7 and 9 March 2003, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija
Croatian Radiotelevision
Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
(HRT). The winner was Claudia Beni
Claudia Beni
Claudia Beni is a pop music singer from Croatia.At the time when she first participated in Dora, the national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest, Claudia was only 12, but she was already an experienced band singer having performed all over Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and...
with "Više nisam tvoja
Više nisam tvoja
"Više nisam tvoja" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed bilingually in Croatian and English by Claudia Beni although there is not a bilingual version on record...
".
Dora 2003
HRT organised the Dora contest to select the Croatian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2003Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...
, held in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
on 24 May 2003. This was the 11th edition of Dora, held in Opatija
Opatija
Opatija is a town in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast. , the town proper had a population of 7,850, with the municipality having a total 12,719 inhabitants.-Geography:...
. The national contest consisted of two televised semi-finals with 12 songs each held on 7 and 8 March 2003. The top six songs from each semi-final, as voted by the public through televote, passed through to the grand final held on 9 March. The initial 24 songs which competed in the semi-finals came from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers.
Semi-finals
The semi-finals of Dora 2003 were held on 7 and 8 March. From the 12 competing acts in each semifinal a public televote selected six to progress to the final. Televoting was assigned using a method similar to the one used in the Eurovision song contest - televotes were grouped into five geographical areas and each song received votes from each area, with the first-placed song receiving 12 points, second-placed 11 points and so on, up to the 12th-placed song which received 1 vote. In case of ties, the placement was to be determined according to the greater number of high-ranking votes won (e.g. the song which won more 12s, 11s, etc. was better-placed in the ranking).Maja Šuput and the dance band Karma were the two semi-final winners, winning 56 and 57 votes respectively (out of the possible maximum of 60).
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ani Franičević | "Sve me podsjeća na tebe" | Željen Klašterka (m), Borivoj Vincetić (l) | 20 | 9 |
| 2 | Alan Hržica | "Uzmi svu svoju ljubav" | Alan Hržica (m & l) | 29 | 8 |
| 3 | Izabela Martinović | "Sretna sam" | Boris Domazet (m), Vedran Gavrić (l) | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Antonija Šola Antonija Šola -Early career:Born in Zagreb to Kaja and Marko Šola, both whom hailed from Tomislavgrad, she studied sociology and Croatian culture before turning to show business. In 1998, she won the regional contest of Miss Croatia as Miss Istria and Kvarner.... |
"Dođi najbrže" | Nenad Ninčević and Miro Buljan (m & l) | 16 | 10 |
| 5 | Kawasaki 3P | "Antonija" | Tomislav Vukelić (m & l) | 38 | 5 |
| 6 | Claudia Beni Claudia Beni Claudia Beni is a pop music singer from Croatia.At the time when she first participated in Dora, the national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest, Claudia was only 12, but she was already an experienced band singer having performed all over Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and... |
"Više nisam tvoja Više nisam tvoja "Više nisam tvoja" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed bilingually in Croatian and English by Claudia Beni although there is not a bilingual version on record... " |
Andrej Babić (m & l) | 53 | 2 |
| 7 | Alenka Milano | "Nasmij me" | Fedor Boić (m) Stevo Cvikić (l) | 12 | 11 |
| 8 | Tina & Nikša | "Za sva vremena" | Nikša Jurinović (m & l) | 44 | 4 |
| 9 | Jelena Radan | "Povedi me" | 31 | 7 | |
| 10 | Maja Šuput & Enjoy | "Čista petica" | Denis Dumančić (m) Fayo and Denis Dumančić (l) | 56 | 1 |
| 11 | Alen Vitasović Alen Vitasović Alen Vitasović is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Pula, many of his songs are about his native Istria and mostly written in Chakavian dialect.... |
"Lakše je kad se kraj ne vidi" | Vinko Škaron (m) Vlasta Juretić (l) | 31 | 6 |
| 12 | Maja Blagdan Maja Blagdan Maja Blagdan is a Croatian pop singer.She began her singing career in a rock band, Stijene, in 1986.Later she had a solo career. Her first solo album was released in 1993.... |
