- Croatian Radio Festival
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The Croatian Radio Festival (natively Hrvatski Radijski Festival, abbreviation HRF ) is a music festival held annually in Croatia. The festival was first held in 1997 in Vodice. It remained in Vodice until 2002, when it was held in Šibenik. After two years in Šibenik, Rijeka and Požega were co-hosts for the 2004 festival. In 2005 and 2006 it was held in Trogir, and in 2007 it was held in Hvar. In 2008 it was held in Opatija, and it will be held there for the next 5 years.
The festival gives out several awards, its highest being the Grand Prix. Other awards are The First Award of the Radio Listeners, The First Award of the Music Editors, The 24 sata Readers Award (The 24 sata is a daily newspapers), then Award Based on the Number of Received Calls by Telephone and, finally, The Award Based on the Number of Internet votes.
From 2009 there is one another award. Award Toše Proeski for the best vocal interpretation. Nina Badrić won this Award.
Festival winners
- 1997 - Nina Badrić with "Budi tu"
- 1998 - Sandi Cenov with "Sunce moje to si ti"
- 1999 - Alen Nižetić with "Noćas se rastaju prijatelji"
- 2000 - Ivana Banfić feat. Dino Merlin with "Godinama"
- 2001 - Colonia with "Za tvoje snene oči"
- 2002 - Colonia with "Oduzimaš mi dah"
- 2003 - Colonia with "C'est la vie"
- 2004 - Ivana Banfić with "Otisak prsta"
- 2005 - Miroslav Škoro with "Svetinja"
- 2006 - Tony Cetinski with "Sve je s tobom napokon na mjestu" (in pop-rock category) and Marko Perković with "Tamo gdje su moji korijeni" (in "zabavna" category)
- 2007 - Toše Proeski with "Veži me za sebe" (in pop-rock category) and Dražen Zečić with "Stani srce" (in "zabavna" category)
- 2008 - Nina Badrić feat. Ljiljana Petrović Buttler with "Kralj života mog" (in pop-rock category), and Baruni with "Svanut će jutro puno ljubavi" (in "zabavna" category)
- 2009 - Nina Badrić & Hari Mata Hari with "Ne mogu ti reći šta je tuga" (in pop-rock category), and Miroslav Škoro with "Domovina" (in "zabavna" category)
External links
Categories:- Music festivals in Croatia
- Croatian popular music
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