Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Danijela Martinović represented Croatia in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest after winning the national final selection with the song "Neka mi ne svane".

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
◄1997 1998 1999►

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) Points Place
1 Valentina Brzović "Sve što si ti" Valentina Brzović 2 17
2 Zorica Kondža "Nebo" Alida Šarar, Davor Tolja 78 7
3 Ready Cool "Život iza ponoći" Marin Limić 32 15
4 Stijene "Još te volim kao nekada" Marin Limić 70 8
5 Ena "Stara zvone jedne ljubavi" Nenad Ninčević 0 18
6 Melani "Ja ću po svom, ti ćeš po svom" Fayo, Franjo Valentić 10 16
7 Tina and Nikša "Ako me ikad poželiš" Nikša Jurinović 48 13
8 Branimir Mihaljević "Daj daj" Branimir Mihaljević 132 3
9 Colonia "U ritmu ljubavi" Boris Đurđević 87 4
10 Magazin "Na svijetu sve" Vjekoslava Huljić, Tonći Huljić 79 6
11 Ivan Mikulić "Pjesma putuje" Zrinko Tutić 61 11
12 Marsell Benzon "Sve je za tebe" Marina Valković, Slobodan Vujović 52 12
13 Alen Nižetić "Bez ljubavi" Nenad Ninčević, Alen Nižetić 63 10
14 Andrea Čubrić "Samo ti je ljubav potrebna" Alida Šarar, Davor Tolja 42 14
15 Sanja Trumbić "Da bar vječno živimo" Zeljko Krušlin 0 18
16 Lana Cenčić "Ljubi me i to je to" Sanja Mudrinić, Fayo, Miro Buljan 0 18
17 Danijela "Neka mi ne svane" Petar Grašo, Stjepan Kalogjera, Remi Kazinoti 177 1
18 Zrinka and Goran "Bolero" Vjekoslava Huljić, Zdenko Runjić 133 2
19 Novi fosili "Pričaj mi o ljubavi" Stevo Cvikić, Rajko Dujmić 69 9
20 Azzurro and Nikad dosta "Ruku na srce" Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni 83 5

At Eurovision

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,[2] placing Croatia 5th out of 25 competing countries.[3]

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

Voting

References

  1. 1998 Croatian National Final
  2. 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.
  3. "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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