Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

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" (Everything is easy).

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2010
Selection date(s)Semi-final:
5 March 2010
Final:
6 March 2010
Selected entrantFeminnem
Selected song"Lako je sve"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (13th, 33 points)
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Feminnem had previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Call Me", and placed 14th in the final.

Before Eurovision

Dora 2010

Dora 2010 was the eighteenth edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition consisted of a semi-final and a final on 5 and 6 March 2010, respectively, both taking place at the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija and hosted by Nevena Rendelli, Mila Horvat, Mirko Fodor and Duško Ćurlić. The semi-final was broadcast on HRT 2 and HRT 2 Radio, while the final was broadcast on HRT 1 and HRT 2 Radio as well as online via the broadcaster's website hrt.hr and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[1][2]

Format

Dora 2010 consisted of two shows: a semi-final on 5 March 2010 and a final on 6 March 2010.[3] Sixteen songs selected from an open call for submissions competed in the semi-final and eight proceeded to the final as determined by a public televote. The eight songs that qualified from the semi-final were joined by an additional eight songs written by composers directly invited by HRT in the final and the winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.[4][5]

Competing entries

On 26 November 2009, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 15 December 2009.[6] 200 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period.[7] A nine-member expert committee consisting of Elizabeth Homsi, Željen Klašterka, Aleksandar Kostadinov, Silvije Glojnarić, Robert Urlić, Đurđica Ivanković, Želimir Babogredac, Mišo Doležal and Zvonimir Bučević reviewed the received submissions and selected sixteen artists and songs for the competition. HRT announced the competing entries in the semi-final on 17 January 2010 and among the competing artists, Feminnem represented Bosnia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.[8] Two preview shows, Ususret dori, were broadcast on 11 and 12 February 2010 on HRT 1 where the semi-finalist songs were presented.

On 17 January 2010, HRT announced the names of the eight composers that were invited to participate. The invited composers were:

The pre-qualified finalist entries were announced on 8 January 2010.[9]

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 5 March 2010. The eight qualifiers, "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" performed by Doris Teur, "Jobrni je jobrni" performed by Franko Krajcar, "Vrime za kraj" performed by Klapa Iskon, "Lako je sve" performed by Feminnem, "Moja draga" performed by Giuliano, "Vol or ne vol" performed by Valungari, "Trio tulipan" performed by Swing Mamas and "Sada osjećam to" performed by Carla Belovari, were determined exclusively by a public televote.[10]

Semi-final – 5 March 2010
Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Televote Place
1 Feminnem "Lako je sve" Branimir Mihaljević, Pamela Ramljak, Neda Parmać 1,137 4
2 Mijo Lešina "Tajna ljubavi" Mijo Lešina 218 15
3 Valungari "Vol or ne vol" Zoran Preradović, Marko Kovačić 679 6
4 Martina Vrbos "Ti i ja" Martina Vrbos 492 9
5 Bety Belle "Ne" Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunštek 484 10
6 Teška industrija "Nazovi stvari pravim imenom" Denis Dumančić, Fayo 405 12
7 Nikola Marjanović "Ti i muzika" Lea Dekleva 374 14
8 Klapa Iskon "Vrime za kraj" Matko Šimac 1,253 3
9 Carla Belovari "Sada osjećam to" Alan Crnković, Alen Orlić 576 8
10 Dražen Žanko "Moja ljubav jedina" Dražen Žanko, Nenad Ninčević 378 13
11 Filip Dizdar "Sunce" Aljoša Šerić 458 11
12 Swing Mamas "Trio tulipan" Stefan Bravačić 625 7
13 Rivers "Bez tebe" Tamara Obrovac, Anja Gasparini 169 16
14 Doris Teur "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" Doris Teur 1,410 1
15 Franko Krajcar "Jobrni je jobrni" Franko Krajcar 1,396 2
16 Giuliano "Moja draga" Duško Rapotec-Ute, Branko Berković, Boris Novković 689 5

Final

The final took place on 6 March 2010. The eight semi-final qualifiers and the eight pre-qualified entries competed and the winner, "Lako je sve" performed by Feminnem, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a nine-member jury panel and a public televote.[2][11] Ties were decided in favour of the entry ranked higher by the jury. Tony Cetinski, who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed as the guest during the show.[12]

Final – 6 March 2010
Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Swing Mamas "Trio tulipan" Stefan Bravačić 8 6 14 11
2 Sabrina "Golu si me skinuo" Ante Pecotić 5 3 8 14
3 Viva "Zadnja kap života" Nenad Ninčević, Miroslav Buljan 4 2 6 15
4 Marta Kuliš "Preporodjena" Luka Zima, Tomislav Erceg 1 1 2 16
5 Tihomir Kožina "Za koga si se čuvala" Denis Dumančić, Fayo 2 8 10 13
6 Carla Belovari "Sada osjećam to" Alan Crnković, Alen Orlić 10 4 14 10
7 Klapa Iskon "Vrime za kraj" Matko Šimac 8 14 22 6
8 AliBi "Prvi pogled" Boris Đurđević, Viktor Milaković, Dino Juratovac 3 9 12 12
9 Đani Stipaničev "Nek nam bude lijepo" Alfi Kabiljo 11 7 18 9
10 Doris Teur "Ti me ne zaslužuješ" Doris Teur 12 11 23 4
11 Valungari "Vol or ne vol" Zoran Preradović, Marko Kovačić 14 10 24 3
12 Franka Batelić "Na tvojim rukama" Miro Buljan, Boris Đurđević, Neno Ninčević 9 12 21 7
13 Žiga & Bandisti "Blagdani" Miroslav Škoro 8 15 23 5
14 Giuliano "Moja draga" Duško Rapotec-Ute, Branko Berković, Boris Novković 13 5 18 8
15 Franko Krajcar "Jobrni je jobrni" Franko Krajcar 15 13 28 2
16 Feminnem "Lako je sve" Branimir Mihaljević, Pamela Ramljak, Neda Parmać 16 16 32 1

Preparation

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.[13] In April 2010 Feminnem released Russian, Italian and English language versions of "Lako je sve": "Ljehko vsjo" (Everything is easy), "Semplice" (Simple) and "Easy to See".[14]

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.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Croatia came 13th with 33 points: the public awarded Croatia 14th place with 22 points and the jury awarded 12th place with 54 points.

Points awarded by Croatia
Points awarded to Croatia (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
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  2. Fajgelj, Milica (6 March 2010). "Feminnem Won, But This Time for Croatia 2010 in Oslo". Eurovisionary. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. "HRT confirms dates for 2010 DORA festival". Oikotimes. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  4. "Dora 2010". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  5. Busa, Alexandru (27 October 2009). "Dora 2010 under way". ESCToday. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  6. Webb, Glen (26 November 2009). "Croatia make public call for 2010 entries". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  7. Klier, Marcus (23 December 2009). "Croatia: HRT receives 200 submissions for Dora 2010". ESCToday. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  8. Hondal, Victor (29 October 2009). "List of semifinalists for Dora 2010 is out". ESCToday. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  9. Hondal, Victor (8 January 2010). "Full list of Dora direct qualifiers announced". ESCToday. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  10. Klier, Marcus (5 March 2010). "Results: Eight acts qualified in Croatia". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  11. Klier, Marcus (6 March 2010). "Croatia sends Feminnem to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  12. Webb, Glen (6 March 2010). "Croatia: Feminnem calls for Eurovision again!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  13. Horvat, Ivan (20 March 2010). "Croatia: Watch the official videoclip!". Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  14. Hondal, Victor (16 April 2010). "Croatia: Official English, Italian and Russian versions online". ESCToday. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
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