Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...

in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, selecting their entry through the national selection Dora 2011 - Let's go to Eurovision!, organised by Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija

Croatian Radiotelevision

Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...

 (HRT).

Dora 2011 - Let's go to Eurovision!

The nineteenth edition of Dora in 2011 is set to move from its traditional home in Opatija

Opatija

Opatija is a town in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast. , the town proper had a population of 7,850, with the municipality having a total 12,719 inhabitants.-Geography:...

, a small town on the Adriatic Coast, to the capital Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, because a Dora in Zagreb would be a lot less expensive to hold.

Having observed this year's winner from Germany, HRT has decided to choose a representative in the same way that the Germans chose Lena Meyer-Landrut

Lena Meyer-Landrut

Lena Meyer-Landrut , known professionally as Lena, is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, and won the contest with the song "Satellite"...

.

Entrants must be Croatian citizens aged 16 or over. HRT stress that the contest is open to unknown acts as well as big names from the Croatian showbiz scene.

Dora 2011 will consist of seven programmes, in which entrants will perform songs live. In the first and second programmse twelve acts will participate and six will be eliminated according to a public vote. In the third programme the twelve participants with the most votes from the first two programmes will compete. In the fourth programme six acts will compete, the two of which get the least votes will be eliminated. In both the fifth and sixth programme, one act will be eliminated.

Only viewers will be able to vote in the first six shows. The first show will take place on 22 January and the big final on 5 March. In the final show two acts will compete, and will sing three songs put forward by HRT by famous Croatian songwriters. The result will decided by a 50/50 jury/televote.

Participants

On 21 December, HRT announced the 24 participants and 2 back ups for Dora 2011.

The participants are:

Diana Heraković Mirko Švenda-Žiga Jelena Vanjek Mijo Lešina Marija Rubčić Valentina Briški Damir Kedžo Doris Teur Dora Benc Artemija Stanić Ivana Brkašić Katica Marinović

Miro Tomić Renata Holi Saša Lozar Ana Eškinja Jacques Houdek Daria Kinzer Daria Kinzer Daria Kinzer is a Croatian singer who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. Kinzer won the national selection on March 5 with her entry "Celebrate", and took part in the first semifinal night of the Contest finishing at 15th place... Tina Vukov Mila Soldatić Mario Sambrailo Filip Dizdar Manuela Svorcan Sabrina Hebiri

Maksim Hozić and Marina Đurović are the back ups.

Elimination chart

– Winner  – Runner-up  – Contestant was announced as safe  – Contestant failed to qualify  – Contestant was eliminated  – Contestant did not perform

– Male contestant  – Female contestant  – Wildcard

		Heats				Quarter- final	Semi-final	Final
		22/1	29/1	5/2	12/2	19/2	26/2	5/3
Place	Contestant	Result
1	Daria Kinzer		WC	Safe	Safe	WC	1st	Winner
2	Jacques Houdek	1st		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
3	Mirko Švenda		1st	1st	1st	1st	Failed	Eliminated (Round 5)
4	Katica Marinović		Safe	Safe	WC	Failed	Eliminated (Round 4)
5-6	Ana Eškinja		Safe	Safe	Failed	Eliminated (Round 3)
	Doris Teur		Safe	WC	Failed	Eliminated (Round 3)
7-12	Dora Benc	Safe		Failed	Eliminated (Round 2)
	Sabrina Hebiri	Safe		Failed	Eliminated (Round 2)
	Saša Lozar		Safe	Failed	Eliminated (Round 2)
	Miro Tomić	Safe		Failed	Eliminated (Round 2)
	Jelena Vanjek	Safe		Failed	Eliminated (Round 2)
	Tina Vukov	WC		Failed	Eliminated (Round 2)
12-24	Diana Heraković		Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Filip Dizdar		Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Manuela Svorcan		Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Marija Rubčić		Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Mijo Lešina		Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Renata Holi		Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Artemija Stanić	Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Damir Kedžo	Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Ivana Brkašić	Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Mario Sambrailo	Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Mila Soldatić	Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)
	Valentina Briški	Failed	Eliminated (Round 1)

Heat 1 (22 January 2011)

• Celebrity judges: Gabi Novak
  Gabi Novak
  Gabi Novak is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. She became famous in the 1960s.Gabi was born to a Croatian father and a German mother.She is married to Arsen Dedić, a renowned singer-songwriter who also composed many of her songs....
  
