Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

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Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDora 1998
Selection date(s)6 March 1998
Selected entrantDanijela Martinović
Selected song"Neka mi ne svane"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result5th, 131 points
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Danijela Martinović represented Croatia in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest after winning the national final selection with the song "Neka mi ne svane".

Before Eurovision

Dora 1998

Twenty songs were presented in the national final, which was held on 6 March 1998 at the Crystall Ballroom of the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, accompanied by the big orchestra of Croatian Radio Television. Daniela Trbović and Ljudevit Grgurić Grga hosted the event, and the winning song was chosen primarily by jury voting - 20 juries - one each in the 20 Croatian provinces, plus a 21st jury which came from the votes of the televoting public.[1]

Final – 6 March 1998
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Valentina Brzović "Sve što si ti" Valentina Brzović 0 2 2 17
2 Zorica Kondža "Nebo" Alida Šarar, Davor Tolja 78 0 78 7
3 Ready Cool "Život iza ponoći" Marin Limić 27 5 32 15
4 Stijene "Još te volim kao nekada" Marin Limić 70 0 70 8
5 Ena "Stara zvone jedne ljubavi" Nenad Ninčević 0 0 0 18
6 Melani "Ja ću po svom, ti ćeš po svom" Fayo, Franjo Valentić 10 0 10 16
7 Tina and Nikša "Ako me ikad poželiš" Nikša Jurinović 48 0 48 13
8 Branimir Mihaljević "Daj daj" Branimir Mihaljević 125 7 132 3
9 Colonia "U ritmu ljubavi" Boris Đurđević 83 4 87 4
10 Magazin "Na svijetu sve" Vjekoslava Huljić, Tonći Huljić 73 6 79 6
11 Ivan Mikulić "Pjesma putuje" Zrinko Tutić 51 10 61 11
12 Marsell Benzon "Sve je za tebe" Marina Valković, Slobodan Vujović 52 0 52 12
13 Alen Nižetić "Bez ljubavi" Nenad Ninčević, Alen Nižetić 63 0 63 10
14 Andrea Čubrić "Samo ti je ljubav potrebna" Alida Šarar, Davor Tolja 42 0 42 14
15 Sanja Trumbić "Da bar vječno živimo" Zeljko Krušlin 0 0 0 18
16 Lana Cenčić "Ljubi me i to je to" Sanja Mudrinić, Fayo, Miro Buljan 0 0 0 18
17 Danijela "Neka mi ne svane" Petar Grašo, Stjepan Kalogjera, Remi Kazinoti 165 12 177 1
18 Zrinka and Goran "Bolero" Vjekoslava Huljić, Zdenko Runjić 125 8 133 2
19 Novi fosili "Pričaj mi o ljubavi" Stevo Cvikić, Rajko Dujmić 66 3 69 9
20 Azzurro and Nikad dosta "Ruku na srce" Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni 82 1 83 5
Detailed Regional Jury and Telephone Votes
Draw Song
Bjelovar
Čakovec
Dubrovnik
Gospić
Karlovac
Koprivnica
Krapina
Osijek
Pazin
Požega
Rijeka
Sisak
Slavonski Brod
Split
Šibenik
Varaždin
Vinkovci
Vukovar
Zadar
Zagreb
Televote
Total score
1 "Sve što si ti" 2 2
2 "Nebo" 7 1 5 7 6 6 10 12 1 7 3 5 7 1 78
3 "Život iza ponoći" 8 8 4 5 2 5 32
4 "Još te volim kao nekada" 3 7 1 3 1 3 7 3 6 7 7 6 5 1 3 7 70
5 "Stara zvone jedne ljubavi" 0
6 "Ja ću po svom, ti ćeš po svom" 5 1 1 3 10
7 "Ako me ikad poželiš" 6 12 1 7 5 5 2 10 48
8 "Daj daj" 5 12 4 8 8 12 8 10 12 4 7 8 8 7 12 7 132
9 "U ritmu ljubavi" 6 10 12 4 8 10 5 10 12 6 4 87
10 "Na svijetu sve" 1 8 4 5 10 3 1 5 10 3 3 5 2 4 4 5 6 79
11 "Pjesma putuje" 4 10 2 2 4 2 10 1 4 1 7 4 10 61
12 "Sve je za tebe" 12 2 5 4 1 1 6 3 6 8 4 52
13 "Bez ljubavi" 8 2 1 6 2 2 4 6 8 4 12 3 5 63
14 "Samo ti je ljubav potrebna" 3 6 8 7 2 4 2 2 8 42
15 "Da bar vječno živimo" 0
16 "Ljubi me i to je to" 0
17 "Neka mi ne svane" 10 12 7 4 12 12 12 8 6 6 8 3 12 8 6 10 7 10 12 12 177
18 "Bolero" 2 4 5 7 8 10 4 5 12 3 3 5 12 12 6 10 6 10 1 8 133
19 "Pričaj mi o ljubavi" 10 3 8 3 1 5 3 4 7 5 2 12 1 2 3 69
20 "Ruku na srce" 6 6 10 7 2 10 7 2 2 2 10 1 8 3 6 1 83

At Eurovision

Heading into the final of the contest, BBC reported that bookmakers ranked the entry joint 12th out of the 25 entries.[2] Danijela performed 1st in the running order on the night of the contest, preceding Greece. At the close of voting "Neka mi ne svane" received 131 points,[3] placing Croatia 5th out of 25 competing countries.[4]

The Croatian televoting awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.

Voting

References

  1. ^ 1998 Croatian National Final
  2. ^ "The bookies' favourites". BBC News. 8 May 1998. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ^ Spain originally gave its 12 points to Israel and 10 to Norway. After the broadcast it was announced that Spanish broadcaster wrongly tallied the votes and Germany should have got the top mark - 12 points - instead of being snubbed, as it happened. The mistake was corrected and so Germany was placed 7th over Norway. Israel and Norway both received 2 points less than originally and Croatia, Malta, Portugal, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Turkey all received one point less than indicated during the broadcast.
  4. ^ "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.