Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996


































Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country
 Croatia
National selection
Selection process Dora 1996
Televoting
Selection date(s)
Final
3 March 1996
Selected entrant Maja Blagdan
Selected song "Sveta ljubav"
Finals performance
Final result 4th, 98 points
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest






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Croatia selected its entry for the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest through the "Dora 1996" contest, which was held on 3 March 1996, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) in Opatija. The winner was Maja Blagdan with "Sveta ljubav".




Contents






  • 1 Dora 1996


  • 2 At Eurovision


  • 3 Voting


    • 3.1 Points awarded to Croatia


    • 3.2 Points awarded by Croatia




  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Dora 1996


HRT organised the Dora contest to select the Croatian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, held in Opatija. The national contest consisted of a televised final with 20 songs. The songs were selected from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers and were placed in the final based on televoting.


























































































































































Dora 1996, held on 3 March 1996 in Opatija
Draw
Artist
Song
Place
Pts
1

Alen Vitasović
"Marija"
13
18
2
Erwin
"Uvijek ti"
14
16
3

Novi fosili
"Spray"
6
76
4
Leo
"Postojiš"
15
11
5

Srebrna krila
"Divno je znati da netko te voli"
9
52
6
Juci
"Moja posljednja molitva"
19
4
7
Marinella & Tutti Frutti
"Sjeti se"
3
137
8
Massimo
"Kao more"
12
33
9
Branimir Mihaljević
"Zbog ljubavi"
11
39
10
Giuliano
"Sjaj u očima otkriva te"
5
104
11

Ivana Banfić & Rene Cooler
"Dani ludila"
20
1
12
Renata Kos
"O mama, mama"
17
10
13

Maja Blagdan
"Sveta ljubav"
1
214
14
Divas
"Sexy Cool"
10
50
15

Jelena
"Aha"
2
156
16
Naim Ayra
"Dvije ruže"
17
10
17

Ivan Mikulić
"Budi ona prava"
8
55
18
Zrinka
"Tako sam ranjiva"
4
106
19

Petar Grašo
"Otkada nije mi tu"
7
57
20
Sandra Sagena
"Ne želim biti dama"
15
11


At Eurovision


On the night of the contest Maja Blagdan performed 7th, following Malta and preceding the Austria. The song received 98 points at the close of the voting, placing 4th of 23 countries competing. This was, and still is as of 2018, Croatia's joint-best placing at the contest, sharing with Croatia's 1999 entry, "Marija Magdalena" with Doris Dragović.



Voting



Points awarded to Croatia


































Points Awarded to Croatia
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points




  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina


  •  Slovenia





  •  Cyprus


  •   Switzerland





  •  Austria


  •  Norway





  •  Estonia


  •  Ireland


5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point



  •  Iceland


  •  Netherlands


  •  Slovakia


  •  Spain





  •  Belgium


  •  United Kingdom




  •  Portugal



  •  Poland




  •  Greece


  •  Sweden


  •  Turkey




Points awarded by Croatia











































12 points
 Malta
10 points
 Portugal
8 points
 Cyprus
7 points
 United Kingdom
6 points
 Slovenia
5 points
 Norway
4 points
 Spain
3 points
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 points
 Belgium
1 point
 Turkey


See also



  • Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

  • Eurovision Song Contest 1996



References





External links



  • Dora 1996 at the Eurofest Croatia website (in Croatian)









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