Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nebo" written and performed by Nina Badrić, who was selected internally by the Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) on 10 January 2012 to represent Croatia at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Her song Nebo" was presented to the public on 18 February 2012 during the special programme Dora 2012 - Idemo na Eurosong s Ninom!.
Croatia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 10, "Nebo" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Croatia placed twelfth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 42 points.
Prior to the 2012 contest, Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since its first entry in 1993.[1] The nation's best result in the contest was fourth, which it achieved on two occasions: in 1996 with the song "Sveta ljubav" performed by Maja Blagdan and in 1999 with the song "Marija Magdalena" performed by Doris Dragović. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Croatia had thus far featured in five finals. In 2010 and 2011, the Croatian entries failed to qualify from the semi-finals; the last time Croatia competed in the final was in 2009 with the song "Lijepa Tena" performed by Igor Cukrov featuring Andrea. In 2011, Croatia failed to qualify to the final with Daria and the song "Celebrate".
The Croatian national broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), broadcasts the event within Croatia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. HRT confirmed Croatia's participation in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest on 22 November 2011.[2] Since 1993, HRT organised the national final Dora in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. For their 2012 participation, Dora was planned to be continued featuring invited artists having the opportunity to choose their composers for their entries. However, such plans were later cancelled due to low interest with the Croatian broadcaster opting to internally select the entry.[2][3]
Before Eurovisionedit
Internal selectionedit
On 10 January 2012, the Croatian national broadcaster HRT announced that it had internally selected Nina Badrić to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Nina Badrić previously attempted to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest on several occasions: in 1993 with "Ostavljam te" placing seventh, in 1994 with "Godine nestvarne" placing tenth, in 1995 with "Odlaziš zauvijek" placing seventeenth, and in 2003 with "Čarobno jutro" placing second.[4][5] In regards to her selection as the Croatian entrant, Badrić stated: "For me, this is both an honour and a challenge, and I think the most important thing is to be yourself and have a quality song. I am looking forward to all this and may God serve us this year with a little luck."[6][7]
Following the presentation show, "Nebo" was released by Aquarius Records on iTunes and Amazon on 22 February.[14][15] Badrić also went through vocal cord surgery in late February, which she managed to recover from before the contest.[16]
At Eurovisionedit
The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 took place at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2012, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Croatia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 24 May 2012, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[17] The running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw on 20 March 2012 and Croatia was set to perform in position 10, following the entry from Slovenia and before the entry from Sweden.[18]
The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Croatia on HRT 1 with commentary by Duško Ćurlić. The Croatian spokesperson, who announced the Croatian votes during the final, was Nevena Rendeli.
Semi-finaledit
Nina Badrić took part in technical rehearsals on 16 and 19 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 23 and 24 May. This included the jury final where professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.[19]
The Croatian performance featured Nina Badrić in a long black dress, joined on stage by three backing vocalists dressed in white and two dancers dressed in black. The stage lighting was in blue and white with the LED screens transitioned from a mountain scenery next to a seaside to grey clouds. Towards the climax of the song, the dancers lifted a long white cloth and positioned it behind the other performers with the use of a wind machine.[20][21] The three backing vocalists that joined Badrić were: Danijela Večerinović Ivana Cabraja and Jelena Majić, while the two dancers were Dinko Zec and Igor Barberić who was also the choreographer of the Croatian performance.[22][23]
At the end of the show, Croatia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.[24] It was later revealed that Croatia placed twelfth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 42 points.[25]
Votingedit
Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.
Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Croatia had placed fourteenth with the public televote and seventh with the jury vote in the second semi-final. In the public vote, Croatia scored 34 points, while with the jury vote, Croatia scored 66 points.[26]
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Croatia and awarded by Croatia in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the semi-final and to Serbia in the final of the contest.
