HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, has announced plans for a format change to Dora 2023, their national selection for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Tomislav Štengl, Head of Delegation for Croatia, had the following to say: “The intention is to have more evenings, to have more songs in […]
HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, have confirmed their participation at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in the United Kingdom. HRT have also confirmed that Dora will be used as their national selection – once again in Opatija, on an unconfirmed date in February. The full set of rules […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dado Topić from Croatia is 73 today We celebrate all manner of things with our birthdays. The winners, the losers, the ‘also-ran’s. They all count, and you can guarantee that someone out there will like every single Eurovision song. So just occasionally, a song might not quite […]
On Saturday, the 2022 Eurovision Young Musicians will be taking place from Montpellier, in France. On the lead up to the Contest, we will be looking at each of the participating countries. Today we continue with Croatia. Croatia debuted at the 1994 Eurovision Young Musicians, which took place […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nina Badrić from Croatia is 50 today For some people, they try many times to take part in our favourite TV show. We know of many, and some are more notorious than others. You have to admire them, especially if they eventually get there. Our friends in […]
The line-up for the 2023 Eurovision Young Musicians will now feature nine countries after Croatia decided to reverse their decision to with draw. HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, have also selected Ivan Petrović-Poljak to represent them – who will play the Piano. WDR, the German national broadcaster, have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Franka from Croatia is 30 today Our friends in Croatia have had their ups and downs over the years. Sadly, it’s been mainly downs lately. But they should take comfort that anyone can win our favourite TV show. Just look at Portugal. But even though they’re not […]
It’s always one of our most read articles of the year! You loved it when we covered this in 2018, 2019, and 2021, so it’s time to crunch the numbers again for 2022! With the semi finals done for another year, it’s time to check in and see whose qualification […]
Tonight’s the night! The First Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest will be coming to us live from beautiful Turin, Italy at 21:00PM CET (make sure you check your local listings to find out where you can watch!) Although in a few hours we’ll know just who […]
As much as we love the Eurovision Song Contest, there is something in the old adage that some things just don’t translate very well. In a musical coming together of different countries and cultures, what sounds poetic and elegant in one language might not quite have the same […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vlado Kalember from Yugoslavia is 69 today Time to slip in a little duet for your viewing pleasure. It comes from that mythical country Yugoslavia. And goes to show that, for a time at least, a larger entity can function perfectly well. Back in 1984, Yugoslavia (remember […]
#ESC2022: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part III We at Eurovision Ireland have taken a look at the songs participating in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest (plus one other). In seven reviews, we pick apart the songs, and see if we can find our favourite. You can find our first […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vesna Pisarović from Croatia is 44 today There’s a long list of countries that have never won our favourite TV show. Will one of them win this year in Turin? Or will it be somewhere dull? However, there is one country that claims a win, even though […]
#INTERVIEW: Mia Dimšić at the 2022 London Eurovision Party Eurovision Ireland caught up with Croatia’s Mia Dimšić at the Hard Rock Hotel near London’s Marble Arch. She told us about her life and of course her favourite cake. Can Croatia achieve a good result in Turin? Could we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nina Kraljić from Croatia is 30 today An outfit. It’s all about the outfit. Definitely all about the outfit. Oh, and there’s a song to perform too. But, for some at least, the outfit is a necessary part of proceedings. Today’s birthday girl Nina Kraljić definitely had […]
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