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Croatia occuies most of the eastern Adriatic
coast. From the early 16th century the old Croat feudal lords
accepted the Hapsburgs as their kings in return for common defence
and Croatia served as an outpost from a Turkish onslaught. In the
following centuries Croatia enjoyed automony within the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, before joining the Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes in 1918 which in 1929 became
Yugoslavia. During World War II a Croatian state was
formed, before a federal socialist Yugoslavia was re-formed in
1945. In the early 1990s Croatia was a driving force in the break-up of Yugoslavia.
Like the other former republics, Croatia had its own television service when part of Yugoslavia and several Eurovision entries originated from
Croatia, including its only winner "Rock Me" in 1989.
After independence Croatia made its Eurovision debut in Millstreet in
1993, but despite some good results it has yet to make a significant impact in the contest.
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COUNTRY PROFILE |
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- Official name: Republic of Croatia
- Total area: 56,594 km˛.
- Population: 4.4 million (UN, 2005)
- Capital: Zagreb
- Major language: Croatian
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 75 years
- Monetary unit: 1 kuna = 100 lipa
- GNI per capita: US $8,060 (World Bank, 2006)
- Internet domain: .hr
- International dialling code: +385
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EUROVISION HISTORY |
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1956-1960: Did not enter
1961-1976: Entered as part of Yugoslavia
1977-1980: Did not enter
1981-1984: Entered as part of Yugoslavia
1985: Did not enter
1986-1992: Entered as part of Yugoslavia
1993: "Don't
Ever Cry"
- Put (15th)
1994: "Nek'
ti Bude Ljubav Sva" - Toni
Cetinski (16th)
1995: "Nostalgija" -
Magazin & Lidija (6th)
1996: "Sveta
Ljubav" - Maja
Bladgan (4th)
1997: "Probudi
Me"
- ENI (17th)
1998: "Neka
Mi Ne Svane"
- Danijela (5th)
1999: "Marija
Magdalena" - Doris Dragovic (4th)
2000: "Kada
Zaspu Andeli" - Goran Karan (9th)
2001: "Strings
Of My Heart" - Vanna (10th)
2002: "Everything
I Want" - Vesna Pisarovic
(11th)
2003: "Više Nisam
Tvoja" - Claudia Beni (15th)
2004: "You
Are The Only One" - Ivan Mikulic (13th)
2005: "Vukovi
Umiru Sami" - Boris Novkovic (11th)
2006: "Moja
Štikla" - Severina (13th)
2007: Will compete in the
semi-final
- Yugoslav entries from Croatia
- 1963: "Brodovi" - Vice Vukov (11th)
1968: "Jedan
Dan" - Dubrovacki Trubaduri (7th)
1969: "Pozdrav
Svijetu" - Iaan & 3M (13th)
1971: "Tvoj
Djecak Je Tužan" - Krunoslav Slabinac (14th)
- 1972: "Muzika I Ti"- Tereza Kesovija (9th)
- 1986: "Željo Moja" - Doris Dragović
(11th)
1987: "Ja Sam Za Ples" - Novi Fosili
(4th)
1988: "Mangup" - Srebrna Krila (6th)
1989: "Rock
Me" - Riva (1st)
- 1990: "Hajde Da Ludujemo"- Tajci (7th)
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Maja Blagdan finished 4th
in 1996.  |
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| Doris Dragović
singing in 1999.
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EUROVISION RECORD |
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- Eurovision broadcaster: HRT (Hrvatska Radiotelevizija)
First entry: 1993
Number of entries:
14
Number of winners: -
Top 3 finishes: -
Top 10 finishes:
6
Best result: 4th (1996 & 1999)
Worst result:
17th (1997)
Number of last place finishes: -
Highest score:
131 (1996)
Lowest score: 24 (1997)
Number of contest hosted: -
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VOTING STATISTICS * |
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- Most points awarded to: Bosnia-Herzegovina: 83,
Malta: 82, United Kingdom: 60
Most points received from:
Slovenia: 91, Bosnia-Herzegovina: 79, Malta: 62
Least points awarded to: Bosnia-Herzegovina has yet to vote for
6 countries
Least points received from: Bosnia-Herzegovina has yet receive votes from for
6 countries
Average
points awarded to the Eurovision winner: 4.8
Points Ratio:
1.14
* Only points awarded and received in finals since 1975 are included.
# Points ratio is total points received in Eurovision finals divided by points awarded. The higher the number the better a country has done.
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