Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Croatia selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through the Dora contest, which was held on 5 and 6 March 2010, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija
(HRT). The winner of Dora was the girl group Feminnem
with "Lako je sve
". Feminnem had previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
with the song "Call Me
", and placed 14th in the final.
, which will be held in Oslo
, Norway
from 25 to 29 May 2010. The 18th edition of Dora was held in the Crystal Hall of the Kvarner Hotel in Opatija
on 5 and 6 March, where a total of 24 songs competed in the televised semi-final and final. Before this two preview shows of the semi-final songs, Ususret dori were broadcast on 11 and 12 February.
16 songs competed in the semi-final of the contest on 5 March - these songs came from a public call for submissions from songwriters. A public televote selected eight of these songs to progress to the final on 6 March, where they were joined by eight songs entered by internally selected composers by HRT. Songs could been submitted to HRT for the semi-final until 15 December.
On 29 December HRT published 15 of the 16 semi-final participants, selected by HRT from 200 submitted entries. On 8 January 2010 HRT announced the names of the 8 prequalified finalists, as well as the final semi-finalist.
and online over the EBU's official web stream ESCTV. The winner will be decided by a 50/50 decision by a professional jury and the televoting public. 1994
Croatian entrant Tony Cetinski performed a number of his hits during the show.
Feminnem
, who previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
, were the winners of Dora 2010 with the song "Lako je sve
" (Everything is easy), getting full marks from both televoting and the jury members.
In April 2010 Feminnem released Russian
, Italian
and English language
versions of "Lako je sve" - "Легко всë - Ljehko vsjo" (Everything is easy), "Semplice" (Simple) and "Easy to See".
Dora 2010 - 16 semi-finalists and reserves HRT
Dora 2010 - 8 finalists HRT
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 of Dora was the girl group Feminnem
Feminnem
Feminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members, Neda Parmać, Nika Antolos, and Pamela Ramljak. They have represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 and Croatia in 2010....
with "Lako je sve
Lako je sve
"Lako je sve" is a Croatian song, written by Branimir Mihaljević, Pamela Ramljak and Neda Parmać and sung by girl group Feminnem...
". Feminnem had previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
with the song "Call Me
Call Me (Feminnem song)
"Call Me" was the Bosnian and Herzegovinian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Feminnem.As Bosnia-Herzegovina had pre-qualified for the final, the song was performed twenty-first in the final...
", and placed 14th in the final.
Dora 2010
HRT organised the Dora contest to select the Croatian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...
, which will be held in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
from 25 to 29 May 2010. The 18th edition of Dora was held in the Crystal Hall of the Kvarner Hotel 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:...
on 5 and 6 March, where a total of 24 songs competed in the televised semi-final and final. Before this two preview shows of the semi-final songs, Ususret dori were broadcast on 11 and 12 February.
16 songs competed in the semi-final of the contest on 5 March - these songs came from a public call for submissions from songwriters. A public televote selected eight of these songs to progress to the final on 6 March, where they were joined by eight songs entered by internally selected composers by HRT. Songs could been submitted to HRT for the semi-final until 15 December.
On 29 December HRT published 15 of the 16 semi-final participants, selected by HRT from 200 submitted entries. On 8 January 2010 HRT announced the names of the 8 prequalified finalists, as well as the final semi-finalist.
