Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dora 1996 Televoting
Selection date(s)	Final 3 March 1996
Selected entrant	Maja Blagdan
Selected song	"Sveta ljubav"
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 98 points

Croatia selected its entry for the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest through the "Dora 1996" contest, which was held on 3 March 1996, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) in Opatija. The winner was Maja Blagdan with "Sveta ljubav".

Dora 1996

HRT organised the Dora contest to select the Croatian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, held in Opatija. The national contest consisted of a televised final with 20 songs. The songs were selected from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers and were placed in the final based on televoting.

Dora 1996, held on 3 March 1996 in Opatija

Draw	Artist	Song	Place	Pts
1	Alen Vitasović	"Marija"	13	18
2	Erwin	"Uvijek ti"	14	16
3	Novi fosili	"Spray"	6	76
4	Leo	"Postojiš"	15	11
5	Srebrna krila	"Divno je znati da netko te voli"	9	52
6	Juci	"Moja posljednja molitva"	19	4
7	Marinella & Tutti Frutti	"Sjeti se"	3	137
8	Massimo	"Kao more"	12	33
9	Branimir Mihaljević	"Zbog ljubavi"	11	39
10	Giuliano	"Sjaj u očima otkriva te"	5	104
11	Ivana Banfić & Rene Cooler	"Dani ludila"	20	1
12	Renata Kos	"O mama, mama"	17	10
13	Maja Blagdan	"Sveta ljubav"	1	214
14	Divas	"Sexy Cool"	10	50
15	Jelena	"Aha"	2	156
16	Naim Ayra	"Dvije ruže"	17	10
17	Ivan Mikulić	"Budi ona prava"	8	55
18	Zrinka	"Tako sam ranjiva"	4	106
19	Petar Grašo	"Otkada nije mi tu"	7	57
20	Sandra Sagena	"Ne želim biti dama"	15	11

At Eurovision

Maja Blagdan competed for Croatia the Eurovision contest on 18 May 1996 in Oslo, Norway, and finished 4th with 98 votes.

See also

• Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1996

References

External links

• Dora 1996 at the Eurofest Croatia website (Croatian)