  , Dino Jelusić
  Dino Jelusic
  Dino Jelušić is a Croatian singer, musician and songwriter. He was the winner of the firstJunior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 , which took place in Copenhagen on 15 November 2003....
  
   and Milana Vlaović
  Milana Vlaović
  Milana Vlaović is a Croatian songwriter.When she was 18, she left Metković and went to Zagreb to study at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law.In 1993 she married Croatian footballer Goran Vlaović...
  
  
• Winner: Jacques Houdek
• Televoting decided that the sixth finalist will be Tina Vukov
• In a press conference soon after the first heat, it was announced that the votes were incorrectly analyzed and that Jelena Vanjek had qualified rather than Damir Kedžo.

Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Result
1	Damir Kedžo	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love Crazy Little Thing Called Love "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track featured on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits... " (Queen Queen (band) Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor... )	Eliminated
2	Ivana Brkašić	"Iznad oblaka" (Nola)	Eliminated
3	Artemija Stanić	"Believe Believe (Cher song) "Believe" is a song by American recording artist Cher. It was released on November 24, 1998 as the lead single from her twenty-third studio album of the same name. It was written by Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennen, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray, and Timothy Powell and produced by Mark... " (Cher Cher Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in... )	Eliminated
4	Miro Tomić	"Sjećam se provog poljupca" (Film)	Safe
5	Mila Soldatić	"Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë published in 1847. It was her only novel and written between December 1845 and July 1846. It remained unpublished until July 1847 and was not printed until December after the success of her sister Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre... " (Kate Bush Kate Bush Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart... )	Eliminated
6	Tina Vukov	"S vremena na vrijeme" (Prljavo kazalište Prljavo kazalište Prljavo kazalište is a rock and roll band from Zagreb, Croatia. Since its formation in 1977, the group changed several music styles and line ups but remained one of the top acts of both the Croatian and the former Yugoslav rock scenes.-Beginnings:Prljavo kazalište was formed in 1977 in Dubrava,... )	Wildcard
7	Mario Sambrailo	"Sway Sway (song) "Sway" is the English version of "¿Quién será?", a 1953 mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. The most famous version is that of Dean Martin recorded in 1954. English lyrics are by Norman Gimbel... " (Michael Bublé Michael Bublé Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was... )	Eliminated
8	Sabrina Hebiri	"Tempera" (Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni Zlatan Stipišic Gibonni Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni is a Croatian singer, musician and composer from Split.Born in a family with a strong musical tradition , Zlatan Stipišić, who later embraced the nickname Gibonni, began his career in 1980s with the heavy metal band Osmi putnik.Gibonni started his solo career in 1990s with... )	Safe
9	Dora Benc	"This Is the Life This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald song) "This Is the Life" is an indie pop / folk song by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald from her 2007 album of the same title. It was released on December 10, 2007 in UK, and in April 2008 in most of European countries, becoming a major hit worldwide. It has so far been Macdonald's most... " (Amy Macdonald Amy Macdonald (singer) Amy Macdonald is a Scottish recording artist. Macdonald rose to fame in 2007 with her debut album, This Is the Life and its fourth single, "This Is the Life". The single charted at number one in six different countries worldwide, and charted inside the top ten in another eleven countries worldwide... )	Safe
10	Jelena Vanjek	"Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo" (Josipa Lisac Josipa Lisac Josipa Lisac is an eminent female singer.-Biography:During the 1960s she was a vocalist of the group named Zlatni Akordi... )	Safe
11	Valentina Briški	"Monday Morning Monday Morning (Melanie Fiona song) "Monday Morning" is a song by Canadian R&B singer Melanie Fiona from her debut album, The Bridge . The song was Produced by Peter Wade Keusch and Sidh Solanki, written by Peter Wade Keusch, Sidh Solanki, and Charlene Gilliam, and recorded at LaBronze Johnson Studios, NYC... " (Melanie Fiona Melanie Fiona Melanie Fiona Hallim is a Canadian R&B and Grammy-nominated recording artist from Toronto, Ontario. She was born to Guyanese immigrant parents of African, Indian, and Portuguese descent and grew up in the inner city of Toronto. Living in a music filled household, Fiona says she always knew music... )	Eliminated
12	Jacques Houdek	"Molitva" (Parni Valjak Parni Valjak Parni valjak 1975 is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene, and currently one of the top rock-and-roll bands in Croatia.-Biography:Parni valjak was founded in 1975... )	Safe

