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Roko

This year's Croatian Eurovision Song Contest singer is Roko, he was born on 10 March 2000 in Split, Croatia and graduated from fourth gymnasium 'Marko Marulić' in Split. Roko started his music career at an early age and besides singing, he has been playing the piano since he was 7 years old. Over the years, he has participated in many national and international festivals and music reality shows.

Roko became nationally recognised in 2011 through Croatia's Got Talent. But one of his greatest achievements is reaching the final of another big tv talent show in 2018 and coming second. Roko was mentored during the series by Jacques Houdek, a member of the jury and Croatia's 2017 Eurovision Song Contest entrant with My Friend. Jacques is one of the writers of Roko's song The Dream.

This year, Roko won Dora 2019, winning both the jury and audience vote. Dora is Croatia's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest and was broadcast by HRT (Croatian National Television). Becoming the Croatian representative is a dream come true for Roko.

Music video

Live performance

Lyrics of The Dream

I have a dream
A dream as beautiful as it is extreme
I know it's not as crazy as it may seem
So I don’t ever wanna give up on this dream

Open your heart
And you'll arrive at where the dream has to start
To pull a world together out of the parts
And turn this war into a hopeful work of art

We have lived the darkest night
Waiting for the day
Now the time for us is right
To arise and say

I dream of love
You dream of love
Angels of God
We all dream of love
We all dream of love

Svijetu nisi dužan ti
Ništa donijeti
Jedino si čovjek kad
Možeš voljeti

Kao heroj
Kao heroj
I moj i tvoj
Ljubav je heroj
Ljubav je heroj
I have a dream
A dream as beautiful as it is extreme
I know it's not as crazy as it may seem
So I don't ever wanna give up on this dream

Open your heart
And you'll arrive at where the dream has to start
To pull a world together out of the parts
And turn this war into a hopeful work of art

We have lived the darkest night
Waiting for the day
Now the time for us is right
To arise and say

I dream of love
You dream of love
Angels of God
We all dream of love
We all dream of love

To the world you don't owe
Anything (to bring)
You are only human when
You're able to love

Like a hero
Like a hero
Both yours and mine
Love is a hero
Love is a hero