- Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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Eurovision Song Contest 1998 Country Croatia
National selection Selection process Dora 1998 Selection date(s) 6 March 1998 Selected entrant Danijela Martinovic Selected song "Neka mi ne svane" Finals performance Final result 5th, 122 points Danijela Martinovic represented Croatia in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest after winning the national final selection. Her song "Neka mi ne svane" was one of twenty songs presented in the national final, which was held on 6 March 1998 at the Crystall Ballroom of the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, accompanied by the big orchestra of Croatian Radio Television. Daniela Trbovic and Ljudevit Grguric-Grga hosted the event, and the winning song was chosen primarily by jury voting - 20 juries - one each in the 20 Croatian provinces, plus a 21st jury whose votes came from the televoting public.[1]
Result of National final
Draw Song Performer Points Rank 1 Sve sto si ti Valentina Brzovic 2 17th 2 Nebo Zorica Kondza 78 7th 3 Zivot iza ponoci Ready Cool 32 15th 4 Jos te volim kao nekada Stijene 70 8th 5 Stara zvone jedne ljubavi Ena 0 18th 6 Ja cu po svom, ti ces po svom Melani 10 16th 7 Ako me ikad pozelis Tina and Niksa 48 13th 8 Daj daj Branimir Mihaljevic 132 3rd 9 U ritmu ljubavi Colonia 87 4th 10 Na svijetu sve Magazin 79 6th 11 Pjesma putuje Ivan Mikulic 61 11th 12 Sve je za tebe Marsell Benzon 52 12th 13 Bez ljubavi Alen Nizetic 63 10th 14 Samo ti je ljubav potrebna Andrea Cubric 42 14th 15 Da bar vjecno zivimo Sanja Trumbic 0 18th 16 Ljubi me i to je to Lana Cencic 0 18th 17 Neka mi ne svane Danijela 177 1st 18 Bolero Zrinka & Goran 133 2nd 19 Pricaj mi o ljubavi Novi Fosili 69 9th 20 Ruku na srce Azzurro 83 5th Danijela performed 1st in the running order on the night of the contest. "Neka mi ne svane" went on place 5th with 131 points.
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