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Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Tick-Tock" written by Branimir Mihaljević, Max Cinnamon and Tihana Buklijaš Bakić. The song was performed by Albina. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final Dora 2021 to select the Croatian entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Fourteen entries competed in the national final on 13 February 2021 and "Tick-Tock" performed by Albina was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from ten regional juries and a public televote.

Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 2021
Selection date(s)13 February 2021
Selected entrantAlbina
Selected song"Tick-Tock"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Branimir Mihaljević
  • Max Cinnamon
  • Tihana Buklijaš Bakić
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (11th)
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Croatia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 10, "Tick-Tock" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Croatia placed eleventh out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 110 points.

Background edit

Prior to the 2021 contest, Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-five 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 in 2004, Croatia had thus far featured in seven finals. Since 2018, the Croatian entries failed to qualify from the semi-finals; the last time Croatia competed in the final was in 2017 with the song "My Friend" performed by Jacques Houdek. In 2019, Croatia failed to qualify to the final with Roko and the song "The Dream".[2] In 2020, Damir Kedžo was set to represent Croatia with the song "Divlji vjetre" before the contest's cancellation.

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 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 21 March 2020.[3] Between 1993 and 2011, HRT organised the national final Dora in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2012 and 2013, the broadcaster opted to internally select the entry. After missing the contest in 2014 and 2015, the Croatian broadcaster continued the internal selection procedure between 2016 and 2018. Since 2019, HRT has used Dora to select Croatia's entry, a method that was continued for their 2021 participation.[4]

Before Eurovision edit

Dora 2021 edit

Dora 2021 was the twenty-second edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The competition consisted of fourteen entries competing in one final on 13 February 2021 at the Marino Cvetković Sports Hall in Opatija, hosted by Daniela Trbović, Barbara Kolar, Jelena Lešić and Doris Pinčić Rogoznica.[5][6] The show was broadcast on HRT 1 and HRT 2 as well as online via the broadcaster's YouTube channel and streaming service HRTi.[7]

Competing entries edit

On 26 October 2020, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 10 December 2020. Unlike in previous editions, songs submitted could be in any language.[8] 140 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period. A five-member expert committee consisting of Andrej Babić (HGU, HDS), Hrvoje Prskalo (HDS), Matija Cvek (HGU), Monika Lelas (HRT) and Uršula Tolj (HRT) reviewed the received submissions and selected fourteen artists and songs for the competition.[9][10] HRT announced the competing entries on 15 December 2020, and among the competing artists were Tony Cetinski, who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, and Nina Kraljić, who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.[11] The running order of the final was determined by HRT and announced on 18 January 2021.[7]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Albina "Tick-Tock" Branimir Mihaljević, Max Cinnamon, Tihana Buklijaš Bakić
Ashley Colburn and Bojan Jambrošić "Share the Love" Ivan Škunca, Ashley Colburn
Bernarda Brunović "Colors" Bernarda Brunović, Borislav Milanov
Beta Sudar "Ma zamisli" Predrag Martinjak
Brigita Vuco "Noći pijane" Brigita Vuco
Cambi "Zaljubljen" Marija Mirković
Ella Orešković "Come This Way" Siniša Reljić Simba, Ella Orešković
Eric Vidović "Reci mi" Eric Vidović
Filip Rudan "Blind" Filip Rudan, Antonio Franić, Hrvoje Domazet
Mia Negovetić "She's Like a Dream" Mia Negovetić, Linnea Deb, Denniz Jamm, Denise Kertes
Nina Kraljić and Alkonost of Balkan "Rijeka" Nina Kraljić, Hana Librenjak, Miki Solus
Sandi Cenov "Kriv" Siniša Reljić Simba, Fayo
ToMa "Ocean of Love" Adriana Pupavac, Andreas "Beemon" Björkman, Kalle Persson, Tomislav Marić
Tony Cetinski and Kristijan Rahimovski "Zapjevaj, sloboda je!" Kristijan Rahimovski

Final edit

The final took place on 13 February 2021. The winner, "Tick-Tock" performed by Albina, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from ten regional juries and a public televote.[12] The viewers and the juries each had a total of 580 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1-8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through telephone and SMS voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 580 points rounded to the nearest integer: 58 points. Ties were decided in favour of the entry ranked higher by the public televote.[13] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2002 Croatian Eurovision entrant Vesna Pisarović performed as the interval act during the show.[14]

Final – 13 February 2021
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Phone SMS Total Points
1 Nina Kraljić and Alkonost of Balkan "Rijeka" 68 3,745 1,575 5,320 77 145 2
2 Eric Vidović "Reci mi" 29 659 408 1,067 16 45 10
3 Ella Orešković "Come This Way" 26 1,425 336 1,761 26 52 9
4 Bernarda Brunović "Colors" 77 1,131 413 1,544 22 99 7
5 Sandi Cenov "Kriv" 5 403 82 485 7 12 14
6 ToMa "Ocean of Love" 64 2,121 574 2,695 39 103 6
7 Filip Rudan "Blind" 65 3,204 460 3,664 53 118 5
8 Beta Sudar "Ma zamisli" 8 456 84 540 8 16 12
9 Klapa Cambi "Zaljubljen" 47 4,488 393 4,881 71 118 4
10 Ashley Colburn and Bojan Jambrošić "Share the Love" 9 2,237 94 2,331 34 43 11
11 Brigita Vuco "Noći pijane" 7 504 78 582 8 15 13
12 Mia Negovetić "She's Like a Dream" 67 3,143 471 3,614 52 119 3
13 Albina "Tick-Tock" 78 6,609 1,688 8,297 120 198 1
14 Tony Cetinski and Kiki Rahimovski "Zapjevaj, sloboda je!" 30 2,746 464 3,210 47 77 8
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song Zagreb Vukovar Varaždin
and Čakovec
Rijeka Pula Osijek Zadar Knin and
Šibenik
Split Dubrovnik Total
1 "Rijeka" 6 8 8 8 5 4 10 10 4 5 68
2 "Reci mi" 1 1 5 6 4 2 3 7 29
3 "Come This Way" 4 2 3 1 5 4 1 6 26
4 "Colors" 7 6 12 12 12 8 6 7 7 77
5 "Kriv" 2 1 2 5
6 "Ocean of Love" 10 3 10 4 8 7 3 6 12 1 64
7 "Blind" 12 12 7 5 7 3 12 2 5 65
8 "Ma zamisli" 4 1 2 1 8
9 "Zaljubljen" 3 10 10 8 8 8 47
10 "Share the Love" 3 1 2 3 9
11 "Noći pijane" 3 4 7
12 "She's Like a Dream" 5 10 6 7 10 6 8 5 6 4 67
13 "Tick-Tock" 8 7 4 6 12 7 12 10 12 78
14 "Zapjevaj, sloboda je!" 2 5 1 2 5 2 3 10 30
Members of the Jury[15]
Jury Members
Zagreb
  • Robert Urlić – HRT
  • Željka Veverec – HDS
  • Denis Dumančić – HGU
Vukovar
  • Petar Barić – HRT
  • Pero Galić – HDS
  • Branimir Jovanovac – HGU
Varaždin and Čakovec
  • Danijela Bratić – HRT
  • Zsa ZsaHDS
  • J. R. August [hr] – HGU
Rijeka
  • Albert Petrović – HRT
  • Antonela Doko [hr]HDS
  • Damir Martinović Mrle – HGU
Pula
  • Bruno Krajcar [hr] – HRT
  • Sandro Pettener – HDS
  • Marijan Jelenić – HGU
Osijek
  • Marina Ban – HRT
  • Goran Bošković – HDS
  • Damir Bačić – HGU
Zadar
Knin and Šibenik
  • Nenad Tisaj – HRT
  • Marko Škugor – HDS
  • Matej Nakić – HGU
Split
Dubrovnik
  • Milivoj Kravarović – HRT
  • Sanin Karamehmedović – HDS
  • Tibor Karamehmedović – HGU

Controversy edit

After the final, Nina Kraljić alleged that there were problems with her rehearsals, where she had to listen to Albina's song in her in-ear headphones instead of her own. She also said that many people couldn't vote for her due to telecommunication problems. Two days later, Kraljić removed her Facebook page as well as her Instagram page.[16]

The next day, the family of another contestant, Bernarda Brunović, also alleged that they received information from Croatian Head of Delegation Uršula Tolj that they could not win because they were on a "blacklist". They also confirmed Nina Kraljić's earlier allegations.[17] Uršula Tolj commented on this a day later, where she confirmed that everything was done right and that there had been no problems with the voting that would have affected the final result. She also dismissed the allegations that a "blacklist" had existed.[18]

At Eurovision edit

 
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands

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. The semi-final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest, which Croatia was placed into the first semi-final, which was held on 18 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[19]

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Croatia was set to perform in position 10, following the entry from Norway and before the entry from Belgium.[20]

The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Croatia on HRT 1 with commentary by Duško Ćurlić.[21][22] The three shows were also broadcast via radio on HR 2.[23] The Croatian spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Croatian jury during the final, was Ivan Dorian Molnar.

Semi-final edit

 
Albina during a rehearsal before the first semi-final

Albina took part in technical rehearsals on 9 and 12 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 17 and 18 May. This included the jury show on 17 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.[24]

The Croatian performance featured Albina dressed in a leotard outfit and performing on the stage catwalk and satellite stage. Kraljić's outfit was designed by Stefan Orlić and Juraj Zigman. The stage lighting displayed blue and purple colours with the LED screens and transparent panel projecting neon lights and lyrics of the song. The performance also featured several effects including pyrotechnics, a wind machine and a hologram effect that displayed four Albinas.[25][26][27] The creative director of the Croatian performance was Marvin Dietmann, while the choreographer was Helena Janjušević.[25][28] Albina was joined on stage by four dancers performing choreography with the singer: Devin Juraj, Luciano Plazibat, Marko Marić and Stjepan Cutvarić.[29]

At the end of the show, Croatia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Croatia placed eleventh in the semi-final, receiving a total of 110 points: 53 points from the televoting and 57 points from the juries.

Voting edit

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[30] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[31] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[32][33]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Croatia and awarded by Croatia in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to Croatia edit

Points awarded to Croatia (Semi-final 1)[34]
Score Televote Jury
12 points
10 points   Ireland
8 points
7 points   Slovenia
6 points
5 points   Australia
4 points
3 points   Israel
2 points
1 point   Norway

Points awarded by Croatia edit

Detailed voting results edit

The following members comprised the Croatian jury:[32][33]

Detailed voting results from Croatia (Semi-final 1)[34]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01   Lithuania 6 8 4 4 2 5 6 8 3
02   Slovenia 15 6 15 6 9 11 6 5
03   Russia 2 5 8 3 4 3 8 2 10
04   Sweden 7 9 9 8 8 10 1 11
05   Australia 14 3 10 9 12 9 2 15
06   North Macedonia 13 12 14 5 10 12 10 1
07   Ireland 12 13 13 14 13 15 14
08   Cyprus 1 2 11 2 3 2 10 5 6
09   Norway 11 15 5 15 15 13 9 2
10   Croatia
11   Belgium 9 11 1 13 11 7 4 13
12   Israel 3 4 2 7 6 4 7 7 4
13   Romania 8 7 7 11 7 8 3 12
14   Azerbaijan 10 14 12 12 14 14 3 8
15   Ukraine 5 10 3 10 5 6 5 1 12
16   Malta 4 1 6 1 1 1 12 4 7
Detailed voting results from Croatia (Final)[35]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01   Cyprus 5 6 17 15 13 11 15
02   Albania 10 13 12 14 9 12 10 1
03   Israel 4 4 6 6 7 6 5 20
04   Belgium 15 16 9 24 14 14 23
05   Russia 3 9 5 11 8 7 4 8 3
06   Malta 7 8 13 3 11 8 3 14
07   Portugal 13 10 10 4 10 10 1 18
08   Serbia 6 1 7 7 2 4 7 1 12
09   United Kingdom 25 24 25 26 25 26 24
10   Greece 23 20 22 21 24 24 21
11    Switzerland 9 5 1 10 1 3 8 6 5
12   Iceland 14 3 4 1 3 2 10 7 4
13   Spain 22 19 19 25 16 20 25
14   Moldova 24 26 26 22 23 25 22
15   Germany 26 25 23 17 22 23 19
16   Finland 21 17 14 9 19 15 5 6
17   Bulgaria 16 12 15 23 15 17 17
18   Lithuania 11 11 8 5 6 9 2 12
19   Ukraine 8 14 11 16 12 13 3 8
20   France 2 7 2 8 5 5 6 4 7
21   Azerbaijan 19 21 16 20 18 19 9 2
22   Norway 20 23 21 18 26 22 13
23   Netherlands 18 18 18 13 20 18 26
24   Italy 1 2 3 2 4 1 12 2 10
25   Sweden 12 15 20 12 17 16 11
26   San Marino 17 22 24 19 21 21 16

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External links edit

  • Dora–Official site

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Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song Tick Tock written by Branimir Mihaljevic Max Cinnamon and Tihana Buklijas Bakic The song was performed by Albina The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision HRT organised the national final Dora 2021 to select the Croatian entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam Netherlands Fourteen entries competed in the national final on 13 February 2021 and Tick Tock performed by Albina was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from ten regional juries and a public televote Eurovision Song Contest 2021Country CroatiaNational selectionSelection processDora 2021Selection date s 13 February 2021Selected entrantAlbinaSelected song Tick Tock Selected songwriter s Branimir MihaljevicMax CinnamonTihana Buklijas BakicFinals performanceSemi final resultFailed to qualify 11th Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 2021 2022 Croatia was drawn to compete in the first semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2021 Performing during the show in position 10 Tick Tock was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final It was later revealed that Croatia placed eleventh out of the 16 participating countries in the semi final with 110 points Contents 1 Background 2 Before Eurovision 2 1 Dora 2021 2 1 1 Competing entries 2 1 2 Final 2 2 Controversy 3 At Eurovision 3 1 Semi final 3 2 Voting 3 2 1 Points awarded to Croatia 3 2 2 Points awarded by Croatia 3 2 3 Detailed voting results 4 References 5 External linksBackground editMain article Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest Prior to the 2021 contest Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty five 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 in 2004 Croatia had thus far featured in seven finals Since 2018 the Croatian entries failed to qualify from the semi finals the last time Croatia competed in the final was in 2017 with the song My Friend performed by Jacques Houdek In 2019 Croatia failed to qualify to the final with Roko and the song The Dream 2 In 2020 Damir Kedzo was set to represent Croatia with the song Divlji vjetre before the contest s cancellation 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 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 21 March 2020 3 Between 1993 and 2011 HRT organised the national final Dora in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest In 2012 and 2013 the broadcaster opted to internally select the entry After missing the contest in 2014 and 2015 the Croatian broadcaster continued the internal selection procedure between 2016 and 2018 Since 2019 HRT has used Dora to select Croatia s entry a method that was continued for their 2021 participation 4 Before Eurovision editDora 2021 edit Dora 2021 was the twenty second edition of the Croatian national selection Dora which selected Croatia s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 The competition consisted of fourteen entries competing in one final on 13 February 2021 at the Marino Cvetkovic Sports Hall in Opatija hosted by Daniela Trbovic Barbara Kolar Jelena Lesic and Doris Pincic Rogoznica 5 6 The show was broadcast on HRT 1 and HRT 2 as well as online via the broadcaster s YouTube channel and streaming service HRTi 7 Competing entries edit On 26 October 2020 HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 10 December 2020 Unlike in previous editions songs submitted could be in any language 8 140 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period A five member expert committee consisting of Andrej Babic HGU HDS Hrvoje Prskalo HDS Matija Cvek HGU Monika Lelas HRT and Ursula Tolj HRT reviewed the received submissions and selected fourteen artists and songs for the competition 9 10 HRT announced the competing entries on 15 December 2020 and among the competing artists were Tony Cetinski who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 and Nina Kraljic who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 11 The running order of the final was determined by HRT and announced on 18 January 2021 7 Artist Song Songwriter s Albina Tick Tock Branimir Mihaljevic Max Cinnamon Tihana Buklijas BakicAshley Colburn and Bojan Jambrosic Share the Love Ivan Skunca Ashley ColburnBernarda Brunovic Colors Bernarda Brunovic Borislav MilanovBeta Sudar Ma zamisli Predrag MartinjakBrigita Vuco Noci pijane Brigita VucoCambi Zaljubljen Marija MirkovicElla Oreskovic Come This Way Sinisa Reljic Simba Ella OreskovicEric Vidovic Reci mi Eric VidovicFilip Rudan Blind Filip Rudan Antonio Franic Hrvoje DomazetMia Negovetic She s Like a Dream Mia Negovetic Linnea Deb Denniz Jamm Denise KertesNina Kraljic and Alkonost of Balkan Rijeka Nina Kraljic Hana Librenjak Miki SolusSandi Cenov Kriv Sinisa Reljic Simba FayoToMa Ocean of Love Adriana Pupavac Andreas Beemon Bjorkman Kalle Persson Tomislav MaricTony Cetinski and Kristijan Rahimovski Zapjevaj sloboda je Kristijan RahimovskiFinal edit The final took place on 13 February 2021 The winner Tick Tock performed by Albina was determined by a 50 50 combination of votes from ten regional juries and a public televote 12 The viewers and the juries each had a total of 580 points to award Each jury group distributed their points as follows 1 8 10 and 12 points The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through telephone and SMS voting For example if a song gained 10 of the viewer vote then that entry would be awarded 10 of 580 points rounded to the nearest integer 58 points Ties were decided in favour of the entry ranked higher by the public televote 13 In addition to the performances of the competing entries 2002 Croatian Eurovision entrant Vesna Pisarovic performed as the interval act during the show 14 Final 13 February 2021 Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total PlacePhone SMS Total Points1 Nina Kraljic and Alkonost of Balkan Rijeka 68 3 745 1 575 5 320 77 145 22 Eric Vidovic Reci mi 29 659 408 1 067 16 45 103 Ella Oreskovic Come This Way 26 1 425 336 1 761 26 52 94 Bernarda Brunovic Colors 77 1 131 413 1 544 22 99 75 Sandi Cenov Kriv 5 403 82 485 7 12 146 ToMa Ocean of Love 64 2 121 574 2 695 39 103 67 Filip Rudan Blind 65 3 204 460 3 664 53 118 58 Beta Sudar Ma zamisli 8 456 84 540 8 16 129 Klapa Cambi Zaljubljen 47 4 488 393 4 881 71 118 410 Ashley Colburn and Bojan Jambrosic Share the Love 9 2 237 94 2 331 34 43 1111 Brigita Vuco Noci pijane 7 504 78 582 8 15 1312 Mia Negovetic She s Like a Dream 67 3 143 471 3 614 52 119 313 Albina Tick Tock 78 6 609 1 688 8 297 120 198 114 Tony Cetinski and Kiki Rahimovski Zapjevaj sloboda je 30 2 746 464 3 210 47 77 8Detailed Regional Jury Votes Draw Song Zagreb Vukovar Varazdinand Cakovec Rijeka Pula Osijek Zadar Knin andSibenik Split Dubrovnik Total1 Rijeka 6 8 8 8 5 4 10 10 4 5 682 Reci mi 1 1 5 6 4 2 3 7 293 Come This Way 4 2 3 1 5 4 1 6 264 Colors 7 6 12 12 12 8 6 7 7 775 Kriv 2 1 2 56 Ocean of Love 10 3 10 4 8 7 3 6 12 1 647 Blind 12 12 7 5 7 3 12 2 5 658 Ma zamisli 4 1 2 1 89 Zaljubljen 3 10 10 8 8 8 4710 Share the Love 3 1 2 3 911 Noci pijane 3 4 712 She s Like a Dream 5 10 6 7 10 6 8 5 6 4 6713 Tick Tock 8 7 4 6 12 7 12 10 12 7814 Zapjevaj sloboda je 2 5 1 2 5 2 3 10 30Members of the Jury 15 Jury MembersZagreb Robert Urlic HRT Zeljka Veverec HDS Denis Dumancic HGUVukovar Petar Baric HRT Pero Galic HDS Branimir Jovanovac HGUVarazdin and Cakovec Danijela Bratic HRT Zsa Zsa HDS J R August hr HGURijeka Albert Petrovic HRT Antonela Doko hr HDS Damir Martinovic Mrle HGUPula Bruno Krajcar hr HRT Sandro Pettener HDS Marijan Jelenic HGUOsijek Marina Ban HRT Goran Boskovic HDS Damir Bacic HGUZadar Toni Dunatov HRT Natali Dizdar HDS Jere Seselja HGUKnin and Sibenik Nenad Tisaj HRT Marko Skugor HDS Matej Nakic