"Probudi me" was the Croatia

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n entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997

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, performed in Croatian

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 by E.N.I.

E.N.I.

E.N.I. is Croatian pop band from Rijeka .Like the Rijeka group Put four years earlier, E.N.I. was created out of Putokazi in order to compete in at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song Probudi Me....

.

The song was performed twenty-third on the night (following France

France

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's Fanny with "Sentiments songes

Sentiments Songes

"Sentiments songes" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in French by Fanny....

" and preceding the United Kingdom

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's Katrina And The Waves

Katrina and the Waves

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 with "Love Shine a Light"). At the close of voting, it had received 24 points, placing 17th in a field of 25.

The song is an up-tempo number, with the girls singing about the best way to wake them up in the morning - with love, rather than coffee.

It was succeeded as Croatian representative

Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 at the 1998 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

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 by Danijela

Danijela Martinovic

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 with "Neka mi ne svane

Neka mi ne svane

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