HRT has revealed the stage for Dora 2026, the Croatian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.
The stage for Dora 2026 has been revealed, with the stage formed of 180 square metres of LED screens, and 400 intelligent lighting fixtures. The LED screesna re controlled through a Barco E3 image control system, which combined with the lighting, enables each performance to have precise and fast adaptation of lighting and content.
Dora 2026 will take place on February 12, 13, and 15. The 24 acts that will compete to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 have been divided into two different semi-finals in the following way:
Semi-Final One – February 12
- Lima Len – “Raketa” (Rocket)
- Jasmina Makota – “Higher”
- Ananda – “Dora”
- Tony Sky – “O ne!” (Oh no!)
- Fran Uccellini – “Ako bolje bude sutra” (If it’s better tomorrow)
- Ema Bubić – “Vrijeme za nas” (Time for us)
- Noelle – “Uninterrupted”
- Alen Đuras – “From Ashes to Flame”
- Fenksta – “Memento mori”
- Cold Snap – “Mucho Macho”
- ToMa – “Ledina” (Meadow)
- LELEK – “Andromeda”
Semi-Final Two – February 13
- Ritam Noir – “Profumi di mare” (Scents of the sea)
- Irma – “Ni traga” (No trace)
- Gabrijel Ivić – “Light up”
- Zevin – “My Mind”
- Ivan Sever – “Crying Eyes”
- Lana Mandarić – “Tama” (Darkness)
- Stela Rade – “Nema te” (You’re gone)
- Devin – “Over Me”
- Kandžija – “3 ujutro” (3 a.m.)
- Marko Kutlić – “Neotuđivo” (Inalienable)
- Sergej – “Scream”
- Lara Demarin – “Mantra”
8 entries from each semi-final will advance to the final on February 15.
Dora 2026 will take place in HRT Studios in Zagreb and will consist of two semi-finals and a final. The winner will represent Croatia in Vienna at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest and will perform in the first half of the first semi-final on May 12.
Marko Bošnjak represented Croatia at Eurovision 2025 with the song “Poison Cake”. He finished 12th in Semi-Final 1 with a total of 28 points and thus, did not qualify for the Grand Final.
Source: HRT
Croatia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993. They were one of three countries to debut in the contest that year. Croatia’s best result came in 2024 when Baby Lasgana finished 2nd in Malmö. He performed the song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” which scored a total of 547 points, including 12 points from the juries in Cyprus and Serbia, and 9 sets of 12 points from the public vote. Croatia returned to the contest in 2016 having withdrawn after the 2013 contest due to a string of poor results and financial difficulties.
