Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

Croatia selected its entry for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest through the "Dora 1994" contest, which was held on 20 March 1994, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) in Opatija. The winner was Tony Cetinski with "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva".

Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dora 1994
Selection date(s)	20 March 1994
Selected entrant	Tony Cetinski
Selected song	"Nek' ti bude ljubav sva"
Selected songwriter(s)	Željen Klašterka Željko Krznarić
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 27 points
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Dora 1994

HRT organised the Dora contest to select the Croatian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, held in Dublin, Ireland, on 30 April 1994. This was the 2nd edition of Dora, held in Opatija. The national contest consisted of a televised final with 21 songs held on 20 March 1994 selected from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers. The winner was chosen by the votes of 11 regional juries.

Final – 20 March 1994

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Valentina Martinčević	"Made in Europe"	1	16
2	Oliver Dragojević	"Arja"	50	4
3	Mladen Grdović	"Život svoj"	9	11
4	Mucalo	"Mala"	0	19
5	Marina Tomašević	"Mama Marina"	3	14
6	Đani Maršan	"Ja te volim"	57	2
7	Gabi Soža	"Tebe nema"	23	9
8	Nino Bosco	"Daj nam ljubavi"	1	16
9	Vinko Coce	"Zlato moje"	34	6
10	Nina Badrić	"Godine nestvarne"	10	10
11	Zorica Kondža	"Ti si moj"	50	4
12	Anđeli	"Sjene u noći"	5	13
13	Neno Belan	"Mama"	3	14
14	Boris Novković	"Emily"	26	7
15	Matteo	"Arrivederci signorina"	57	2
16	Nada Rocco and Branko Blaće	"Živim od ljubavi"	1	16
17	Pero Panjković	"Jedino s tobom"	26	7
18	Romantic	"Miris vremena"	0	19
19	Annamaria	"Na kraj svijeta"	0	19
20	Ivo Amulić	"Vjeruj mi"	7	12
21	Tony Cetinski	"Nek' ti bude ljubav sva"	77	1

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Zadar	Rijeka	Pazin	Šibenik	Osijek	Vinkovci	Split	Dubrovnik	Zagreb	Bjelovar	Čakovec	Toral
1	"Made in Europe"		1										1
2	"Arja"	2		2	1	7	10	12	10	5	1		50
3	"Život svoj"	7					1			1			9
4	"Mala"												0
5	"Mama Marina"	3											3
6	"Ja te volim"	12	12	1	2	2	5	1	2	10	5	5	57
7	"Tebe nema"				7			2			2	12	23
8	"Daj nam ljubavi"											1	1
9	"Zlato moje"	1				10	3	10	7	3			34
10	"Godine nestvarne"				3			7					10
11	"Ti si moj"	10	7	5	12			3	3	7	3		50
12	"Sjene u noći"					5							5
13	"Mama"		3										3
14	"Emily"		2	3			7				7	7	26
15	"Arrivederci signorina"		5	10		3	12		5		12	10	57
16	"Živim od ljubavi"					1							1
17	"Jedino s tobom"			7				5	12	2			26
18	"Miris vremena"												0
19	"Na kraj svijeta"												0
20	"Vjeruj mi"				5							2	7
21	"Nek' ti bude ljubav sva"	5	10	12	10	12	2		1	12	10	3	77

At Eurovision

Tony Cetinski competed for Croatia the Eurovision contest on 30 April 1994 in Dublin, and finished 16th out of 25 countries, with 27 votes.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Croatia[2] Score Country 12 points  Slovakia 10 points  Malta 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points  Greece 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Croatia[2] Score Country 12 points  Ireland 10 points  Germany 8 points  Poland 7 points  Malta 6 points  United Kingdom 5 points  Hungary 4 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 points  Norway 2 points  Austria 1 point  Russia

References

1. "Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
2. "Results of the Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• Dora 1994 at the Eurofest Croatia website (in Croatian)