Heat 2 (29 January 2011)

• Celebrity judges: Vanna
  Vanna
  Vanna is a female first name that first appeared in recorded history circa 1294. The Italian medieval name originated in Tuscany, and is particular to Florence, Italy. Though similar in pronunciation to the name Giovanna, and conjectured to be derived from it, Vanna is neither a nickname nor a...
  
  , Luka Nižetić
  Luka Nižetic
  Luka Kužer Nižetić is a Croatian musician. His debut album Premijera was recorded in 2006. He is best known for his hits "Ponekad poželim" and "Proljeće" .-Biography:Luka is the second child of Tamara and Milo Nižetić...
  
   and Sandra Bagarić
  Sandra Bagarić
  Sandra Bagarić is a famous Croatian opera singer. She was born in Zenica . She went to the Music High School in Zenica. After that, she went to Music Academy in Zagreb. She sang in many operas including Madame Troubadur, Grofica Marica, Šišmiš, Boccaccioand Tko pjeva zlo ne misli...
  
  
• Winner: Mirko Švenda - Žiga (2.969 votes)
• Televoting decided that the sixth finalist will be Daria Kinzer

Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Result
1	Renata Holi	"Ja za ljubav neću moliti" (Nina Badrić Nina Badric Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer. Before starting her career in the entertainment industry she used to be a bank teller. She began performing in early 1990s, exploiting the sudden popularity of dance music, but her repertoire gradually became more mainstream... )	Eliminated
2	Mijo Lešina	"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" is a soul single by American musician Stevie Wonder, recorded for Motown's Tamla label. Released in June 1970, the song spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number three on the U.S. Pop chart... " (Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... )	Eliminated
3	Manuela Svorcan	"Da smo se voljeli manje" (Jinx Jinx (Croatian band) Jinx is a Croatian Pop band from Zagreb which was formed in 1993. They began their career under the name "High Jinx" coming from a concert in a Zagreb night-club saloon. The members of Jinx are guitarist Coco Mosquito, vocalist Jadranka Bastajic Yaya, drummer Berko Muratovic, keyboardist Mr. Goody,... )	Eliminated
4	Daria Kinzer	"A New Day Has Come A New Day Has Come (song) "A New Day Has Come" is the lead single from Céline Dion's comeback album A New Day Has Come, released on March 11, 2002.The song was written by Aldo Nova and Stephan Moccio and produced by Walter Afanasieff and Nova as a piano-driven ballad in 6/8 time. However, the midtempo radio remix... " (Celine Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record... )	Wildcard
5	Doris Teur	"Stop" (Natali Dizdar)	Safe
6	Diana Heraković	"Respect Respect (song) "Respect" is a song written and originally released by Stax recording artist Otis Redding in 1965. "Respect" became a 1967 hit and signature song for R&B singer Aretha Franklin. The music in the two versions is significantly different, and through a few minor changes in the lyrics, the stories told... " (Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All... )	Eliminated
7	Mirko Švenda	"Da li znaš da te volim" (Time Time (rock band) Time was a rock band from Yugoslavia that was formed in 1971 by Dado Topić after leaving his previous band Korni Grupa. The original lineup consisted of, in addition to Topić, Tihomir Pop Asanović , Vedran Božić , Mario Mavrin , Ratko Divjak and Brane Lambert Živković... )	Safe
8	Katica Marinović	"I'm Outta Love I'm Outta Love "I'm Outta Love" is a song by American recording artist Anastacia from her debut album, Not That Kind . Written by Anastacia, Sam Watters, and Louis Biancaniello, the song received a positive reception from music critics, and was released as the album's lead single in early 2000 in the United... " (Anastacia Anastacia Anastacia is an American singer-songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Asia, South Africa and South America, but has had only minor success in her native United States... )	Safe
9	Ana Eškinja	"Kao da me nema tu" (Vanna Vanna (singer) Ivana Ranilović-Vrdoljak is a pop singer from Croatia. She is also known with her artist name Vanna.-Biography:... )	Safe
10	Marija Rubčić	"If I Ain't Got You If I Ain't Got You "If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American recording artist Alicia Keys for her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. Released in February 2004 as the album's second single, the song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' second... " (Alicia Keys Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano... )	Eliminated
11	Filip Dizdar	"Nebo iznad nas" (Tony Cetinski)	Eliminated
12	Saša Lozar	"Billie Jean Billie Jean "Billie Jean" is a dance-pop/R&B song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was written, composed, and co-produced by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones from the singer's sixth album, Thriller . Originally disliked by Jones, the track was almost removed from the album after he and... " (Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... )	Safe

