Ladies and gentlemen Croatia has decided for Eurovision 2025! Marko Bošnjak was crowned the winner of Dora 2025 with ‘Poison Cake’.

Marko Bosnjak will have the grand honour of representing Croatia at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Poison Cake’ A total of 16 acts battled at Dora 2025 Grand Final tonight.

The show was held in Opatija, Croatia. The 2024 Croatian Eurovision entry an act was determined via a combined jury/ public deliberation.

Dora 2025

Dora 2025 will consisted of three live televised shows which wereheld on 27, 28 February  and 02 March in Opatija. The Grand Final of Dora 2025 was held tonight.

A total of 24 entries competed at the  Croatian national selection for Eurovision 2025. 12 songs  competed in each semi-final, the top 8 entries from each semi-final  proceeded to the Grand Final after a public televoting deliberation. A total of 16 acts battled for the golden ticket to Eurovision 2025 at the Grand Final.

The 2025 Croatian Eurovision act and entry was 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.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.