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Croatia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Croatia is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) will organise the national final ''2024'' to select the Croatian entry for the 2024 contest. Background Prior to the 2024 contest, Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-eight times since its first entry in . The nation's best result in the contest is fourth, which it achieved on two occasions: in with the song "" performed by Maja Blagdan and in with the song "" performed by Doris Dragović. Following the introduction of semi-finals in , Croatia has this far featured in eight finals. In , Croatia qualified to the final (for the first time since 2017) with Let 3 and the song "", finishing in 13th place. The Croatian national broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), broadcasts the event within Croatia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since first participating in 1993, HRT has consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia
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Croatian Radio
Croatian Radio ( hr, Hrvatski radio) is the official broadcasting service of Croatia. Founded on May 15, 1926 as ''Zagreb Radio'', it's the first radio station in all of Southeast Europe. Part of Croatian Radiotelevision, it operates three national stations, several regional branches and an international service. The broadcast, which began with just one channel that could be listened to only in Zagreb and northern Croatia, today makes 16 radio channels sent out on FM, DAB+, satellite and the Internet. On May 25, 2012, the television and radio program archive and a collection of music production were given the status of Croatia's cultural heritage. History The beginning of Croatian radio date back to 1926, when the broadcasting of ''Radio Zagreb'' began. It was founded by the ''Radio Club Zagreb'' which was made up of more than 130 distinguished radio amateurs and businessmen from Zagreb and other parts of Croatia led by the Croatian physicist Oton Kučer. It was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia In The Eurovision Song Contest
Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times since making its debut at the 1993 contest. Their entry has since 1993, excluding from 2012 to 2018, been selected at the Dora pop festival, an event organised by the national public broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). Croatia's best result in the contest is a fourth-place finish in and . Croatia achieved six top ten results in seven years, with Magazin and Lidija sixth (), Maja Blagdan fourth ( 1996), former Magazin member Danijela Martinović fifth ( 1998), Doris Dragović (who was 11th for Yugoslavia in ) fourth (), Goran Karan ninth (2000), and Vanna tenth ( 2001). Since then, Croatia has failed to reach the top ten. Croatia failed to reach the final for four years in succession (–), before choosing to not participate in and . Croatia returned and reached the final in both and , before again failing to reach the final for four consecutive contests (–). In total, Croatia has failed to reach the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Five (Eurovision)
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmö Arena
Malmö Arena is a multi-purpose List of indoor arenas, indoor arena in Malmö, Sweden, and the venue for home games of Swedish Hockey League, SHL ice hockey club Malmö Redhawks. It is the Swedish Hockey League, largest arena in the SHL, and the List of indoor arenas in Sweden, second-largest indoor arena in Sweden. Apart from hosting Redhawks hockey matches, the arena is often the venue for team handball, floorball, concerts, and other events. It has also hosted indoor Athletics (sport), athletics. Owned and operated by Parkfast aktiebolag, AB, the arena was designed by Mats Matson of MM Matsson Konsult AB, Hannu Helkiö of Pöyry, Pöyry Architects, and Gert Wingårdh of Wingårdh arkitektkontor. Naming rights for the venue are owned by Malmö Municipality, Malmö Stad, in a ten-year contract, agreed in 2007. Malmö Arena hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 between 14 and 18 May 2013 and the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships from 26 December 2013 to 5 January 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Dečak
Ivan Dečak (born 20 October 1979) is a Croatian singer and one of the founders and lead vocalist of Croatian band Vatra. Biography He was born in Virovitica in 1979, where he attended music school and high school. Together with friends in 1999, he founded the band Vatra. In late 1999 he moved to Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ..., where he lives today. He has a daughter by his girlfriend Nina. To date, Vatra released six studio albums and over 30 singles, made a number of video clips, as well as in Croatia and the region had over 500 live appearances. In 2015, he became a coach in the reality show of HRT, '' The Voice – Najljepši glas Hrvatske''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Decak, Ivan 1979 births Living people 21st-century Croatian male singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vatra (band)