Heat 3 (5 February 2011)

• Celebrity judges: Tereza Kesovija
  Tereza Kesovija
  Tereza Ana Kesovija is an internationally acclaimed Croatian singer, one of the most recognisable figures on the Balkan music scene, renowned for her wide vocal range and operatic style and one of the most important artists of the former Yugoslavia. She also had a very successful career in France...
  
  , Maja Blagdan
  Maja Blagdan
  Maja Blagdan is a Croatian pop singer.She began her singing career in a rock band, Stijene, in 1986.Later she had a solo career. Her first solo album was released in 1993....
  
   and Hari Varešanović
• Winner: Mirko Švenda - Žiga (3.978 votes)
• Televoting decided that the sixth finalist will be Doris Teur

Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Result
1	Mirko Švenda	"I'm Still Standing I'm Still Standing "I'm Still Standing" is a song on English pop rock performer Elton John's 1983 album, Too Low for Zero. He sings about making a comeback despite problems in daily life. The video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was shot in Cannes and Nice on the Côte d'Azur in France and features the colours of the... " (Elton John Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor... )	Safe
2	Doris Teur	"Tako lako" (Cacadou Look Cacadou Look Cacadou Look was a five-piece pop rock band from Opatija, Croatia that was the first Yugoslav all-female band to release a long play record.Cacadou Look was formed in Opatija in 1983... )	Wildcard
3	Saša Lozar	"Stars Stars (Simply Red song) Stars is a single by the band Simply Red. "Stars" was originally released in the 1991 album of the same name. The single reached #8 in the United Kingdom and was successful in some other countries in Europe, but did not reach the Top 40 in the United States, unlike Simply Red's previous single... " (Simply Red Simply Red Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz... )	Eliminated
4	Dora Benc	"Mjesec" (DeTour)	Eliminated
5	Sabrina Hebiri	"Mercy Mercy (song) "Mercy" is a soul song performed by Welsh blue-eyed soul singer Duffy, released as the second single from her debut album, Rockferry . Co-written by Duffy and Steve Booker and produced by Booker, it was released over 2008 worldwide to critical acclaim and unprecedented chart success... " (Duffy Duffy (singer) Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold... )	Eliminated
6	Miro Tomić	"Nitko kao ti" (Songkillers)	Eliminated
7	Jacques Houdek	"Right Here Waiting Right Here Waiting "Right Here Waiting" is a ballad recorded by Richard Marx on his second album, Repeat Offender. "Right Here Waiting" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the 700th song to do so. It also peaked at #2 in the United Kingdom.-Background and writing:... " (Richard Marx Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"... )	Safe
8	Katica Marinović	"Vatra i led" (Colonia Colonia (music group) Colonia is a Croatian dance music band from Vinkovci, Croatia. They have released nine albums and over 27 singles to date with various songs and albums gaining platinum status... )	Safe
9	Tina Vukov	"Cry Cry" (Oceana Oceana (singer) Oceana Mahlmann is a German singer of both ethnic German and Afro-Martiniquais descent. She has musical roots in soul, reggae, hip-hop and funk. In March 2010, she finished sixth in the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars, with dance partner Przemyslaw Juszkiewicz. In May 2010, she hosted the... )	Eliminated
10	Jelena Vanjek	"Valerie Valerie (The Zutons song) "Valerie" is a song by the English indie rock band The Zutons from the band's second studio album, Tired of Hanging Around . Released as the album's second single on 19 June 2006 in the United Kingdom, along with their previous single "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?", it gave The Zutons their... " (Amy Winehouse Amy Winehouse Amy Jade Winehouse was an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize... )	Eliminated
11	Ana Eškinja	"Alejandro Alejandro (song) "Alejandro" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released as the third single from her third extended play and second major release The Fame Monster... " (Lady Gaga Lady GaGa Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to... )	Safe
12	Daria Kinzer	"Ugasi me" (Parni valjak Parni Valjak Parni valjak 1975 is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene, and currently one of the top rock-and-roll bands in Croatia.-Biography:Parni valjak was founded in 1975... )	Safe

