Croatia was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1994 The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 30 April 1994 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTÉ), and presented ...

with the song "", composed by Željen Klašterka, with lyrics by Željko Krznarić, and performed by

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. The Croatian participating broadcaster,

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(HRT), selected its entry for the contest through ''1994''.

Before Eurovision

''1994''

(HRT) held ''1994'' (HTF 1994; retroactively known as ''Dora 1994'') on 30 April 1994 in

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to select its entry to the

. The national contest consisted of a televised final with 21 songs held on 20 March 1994 selected from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers. The winner was chosen by the votes of 11 regional juries.

At Eurovision

Tony Cetinski competed for Croatia the Eurovision contest on 30 April 1994 in

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, and finished 16th out of 25 countries, with 27 votes.

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994