Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dora 2006
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals 2 March 2006 3 March 2006 Final 4 March 2006
Selected entrant	Severina Vučković
Selected song	"Moja štikla"
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 56 points

Croatia’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was chosen on 4 March using the Dora competition in the seaside resort of Opatija, the place where the first Dora was held. Severina Vučković was chosen with the song "Moja štikla" (My stiletto), which was described as a turbo-folk song with humorous lyrics and Balkan folk motifs. The lyrics were written by Severina, the music by Boris Novković (Croatian representative in 2005) and Franjo Valentić, and arrangement by popular Bosnian-born musician Goran Bregović. Due to Serbia & Montenegro’s withdrawal from the contest this year, Croatia automatically qualified for the final based on the previous year's performance, eventually coming 13th with 56 points.

Severina was born 21 April 1972 in Split, Croatia, then Yugoslavia. As a child she took part in numerous children festivals and musicals. When she was 17, she recorded her first album Severina for Croatian record company Orfej. In 1991 she started recording for Tutico and became one of the greatest stars of Croatian music. She won many festival awards and her albums achieved high sales. She achieved international fame when her home porn video was published on the Internet in 2004. Severina previously attempted to reach Eurovision in 2000.

Result of National Final

№	Song	Singer	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Party djevojka	Angels	5	9	14	10th
2	Umrijeti s osmjehom	Jacques Houdek	6	3	9	15th
3	Oprosti, mala	Magazin	8	8	16	8th
4	Škifo	Alen Vitasović	3	1	4	16th
5	U tebi tražim spas	Raspashow	7	4	11	13th
6	Oči od safira	Danijela Martinović	4	6	10	14th
7	Nježne riječi	Ibrica Jusić	11	2	13	11th
8	Pusti da te vodi ritam	Karma	1	12	13	12th
9	Il treno per Genova	Tina Vukov	14	13	27	3rd
10	Prokleto sam	Petar Grašo	13	5	18	7th
11	Najbolja glumica	Lana Jurčević	2	14	16	9th
12	Moja štikla	Severina Vučković	15	15	30	1st
13	Ne zovi me Marija	Jelena Rozga	9	10	19	6th
14	Tu na mojim rukama	Massimo	16	7	23	4th
15	Kad se sklope kazaljke	Ivana Banfić	10	11	21	5th
16	Kao san	Kraljevi ulice	12	16	28	2nd

See also

• Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest