Croatia 🇭🇷 in Eurovision Song Contest (1993-2024)

Here's a recap of all the songs that competed for Croatia in Eurovision Song Contest from 1993 to 2024. Please, enjoy!

Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 29 times since making its debut at the 1993 contest. The country's entry has, since 1993 and excluding from 2012 to 2018, been selected at the Dora festival, an event organised by the national public broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT). Croatia's best result in the contest is a second-place finish in 2024.

Croatia achieved six top ten results in seven years, with Magazin and Lidija finishing sixth (1995), Maja Blagdan fourth (1996), former Magazin member Danijela Martinović fifth (1998), Doris Dragović fourth (1999), Goran Karan ninth (2000) and Vanna tenth (2001). A period of 23 years without a top ten result followed, which was interrupted by Baby Lasagna's 2024 result.

Croatia failed to reach the final for four years in succession (2010–2013), before choosing to not participate in 2014 and 2015. Croatia returned and reached the final in both 2016 and 2017, before again failing to reach the final for four consecutive contests (2018–2022). This non-qualification streak was broken in 2023, when Croatia advanced to the final. In total, Croatia has failed to reach the final in 9 of the last 14 contests it has entered.

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[tetamaagani]

Baby Lasagna is clearly the best entry that Croatia ever sent to Eurovision I'm so proud of him

[melindamuller]

Marija Magdalena was ahead of its time. It's an incredible song, I get goosebumps every time I hear it.

[Michulean]

Three things that were not fair:
- Doris not winning in 1999
- Albina not qualifying in 2021
- Baby Lasagna not winning in 2024 (this year)

[jekotaizkorita]

I love how decades later, the Eurovision fun community agrees that Doris Dragović with her unforgettable Marija Magdalena should have won 1999.!

[TornadoSponge]

Congrats to Croatia for their first podium win! Should have gotten the gold, but silver is still an amazing achievement.

[helectra]

Ι'm Greek and I still can't get over the fact that Baby Lasagna didn't win for 44 points, just because some juries gave no points at all... He totally deserved it.

[bzzzzzzzzzz]

Baby Lasagna is in Eurovision history.
I think people will never forget that performance and that song.👏

[Milvusmilvus-jovq]

Failed to qualify➡Failed to qualify➡Failed to qualify➡Failed to qualify➡Failed to qualify➡ Let 3 13nd➡ Baby Lasagna 2nd 🤪🥳

[victoriadeguzman]

Even though Baby Lasagna didn’t win Eurovision 2024, he gave Croatia its best result ever

[adi]

Croatia is my winner in 1998, 1999 and 2024

[vellothedreepy]

Welcome to the Runner-Up elites, Baby Lasagna!

[lada_masich]

Baby Lasagna is definitely the best entry from Croatia

[Minstrelodessa]

Mama ŠČ! was hilarious but also very brave considering the burning political context. Back in 2023, I remember this song making a fuss in ukrainian social media, everyone saying how based the croatians were. And Baby Lasagna has my first ever Eurovision vote, before that I just silently followed the contest for more than 10 years. It would be awesome to see the Eurovision going to Croatia someday.

[pummeluff]

3 years later I'm still coping with Albina not qualifying. 💔

[Aangeeee]

baby lasagna did not perform for the Malmö Arena, he turned the Malmö arena into his own concert, the best position for Croatia and the most epic performance was done by him, being a super introverted boy he ate up the stage like no one else

[muguruyarr]

CROATIA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN 2024 THAT MAKES THEIR BEST RESULT EVERR 🇭🇷🔥

[intreoo]

Croatia was absolutely robbed. I don't think Switzerland was an unworthy winner but it was so clear that Croatia was everyone's favorite. They need to change the jury system or something.

[darna]

As a Croat myself, I'm so sorry for what we had to put everyone through in 2010s...absolutely the worst decade for Croatia on Eurovision

[nd_Place_Vasil]

I love Let 3 and Baby Lasagna!!!! In short: they are legends 😺

[sharonanyaparisi]

1999 4th Place robbed... Doris deserved tò win 😢 Severina and Let 3 top! Marko you did make the history ❤