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November 11, 2023
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Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song Nebo written and performed by Nina Badric who was selected internally by the Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision HRT on 10 January 2012 to represent Croatia at the 2012 contest in Baku Azerbaijan Her song Nebo was presented to the public on 18 February 2012 during the special programme Dora 2012 Idemo na Eurosong s Ninom Eurovision Song Contest 2012Country CroatiaNational selectionSelection processInternal selectionSelection date s Artist 10 January 2012Song 18 February 2012Selected entrantNina BadricSelected song Nebo Selected songwriter s Nina BadricFinals performanceSemi final resultFailed to qualify 12th Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 2012 2013 Croatia was drawn to compete in the second semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2012 Performing during the show in position 10 Nebo was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final It was later revealed that Croatia placed twelfth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi final with 42 points Contents 1 Background 2 Before Eurovision 2 1 Internal selection 2 2 Preparation 3 At Eurovision 3 1 Semi final 3 2 Voting 3 2 1 Points awarded to Croatia 3 2 2 Points awarded by Croatia 4 ReferencesBackground editMain article Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest Prior to the 2012 contest Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since its first entry in 1993 1 The nation s best result in the contest was fourth which it achieved on two occasions in 1996 with the song Sveta ljubav performed by Maja Blagdan and in 1999 with the song Marija Magdalena performed by Doris Dragovic Following the introduction of semi finals for the 2004 Croatia had thus far featured in five finals In 2010 and 2011 the Croatian entries failed to qualify from the semi finals the last time Croatia competed in the final was in 2009 with the song Lijepa Tena performed by Igor Cukrov featuring Andrea In 2011 Croatia failed to qualify to the final with Daria and the song Celebrate The Croatian national broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision HRT broadcasts the event within Croatia and organises the selection process for the nation s entry HRT confirmed Croatia s participation in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest on 22 November 2011 2 Since 1993 HRT organised the national final Dora in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest For their 2012 participation Dora was planned to be continued featuring invited artists having the opportunity to choose their composers for their entries However such plans were later cancelled due to low interest with the Croatian broadcaster opting to internally select the entry 2 3 Before Eurovision editInternal selection edit On 10 January 2012 the Croatian national broadcaster HRT announced that it had internally selected Nina Badric to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Nina Badric previously attempted to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest on several occasions in 1993 with Ostavljam te placing seventh in 1994 with Godine nestvarne placing tenth in 1995 with Odlazis zauvijek placing seventeenth and in 2003 with Carobno jutro placing second 4 5 In regards to her selection as the Croatian entrant Badric stated For me this is both an honour and a challenge and I think the most important thing is to be yourself and have a quality song I am looking forward to all this and may God serve us this year with a little luck 6 7 The song that Badric performed at the Eurovision Song Contest Nebo was presented on 18 February 2012 during a special programme titled Dora 2012 Idemo na Eurosong s Ninom 8 The presentation show took place at the Anton Marti Studio in Zagreb and was broadcast on HRT 1 as well as online via the broadcaster s website hrt hr and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision tv 9 10 Member of Yugoslav Eurovision Song Contest 1989 winner Riva Emilija Kokic 2006 Bosnian Eurovision entrant Hari Mata Hari 2011 Serbian Eurovision entrant Nina 2012 Bosnian Eurovision entrant Maya Sar 2012 Macedonia Eurovision entrant Kaliopi and 2012 Montenegrin Eurovision entrant Rambo Amadeus performed as guests during the show 11 Nebo was written by Nina Badric herself and produced by Ante Gelo 12 The song was also featured in Badric s recent album NeBo but was shortened for the Eurovision Song Contest as the original version exceeded three minutes 13 Preparation edit Following the presentation show Nebo was released by Aquarius Records on iTunes and Amazon on 22 February 14 15 Badric also went through vocal cord surgery in late February which she managed to recover from before the contest 16 At Eurovision edit nbsp The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 took place at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku AzerbaijanAccording to Eurovision rules all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the Big Five France Germany Italy Spain and the United Kingdom are required to qualify from one of two semi finals in order to compete for the final the top ten countries from each semi final