Heat 4 (12 February 2011)

• Celebrity judges: Ivana Banfić
  Ivana Banfic
  Ivana Banfić is a Croatian dancer and pop singer. She became famous under the stage name I BEE in the 1990s during the period of popularity of dance music in Croatia....
  
  , Mirjana Bohanec
  Mirjana Bohanec
  Mirjana Bohanec-Vidović is a Croatian operatic soprano. She studied singing at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb and with Emmy Loose in Vienna. She made her professional opera debut in 1966 at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, remaining there as a resident artist for two years....
  
   and Tomislav Bralić
  Tomislav Bralić
  Tomislav Bralić is a famous Croatian singer. He sings in klapa Intrade. They were on Dora 2009 and won the second place.- Discography :* Lipa rič * Dalmacijo lipa * Karta ljubavi...
  
  
• Winner: Mirko Švenda - Žiga
• Televoting decided that the fourth finalist will be Katica Marinović

Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Result
1	Katica Marinović	"Tvoja ljubav" (The Bastardz The Bastardz The Bastardz are a Croatian jazz, funk duo, consisting of vocalist Helena Bastić, and guitarist Zoran Jaeger-Jex.The Bastardz are active in both their native Croatia and the Netherlands, where Jaeger-Jex has collaborated with other musicians.-Albums:... )	Wildcard
2	Jacques Houdek	"Oprosti" (Gibonni)	Safe
3	Ana Eškinja	"Čarobno jutro" (Nina Badrić Nina Badric Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer. Before starting her career in the entertainment industry she used to be a bank teller. She began performing in early 1990s, exploiting the sudden popularity of dance music, but her repertoire gradually became more mainstream... )	Eliminated
4	Mirko Švenda	"U ljubav vjere nemam" (Oliver Dragojević Oliver Dragojevic Oliver Dragojević is one of the most popular Croatian pop singers. A native of Vela Luka from the island of Korčula, he emerged onto the music scene in the 1970s thanks to the popular Split Festival, one of several musical annual events which began in the former Yugoslavia and still is being held... )	Safe
5	Daria Kinzer	"Da ti nisam bila dovoljna" (Electro Team Electro Team Electro Team is a hip hop/eurodance band from Croatia, active since 1987 .ET's July 1993 single "Tek je 12 sati" was named by journalists and music critics as Croatia's hit of the decade. E.T... )	Safe
6	Doris Teur	"Danas sam luda" (Josipa Lisac Josipa Lisac Josipa Lisac is an eminent female singer.-Biography:During the 1960s she was a vocalist of the group named Zlatni Akordi... )	Eliminated

Quarterfinal (19 February 2011)

• Celebrity judges: Danijela Martinović
  Danijela Martinovic
  Danijela Martinović, known artistically as Danijela is a popular Croatian singer with success across all of the Balkans.-Biography:...
  
  , Miran Hadživeljković
  Kraljevi ulice
  Kraljevi ulice is a Croatian band founded by Miran Hadži Veljković and Zlatko Petrović Pajo. The band's name translates as "Kings of the Street". They were chosen to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia...
  
   and Ivanka Boljkovac
• Winner: Mirko Švenda - Žiga (6.707 votes)
• Televoting decided that the third finalist will be Daria Kinzer