Vatra is a Croatian rock band. The song "Tremolo", featuring Damir Urban, won them the Porin for the best vocal cooperation of 2012. On 15 December 2023, the band was announced among the participants of Dora 2024, the Croatian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Slatke suze, gorka ljubav". Discography Studio albums * '' Između nas'', Jabukaton, 1999 * '' Anđeo s greškom'', Dallas Records Dallas Records is a Croatian record label. It was established in 1987 (in Slovenia), and is owned and run by Goran Lisica - Fox, a music producer and manager who started his career in the 1970s as a music journalist. Signed artists include Gibo ..., 2002 * '' Prekid programa'', Dallas Records, 2004 * '' Aritmija'', Dallas Records, 2006 * ''Sputnik'', Dallas Records, 2008 * '' Ima li budnih'', Dallas Records, 2011 * ''VT'', Dallas Records, 2013 * ''Zmajevi na vjetru'', 2015 Singles References Croatian rock music groups Musical groups established in 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Splitters
The Splitters is a Croatian rock band composed of four members: Josip Senta, Marko Komić, Petar Senta and Antonio Komić. History The Splitters were formed in 2017 in Split, Croatia. They started performing their original songs at various festivals such as the ST@rt festival in Split and the West Herzegowina Festival in Široki Brijeg. The band's debut album ''Love Sucks'' was released on 7 April 2018. It was only available via SoundCloud and contained English language songs. In early 2019 the band signed a record deal with Croatia Records and since then they have been writing Croatian language songs. Their second studio album and first to be recorded in Croatian, ''Izvedi me van'', was released on 2 July 2020. At the 69th edition of the Zagreb Festival in 2022 they performed the song "Izgubljeni grad". The Splitters were one of the 18 participants in Dora 2023, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2023 The Eurovision Song Contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saša Lozar
Saša Lozar (born 12 February 1980) is a Croatian singer. Lozar rose to fame in 2003 after finishing as runner-up on the first season of '' Story Supernova Music Talents''. In late 2003, Lozar formed the boy band Saša, Tin i Kedžo together with Damir Kedžo and Tin Samardžić. Lozar began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album ''1 Dan'' (2007). Early life Lozar was born in Laduč, in the Yugoslav republic of Croatia. He has a younger brother named Ivan. He attended the Tituš Brezovački Gymnasium and earned his high school diploma in 1998. Music career Lozar's first musical appearance was in 1992 when he as a contestant on Hrvatska radiotelevizija's ''Turbo Limach Show''. He made it to the finals where he lost to Renata Sabljak thus finishing as the runner-up. In 2003, Lozar auditioned for the first and only season of Nova TV's talent show '' Story Supernova Music Talents'' by singing "Hero" and "Kad mi dođeš ti" by Oliver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel (band)
Pavel is a Croatian rock band composed of eight members: Aljoša Šerić, Antonia Matković, Jurica Hotko, Toni Tkalec, Mario Radan, Stipe Mađor, Dean Melki and Filip Hrelja. The group signed a joint record deal with Dallas Records, after forming in 2006. Later in 2007, the group released their debut studio album, ''Pavel''. On 15 December 2023, the band was announced among the participants of Dora 2024, the Croatian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to be the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is scheduled to take place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Tattoo" by Loreen. Organised by the Euro ..., with the song "Do mijeseca". Band members Current members *Aljoša Šerić — vocals, acoustic guitar *Antonia Matković — vocals *Jurica Hotko — piano *Toni Tkalec — guitar *Josip Radić — bass guitar *Stipe Mađor — trumpet *Dean Melki — violin *Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darko Dimitrov
Darko Dimitrov ( mk, Дарко Димитров ; born January 21, 1973) is a Macedonian songwriter, record producer, arranger and record executive. Highly acclaimed for revitalising the Yugoslav mainstream pop music scene, which also influenced the surrounding Balkan countries, he has received international recognition for working with many popular foreign artists. Biography Darko Dimitrov is born on January 21, 1973, in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia), to prominent Macedonian singer and composer, Slave Dimitrov. His family has a rich musical history—his grandfather was the prominent opera and traditional music singer, Blagoja Petrov Karagjule. Darko Dimitrov graduated at the Academy of Music in Skopje and he works in his family recording studio called 'Studio Dimitrovi' along with his father and his brother Oliver, the latter being notable for producing the debut album of the ska-punk band, '' Superhiks''. One of his first production hits was "Otvo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electro Team
Electro Team (ET) is a hip hop/eurodance band from Croatia, active since 1987. ET's July 1993 single "Tek je 12 sati" was named by journalists and music critics as Croatia's hit of the decade. E.T. saw their greatest popularity while performing with their former lead singer , who joined the band in 1991 and left for solo career in 1998. History Electro Team was formed in Zagreb in 1987 by Adonis Ćulibrk – Boytronic. The band was inspired by the legendary hip-hop / electro band Mantronix. At that time, on Boytronic's invitation[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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