The Croatian Radio Festival ( Croatian: Hrvatski Radijski Festival, abbreviated as HRF) was a music festival held annually in

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from 1997 to 2009. The festival was first held in 1997 in Vodice. It remained in Vodice until 2002, when it was held in

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. After two years in Šibenik, Rijeka and Požega were co-hosts for the 2004 festival. In 2005 and 2006 it was held in

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, and in 2007 it was held in

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. In 2008 and 2009 it was held in

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. The festival was cancelled in 2010 due to financial problems and has been never organised sinc

The festival gave out several awards, its highest being the Grand Prix. Other awards were the First Award of the

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Listeners, the First Award of the Music Editors, the '' 24 sata'' Readers' Award (The ''24sata'' is a daily

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), the Award Based on the Number of Received Calls by

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and, finally, the Award Based on the Number of

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votes. In 2009 there was one other award, the

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Award, for the best vocal interpretation, won by

Nina Badrić Nina Badrić (; born 4 July 1972) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. She began performing in the early 1990s, and competed in " Dora" – the Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 4 times. She won 7th place in 1993 with "Ostavljam ...

Festival winners

*1997 -

with "Budi tu" *1998 - Sandi Cenov with "Sunce moje to si ti" *1999 - Alen Nižetić with "Noćas se rastaju prijatelji" *2000 -

Ivana Banfić Ivana Banfić (); born 16 November 1969) is a Croatian dancer and pop singer. She became famous under the stage name I BEE in the 1990s during the period of popularity of dance music in Croatia. Banfić was born in Zagreb. She released her first ...

feat.

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with "Godinama" *2001 - Colonia with "Za tvoje snene oči" *2002 - Colonia with "Oduzimaš mi dah" *2003 - Colonia with "C'est la vie" *2004 -

with "Otisak prsta" *2005 -

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with "Svetinja" *2006 -

Tony Cetinski Anthony Cetinski (born 31 May 1969), known professionally as Tony Cetinski, is a Croatian pop singer. Today, he is one of the most popular male singers in Croatia and countries of former Yugoslavia. Biography Born into a family of musicians in ...

with "Sve je s tobom napokon na mjestu" (in pop-rock category) and Marko Perković with "Tamo gdje su moji korijeni" (in "zabavna" category) *2007 -

with "Veži me za sebe" (in pop-rock category) and Dražen Zečić with "Stani srce" (in "zabavna" category) *2008 -

feat. Ljiljana Petrović Buttler with "Kralj života mog" (in pop-rock category),

Antonija Šola Antonija Šola (; born 5 June 1979) is a Croatian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist, actress and music producer. She is known for playing a main role of " Tina Bauer-Fijan" in first Croatian soap opera Zabranjena ljubav (2004-2008). In addi ...

with "Nebu pod oblak" (in pop song of the year category) and Baruni with "Svanut će jutro puno ljubavi" (in "zabavna" category) *2009 -

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with "Ne mogu ti reći šta je tuga" (in pop-rock category), and

with "Domovina" (in "zabavna" category)

External links

Croatian Radio Festival Official SiteCancelled in 2010
Music festivals in Croatia Croatian popular music 1997 establishments in Croatia Music festivals established in 1997 Annual events in Croatia Radio festivals Radio in Croatia