Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Croatia
Member station	HRT
National selection events	National Selection
Appearances
Appearances	4
First appearance	2003
Last appearance	2006
Best result	1st, 2003
Worst result	12th, 2005
External links
Croatia's page at Eurovision.tv

Croatia has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest four times, first entering in 2003. Croatia was the first winner of the contest, with Dino Jelusić winning for Croatia with "Ti si moja prva ljubav" in Copenhagen.

After problems occurred with the prospective host for the 2004 Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) stepped in to host the contest.^[1] However, this was later abandoned after it was revealed the venue HRT had planned on using for the contest was to be in use during the period of the contest.^[2]

HRT withdrew from the 2007 contest, due to expense and difficulties in broadcasting the contest live.^[3]

Croatia's best result was their win in 2003, and their worst result came in 2005 when Lorena Jelusić, Dino's sister, came 12th with "Rock Baby".

Contestants

Year	Artist	Song	Place	Points
2003	Dino Jelusić	"Ti si moja prva ljubav"	1	134
2004	Nika Turković	"Hej mali"	3	126
2005	Lorena Jelusić	"Rock Baby"	12	36
2006	Mateo Đido	"Lea"	10	50

Voting history

Croatia gave the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Belarus	30
2	Spain	28
3	Greece	22
=	Macedonia	22
4	Belgium	19
5	Denmark	16
=	Romania	16

Croatia has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Macedonia	44
2	Netherlands	26
3	Norway	25
=	Sweden	25
4	Belarus	19
=	Romania	19
5	Denmark	18

References

1. ^ Bakker, Sietse (2004-06-01). "Junior 2004 in Croatia!". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/2838. Retrieved 2009-06-09. 
2. ^ Bakker, Sietse (2004-06-17). "'Junior contest moves to Norway'". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/2873. Retrieved 2009-06-09. 
3. ^ Klier, Marcus (2007-01-20). "HRT Withdraw from JESC 2007". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/7303. Retrieved 2009-06-10.