Semi-final
The semi-final of Dora 2010 was held on 5 March. From the 16 competing acts a public televote selected eight to progress to the final the following night, on 6 March. Doris Teur was the semi-final winner.| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feminnem Feminnem Feminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members, Neda Parmać, Nika Antolos, and Pamela Ramljak. They have represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 and Croatia in 2010.... |
"Lako je sve Lako je sve "Lako je sve" is a Croatian song, written by Branimir Mihaljević, Pamela Ramljak and Neda Parmać and sung by girl group Feminnem... " |
Branimir Mihaljević (m), Pamela Ramljak (l), Neda Parmać (l) | 1,137 | 4 |
| 2 | Mijo Lešina | "Tajna ljubavi" | Mijo Lešina (m & l) | 218 | 15 |
| 3 | Valungari | "Vol or ne vol" | Zoran Preradović (m), Marko Kovačić (l) | 679 | 6 |
| 4 | Martina Vrbos | "Ti i ja" | Martina Vrbos (m & l) | 492 | 9 |
| 5 | Bety Belle | "Ne" | Ines Prajo (m & l), Arijana Kunštek (l) | 484 | 10 |
| 6 | Teška industrija | "Nazovi stvari pravim imenom" | Denis Dumančić (m), Fayo (l) | 405 | 12 |
| 7 | Nikola Marjanović | "Ti i muzika" | Lea Dekleva (m & l) | 374 | 14 |
| 8 | Klapa Iskon | "Vrime za kraj" | Matko Šimac (m & l) | 1,253 | 3 |
| 9 | Carla Belovari | "Sada osjećam to" | Alan Crnković (m), Alen Orlić (l) | 576 | 8 |
| 10 | Dražen Žanko | "Moja ljubav jedina" | Dražen Žanko (m), Nenad Ninčević (l) | 378 | 13 |
| 11 | Flip Dizdar | "Sunce" | Aljoša Šerić (m & l) | 458 | 11 |
| 12 | Swing Mamas | "Trio tulipan" | Stefan Bravačić (m & l) | 625 | 7 |
| 13 | Rivers | "Bez tebe" | Tamara Obrovac Tamara Obrovac Tamara Obrovac is a Croatian ethno jazz singer, flutist, song writer and composer. She has received a Porin, and was nominated for the BBC Radio 3 World music Award in 2004.... (m), Anja Gasparini (l) |
169 | 16 |
| 14 | Doris Teur | "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" | Doris Teur (m & l) | 1,410 | 1 |
| 15 | Franko Krajcar | "Jobrni je jobrni" | Franko Krajcar (m & l) | 1,396 | 2 |
| 16 | Giuliano | "Moja draga" | Duško Rapotec-Ute (m), Branko Berković (m), Boris Novković Boris Novkovic Boris Novković is a Croatian pop singer. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia, his interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with a mother who taught music, and a father, Đorđe Novković, who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager... (l) |
689 | 5 |
Final
The final of Dora 2010 will be held on 6 March. The eight automatic finalists were joined by eight 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:...
and online over the EBU's official web stream ESCTV. The winner will be decided by a 50/50 decision by a professional jury and the televoting public. 1994
Eurovision Song Contest 1994
The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish...
Croatian entrant Tony Cetinski performed a number of his hits during the show.
Feminnem
Feminnem
Feminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members, Neda Parmać, Nika Antolos, and Pamela Ramljak. They have represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 and Croatia in 2010....
, who previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
, were the winners of Dora 2010 with the song "Lako je sve
Lako je sve
"Lako je sve" is a Croatian song, written by Branimir Mihaljević, Pamela Ramljak and Neda Parmać and sung by girl group Feminnem...