progress to the final The European Broadcasting Union EBU split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot On 25 January 2012 a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi finals as well as which half of the show they would perform in Croatia was placed into the second semi final to be held on 24 May 2012 and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show 17 The running order for the semi finals was decided through another draw on 20 March 2012 and Croatia was set to perform in position 10 following the entry from Slovenia and before the entry from Sweden 18 The two semi finals and the final were broadcast in Croatia on HRT 1 with commentary by Dusko Curlic The Croatian spokesperson who announced the Croatian votes during the final was Nevena Rendeli Semi final edit Nina Badric took part in technical rehearsals on 16 and 19 May followed by dress rehearsals on 23 and 24 May This included the jury final where professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries 19 The Croatian performance featured Nina Badric in a long black dress joined on stage by three backing vocalists dressed in white and two dancers dressed in black The stage lighting was in blue and white with the LED screens transitioned from a mountain scenery next to a seaside to grey clouds Towards the climax of the song the dancers lifted a long white cloth and positioned it behind the other performers with the use of a wind machine 20 21 The three backing vocalists that joined Badric were Danijela Vecerinovic Ivana Cabraja and Jelena Majic while the two dancers were Dinko Zec and Igor Barberic who was also the choreographer of the Croatian performance 22 23 At the end of the show Croatia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final 24 It was later revealed that Croatia placed twelfth in the semi final receiving a total of 42 points 25 Voting edit Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on vocal capacity the stage performance the song s composition and originality and the overall impression by the act In addition no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition it was revealed that Croatia had placed fourteenth with the public televote and seventh with the jury vote in the second semi final In the public vote Croatia scored 34 points while with the jury vote Croatia scored 66 points 26 Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Croatia and awarded by Croatia in the second semi final and grand final of the contest The nation awarded its 12 points to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the semi final and to Serbia in the final of the contest Points awarded to Croatia edit Points awarded to Croatia Semi final 2 27 Score Country12 points nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Serbia10 points8 points nbsp Slovenia7 points nbsp Macedonia6 points5 points4 points3 points2 points1 point nbsp Belarus nbsp Germany nbsp UkrainePoints awarded by Croatia edit Points awarded by Croatia Semi final 2 27 Score Country12 points nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina10 points nbsp Serbia8 points nbsp Slovenia7 points nbsp Macedonia6 points nbsp Sweden5 points nbsp Malta4 points nbsp Lithuania3 points nbsp Portugal2 points nbsp Belarus1 point nbsp Ukraine Points awarded by Croatia Final 28 Score Country12 points nbsp Serbia10 points nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina8 points nbsp Macedonia7 points nbsp Sweden6 points nbsp Russia5 points nbsp Albania4 points nbsp Germany3 points nbsp Ireland2 points nbsp Italy1 point nbsp MoldovaReferences edit Croatia Country Profile EBU Retrieved 16 January 2016 a b Hondal Victor 22 November 2011 Croatia Dora 2012 to undergo big changes EscToday com Retrieved 1 December 2011 Horvat Ivan 9 January 2012 Saznajemo Planirana Dora zbog nezainteresiranosti otkazana eurosong hr Retrieved 9 January 2012 Ajdinovic Faruk 9 January 2012 Nina ide na Eurosong eurosong hr Retrieved 9 January 2012 Jiandani Sanjay 2012 01 10 Nina Badric to represent Croatia in Baku ESCToday Retrieved 2012 02 28 Saric Jelena 2012 01 10 Nina Badric goes to Eurovision I feel like a national representation Croatian Vecernji list Styria Media Group Retrieved 2012 02 28 Kri I 2012 01 10 Nina Badric represents Croatia on Eurovision Croatian Index hr Retrieved 2012 02 28 Webb Glen 18 February 2012 Nina Badric to sing Nebo for Croatia in Baku Eurovision tv Fajgelj Milica 2012 01 24 Croatia Eurovision entry presented on February 18th ESCToday Retrieved 24 January 2012 Gudim Laura 18 February 2012 Watch now Song presentation in Croatia Esctoday Archived from the original on 2012 04 09 Watch Nina Badric premiere the Croatian entry tonight Eurovision tv 18 February 2012 Nina Badric Nebo nebo ispod kojeg se gubi tlo pod nogama ravnododna in Croatian 2011 12 02 Retrieved 2022 12 04 Nina Badric Koliko vidim slozili smo se vi I ja na nevidjeno oko jezika odmaa Slazem se s vama Domace je domace 2012 03 11 Nebo Eurovision 2012 Single iTunes Apple Inc Retrieved 2012 02 28 Nebo Eurovision 2012 Amazon Retrieved 2012 02 28 Sever Marijanja 2012 02 25 Nina My voice broke that s why I m going to a surgery but I m not scared Croatian Jutarnji list Europapress Holding Retrieved 2012 02 28 Escudero Victor 25 January 2012 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