Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dora 1996
Selection date(s)	3 March 1996
Selected entrant	Maja Blagdan
Selected song	"Sveta ljubav"
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 98 points[1]
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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".

Before Eurovision

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 selected from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers. The winner was chosen by 20 regional juries.[2]

Final – 3 March 1996
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Alen Vitasović	"Marija"	18	13
2	Erwin	"Uvijek ti"	16	14
3	Novi fosili	"Spray"	76	6
4	Leo	"Postojiš samo ti"	11	15
5	Srebrna krila	"Divno je znati da netko te voli"	52	9
6	Juci	"Moja posljednja molitva"	4	19
7	Marinella & Tutti Frutti	"Sjeti se"	137	3
8	Massimo	"Kao more"	33	12
9	Branimir Mihaljević	"Zbog ljubavi"	39	11
10	Giuliano	"Sjaj u očima otkriva te"	104	5
11	Ivana Banfić & Rene Cooler	"Dani ludila"	1	20
12	Renata Kos	"O mama, mama"	10	17
13	Maja Blagdan	"Sveta ljubav"	214	1
14	Divas	"Sexy Cool"	50	10
15	Jelena	"Aha"	156	2
16	Naim Ayra	"Dvije ruže"	10	17
17	Ivan Mikulić	"Budi ona prava"	55	8
18	Zrinka	"Tako sam ranjiva"	106	4
19	Petar Grašo	"Otkada nije mi tu"	57	7
20	Sandra Sagena	"Ne želim biti dama"	11	15

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Bjelovar	Dubrovnik	Gospić	Knin	Krapina	Metković	Okučani	Osijek	Pazin	Petrinja	Pula	Rijeka	Slavonski Brod	Split	Šibenik	Varaždin	Vinkovci	Zadar	Zagreb	Županja	Total
1	"Marija"									7		4	3		1	3						18
2	"Uvijek ti"					8			4			1	1				2					16
3	"Spray"	5	1	4	1	5	1	3	6		1	10	5	7	5	6	6			4	6	76
4	"Postojiš"		2				3										4				2	11
5	"Divno je znati da netko te voli"		3	7				4		3	6	5		4	7		8			2	3	52
6	"Moja posljednja molitva"					4																4
7	"Sjeti se"	6	12	5	7	1	8	10	5	10	7	12	6	5	6	7	3	10	3	7	7	137
8	"Kao more"		4		2						2				3				12	6	4	33
9	"Zbog ljubavi"			3		7			2	1				2				8	8		8	39
10	"Sjaj u očima otkriva te"	7	8	10	6	2	7	7	1		4	6		6	10	12	1	4	5	3	5	104
11	"Dani ludila"																			1		1
12	"O mama, mama"							1		2						1		6				10
13	"Sveta ljubav"	12	10	12	10	10	12	8	10	12	12	8	12	12	12	10	10	12	6	12	12	214
14	"Sexy Cool"		5		4		4		3		5		4			8		5	2	10		50
15	"Aha"	10	7	6	12	12	5	12	7	8	10	3	10	8	4	5	12	7	10	8		156
16	"Dvije ruže"	2											8									10
17	"Budi ona prava"	3		1	3		10	2	8	5			2	3		4	5	2	7			55
18	"Tako sam ranjiva"	4	6	8	8	6	6	5		4	8		7	10	8	2	7	1	1	5	10	106
19	"Otkada nije mi tu"	8		2		3		6	12	6	3	7		1	2			3	4			57
20	"Ne želim biti dama"	1			5		2					2									1	11

At Eurovision

In 1996, for the only time in Eurovision history, an audio-only pre-qualifying round of the 29 songs entered (excluding hosts Norway who were exempt) was held in March in order for the seven lowest-scoring songs to be eliminated before the final. "Sveta ljubav" received 30 points, placing 19th and thus qualifying for the final.

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 (highest marks being 10 from Portugal and Bosnia and Herzegovina), placing 4th of 23 countries competing. This was, and still is as of 2019, Croatia's joint-best placing at the contest, sharing with Croatia's 1999 entry, "Marija Magdalena" with Doris Dragović.

The Croatian jury awarded its 12 points to Malta.

Points awarded to Croatia (Pre-qualifying round)

Points awarded to Croatia (Pre-qualifying round)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Sweden	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Macedonia	Germany	Austria Malta Russia Spain

Points awarded to Croatia (final)

Points awarded to Croatia
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Bosnia and Herzegovina Portugal	Cyprus Turkey	Malta Norway	Estonia Ireland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Iceland Netherlands Slovakia Spain	Belgium United Kingdom	Slovenia	Poland	Greece Sweden Switzerland

Points awarded by Croatia (Pre-qualifying round)

12 points	Slovakia
10 points	Malta
8 points	Spain
7 points	Greece
6 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points	Slovenia
4 points	Turkey
3 points	Hungary
2 points	Macedonia
1 point	United Kingdom

Points awarded by Croatia (Final)

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

References

Barclay, Simon. The Complete and Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-4092-8989-0.
"CROATIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1996".

External links

Dora 1996 at the Eurofest Croatia website (in Croatian)

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[Barclay-1] Barclay, Simon. The Complete and Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-4092-8989-0.

[2] "CROATIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1996".