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Croatia made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993. Prior to this, Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest as part of Yugoslavia.

Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1993 after qualifying from the pre-selection show, Kvalifikacija za Millstreet. The country is located on the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea, across from Italy on the western side.   
Between 1993 and 2011, the Croatian entry was selected using the national final Dora. Since then Croatia has opted for an internal selection. To date the best placing for Croatia is fourth, which it achieved in 1996 and 1999. The country has yet to win the Eurovision Song Contest although the Croatian band Riva won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1989 which meant that the contest was held in Croatia's capital, Zagreb, in 1990.

Facts

First participation

1993 (Put)

Victories

None

Hosts

None

The basics

Full country name

Republic of Croatia

Capital

Zagreb

Featured participant

Croatia

Roko

Tel Aviv 2019

Event	Represented by	Song	Points	Rank
Millstreet 1993	Put	Don't Ever Cry	31	15
Dublin 1994	Tony Cetinski	Nek'ti Bude Ljubav Sva	27	16
Dublin 1995	Magazin and Lidija	Nostalgija	91	6
Oslo 1996	Maja Blagdan	Sveta Ljubav	98	4
Dublin 1997	ENI	Probudi Me	24	17
Birmingham 1998	Danijela	Neka Mi Ne Svane	131	5
Jerusalem 1999	Doris Dragovic	Marija Magdalena	118	4
Stockholm 2000	Goran Karan	Kada Zaspu Andeli	70	9
Copenhagen 2001	Vanna	Strings Of My Heart	42	10
Tallinn 2002	Vesna Pisarovic	Everything I Want	44	11
Riga 2003	Claudia Beni	Vie Nisam Tvoja	29	15
Istanbul 2004	Ivan Mikulic	You Are The Only One
Grand Final			50	12
Semi-Final			72	9
Kyiv 2005	Boris Novkovic feat. Lado members	Vukovi Umiru Sami
Semi-Final			169	4
Grand Final			115	11
Athens 2006	Severina	Moja Štikla
Grand Final			56	12
Helsinki 2007	Dragonfly feat. Dado Topic	Vjerujem U Ljubav
Semi-Final			54	16
Belgrade 2008	Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents	Romanca
Grand Final			44	21
Second Semi-Final			112	4
Moscow 2009	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea	Lijepa Tena
Second Semi-Final			33	13
Grand Final			45	18
Oslo 2010	Feminnem	Lako Je Sve
Second Semi-Final			33	13
Düsseldorf 2011	Daria	Celebrate
First Semi-Final			41	15
Baku 2012	Nina Badrić	Nebo
Second Semi-Final			42	12
Malmö 2013	Klapa s mora	Mižerja
First Semi-Final			38	13
Stockholm 2016	Nina Kraljić	Lighthouse
Grand Final			73	23
First Semi-Final			133	10
Kyiv 2017	Jacques Houdek	My Friend
Second Semi-Final			141	8
Grand Final			128	13
Lisbon 2018	Franka	Crazy
First Semi-Final			63	17
Tel Aviv 2019	Roko	The Dream
Second Semi-Final

Croatia made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993. Prior to this, Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest as part of Yugoslavia.

Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1993 after qualifying from the pre-selection show, Kvalifikacija za Millstreet. The country is located on the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea, across from Italy on the western side.   
Between 1993 and 2011, the Croatian entry was selected using the national final Dora. Since then Croatia has opted for an internal selection. To date the best placing for Croatia is fourth, which it achieved in 1996 and 1999. The country has yet to win the Eurovision Song Contest although the Croatian band Riva won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1989 which meant that the contest was held in Croatia's capital, Zagreb, in 1990.

The basics

Full country name

Republic of Croatia

Capital

Zagreb

Facts

First participation

1993 (Put)

