Archive for the ‘Croatia’ Category

Eurovision 2012 – A further five acts have this morning completed their second rehearsals. Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden, Georgia and Turkey have all now had several run throughs each, and we’ve got a feel for what it may look and sound like in the semi finals. Check out their second rehearsal videos now.

Croatia: Nina Badrić Song Revealed

Posted: February 19, 2012 by hulluna in Croatia

Croatia – Nina Badrić will sing ‘Nebo‘ at Eurovision 2012 in Baku. The song was revealed yesterday on the show ‘Dora 2012′, and is a slow ballad. She wrote and composed the song herself. Croatia will perform in the second half of the Second Semi Final on Thursday May 24th in Baku. You can listen [...]

Croatia Sends Nina Badrić to Eurovision

Posted: January 10, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

  Croatia – After Nina Badrić had already announced via twitter last night that she would represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest, the Croatian national broadcaster HRT confirms the news today. Croatia is yet another former Yugoslav country that selects a national top-star to go to Baku. Badrić is known all over the Balkan  [...]

[UPD] Croatia: Colonia to Participate in Dora 2012

Posted: January 8, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

  Croatia – The lead singer of the band Colonia, Indira Vadic, confirmed that she and her band colleagues will participate in the 2012 edition of Dora, the Croatian national final for Eurovision. There had been many rumors about the competition, one even suggested that HRT could opt for an internal selection. Now that Nina [...]

Croatia: DORA Returns With a New Format

Posted: November 22, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

  Croatia – Croatian Eurovision website eurosong.hr reports today that Croatia will hold a national final to choose their representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Rumors that Croatia might select its entry internally after this year’s unsatisfactory result of the Croatian entry are thus false. Zlatko Turkalj Turki of the Croatian national broadcaster said [...]

Eurovision 2011 – The new videos and revamped versions are pouring in right before the Heads of Delegations meeting in Düsseldorf this Monday. Hungary has tonight revealed its official preview video (which I can’t see in Germany), Croatia has revealed a new English version of the song “Lahor” which is entitled “Celebrate”. The initial title [...]

Croatia: Daria Kinzer To Düsseldorf

Posted: March 6, 2011 by Noelinho in Croatia

Croatia held their national selection final in Zagreb tonight. There were two acts in the final - Jacques Houdek and Daria Kinzer – and they both sang the same three songs, in a preliminary final before voting again for the winner to send to Germany in May. After the first round of voting, made up half [...]

Croatia Decides – The Final of DORA 2011

Posted: March 5, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia – After a long casting selection, Croatia will decide whom to send to Düsseldorf tonight. The format of the final is quite similar to the German national final last year.The finalists, who qualified from the selection rounds, are Jacques Houdek and Daria Kinzer. Both of them will sing the same three songs in the [...]

Croatia: Song Titles For Dora 2011 Announced

Posted: March 1, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia – Over the last couple of weeks, Croatia has held a casting show to find its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. After six shows, the finalists are Jacques Houdek and Daria Kinzer. Both of them will sing the same three songs in the national final to be held this Saturday and the [...]

The Qualifiers in Latvia, Lithuania and Croatia

Posted: February 20, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania

Eurovision weekend – Apart from the presentation of the Italian entry and the Swedish semi-final, we also had qualification rounds in all the Baltic countries and in Croatia last night. Here you can see an overview of the qualifiers in Latvia, Lithuania and Croatia!. Learn who qualified in Estonia by reading this article.

Eurovision weekend – Apart from the presentation of the Italian entry and the Swedish semi-final, we will also have qualification rounds in all the Baltic countries and in Croatia. Unfortunately all these events will happen simultaneously so you have to take a decision what to watch tonight. Here is an overview of the shows:

Croatia: DORA Composers Revealed

Posted: February 10, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia – HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster has revealed the three composers that will pen the songs for the final of this year’s Croatian national selection “Dora”. Ante Pecotic, Lea Dekleva and Boris Durdevic will each compose one song for the lucky finalists. The Croatian final will be quite similar to the German one last [...]

DORA 2011: 5 More Acts Qualify

Posted: February 6, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia – Tonight another heat of the Croatian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest “DORA” was held. 12 acts performed cover versions of known hits but only 5 of them qualified for the next stage of the selection process. The national final will be held on March 5 in Croatia’s capital Zagreb. These were [...]

Croatia: Another 5 Acts Qualify

Posted: January 29, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia -  The second heat of the Croatian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was held tonight. 12 acts performed cover versions of known hits but only 5 of them qualified for the next stage of the selection process.  A webcast will be available. These are the qualifiers of tonight:

Tonight: Second Elimination Round in Croatia

Posted: January 29, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia – In Croatia, the second heat of their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will held tonight. 12 acts will perform cover versions of known hits but only 6 of them will qualify for the next stage of the selection process. The show starts tonight at 20:10 CET. A webcast will be [...]

Dora 2011: 5 singers in the next round

Posted: January 23, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia – In Croatia, the first heat of their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was held this weekend. 5 acts who sang cover versions of popular hits qualified for the next round. The results revealed during the show were not right tough: Instead of Damir Kedžo, Jelena Vanjek has qualified. The Croatian [...]

Croatia: Dora 2011 participants revealed

Posted: January 11, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia -  All participants of the Croatian national final have just been revealed by HRT. In seven shows they will have to proof they’re worthy of representing Croatia in Germany. The songs have been divided into two semi-finals to be held on February 22 and February 29. HRT had explained last year that the show [...]

Croatia: HRT reveals DORA 2011 participants

Posted: December 22, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia – The Croatian national broadcaster HRT has received 150 submissions for their national final “DORA” for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. 24 names were chosen in the last three days and they will now be competing to represent the Balkan country in Düsseldorf next May. Another 2 artists were chosen as back ups in [...]

Croatia: 7 shows and a funeral

Posted: November 20, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia – Eurovision Croatia reports that Dora, the Croatian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest will return to the capital Zagreb. The last four years it had been held in the small city Opatija by the Adriatic sea. The selection process was adjusted after disappointing results in the last couple of years (last Top10 [...]

Croatia: Let’s go to Eurovision

Posted: November 6, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia

Croatia -ESCToday reports that Croatia has completely changed its national final procedure. Hrvatska Radiotelevizija has decided to select their Eurovision representative through a new reality show. The show will last about two months and has the theme “Let’s go to Eurovision!” “We began intensive preparations for a new project to select the Croatian song for [...]