"Moje ime je ljubav" | Zrinko Tutić (m & l) | 51 | 3 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luka Nižetić | "Robot" | Nenad Ninčević and Miro Buljan (m & l) | 30 | 6 |
| 2 | Gina Kuljanić | "Sanjam" | Andrej Baša (m) Drago Britvić (l) | 43 | 4 |
| 3 | Ivan Brdar | "More ljubavi" | Ivan Brdar (m & l) | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Andrea Ćubrić | "Ne vjeruj mi" | Ante Pecotić (m & l) | 12 | 11 |
| 5 | Viva | "Pitaju me pitaju" | Nenad Ninčević and Miro Buljan (m & l) | 29 | 7 |
| 6 | Zvonimir Divić | "Samo more zna" | Zdenko Runjić (m) Zdenko Runjić and Krste Juras (l) | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | Karma | "Noćas te ne dam nikome" | Josip Miani and Nenad Čirjak (m) Senka Dodik (l) | 57 | 1 |
| 8 | Ivana Kindl | "Ti mi daješ snagu" | Silvio Pasarić and Ivana Kindl (m) Ivana Kindl (l) | 25 | 9 |
| 9 | Jacques Houdek | "Na krilima ljubavi" | Jacuques Houdek (m) Boris Đurđević (l) | 41 | 5 |
| 10 | Emilija Kokić Emilija Kokic Emilija Kokić is a Croatian singer. She was the lead singer of the Yugoslav pop band Riva, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 for Yugoslavia, with the song Rock Me.... |
"Žena od pepela" | Marko Tomasović (m) Emilija Kokić (l) | 29 | 7 |
| 11 | Nina Badrić Nina Badric Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer. Before starting her career in the entertainment industry she used to be a bank teller. She began performing in early 1990s, exploiting the sudden popularity of dance music, but her repertoire gradually became more mainstream... |
"Čarobno jutro" | Nina Badrić and Danijel Troha (m) Sandra Sagena (l) | 53 | 2 |
| 12 | Giuliano | "Moja lipa" | Tomislav Mrduljaš (m & l) | 51 | 3 |
Final
The final of Dora 2003 was held on 9 March, contested by the twelve semi-final qualifiers. The final was broadcast on HRT1HRT1
HRT 1 is a Croatian public mainstream TV channel operated by HRT. Its varied line-up contains all kinds of programming .-News shows:...
. The order in which the songs were performed was determined by the number of votes won in the semi-finals, with the songs with the least votes performed first and the songs with the most votes performed last.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luka Nižetić | "Robot" | Nenad Ninčević and Miro Buljan (m & l) | 20 | 10 |
| 2 | Alen Vitasović Alen Vitasović Alen Vitasović is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Pula, many of his songs are about his native Istria and mostly written in Chakavian dialect.... |
"Lakše je kad se kraj ne vidi" | Vinko Škaron (m) Vlasta Juretić (l) | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | Kawasaki 3P | "Antonija" | Tomislav Vukelić (m & l) | 28 | 8 |
| 4 | Jacques Houdek | "Na krilima ljubavi" | Jacuques Houdek (m) Boris Đurđević (l) | 35 | 5 |
| 5 | Gina Kuljanić | "Sanjam" | Andrej Baša (m) Drago Britvić (l) | 39 | 4 |
| 6 | Tina & Nikša | "Za sva vremena" | Nikša Jurinović (m & l) | 27 | 9 |
| 7 | Maja Blagdan Maja Blagdan Maja Blagdan is a Croatian pop singer.She began her singing career in a rock band, Stijene, in 1986.Later she had a solo career. Her first solo album was released in 1993.... |
"Moje ime je ljubav" | Zrinko Tutić (m & l) | 9 | 12 |
| 8 | Giuliano | "Moja lipa" | Tomislav Mrduljaš (m & l) | 30 | 7 |
| 9 | Nina Badrić Nina Badric Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer. Before starting her career in the entertainment industry she used to be a bank teller. She began performing in early 1990s, exploiting the sudden popularity of dance music, but her repertoire gradually became more mainstream... |
"Čarobno jutro" | Nina Badrić and Danijel Troha (m) Sandra Sagena (l) | 51 | 2 |
| 10 | Claudia Beni Claudia Beni Claudia Beni is a pop music singer from Croatia.At the time when she first participated in Dora, the national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest, Claudia was only 12, but she was already an experienced band singer having performed all over Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and... |
"Više nisam tvoja Više nisam tvoja "Više nisam tvoja" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed bilingually in Croatian and English by Claudia Beni although there is not a bilingual version on record... " |
Andrej Babić (m & l) | 60 | 1 |
| 11 | Maja Šuput & Enjoy | "Čista petica" | Denis Dumančić (m) Fayo and Denis Dumančić (l) | 34 | 6 |
| 12 | Karma | "Noćas te ne dam nikome" | Josip Miani and Nenad Čirjak (m) Senka Dodik (l) | 46 | 3 |
At Eurovision
Claudia Beni competed for Croatia the Eurovision contest on 24 May 2003 in RigaRiga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, and finished 15th out of 26 countries, with 29 votes.