Croatia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "", written by Dado Topić, and performed by the band Dragonfly featuring Dado Topić. The Croatian participating broadcaster, (HRT), organised the national final Dora 2007 to select its entry for the contest. Thirty-two entries competed in the national final which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Eight entries qualified from each semi-final on 1 and 2 March 2007 to compete in the final on 3 March 2007. In the final, "" performed by Dragonfly featuring Dado Topić was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote.
Croatia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing during the show in position 13, "Vjerujem u ljubav" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. This marked the first time that Croatia failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest from a semi-final since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. It was later revealed that Croatia placed sixteenth out of the 28 participating countries in the semi-final with 54 points.
Background
Prior to the 2007 contest, (HRT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Croatia fourteen times since its first entry in . Its best result in the contest was fourth, achieved on two occasions: with the song "" performed by Maja Blagdan and with the song "" performed by Doris Dragović. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , it had featured in every final they participated in thus far. In , Croatia was an automatic finalist with "Moja štikla" by Severina.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, HRT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its participation in the 2007 contest on 31 October 2006. Since 1993, HRT organised the national final Dora in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, a method that was continued for its 2007 participation.
Before Eurovision Dora 2007 Dora 2007 was the fifteenth edition of the national selection Dora organised by HRT to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The competition consisted of two semi-finals on 1 and 2 March 2007 and a final on 3 March 2007, all taking place at the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija and broadcast on HTV 1.
Format Thirty-two songs competed in Dora 2007 which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Sixteen songs competed in each semi-final with the top eight proceeding to complete the sixteen-song lineup in the final. The results of all shows were determined by public televoting and the votes from a jury panel. The ranking developed by both streams of voting was converted to points from 1 (lowest) to 16 (highest) and assigned to the competing songs. Ties were decided in favour of the entry that received the most points from the jury.
The jury that voted in all three shows consisted of:
Silvije Glojnarić – HRT Željen Klašterka – HTV Aleksandar Kostadinov – HTV Ljiljana Vinković – HTV Robert Urlić – HR
Competing entries On 30 November 2006, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their interest in participating in the competition by 8 December 2006 and submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 8 January 2007. 100 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period. A five-member expert committee consisting of Silvije Glojnarić (HRT), Robert Urlić (HR), Ljiljana Vinković (HTV), Željen Klašterka (HTV) and Aleksandar Kostadinov (HTV) reviewed the received submissions and selected thirty-two artists and songs for the competition. HRT announced the competing entries on 23 January 2007 and among the artists were Goran Karan (who represented ), Claudia Beni (who represented ), and Feminnem (who represented ). On 27 January 2007, Barbara Munjas replaced Claudia Beni as the performer of the song "Ti si tu". On 29 January 2007, Giuliano replaced Goran Karan as the performer of the song "Pismom te ljubi milijun mandolina". On 10, 17 and 24 February 2007, the competing artists performed their entries live during the preview programme Ususret dori broadcast on HRT 1. Artist Song Songwriter(s) Alen Vitasović "Sve bi za nju da" Rudolf Dvorski Angels "Male vještice" Marko Tomasović, Mario Šimunović Anja Šovagović and Galiano Pahor "Teatar" Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunštek Antonija Šola "Neka bude zauvijek" Petra Crnetić, Antonija Šola Ayra "Još sam uvijek tvoj" Ivan Bajsar, Naim Ayra Barbara Munjas "Ti si tu" Dean Bakić Brentini "Što je to ljudima" Denis Kraljević, Alen Brentini Danijela Pintarić "Moj svijet" Andrej Baša, Robert Pilepić Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić "Vjerujem u ljubav" Dado Topić Esmeralda Kresina "Malo za zauvijek" Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunštek Feminnem "Navika" Miroslav Lesić, Fayo Giuliano "Pismom te ljubi milijun mandolina" Miro Buljan, Nenad Ninčević Ibrica Jusić "Nikada zaboravljena" Branimir Mihaljević, Fayo Ivana Radovniković "Samo probaj" Marko Tomasović, Dario Brzoja, Đuro Zifra Jelena Rozga "Nemam" Tonči Huljić, Vjekoslava Huljić Kemal Monteno "Poljubi me" Franjo Valentić, Fayo Klapa Maslina "Gitara i čaša vina" Dušan Šarac, Krste Juras Kraljevi ulice and Sandra Bagarić "Pjesma za novčić" Miran Hadži Veljković Lana Klingor "Gravitacija" Bruno Kovačić, Ivana Plechinger Livio Morosin and Miroslav Evačić "Volim ja" Miroslav Evačić Luka Nižetić "Pusti me u san" Milana Vlaović Marko Tolja "Deja vu" Andrej Baša Milan Terze "Ljubavnica" Bruno Kovačić, Ivana Plechinger Ness "Ti si moj" Emir Bešić, Anita Kolovrat Dzuzel Raspashow "Bio bih samo njen" Ivan Škunca Sabrina Hebiri "Tražit ću te" Marko Tomasović, Mario Šimunović, Krešimir Vrpka The Sick Swing Orchestra "Šlager pjevač" Ante Žužul, Josip Tocilj, Krešimir Tomić Tina Vukov "Tata" Robert Funčić Trio Fantasticus "Nema šanse šećeru" Mladen Burnać, Fayo Valentina Bralo "Ljubavna priča" Valentina Bralo Vivien Galletta and Voljen Grbac "Riječi dvije" Ivan Brdar Žanamari Lalić "Jedino moje" Silvio Pasarić, Žanamari Lalić
Shows
Semi-finals The two semi-finals took place on 1 and 2 March 2007. The first semi-final was hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Mirko Fodor and Iva Šulentić, while the second semi-final was hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Mirko Fodor and Barbara Štrbac; Nikolina Pišek hosted segments from the green room in the first semi-final, while Iva Jerković hosted segments from the green room in the second semi-final. The eight qualifiers for the final from each semi-final were determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote.
