Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dora 2004
Selection date(s)	Spring 2004
Selected entrant	Ivan Mikulić
Selected song	"You Are The Only One"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (9th, 72 points)
Final result	12th, 50 points
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Croatia was represented by Ivan Mikulić and the song "You Are The Only One". The Croatian Final "Dora" was held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija on March 14, hosted by Dusko Curlic, Tihana Zrnic and Barbara Radulović. Before the final, two semi-finals were held in which the top 6 songs qualified. The winner was chosen by regional televoting and SMS voting. 'Daješ mi krila' was chosen by the Croatian jury and public with 71 points. Ivan Mikulić previously came 11th in the 1995 Croatian Final, 8th in 1996, 13th in 1997, 11th in 1998 and 9th in 2002.

Semi-finals

**First semi-final - 12 March 2004**
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Chante	"Zašto pitaš"	33	8
2	Sandra	"Gdje snovi počinju"	13	10
3	Angie	"Umrla bih ja na tvojim rukama"	12	12
4	Azzuro	"Trebam te"	13	11
5	Renata Holi	"Nosiš mi proljeće"	40	7
6	Karma	"Malo pomalo"	62	3
7	Andrea Čubrić	"Diva"	23	9
8	Andrea	"Noah"	62	2
9	Mladen Grdović	"Ljubav moja si ti"	51	4
10	Alen Nižetić	"Pala si sa neba"	43	6
11	Merita's & Massimo	"Odjednom ti"	50	5
12	Jacques Houdek	"Nema razloga"	66	1

**Second semi-final - 13 March 2004**
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Rivers	"Kiša ljubavi"	28	9
2	Petra Kosalec	"Ostani"	41	5
3	Vladimir Bodegrajac	"Ne plači"	18	11
4	Magnetic	"Iluzija"	40	6
5	Tina Vukov & Matija Dedić trio	"Tuga dolazi kasnije"	29	8
6	Ivana Kindl	"Strastvena žena"	51	4
7	Ina	"Ti si moja nesreća"	24	10
8	P'eggy	Sve	6	12
9	Lana	"Prava istina"	62	2
10	En Face	"Tvoje lice"	36	7
11	Ibrica Jusić	"Još samo ovaj put"	60	3
12	Ivan Mikulić	"Daješ mi krila"	72	1

Final

**Final - 14 March 2004**
Position	Song	Performer	Points	Place
1	Iluzija	Magnetic	19	10
2	Ostani	Petra Kosalec	11	12
3	Pala si sa neba	Alen Nizetic	17	11
4	Odjednom ti	Merita's & Massimo	32	7
5	Strastvena zena	Ivana Kindl	27	8
6	Ljubav moja si ti	Mladen Grdović	24	9
7	Još samo ovaj put	Ibrica Jusic	49	5
8	Prava istina	Lana	40	6
9	Noah	Andrea	67	2
10	Malo pomalo	Karma	56	3
11	Nema razloga	Jacques Houdek	55	4
12	Daješ mi krila	Ivan Mikulić	71	1

At Eurovision

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest.Because Croatia placed 15th at the 2003 contest,Ivan was forced to compete in the semi-final, held on 12 May 2004. At Eurovision, Ivan sang his song in English and delivered a subtle and simple performance. The stage went completely dark with his back-up singers lined up behind him. In the end Ivan scored the same number of points as Malta, 50, but as the tie breaking rules was not yet implemented for acts other than the winning song, Croatia ended up in a joint 12th place with Malta.As Croatia failed to reach the top 12 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2005 Contest.

Points Awarded by Croatia

Semi final

Points awarded in semi-final:

12 points	Serbia and Montenegro
10 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Albania
6 points	Greece
5 points	Macedonia
4 points	Netherlands
3 points	Slovenia
2 points	Cyprus
1 point	Malta

Final

Points awarded in the final

12 points	Serbia and Montenegro
10 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Greece
6 points	Albania
5 points	Macedonia
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Turkey
2 points	Malta
1 point	Germany

Points Awarded to Croatia (Semi-Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Austria Ukraine	Belarus Slovenia	Macedonia Switzerland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Germany Serbia and Montenegro	Netherlands	Lithuania		Finland Latvia Portugal

Points Awarded to Croatia (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Ukraine
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Belarus Macedonia Russia Serbia and Montenegro Slovenia		Austria Switzerland		Finland Germany

References

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