The Croatian national broadcaster, HRT, has made public the list of semifinalists to participate at the 2010 edition of Dora, the country's national selection for Eurovision. A total of 16 acts will fight for the Croatian ticket to Oslo. Half of them will make it to the final, where they will join other eight participants, automatically qualified as wildcards.
This is the list of the 16 semifinalists for Dora 2010:
1. Giuliano �ani�: Moja draga
2. Vokalna skupina “Rivers”: Bez tebe
3. Martina Vrbos: Ti i ja
4. Mijo Lešina: Tajna ljubavi
5. Betya Belle: Ne
6. Doris Teur: Ti me ne zaslužuješ
7. Nikola Marjanovi�: Ti i muzika
8. Feminnem: Lako je sve
9. Frano Krajcar: Jobrni je jobrni
10. Klapa Iskon: Vrime za kraj
11. Teška industrija: Nazovi stvari pravim imenom
12. Artist TBA: Sada osje�am to
13. Tomislav Modri� i ansambl: Trio tulipan
14. Valungari: Vol or ne vol
15. Dražen Žanko: Moja ljubav jedina
16. Filip Dizdar: Sunce
Back-up acts:
1. Kraljevi Ulice: Kad se smiješ ti
2. �ager Zoc: Cool Koko
3. Ivana BrkašiÄ�: Dvije adrese
4. Leonora Surian: Svijet
UPD And following you can read the names of the already prequalified acts for the Dora 2010 final:
1. Alfi Kabiljo – Ä�ani StipaniÄ�ev: Nek nam bude lijepo
2. Boris Ä�urÄ�eviÄ� – Alibi
3. Miro Buljan – Franka BateliÄ�
4. Denis Duman�i�
5. Neno Nin�evi�
6. Ante PecotiÄ� – Sabrina Hebiri
7. Miroslav Škoro – Žiga i bandisti
8. Luka Zima
Several names are well-known and popular with eurofans. For example, Feminnem represented Bosnia & Herzegovina in Kiev 2005, and Kraljevi Ulice (back-up act for Dora 2010) flew the Croatian flag together with 75 Cent in Belgrade 2008. Those acts have been selected out of the 200 entries received by a jury comprising nine people from entertainment shows, the musical industry as well as members of the Composers’ Society, Music Union and the Music Association.
The national final will be held on the 5th of March 2010 at the Crystal Hall of Hotel Kvarner in Opatija.