Good evening Europe, this is Opatija calling! We are travelling all the way to the Balkans tonight for the Croatian national selection- Dora 2025. 

How to watch the show?

You can watch the First Semi-final of Dora 2025 at 20:15  CET via the following channels:

• HRT 1
• HRTi
• HRT webstream
• HRT Youtube Channel

About the show

Dora 2025 will be held in Opatija, Croatia. A total of 12 acts will battle for 8 spots in the Grand Final. Tonight’s show will be hosted by Barbara Kolar and Duško Ćurlić.

The competing acts

• Matt Shaft – Welcome to the circus,
• Jelena Radan – SALUT
• NIPPELPEOPLE – ZNAK
•  SWINGERS – FUL KUL
• Martha May – Running To The Light,
• LELEK – The Soul of my Soul
• Teenah – Aurora
• IVXN – Monopol
• Marko Tolja – Through the dark
• Magazin – AaAaA
• Natalli – Dom si srcu mom
•  EoT – Bye Bye Bye.

Dora 2025

Dora 2025 will consist of three live televised shows scheduled to be held on 27, 28 February  and 02 March in Opatija. The Grand Final of Dora 2025 is scheduled to be held on Sunday 02 March.

• 27/02/2025- Semi-final #1
• 28/02/2025- Semi-final #2
• 02/03/2025- Grand Final

A total of 24 entries will be competing at the forthcoming Croatian national selection for Eurovision 2025. 12 songs will compete in each semi-final, the top 8 entries from each semi-final will proceed to the Grand Final after a public televoting deliberation. A total of 16 acts will battle for the golden ticket to Eurovision 2025 at the Grand Final.

The 2025 Croatian Eurovision entry and act will be determined via a mixed public televoting/jury deliberation.

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 2024 when Baby Lasagna placed 2nd in the Grand Final.

The country has competed 29 times in the contest.

Source: HRT
Photo credit: HRT