HGUSplit Eduard Gracin HRT Lorena Bucan HDS Sasa Antic HGUDubrovnik Milivoj Kravarovic HRT Sanin Karamehmedovic HDS Tibor Karamehmedovic HGUControversy edit After the final Nina Kraljic alleged that there were problems with her rehearsals where she had to listen to Albina s song in her in ear headphones instead of her own She also said that many people couldn t vote for her due to telecommunication problems Two days later Kraljic removed her Facebook page as well as her Instagram page 16 The next day the family of another contestant Bernarda Brunovic also alleged that they received information from Croatian Head of Delegation Ursula Tolj that they could not win because they were on a blacklist They also confirmed Nina Kraljic s earlier allegations 17 Ursula Tolj commented on this a day later where she confirmed that everything was done right and that there had been no problems with the voting that would have affected the final result She also dismissed the allegations that a blacklist had existed 18 At Eurovision edit nbsp The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam NetherlandsAccording 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 The semi final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest which Croatia was placed into the first semi final which was held on 18 May 2021 and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show 19 Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released the running order for the semi finals was decided by the shows producers rather than through another draw so that similar songs were not placed next to each other Croatia was set to perform in position 10 following the entry from Norway and before the entry from Belgium 20 The two semi finals and the final were broadcast in Croatia on HRT 1 with commentary by Dusko Curlic 21 22 The three shows were also broadcast via radio on HR 2 23 The Croatian spokesperson who announced the top 12 point score awarded by the Croatian jury during the final was Ivan Dorian Molnar Semi final edit nbsp Albina during a rehearsal before the first semi finalAlbina took part in technical rehearsals on 9 and 12 May followed by dress rehearsals on 17 and 18 May This included the jury show on 17 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries 24 The Croatian performance featured Albina dressed in a leotard outfit and performing on the stage catwalk and satellite stage Kraljic s outfit was designed by Stefan Orlic and Juraj Zigman The stage lighting displayed blue and purple colours with the LED screens and transparent panel projecting neon lights and lyrics of the song The performance also featured several effects including pyrotechnics a wind machine and a hologram effect that displayed four Albinas 25 26 27 The creative director of the Croatian performance was Marvin Dietmann while the choreographer was Helena Janjusevic 25 28 Albina was joined on stage by four dancers performing choreography with the singer Devin Juraj Luciano Plazibat Marko Maric and Stjepan Cutvaric 29 At the end of the show Croatia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final It was later revealed that Croatia placed eleventh in the semi final receiving a total of 110 points 53 points from the televoting and 57 points from the juries Voting edit Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1 8 10 and 12 one from their professional jury and the other from televoting Each nation s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent with a diversity in gender and age represented The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show which takes place the night before each live show against a set of criteria including vocal capacity the stage performance the song s composition and originality and the overall impression by the act 30 Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially Jury members should also vote independently with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members 