Artist	Draw	Song (original artists)	Draw	Song (original artists)	Result
Katica Marinović	1	"Idem tamo gdje je sve po mom" (Jinx Jinx (Croatian band) Jinx is a Croatian Pop band from Zagreb which was formed in 1993. They began their career under the name "High Jinx" coming from a concert in a Zagreb night-club saloon. The members of Jinx are guitarist Coco Mosquito, vocalist Jadranka Bastajic Yaya, drummer Berko Muratovic, keyboardist Mr. Goody,... )	5	"I'm So Excited I'm So Excited "I'm So Excited" is a song by American recording artists The Pointer Sisters. The track, written by The Pointer Sisters and Trevor Lawrence, was originally released in 1982 and saw a re-release in 1984. It is considered to be one of the group's signature songs.-Background:The song appeared... " (Pointer sisters Pointer Sisters The Pointer Sisters are an American pop/R&B recording act from Oakland, California that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over three decades, their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country and rock.The... )	Eliminated
Daria Kinzer	2	"If I Could Turn Back Time If I Could Turn Back Time "If I Could Turn Back Time" is a song written by Diane Warren and was released on June 1, 1989 as the second North American and first European single release from American singer/actress Cher's twentieth album Heart of Stone by Geffen Records.... " (Cher Cher Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in... )	6	"Kao rijeka" (Vanna Vanna Vanna is a female first name that first appeared in recorded history circa 1294. The Italian medieval name originated in Tuscany, and is particular to Florence, Italy. Though similar in pronunciation to the name Giovanna, and conjectured to be derived from it, Vanna is neither a nickname nor a... )	Wildcard
Mirko Švenda	3	"Svi tvoji poljupci" (Boa BOA (band) BOA is a Croatian music group, which was especially prominent during the 1980s around the former SFR Yugoslavia.-History:The band's early history started in Zagreb, then SR Croatia in 1974, when its founding members Mladen Puljiz and Slavko Remenarić, switched their interest from classical music to... )	7	"Help! Help! (song) "Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom.... " (Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr... )	Safe
Jacques Houdek	4	"Kiss Kiss (song) In 1988 Art of Noise released a cover of the song, featuring Tom Jones on vocals. The song became the band's biggest hit to that point, reaching number eighteen on the U.S. dance charts and number five on the UK Singles Chart, higher than the original in that country... " (Prince Prince (musician) Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of... )	8	"Nek' ti bude ljubav sva Nek' ti bude ljubav sva "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" is a song by Croatian singer Tony Cetinski, and was the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1994.The song is sung from the perspective of a man whose lover has been unfaithful... " (Tony Cetinski)	Safe

Semifinal (26 February 2011)

• Celebrity judges: Josipa Lisac
  Josipa Lisac
  Josipa Lisac is an eminent female singer.-Biography:During the 1960s she was a vocalist of the group named Zlatni Akordi...
  
  , Emilija Kokić
  Emilija Kokic
  Emilija Kokić is a Croatian singer. She was the lead singer of the Yugoslav pop band Riva, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 for Yugoslavia, with the song Rock Me....
  
   and Branko Bubica
• Winner: Daria Kinzer (11.844 votes)

Artist	Draw	Song (original artists)	Draw	Song (original artists)	Result
Daria Kinzer	1	"Žena za sva vremena" (Zorica Brunclik)	4	"The Best The Best (song) "The Best" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight, originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler on her 1988 release Hide Your Heart, in reference to Tom Mason. The single reached reaching #10 in Norway and Portugal, #34 in Spain and #95 in the UK.... " (Tina Turner Tina Turner Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the... )	Safe
Jacques Houdek	2	"Dvije duše" (Gibonni)	5	"You Raise Me Up You Raise Me Up "You Raise Me Up" was the debut single from Westlife's fifth studio album, Face To Face.This version is considered by many to be the most popular , of all the various versions of the same song. The single peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's 13th Number One. It was the first... " (Secret Garden Secret Garden (duo) Secret Garden is an award-winning Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental Music, also sometimes erroneously known as Neo-classical music.Secret Garden features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and the Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland... )	Safe
Mirko Švenda	3	"You Raise Me Up You Raise Me Up "You Raise Me Up" was the debut single from Westlife's fifth studio album, Face To Face.This version is considered by many to be the most popular , of all the various versions of the same song. The single peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's 13th Number One. It was the first... " (Secret Garden Secret Garden (duo) Secret Garden is an award-winning Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental Music, also sometimes erroneously known as Neo-classical music.Secret Garden features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and the Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland... )	6	"Bitanga i Princeza" (Bijelo dugme Bijelo dugme Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock... )	Eliminated

Final (5 March 2011)

The final of Dora 2011 was held on 5 March 2010 at the Studio 10 Anton Marti in Zagreb. Two artists qualified for the final. The Finalists performed a total of three songs: "Lahor", "Stotinama godinama" and "Još ima nas". There was a total of two voting rounds. The song from each singer was determined in the first round, while the final winner was selected in the second round.

