Croatia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "", written by Petar Grašo, Stjepan Kalogjera, and Remi Kazinoti, and performed by Danijela Martinović. The Croatian participating broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), selected its entry through Dora 1998.
Before Eurovision
Dora 1998 Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) held the national final on 6 March 1998 at the Crystall Ballroom of the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, hosted by Daniela Trbović and Ljudevit Grgurić Grga. Twenty songs competed in the national final, accompanied by the big orchestra of HRT. The winning song was chosen primarily by jury voting, with 20 juriesone from each of the 20 Croatian countiesplus the votes of the televoting publicgiven the same weight as one jurydetermining the winner.
+ Final – 6 March 1998 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Valentina Brzović "Sve što si ti" Valentina Brzović 2 17 2 Zorica Kondža "Nebo" Alida Šarar, Davor Tolja 78 7 3 Ready Cool "Život iza ponoći" Marin Limić 32 15 4 Stijene "Još te volim kao nekada" Marin Limić 70 8 5 Ena "Stara zvone jedne ljubavi" Nenad Ninčević 0 18 6 Melani "Ja ću po svom, ti ćeš po svom" Fayo, Franjo Valentić 10 16 7 Tina and Nikša "Ako me ikad poželiš" Nikša Jurinović 48 13 8 Branimir Mihaljević "Daj daj" Branimir Mihaljević 132 3 9 Colonia "U ritmu ljubavi" Boris Đurđević 87 4 10 Magazin "Na svijetu sve" Vjekoslava Huljić, Tonči Huljić 79 6 11 Ivan Mikulić "Pjesma putuje" Zrinko Tutić 61 11 12 Marsell Benzon "Sve je za tebe" Marina Valković, Slobodan Vujović 52 12 13 Alen Nižetić "Bez ljubavi" Nenad Ninčević, Alen Nižetić 63 10 14 Andrea Čubrić "Samo ti je ljubav potrebna" Alida Šarar, Davor Tolja 42 14 15 Sanja Trumbić "Da bar vječno živimo" Zeljko Krušlin 0 18 16 Lana Cenčić "Ljubi me i to je to" Sanja Mudrinić, Fayo, Miro Buljan 0 18 17 Danijela "Neka mi ne svane" Petar Grašo, Stjepan Kalogjera, Remi Kazinoti 177 1 18 Zrinka and Goran "Bolero" Vjekoslava Huljić, Zdenko Runjić 133 2 19 Novi fosili "Pričaj mi o ljubavi" Stevo Cvikić, Rajko Dujmić 69 9 20 Azzurro and Nikad dosta "Ruku na srce" Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni 83 5 + Detailed Voting Results Song Total 1 "Sve što si ti" 2 2 2 "Nebo" 7 1 5 7 6 6 10 12 1 7 3 5 7 1 78 3 "Život iza ponoći" 8 8 4 5 2 5 32 4 "Još te volim kao nekada" 3 7 1 3 1 3 7 3 6 7 7 6 5 1 3 7 70 5 "Stara zvone jedne ljubavi" 0 6 "Ja ću po svom, ti ćeš po svom" 5 1 1 3 10 7 "Ako me ikad poželiš" 6 12 1 7 5 5 2 10 48 8 "Daj daj" 5 12 4 8 8 12 8 10 12 4 7 8 8 7 12 7 132 9 "U ritmu ljubavi" 6 10 12 4 8 10 5 10 12 6 4 87 10 "Na svijetu sve" 1 8 4 5 10 3 1 5 10 3 3 5 2 4 4 5 6 79 11 "Pjesma putuje" 4 10 2 2 4 2 10 1 4 1 7 4 10 61 12 "Sve je za tebe" 12 2 5 4 1 1 6 3 6 8 4 52 13 "Bez ljubavi" 8 2 1 6 2 2 4 6 8 4 12 3 5 63 14 "Samo ti je ljubav potrebna" 3 6 8 7 2 4 2 2 8 42 15 "Da bar vječno živimo" 0 16 "Ljubi me i to je to" 0 17 "Neka mi ne svane" 10 12 7 4 12 12 12 8 6 6 8 3 12 8 6 10 7 10 12 12 177 18 "Bolero" 2 4 5 7 8 10 4 5 12 3 3 5 12 12 6 10 6 10 1 8 133 19 "Pričaj mi o ljubavi" 10 3 8 3 1 5 3 4 7 5 2 12 1 2 3 69 20 "Ruku na srce" 6 6 10 7 2 10 7 2 2 2 10 1 8 3 6 1 83
At Eurovision Danijela performed 1st in the running order on the night of the contest, preceding Greece. At the close of voting "" received 131 points, placing Croatia 5th out of 25 competing countries. The Croatian televoting awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Croatia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Croatia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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