HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, has revealed today that it has received a total of 221 entries for the forthcoming Croatian national selection Dora 2025.

The song submission window for Dora 2025 closed on Friday 15 November. HRT has received 221 songs for Dora 2025, the highest number of submitted songs since the return of Dora in 2019.

Dora 2025 is scheduled to be held during the second half of February. The host city and venue are yet to be confirmed.

A total of 24 songs will partake at the 2025 Croatian national final- Dora.  More details will be unveiled in due course.

Croatia in Eurovision

Croatia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with the six member group Put and their entry Don’t ever cry, and is yet to win the event. The Balkan country’s best results in the competition were achieved in 1996 (Maja Blagdan) and 1999 (Doris Dragovic), when it placed 4th in the Grand Final.

The country has competed 29 times in the contest and has not been very lucky in the competition in recent years, with its last top 10 finish in 2024.

In 2024 Croatia was represented by Baby Lasagna at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo with his epic hit ‘Rim Tim Tagi Dim‘ achieving the country’s best result, thus placing 2nd in the Grand Final.

Source: HRT
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