Croatia has participated in the Contest 27 times since debuting at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 in Dublin. Prior to this they competed as part of Yugoslavia and won with the song "Rock Me" by the band Riva in 1989 in Lausanne.
They have reached the Top 10 seven times but since the introduction of the semi finals they have failed to advance to the final nine times.
They debuted at the inuagural Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen with the song "Ti si moja prva ljubav" by Dino Jelušić, which gave them their only win. They competed five times before withdrawing following the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and have not competed since.
Participants[]
Eurovision Song Contest[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | Semi | Points |
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1993 | Put | "Don't Ever Cry" | Croatian, English | - | 15 | 31 | 3 | 51 |
1994 | Tony Cetinski | "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" | Croatian | You may have all the love | 16 | 27 | No semi-finals | |
1995 | Magazin & Lidija | "Nostalgija" | Nostalgia | 6 | 91 | |||
1996 | Maja Blagdan | "Sveta ljubav" | Holy love | 4 | 98 | 19 | 30 | |
1997 | E.N.I. | "Probudi me" | Awake Me | 17 | 24 | No semi-finals | ||
1998 | Danijela | "Neka mi ne svane" | May the Sun Never Rise | 5 | 131 | |||
1999 | Doris Dragović | "Marija Magdalena" | Mary Magdalene | 4 | 118 | |||
2000 | Goran Karan | "Kad zaspu anđeli" | When Angels Fall Asleep | 9 | 70 | |||
2001 | Vanna | "Strings of My Heart" | English | - | 10 | 42 | ||
2002 | Vesna Pisarović | "Everything I Want" | - | 11 | 44 | |||
2003 | Claudia Beni | "Više nisam tvoja" | Croatian, English | I'm not yours anymore | 15 | 29 | ||
2004 | Ivan Mikulić | "You Are The Only One" | English | - | 12 | 50 | 9 | 72 |
2005 | Boris Novković feat. LADO | "Vukovi umiru sami" | Croatian | Wolves die alone | 11 | 115 | 4 | 169 |
2006 | Severina | "Moja štikla" | My High-Heel | 12 | 56 | Top 11 Previous Year | ||
2007 | Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić | "Vjerujem u ljubav" | Croatian, English | I Believe in Love | Failed to qualify | 16 | 54 | |
2008 | Kraljevi ulice & 75 Cents | "Romanca" | Croatian | Romance | 21 | 44 | 4 | 112 |
2009 | Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea | "Lijepa Tena" | Beautiful Tena | 18 | 45 | 13 | 33 | |
2010 | Feminnem | "Lako je sve" | Everything is easy | Failed to qualify | 13 | 33 | ||
2011 | Daria | "Celebrate" | English | - | 15 | 41 | ||
2012 | Nina Badrić | "Nebo" | Croatian | Heaven | 12 | 42 | ||
2013 | Klapa s Mora | "Mižerja" | Misery | 13 | 38 | |||
Did not compete in 2014 and 2015 | ||||||||
2016 | Nina Kraljić | "Lighthouse" | English | - | 23 | 73 | 10 | 133 |
2017 | Jacques Houdek | "My Friend" | English, Italian | - | 13 | 128 | 8 | 141 |
2018 | Franka Batelić | "Crazy" | English | - | Failed to qualify | 17 | 63 | |
2019 | Roko | "The Dream" | English, Croatian | - | 14 | 64 | ||
2020 | Damir Kedžo | "Divlji vjetre" | Croatian | Wild Wind | Cancelled | |||
2021 | Albina | "Tick-Tock" | Croatian, English | - | Failed to qualify | 11 | 110 | |
2022 | Mia Dimšić | "Guilty Pleasure" | English | - | 11 | 75 | ||
2023 | Let 3 | "Mama ŠČ!" | Croatian | Mum shch! | 13 | 123 | 8 | 76 |
2024 | Baby Lasagna | "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" | English | - |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | |
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2003 | Dino Jelušić | "Ti si moja prva ljubav" | Croatian | You are my first love | 1 | 134 | |
2004 | Nika Turković | "Hej mali" | Hey baby | 3 | 126 | ||
2005 | Lorena Jelušić | "Rock Baby" | - | 12 | 36 | ||
2006 | Mateo Đido | "Lea" | - | 10 | 50 | ||
Did not participate between 2007 and 2013 | |||||||
2014 | Josie | "Game Over" | Croatian, English | - | 16 | 13 | |
Has not competed from 2015 to present |
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