The Croatian selection for Eurovision 2025 continued tonight, with the last eight artists qualifying for the final of Dora 2025.
This evening the second semi-final of Dora 2025, Croatia’s Eurovision selection, took place live from the Marino Cvetković Sports Hall in Opatija. Another twelve artists participated, with the eight acts qualifying for the final.
The results were decided entirely by the televote, and they are as follows (qualifiers in bold):
- laurakojapjeva – “NPC”
- Marko Škugor – “Šta da Boga molim ja” (What should I pray to God for?)
- Fenksta – “Extra”
- Marin Jurić Čivro – “Gorjelo je” (It was burning)
- Filomena – “Strong”
- Supersonic Trio – “Animal”
- Irma – “Enigma”
- Luka Nižetić – “Južina” (South)
- Ananda – “Lies Lay Cold”
- Marko Bošnjak – “Poison Cake”
- Petar Brkljačić – “Kraj” (End)
- Ogenj – “Daj, daj” (Come on, come on)
The eight qualifiers from tonight will join the eight artists that qualified from the first semi-final. These qualifiers are
- Matt Shaft – “Welcome to the Circus”
- NIPPLEPEOPLE – “ZNAK” (SIGN)
- LELEK – “The Soul of my Soul”
- IVXN – “Monopol” (Monopoly)
- Marko Tolja – “Through the dark”
- Magazin – “AaAaA”
- Natalli – “Dom si srcu mom” (You are home for my heart)
- EoT – “Bye, Bye, Bye”
The final of Dora 2025 will take place on March 2. The winner will represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel.
Baby Lasagna represented Croatia at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö with “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”. The song was the televote winner in the Grand Final, scoring a total of 337 points. Overall Croatia finished 2nd with a total of 547 points.
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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 Croatia returned to the contest in 2016 having withdrawn after the 2013 contest due to a string of poor results and financial difficulties.
