Tonight Croatian broadcaster, HRT hosted the second semifinal of their national selection for the 51st Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Athens in May. Sixteen songs took part to gain a place for the final of DORA '06, to be held this Saturday.

One of tonight's contestants was Claudia Beni, singing Samo ti mi ostani. She represented Croatia at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest in Riga, Latvia. The complete list of participants and the results (jury/televoting);

01. Kraljevi ulice – Kao san – 30 points (15/15)
02. Severina – Moja �tikla – 30 points (14/16)
03. Jelena Rozga – Ne zovi me Marija – 26 points (13/13)
04. Karma – Pusti da te vodi ritam – 25 points (11/14)
05. Ibrica Jusiæ – Nje�ne rijeèi – 22 points (16/6)
06. Jacques Houdek – Umrijeti s osmjehom – 19 points (12/7)
07. Alen Vitasoviæ – �kifo – 18 points (10/8)
08. Raspashow – U tebi tra�im spas – 16 points (7/9)
09. �anamari – Ljubav za jednu noæ – 16 points (6/10)
10. Ðani Stipanièev – Tilo uz tilo – 14 points (9/5)
11. Kristina – Zapisano na dlanu – 14 points (3/11)
12. Tina i Nik�a – Kazna – 13 points (1/12)
13. Vlatka Pokos – Najbolje – 12 points (8/4)
14. Claudia Beni – Samo ti mi ostani – 7 points (5/2)
15. Latino – Kunem se – 7 points (4/3)
16. Rivers – To je sve za veèeras – 3 points (2/1)

The eight songs that placed highest in a 50% Jury and 50% televote will go through to the final. Those who qualified after the first semifinal (and thus will also take part tomorrow);

� Tina Vukov – Il treno per Genova 15+12=27
� Magazin – Oprosti mala 13+14=27
� Lana – Najbolja glumica 10+16=26
� Massimo – Tu na mojim rukama 16+9=25
� Petar Gra�o – Prokleto sam 14+11=25
� Danijela – Oči od safira 8+15=23
� Ivana Banfić – Kad se sklope kazaljke 12+10=22
� Angels – Party djevojka 7+13=20

Last year, Croatia was represented by Boris Novković, placing 11th with his song Vukovi umiru sami. Croatia will therefore enter the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest through the semifinal.