" (Everything is easy), getting full marks from both televoting and the jury members.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swing Mamas | "Trio tulipan" | Stefan Bravačić (m & l) | 8 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| 2 | Sabrina | "Golu si me skinuo" | Ante Pecotić (m & l) | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Viva | "Zadnja kap života" | Nenad Ninčević (m & l), Miroslav Buljan (m) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Marta Kuliš | "Preporodjena" | Luka Zima (m & l), Tomislav Erceg (l) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Tihomir Kožina | "Za koga si se čuvala" | Denis Dumančić (m), Faruk Buljubašić Fayo Faruk Buljubašic Fayo Faruk Buljubašić Fayo is a Bosnian songwriter.He has worked with all the top Croatian music festival acts: Hari Mata Hari, Zlatko Pejaković, Nina Badrić, Divas, Branimir Mihaljević, Severina Vučković, Željko Bebek, Amir Kazić Leo, Sanja Doležal, Mišo Kovač, Doris Dragović, Toni Cetinski, Novi... (l) |
2 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| 6 | Carla Belovari | "Sada osjećam to" | Alan Crnković (m), Alen Orlić (l) | 10 | 4 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | Klapa Iskon | "Vrime za kraj" | Matko Šimac (m & l) | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 |
| 8 | AliBi | "Prvi pogled" | Boris Đurđević (m & l), Viktor Milaković (l), Dino Juratovac (l) | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Đani Stipaničev | "Nek nam bude lijepo" | Alfi Kabiljo Alfi Kabiljo Alfi Kabiljo is a Croatian composer and musician. He has been composing for over 60 years. During that time he has created an opus of more than 40 film and more than 100 episode soundtracks, eleven musical theaters, two musical films and two ballets... (m & l) |
11 | 7 | 18 | 9 |
| 10 | Doris Teur | "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" | Doris Teur (m & l) | 12 | 11 | 23 | 4 |
| 11 | Valungari | "Vol or ne vol" | Zoran Preradović (m), Marko Kovačić (l) | 14 | 10 | 24 | 3 |
| 12 | Franka Batelić Franka Batelić Franka Batelić is a Croatian singer. She rose to fame as the winner of the first season of Showtime.-Family:Her mother Ingrid, father Damir and younger brother Nikola who is also into music - guitarist and frontman of the Storm band – currently known as the ‘youngest rock band in Labin’.-Career:Her... |
"Na tvojim rukama Na tvojim rukama "Na tvojim rukama" is a pop song by the Croatian singer Franka Batelić, recorded for the Croatian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010... " |
Miro Buljan (m), Boris Đurđević (m), Neno Ninčević (l) | 9 | 12 | 21 | 7 |
| 13 | Žiga and Bandisti | "Blagdani" | Miroslav Škoro Miroslav Škoro Miroslav Škoro is a Croatian musician. Škoro's music is characterized by its traditional tamburitza sound, updated to appeal to a contemporary pop audience.-Biography:... (m & l) |
8 | 15 | 23 | 5 |
| 14 | Giuliano | "Moja draga" | Duško Rapotec-Ute (m), Branko Berković (m), Boris Novković Boris Novkovic Boris Novković is a Croatian pop singer. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia, his interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with a mother who taught music, and a father, Đorđe Novković, who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager... (l) |
13 | 5 | 18 | 8 |
| 15 | Franko Krajcar | "Jobrni je jobrni" | Franko Krajcar (m & l) | 15 | 13 | 28 | 2 |
| 16 | Feminnem Feminnem Feminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members, Neda Parmać, Nika Antolos, and Pamela Ramljak. They have represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 and Croatia in 2010.... |
"Lako je sve Lako je sve "Lako je sve" is a Croatian song, written by Branimir Mihaljević, Pamela Ramljak and Neda Parmać and sung by girl group Feminnem... " |
Branimir Mihaljević (m), Pamela Ramljak (l), Neda Parmać (l) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 1 |
Before Eurovision
On 20 March, HRT1 aired the official music video of "Lako je sve" for the first time, with other Croatian TV channels allowed to broadcast the video the next day. The video was directed by Croatian director Gonzo, and the outfits worn by Feminnem were designed by Gordana Zucić.In April 2010 Feminnem released Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
versions of "Lako je sve" - "Легко всë - Ljehko vsjo" (Everything is easy), "Semplice" (Simple) and "Easy to See".
At Eurovision
Croatia competed in the second semi-final of the contest, on 27 May. They failed to be amongst the ten qualifiers to the final on 29 May, despite being one of the pre-contest favourites.External links
Official Dora website HRTCroatian 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...
Dora 2010 - 16 semi-finalists and reserves HRT
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...
Dora 2010 - 8 finalists HRT
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...