To see Croatia's former entries as Yugoslavia, click here.
Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 25 times since their debut in Millstreet in 1993. They came in the top ten six times since then, and after 2000, the Croatian entries kept slipping down and eventually failing to place in the final in 2007. They were one of only three countries to never have been relegated, the other two being Sweden and Malta.
The country had a 33% point reduction penalty in 1999 by the EBU when Doris used voices in the backing track of Marija Magdalena, which is against the rules as all singers have to be present on stage singing. Without the reduction, the country would have won the contest.
Croatia returned for the 2016 contest in Stockholm after a 3-year absence along with Bulgaria.
Gallery[]
Participants[]
Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points | Semi | Points |
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Previous entries as Yugoslavia | |||||||
1992 | Magazin | Aleluja | English | Not eligible to compete | |||
1993 | Put | Don't Ever Cry | English, Croatian | 15 | 31 | 3 | 51 |
1994 | Tony Cetinski | Nek' ti bude ljubav sva | Croatian | 16 | 27 | No Semi Finals | |
1995 | Magazin & Lidija | Nostalgija | 6 | 91 | |||
1996 | Maja Blagdan | Sveta ljubav | 4 | 98 | 19 | 30 | |
1997 | E.N.I. | Probudi me | 17 | 24 | No Semi Finals | ||
1998 | Danijela | Neka mi ne svane | 5 | 131 | |||
1999 | Doris | Marija Magdalena | 4 | 118 | |||
2000 | Goran Karan | Kad zaspu anđeli | 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 | 15 | 29 | ||
2004 | Ivan Mikulić | You Are The Only One | English | 13 | 50 | 9 | 72 |
2005 | Boris Novković ft. Lado members | Vukovi umiru sami | Croatian | 11 | 115 | 4 | 169 |
2006 | Severina | Moja štikla | 12 | 56 | Top 12 in 2005 | ||
2007 | Dragonfly ft. Dado Topić | Vjerujem u ljubav | Croatian, English | -- | -- | 16 | 54 |
2008 | Kraljevi ulice & 75 Cents | Romanca | Croatian | 21 | 44 | 4 | 112 |
2009 | Igor Cukrov ft. Andrea | Lijepa Tena | 18 | 45 | 13 | 33 | |
2010 | Feminnem | Lako je sve | -- | -- | 13 | 33 | |
2011 | Daria Kinzer | Celebrate | English | -- | -- | 15 | 41 |
2012 | Nina Badrić | Nebo | Croatian | -- | -- | 12 | 42 |
2013 | Klapa s Mora | Mižerja | -- | -- | 13 | 38 | |
2014–2015 | Did not participate | ||||||
2016 | Nina Kraljić | Lighthouse | English | 23 | 73 | 10 | 133 |
2017 | Jacques Houdek | My Friend | English, Italian | 13 | 128 | 8 | 141 |
2018 | Franka | Crazy | English | -- | -- | 17 | 63 |
2019 | Roko | The Dream | English, Croatian | -- | -- | 14 | 64 |
2020 | Damir Kedžo | Divlji vjetre | Croatian | Contest cancelled | |||
2021 | Albina | Tick-Tock | English, Croatian | -- | -- | 11 | 110 |
2022 | Mia Dimšić | Guilty Pleasure | -- | -- | 11 | 75 | |
2023 | Let 3 | Mama ŠČ! | Croatian | 13 | 123 | 8 | 76 |
2024 | Baby Lasagna | Rim Tim Tagi Dim | English |