Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Croatia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Nostalgija", composed by Tonči Huljić, with lyrics by Vjekoslava Huljić, and performed by Magazin and Lidija. The Croatian participating broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), selected its entry for the contest through Dora 1995.

Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Participating broadcaster	Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT)
Country	Croatia
Selection process	Dora 1995
Selection date	12 March 1995
Competing entry
Song	"Nostalgija"
Artist	Magazin and Lidija
Songwriters	Tonči Huljić Vjekoslava Huljić
Placement
Final result	6th, 91 points
Participation chronology
◄1994 • 1995 • 1996►

Before Eurovision

Dora 1995

Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised Dora 1995 in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995. The national final, held on 12 March 1995 in Opatija, 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.

Final – 12 March 1995

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Venera	"Ova je pjesma tvoja"	1	17
2	Battifiaca	"Još vavek"	11	13
3	Mucalo	"Neka ljubav spaja nas"	0	19
4	Marinela Malić	"Mjesec je jak ko afrodizijak"	0	19
5	Ivan Mikulić	"Ti i ja"	25	11
6	Leteći odred	"Pišem ti pismo"	28	9
7	Stare staze	"Ritam ljubavi mi daj"	13	12
8	Latino	"Ne kunem ljubav"	27	10
9	Boris Novković and Moonlight Cats	"Pjesma moja to si ti"	58	6
10	Romantic	"Telefon"	2	16
11	Nina Badrić	"Odlaziš zauvijek"	1	17
12	Oliver Dragojević	"Boginja"	115	2
13	Zrinka	"Srce od zlata"	109	3
14	Bumerang	"Suzy"	3	15
15	Julija	"Babysitter"	10	14
16	Davor Radolfi	"Tvoje ime kao ime ruže"	71	5
17	Minea	"Good Boy"	36	8
18	Mira Šimić	"Oluja"	102	4
19	Srebrna krila	"Ljubav je za ljude sve"	38	7
20	Magazin and Lidija	"Nostalgija"	150	1

Detailed Regional Jury Votes

Draw	Song	Šibenik	Županja	Dubrovnik	Krapina	Pazin	Vinkovci	Bjelovar	Split	Delnice	Čakovec	Zagreb	Zadar	Slavonski Brod	Sisak	Gospić	Karlovac	Rijeka	Osijek	Varaždin	Pula	Total
1	"Ova je pjesma tvoja"															1						1
2	"Još vavek"					1		7						3								11
3	"Neka ljubav spaja nas"																					0
4	"Mjesec je jak ko afrodizijak"																					0
5	"Ti i ja"					3		5					5	5							7	25
6	"Pišem ti pismo"		10				2	1			3								12			28
7	"Ritam ljubavi mi daj"							12							1							13
8	"Ne kunem ljubav"	10							7		2				3					5		27
9	"Pjesma moja to si ti"	5	1	1	3		7			2	5	5		2	10	3	7	1	3	3		58
10	"Telefon"																2					2
11	"Odlaziš zauvijek"																		1			1
12	"Boginja"			2	10	12	5	3	12	7	10	10	12	1	5	5	12		2	2	5	115
13	"Srce od zlata"	7	5	7	5	5			1	5		3	10	10		7	5	12	5	10	12	109
14	"Suzy"		3																			3
15	"Babysitter"		2							1		7										10
16	"Tvoje ime kao ime ruže"	2		5	2	2	1		10			12	7	7	7			5	10	1		71
17	"Good Boy"			3			3		5		1	1	2			2	3	7	7		2	36
18	"Oluja"	1	7	10	12	7	10	2	3	10			3	12		12		10			3	102
19	"Ljubav je za ljude sve"	3			1					3	7	2			2		10	2		7	1	38
20	"Nostalgija"	12	12	12	7	10	12	10	2	12	12		1		12	10	1	3		12	10	150

At Eurovision

Magazin & Lidija performed 11th on the night of the contest, following Turkey and preceding France. At the close of voting they had received 91 points, finishing 6th in a field of 23 competing countries.^[1] The Croatian jury awarded its 12 points to Malta.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Croatia[2] Score Country 12 points  Malta  Slovenia  Spain 10 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Iceland 8 points 7 points  Norway  Turkey 6 points 5 points  Cyprus  Greece 4 points  Israel  Portugal 3 points  Ireland 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Croatia[2] Score Country 12 points  Malta 10 points  Spain 8 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 points  Greece 6 points  Russia 5 points  Turkey 4 points  Israel 3 points  France 2 points  Slovenia 1 point  Cyprus