31 The exact composition of the professional jury and the results of each country s jury and televoting were released after the grand final the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form 32 33 Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Croatia and awarded by Croatia in the first semi final and grand final of the contest and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows Points awarded to Croatia edit Points awarded to Croatia Semi final 1 34 Score Televote Jury12 points nbsp North Macedonia nbsp Slovenia10 points nbsp Ireland8 points nbsp North Macedonia nbsp Ukraine7 points nbsp Germany nbsp Ireland nbsp Slovenia6 points5 points nbsp Australia nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Cyprus4 points3 points nbsp Israel nbsp Malta nbsp Russia2 points nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Cyprus nbsp Sweden nbsp Germany nbsp Italy1 point nbsp Norway nbsp Belgium nbsp Israel nbsp Lithuania nbsp RomaniaPoints awarded by Croatia edit Points awarded by Croatia Semi final 1 34 Score Televote Jury12 points nbsp Ukraine nbsp Malta10 points nbsp Russia nbsp Cyprus8 points nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Russia7 points nbsp Malta nbsp Israel6 points nbsp Cyprus nbsp Lithuania5 points nbsp Slovenia nbsp Ukraine4 points nbsp Israel nbsp Belgium3 points nbsp Lithuania nbsp Romania2 points nbsp Norway nbsp Australia1 point nbsp North Macedonia nbsp Sweden Points awarded by Croatia Final 35 Score Televote Jury12 points nbsp Serbia nbsp Italy10 points nbsp Italy nbsp Iceland8 points nbsp Ukraine nbsp Switzerland7 points nbsp France nbsp Serbia6 points nbsp Finland nbsp France5 points nbsp Switzerland nbsp Israel4 points nbsp Iceland nbsp Russia3 points nbsp Russia nbsp Malta2 points nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Lithuania1 point nbsp Albania nbsp Portugal Detailed voting results edit The following members comprised the Croatian jury 32 33 Denis Dumancic Monika Lelas Habanek Luka Nizetic Tonka Nika TurkovicDetailed voting results from Croatia Semi final 1 34 Draw Country Jury TelevoteJuror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points01 nbsp Lithuania 6 8 4 4 2 5 6 8 302 nbsp Slovenia 15 6 15 6 9 11 6 503 nbsp Russia 2 5 8 3 4 3 8 2 1004 nbsp Sweden 7 9 9 8 8 10 1 1105 nbsp Australia 14 3 10 9 12 9 2 1506 nbsp North Macedonia 13 12 14 5 10 12 10 107 nbsp Ireland 12 13 13 14 13 15 1408 nbsp Cyprus 1 2 11 2 3 2 10 5 609 nbsp Norway 11 15 5 15 15 13 9 210 nbsp Croatia11 nbsp Belgium 9 11 1 13 11 7 4 1312 nbsp Israel 3 4 2 7 6 4 7 7 413 nbsp Romania 8 7 7 11 7 8 3 1214 nbsp Azerbaijan 10 14 12 12 14 14 3 815 nbsp Ukraine 5 10 3 10 5 6 5 1 1216 nbsp Malta 4 1 6 1 1 1 12 4 7Detailed voting results from Croatia Final 35 Draw Country Jury TelevoteJuror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points01 nbsp Cyprus 5 6 17 15 13 11 1502 nbsp Albania 10 13 12 14 9 12 10 103 nbsp Israel 4 4 6 6 7 6 5 2004 nbsp Belgium 15 16 9 24 14 14 2305 nbsp Russia 3 9 5 11 8 7 4 8 306 nbsp Malta 7 8 13 3 11 8 3 1407 nbsp Portugal 13 10 10 4 10 10 1 1808 nbsp Serbia 6 1 7 7 2 4 7 1 1209 nbsp United Kingdom 25 24 25 26 25 26 2410 nbsp Greece 23 20 22 21 24 24 2111 nbsp Switzerland 9 5 1 10 1 3 8 6 512 nbsp Iceland 14 3 4 1 3 2 10 7 413 nbsp Spain 22 19 19 25 16 20 2514 nbsp Moldova 24 26 26 22 23 25 2215 nbsp Germany 26 25 23 17 22 23 1916 nbsp Finland 21 17 14 9 19 15 5 617 nbsp Bulgaria 16 12 15 23 15 17 1718 nbsp Lithuania 11 11 8 5 6 9 2 1219 nbsp Ukraine 8 14 11 16 12 13 3 820 nbsp France 2 7 2 8 5 5 6 4 721 nbsp Azerbaijan 19 21 16 20 18 19 9 222 nbsp Norway 20 23 21 18 26 22 1323 nbsp Netherlands 18 18 18 13 20 18 2624 nbsp Italy 1 2 3 2 4 1 12 2 1025 nbsp Sweden 12 15 20 12 17 16 1126 nbsp San Marino 17 22 24 19 21 21 16References edit Croatia Country Profile EBU Retrieved 27 October 2020 Cosic Morana 16 May 2019 Roko odletio s natjecanja Nije 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