Victories

None

Hosts

None

Featured participant

Croatia

Roko

Tel Aviv 2019

Event	Represented by	Song	Points	Rank
Millstreet 1993	Put	Don't Ever Cry	31	15
Dublin 1994	Tony Cetinski	Nek'ti Bude Ljubav Sva	27	16
Dublin 1995	Magazin and Lidija	Nostalgija	91	6
Oslo 1996	Maja Blagdan	Sveta Ljubav	98	4
Dublin 1997	ENI	Probudi Me	24	17
Birmingham 1998	Danijela	Neka Mi Ne Svane	131	5
Jerusalem 1999	Doris Dragovic	Marija Magdalena	118	4
Stockholm 2000	Goran Karan	Kada Zaspu Andeli	70	9
Copenhagen 2001	Vanna	Strings Of My Heart	42	10
Tallinn 2002	Vesna Pisarovic	Everything I Want	44	11
Riga 2003	Claudia Beni	Vie Nisam Tvoja	29	15
Istanbul 2004	Ivan Mikulic	You Are The Only One
Grand Final			50	12
Semi-Final			72	9
Kyiv 2005	Boris Novkovic feat. Lado members	Vukovi Umiru Sami
Semi-Final			169	4
Grand Final			115	11
Athens 2006	Severina	Moja Štikla
Grand Final			56	12
Helsinki 2007	Dragonfly feat. Dado Topic	Vjerujem U Ljubav
Semi-Final			54	16
Belgrade 2008	Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents	Romanca
Grand Final			44	21
Second Semi-Final			112	4
Moscow 2009	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea	Lijepa Tena
Second Semi-Final			33	13
Grand Final			45	18
Oslo 2010	Feminnem	Lako Je Sve
Second Semi-Final			33	13
Düsseldorf 2011	Daria	Celebrate
First Semi-Final			41	15
Baku 2012	Nina Badrić	Nebo
Second Semi-Final			42	12
Malmö 2013	Klapa s mora	Mižerja
First Semi-Final			38	13
Stockholm 2016	Nina Kraljić	Lighthouse
Grand Final			73	23
First Semi-Final			133	10
Kyiv 2017	Jacques Houdek	My Friend
Second Semi-Final			141	8
Grand Final			128	13
Lisbon 2018	Franka	Crazy
First Semi-Final			63	17
Tel Aviv 2019	Roko	The Dream
Second Semi-Final

The basics

Full country name

Republic of Croatia

Capital

Zagreb

Facts

First participation

1993 (Put)

Victories

None

Hosts

None

Croatia made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993. Prior to this, Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest as part of Yugoslavia.

Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1993 after qualifying from the pre-selection show, Kvalifikacija za Millstreet. The country is located on the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea, across from Italy on the western side.   
Between 1993 and 2011, the Croatian entry was selected using the national final Dora. Since then Croatia has opted for an internal selection. To date the best placing for Croatia is fourth, which it achieved in 1996 and 1999. The country has yet to win the Eurovision Song Contest although the Croatian band Riva won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1989 which meant that the contest was held in Croatia's capital, Zagreb, in 1990.

Featured participant

Croatia

Roko

Tel Aviv 2019

Event	Represented by	Song	Points	Rank
Millstreet 1993	Put	Don't Ever Cry	31	15
Dublin 1994	Tony Cetinski	Nek'ti Bude Ljubav Sva	27	16
Dublin 1995	Magazin and Lidija	Nostalgija	91	6
Oslo 1996	Maja Blagdan	Sveta Ljubav	98	4
Dublin 1997	ENI	Probudi Me	24	17
Birmingham 1998	Danijela	Neka Mi Ne Svane	131	5
Jerusalem 1999	Doris Dragovic	Marija Magdalena	118	4
Stockholm 2000	Goran Karan	Kada Zaspu Andeli	70	9
Copenhagen 2001	Vanna	Strings Of My Heart	42	10
Tallinn 2002	Vesna Pisarovic	Everything I Want	44	11
Riga 2003	Claudia Beni	Vie Nisam Tvoja	29	15
Istanbul 2004	Ivan Mikulic	You Are The Only One
Grand Final			50	12
Semi-Final			72	9
Kyiv 2005	Boris Novkovic feat. Lado members	Vukovi Umiru Sami
Semi-Final			169	4
Grand Final			115	11
Athens 2006	Severina	Moja Štikla
Grand Final			56	12
Helsinki 2007	Dragonfly feat. Dado Topic	Vjerujem U Ljubav
Semi-Final			54	16
Belgrade 2008	Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents	Romanca
Grand Final			44	21
Second Semi-Final			112	4
Moscow 2009	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea	Lijepa Tena
Second Semi-Final			33	13
Grand Final			45	18
Oslo 2010	Feminnem	Lako Je Sve
Second Semi-Final			33	13
Düsseldorf 2011	Daria	Celebrate
First Semi-Final			41	15
Baku 2012	Nina Badrić	Nebo
Second Semi-Final			42	12
Malmö 2013	Klapa s mora	Mižerja
First Semi-Final			38	13
Stockholm 2016	Nina Kraljić	Lighthouse
Grand Final			73	23
First Semi-Final			133	10
Kyiv 2017	Jacques Houdek	My Friend
Second Semi-Final			141	8
Grand Final			128	13
Lisbon 2018	Franka	Crazy
First Semi-Final			63	17
Tel Aviv 2019	Roko	The Dream
Second Semi-Final

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