Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country  Croatia
National selection
Selection process Dora 2006
Selection date(s) Semi-finals
2 March 2006
3 March 2006
Final
4 March 2006
Selected entrant Severina Vučković
Selected song "Moja štikla"
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Croatia’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was chosen on 4 March using the Dora competition in the seaside resort of Opatija, the place where the first Dora was held. Severina Vučković was chosen with the song "Moja štikla" (My stiletto), which was described as a turbo-folk song with humorous lyrics and Balkan folk motifs. The lyrics were written by Severina, the music by Boris Novković (Croatian representative in 2005) and Franjo Valentić, and arrangement by popular Bosnian-born musician Goran Bregović. Due to Serbia & Montenegro’s withdrawal from the contest this year, Croatia automatically qualified for the final based on the previous year's performance, eventually coming 13th with 56 points.

Severina was born 21 April 1972 in Split, Croatia, then Yugoslavia. As a child she took part in numerous children festivals and musicals. When she was 17, she recorded her first album Severina for Croatian record company Orfej. In 1991 she started recording for Tutico and became one of the greatest stars of Croatian music. She won many festival awards and her albums achieved high sales. She achieved international fame when her home porn video was published on the Internet in 2004. Severina previously attempted to reach Eurovision in 2000.

Result of National Final

№ Song Singer Jury Televote Total Place
1 Party djevojka Angels 5 9 14 10th
2 Umrijeti s osmjehom Jacques Houdek 6 3 9 15th
3 Oprosti, mala Magazin 8 8 16 8th
4 Škifo Alen Vitasović 3 1 4 16th
5 U tebi tražim spas Raspashow 7 4 11 13th
6 Oči od safira Danijela Martinović 4 6 10 14th
7 Nježne riječi Ibrica Jusić 11 2 13 11th
8 Pusti da te vodi ritam Karma 1 12 13 12th
9 Il treno per Genova Tina Vukov 14 13 27 3rd
10 Prokleto sam Petar Grašo 13 5 18 7th
11 Najbolja glumica Lana Jurčević 2 14 16 9th
12 Moja štikla Severina Vučković 15 15 30 1st
13 Ne zovi me Marija Jelena Rozga 9 10 19 6th
14 Tu na mojim rukama Massimo 16 7 23 4th
15 Kad se sklope kazaljke Ivana Banfić 10 11 21 5th
16 Kao san Kraljevi ulice 12 16 28 2nd

At Eurovision

Points Awarded to Croatia (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded in the final:

12 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points Finland
8 points Macedonia
7 points Russia
6 points Lithuania
5 points Romania
4 points Ukraine
3 points Sweden
2 points Ireland
1 point United Kingdom

Points awarded in the semi final:

12 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points Finland
8 points Macedonia
7 points Albania
6 points Slovenia
5 points Lithuania
4 points Sweden
3 points Russia
2 points Ukraine
1 point Iceland

See also

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