Croatia: Lineup for Dora 2022 revealed – Final on 19 February
The 14 artists competing in Dora 2022 have been revealed. The winner will be decided on 19 February and represent Croatia at Eurovision 2022 in Italy
Back in October, Croatia's public broadcaster (HRT) confirmed that Dora will once again be used to select the Croatian representative at next year's Eurovision.
Out of 184 submissions, 14 songs were shortlisted and on 19 February 2022 will compete in Dora 2022 for a chance of representing Croatia in Turin, Italy.
The winner will be decided during the live broadcasting of the national selection by a professional jury and the public, each deciding 50% of the result.
The songs will be released at a later date.
In addition to the 14 artists, the broadcaster has selected four artists and songs as backup/reserve, in case any withdrawals or disqualifications:
- Karlo Vudrić – "3AM"
- Vlatka Burić Dujmović Vyan – "Gladiator"
- Totalni Optimizam - "What If"
- Stella Scholaja – "Ghost"
8 former Dora artists
Of the 14 participants announced, eight of them have been competing in Dora before:
Croatia in Eurovision Song Contest
Croatia has participated in Eurovision Song Contest 26 times since its debut in 1993. The first victory for Croatia in Eurovision is yet to come. The best result is two 4th places in 1996 (Maja Blagdan - "Sveta Ljubav") and 1999 (Doris Dragovic - "Marija Magdalena").
Since the introduction of Semi-finals in 2004 Croatia qualified for the Grand Final 7 out of 15 times. They withdrew from Eurovision 2014 and 2015 due to financial limitations and poor results in the contest.