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Boris Novković (who represented ) performed as the interval act during the first semi-final, while Vanna (who represented ) performed as the interval act during the second semi-final. + Semi-final 1 – 1 March 2007 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Points 1 Angels "Male vještice" 3 1,270 9 12 11 2 Alen Vitasović "Sve bi za nju da" 6 1,203 7 13 10 3 Ivana Radovniković "Samo probaj" 5 778 4 9 14 4 Ibrica Jusić "Nikada zaboravljena" 11 272 2 13 9 5 Ayra "Još sam uvijek tvoj" 4 216 1 5 16 6 Luka Nižetić "Pusti me u san" 10 1,951 12 22 5 7 Klapa Maslina "Gitara i čaša vina" 8 2,496 13 21 7 8 Marko Tolja "Deja vu" 10 1,597 11 21 6 9 Feminnem "Navika" 13 1,306 10 23 4 10 Esmeralda Kresina "Malo za zauvijek" 3 1,248 8 11 12 11 Lana Klingor "Gravitacija" 12 843 5 17 8 12 Kraljevi ulice and Sandra Bagarić "Pjesma za novčić" 16 4,939 15 31 2 13 Milan Terze "Ljubavnica" 1 957 6 7 15 14 Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić "Vjerujem u ljubav" 16 5,149 16 32 1 15 Vivien Galletta and Voljen Grbac "Riječi dvije" 7 606 3 10 13 16 Giuliano "Pismom te ljubi milijun mandolina" 14 3,801 14 28 3 + Song Jurors Total Points 1 2 3 4 5 1 "Male vještice" 5 6 5 5 5 263 2 "Sve bi za nju da" 5 7 5 7 6 306 3 "Samo probaj" 6 6 5 6 6 295 4 "Nikada zaboravljena" 7 7 7 7 7 3511 5 "Još sam uvijek tvoj" 6 6 5 5 5 274 6 "Pusti me u san" 6 7 7 7 7 3410 7 "Gitara i čaša vina" 5 6 7 8 7 338 8 "Deja vu" 7 8 6 7 6 3410 9 "Navika" 7 8 8 8 8 3913 10 "Malo za zauvijek" 5 5 5 5 6 263 11 "Gravitacija" 8 7 7 8 8 3812 12 "Pjesma za novčić" 9 9 10 10 9 4716 13 "Ljubavnica" 5 5 5 5 5 251 14 "Vjerujem u ljubav" 9 9 10 10 9 4716 15 "Riječi dvije" 7 6 6 7 6 327 16 "Pismom te ljubi milijun mandolina" 8 7 9 10 8 4214 + Semi-final 2 – 2 March 2007 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Points 1 Barbara Munjas "Ti si tu" 2 1,460 9 11 12 2 Raspashow "Bio bih samo njen" 6 661 3 9 14 3 Žanamari Lalić "Jedino moje" 5 1,067 6 11 11 4 Kemal Monteno "Poljubi me" 11 1,562 10 21 7 5 Livio Morosin and Miroslav Evačić "Volim ja" 16 1,216 7 23 5 6 Antonija Šola "Neka bude zauvijek" 5 2,087 12 17 9 7 Ness "Ti si moj" 5 600 2 7 15 8 Trio Fantasticus "Nema šanse šećeru" 8 3,445 15 23 6 9 Valentina Bralo "Ljubavna priča" 2 822 4 6 16 10 Danijela Pintarić "Moj svijet" 13 3,482 16 29 1 11 Sabrina Hebiri "Tražit ću te" 9 532 1 10 13 12 Jelena Rozga "Nemam" 14 2,123 13 27 3 13 Brentini "Što je to ljudima" 8 990 5 13 10 14 Tina Vukov "Tata" 15 2,485 14 29 1 15 The Sick Swing Orchestra "Šlager pjevač" 13 1,670 11 24 4 16 Anja Šovagović