HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, has unveiled the competing acts at the forthcoming Croatian national selection Dora 2025.

Dora 2025 will consist of three televised shows: two semi-finals and a Grand Final. 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 selection.

The Dora 2025 competing acts:

• 1. Ananda – „Lies Lay Cold”
• 2. EoT – „Bye, Bye, Bye”
• 3. Filomena – „Strong”
• 4. Irma – „Enigma”
• 5. IVXN – „Monopol”
• 6. Jelena Radan – „SALUT!”
• 7. Lara feat. LSQ – „MAMA”
• 8. laurakojapjeva – „NPC”
• 9. LELEK – „The Soul of my Soul”
• 10. Luka Nižetić – „Južina”
• 11. Magazin – „AaAaA”
• 12. Marin Jurić Čivro – „Gorjelo je”
• 13. Marko Bošnjak – „Poison Cake”
• 14. Marko Škugor – „Šta da Boga molim ja”
• 15. Marko Tolja – „Through the dark”
• 16. Martha May – „Running to the Light”
• 17. Matt Shaft – „Welcome to the circus”
• 18. Natalie Balmix – „ŽIVOT IDE DALJE”
• 19. Natally – „Dom si srcu mom”
• 20. NIPPLEPEOPLE – „ZNAK”
• 21. Ogenj – „Daj, daj”
• 22. Petar Brkljačić – „KRAJ”
• 23. Supersonic Trio – „Animal”
• 24. Teenah – „Aurora”

The four reserve acts:

• SWINGERS – „FUL KUL (Full cool)”,
•  Fenksta – „Ekstra”,
• Patricia Gasparini – „KARMA”
• llyricum – „TANANAI” (MOTHER)

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
Photo credit: HRT