In the jury were Hrvoje Hegedušić, Hrid Matić, Branka Muvrin, Zvonimir Bučević, Želimir Babogredac and Željen Klašterka.

• Celebrity judges: Tonči Huljić
  Tonci Huljic
  Tonči Huljić is a Croatian musician, songwriter and music producer from Split.Huljić made his name in the late 1970s as the founder and key member of pop band Dalmatinski magazin...
  
  , Severina and Andrej Babić
  Andrej Babic
  Andrej Babić is a Croatian songwriter who has written many Eurovision songs since 2003. He is one of the few songwriters who has written for four countries, having written entries for Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Portugal....
  
  
• Interval acts: Feminnem
  Feminnem
  Feminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members, Neda Parmać, Nika Antolos, and Pamela Ramljak. They have represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 and Croatia in 2010....
  
  , Boris Novković
  Boris Novkovic
  Boris Novković is a Croatian pop singer. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia, his interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with a mother who taught music, and a father, Đorđe Novković, who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager...
  
   and Petar Grašo
  Petar Grašo
  Petar Grašo is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Zagreb to parents hailing from Dalmatia, he gained prominence when Oliver Dragojević performed one of his first songs "Boginja" on the Dora contest in 1995...
  
  

Song selection
Televoting 50%, Jury 50%

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Votes		Score	Results
				Jury	Televoting
1	Jacques Houdek	"Još ima nas"	Lea Dekleva (m/l)	1	1	2	Out
2	Daria Kinzer	"Još ima nas"	Lea Dekleva (m/l)	1	1	2	Out
3	Jacques Houdek	"Lahor"	Boris Đurđević (m), Andrea Čubrić (l)	3	2	5	Advanced
4	Daria Kinzer	"Lahor"	Boris Đurđević (m), Andrea Čubrić (l)	3	2	5	Advanced
5	Jacques Houdek	"Stotinama godina"	Ante Pecotić (m/l)	2	3	5	Out
6	Daria Kinzer	"Stotinama godina"	Ante Pecotić (m/l)	2	3	5	Out

Super-Final

Performer selection
Televoting 100%

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televoting	Result
1	Jacques Houdek	"Lahor"	Boris Đurđević (m), Andrea Čubrić (l)	5,090	Runner-up
2	Daria Kinzer	"Lahor"	Boris Đurđević (m), Andrea Čubrić (l)	9,000	Winner

Jury

Song	Songwriter	T.Huljić	S.Vučković	A.Babić	Score	Place
Jacques Houdek
"Još ima nas"	Lea Dekleva	5	6	5	16	3
"Lahor"	Boris Đurđević	9	10	10	29	1
"Stotinama godina"	Ante Pecotić	9	9	9	27	2
Daria Kinzer
"Još ima nas"	Lea Dekleva	5	7	5	17	3
"Lahor"	Boris Đurđević	10	9	10	29	1
"Stotinama godina"	Ante Pecotić	7	8	8	23	2

Televoting

Song	Songwriter	Votes	%	Place
Jacques Houdek
"Još ima nas"	Lea Dekleva	530	8,4%	3
"Lahor"	Boris Đurđević	1.853	29,4%	2
"Stotinama godina"	Ante Pecotić	3.920	62,2%	1
Daria Kinzer
"Još ima nas"	Lea Dekleva	725	8,1%	3
"Lahor"	Boris Đurđević	2.293	25,7%	2
"Stotinama godina"	Ante Pecotić	5.915	66,2%	1

At Eurovision

Croatia competed thirteenth on the first semi-final of the contest, on 10 May. The performance featured two outfit changes. Croatia placed fifteenth with 41 points and didn't pass to the final.

External links

• HRT's official website