and Galiano Pahor "Teatar" 11 1,256 8 19 8 + Song Jurors Total Points 1 2 3 4 5 1 "Ti si tu" 5 5 5 5 5 252 2 "Bio bih samo njen" 5 6 6 6 6 296 3 "Jedino moje" 6 6 6 5 5 285 4 "Poljubi me" 7 6 6 8 7 3411 5 "Volim ja" 8 9 10 9 10 4616 6 "Neka bude zauvijek" 6 6 5 6 5 285 7 "Ti si moj" 7 5 6 5 5 285 8 "Nema šanse šećeru" 7 6 7 5 5 308 9 "Ljubavna priča" 5 5 5 5 5 252 10 "Moj svijet" 7 7 6 8 7 3513 11 "Tražit ću te" 7 6 7 6 6 329 12 "Nemam" 8 7 8 7 7 3714 13 "Što je to ljudima" 7 5 6 6 6 308 14 "Tata" 9 9 8 9 8 4315 15 "Šlager pjevač" 7 7 7 7 7 3513 16 "Teatar" 6 7 7 7 7 3411
Final The final took place on 3 March 2007, hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Mirko Fodor, Iva Šulentić and Barbara Štrbac with Nikolina Pišek and Iva Jerković hosting segments from the green room. The winner, "Vjerujem u ljubav" performed by Dragonfly featuring Dado Topić, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by 2006 Croatian Eurovision entrant Severina, while 1987 Yugoslav Eurovision entrant Novi fosili performed as the interval act. + Final – 3 March 2007 Artist SongJury Televote Total Place Votes Points 1 Lana Klingor "Gravitacija" 8 2,038 3 11 13 2 Marko Tolja "Deja vu" 8 2,388 4 12 12 3 The Sick Swing Orchestra "Šlager pjevač" 3 1,351 2 5 16 4 Kemal Monteno "Poljubi me" 3 2,579 5 8 15 5 Feminnem "Navika" 9 3,628 7 16 9 6 Giuliano "Pismom te ljubi milijun mandolina" 12 6,142 11 23 5 7 Livio Morosin and Miroslav Evačić "Volim ja" 15 2,820 6 21 6 8 Anja Šovagović and Galiano Pahor "Teatar" 8 772 1 9 14 9 Luka Nižetić "Pusti me u san" 5 4,925 8 13 11 10 Tina Vukov "Tata" 14 5,928 10 24 4 11 Jelena Rozga "Nemam" 12 5,351 9 21 7 12 Trio Fantasticus "Nema šanse šećeru" 3 7,566 12 15 10 13 Kraljevi ulice and Sandra Bagarić "Pjesma za novčić" 14 16,172 16 30 2 14 Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić "Vjerujem u ljubav" 16 15,958 15 31 1 15 Danijela Pintarić "Moj svijet" 12 12,161 14 26 3 16 Klapa Maslina "Gitara i čaša vina" 4 9,552 13 17 8 + Song Jurors Total Points 1 2 3 4 5 1 "Gravitacija" 7 7 7 7 7 358 2 "Deja vu" 7 8 7 7 6 358 3 "Šlager pjevač" 6 6 7 6 7 323 4 "Poljubi me" 6 6 6 7 7 323 5 "Navika" 7 8 7 7 7 369 6 "Pismom te ljubi milijun mandolina" 7 7 8 8 7 3712 7 "Volim ja" 9 9 10 9 10 4715 8 "Teatar" 6 8 7 7 7 358 9 "Pusti me u san" 6 7 7 7 7 345 10 "Tata" 9 10 9 9 9 4614 11 "Nemam" 8 7 8 7 7 3712 12 "Nema šanse šećeru" 7 7 6 6 6 323 13 "Pjesma za novčić" 9 9 10 9 9 4614 14 "Vjerujem u ljubav" 9 9 10 10 10 4816 15 "Moj svijet" 8 7 7 8 7 3712 16 "Gitara i čaša vina" 6 6 7 7 7 334
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