Croatia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "", composed by Davor Tolja, with lyrics by Alida Šarar, and performed by the band E.N.I. The Croatian participating broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), selected its entry for the contest through Dora 1997.

Background

Croatia first appeared in the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent country in 1993, having previously entered as a part of from to . The sub-national broadcaster from SR Croatia was the most successful at the national finals, with 11 of the 27 entries that won the Yugoslavian selection for Eurovision being Croatian. It gave Yugoslavia three of the country's Top 5 placings in the contest, with "Rock Me" performed by Riva winning the , as well as fourth-place finishes for both "" by Daniel in and "" by Novi fosili in .

Croatia's former sub-national broadcaster RTV Zagreb became the country's national broadcaster after independence, renamed Croatian Radiotelevision (; HRT). 1997 marked HRT's fifth participation at the contest representing Croatia as an independent country. Previous results for Croatia were mixed, with its first two entries gaining 15th and 16th position. However its entries from 1995 and 1996 both placed within the top 10, with "" by Magazin and Lidija placing 6th in and "" by Maja Blagdan placing 4th in .

Before Eurovision

Dora 1997 HRT held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. The broadcaster held Dora 1997 on 9 March at the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, hosted by Ljudevit Grgurić Grga. 20 entries competed, and the winner was decided by 20 regional juries.

+ Final – 9 March 1997 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Tajana "Povedi me" Ivan Mikulić, Fayo 0 19 2 Ksenija Sobotinčić "Nemamo to pravo" Andrej Babić 6 17 3 Oliver Dragojević "Lučija" Zdenko Runjić, Ivana Runjić, Vedrana Runjić 62 8 4 Bay Bis "Boje ljubavi" Zrinko Tutić 0 19 5 Branka B. "Našoj ljubavi" Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, Nenad Ninčević 4 18 6 Magazin "Opium" Tonći Huljić, Vjekoslava Huljić 64 7 7 Ivana Plechinger "Zora" Ivana Plechinger, Bruno Kovačić 52 9 8 E.N.I. "Probudi me" Davor Tolja, Alida Šarar 170 1 9 Donna Ares "Zadnja noć" Guido Mineo, Ivana Mavrin, Robert Pilepić 48 12 10 Petar Grašo "Idi" Petar Grašo 161 2 11 Lidija Bajuk "Zora djevojka" Lidija Bajuk 79 5 12 Lana Cenčić "Ti si super, ti si mrak" Lana Cenčić, Fayo 7 16 13 Brešković Brothers "Voljet ću te vječno" Tonći Brešković, Nikola Brešković, Marko Brešković 52 9 14 Novi fosili "Vrijeme" Rajko Dujmi, Fayo 52 9 15 Minea "Magla" Fedor Boic, Vjekoslava Huljić 27 14 16 Maja Blagdan "Za nas" Nenad Ninčević 134 3 17 Leo "Moje nebo" Đorđe Novković, Štefanija Soldan, Eduard Matešić 66 6 18 Dražen Žanko "Zamantan" Dražen Žanko 23 15 19 Ivan Mikulić "Proljeće" Miro Buljan, Fayo 36 13 20 Alen Nižetić "Ti" Nenad Ninčević 117 4 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song Total 1 "Povedi me" 0 2 "Nemamo to pravo" 2 3 1 6 3 "Lučija" 1 6 1 6 7 4 8 2 5 3 5 2 12 62 4 "Boje ljubavi" 0 5 "Našoj ljubavi" 4 4 6 "Opium" 5 6 3 6 12 5 4 4 7 8 1 3 64 7 "Zora" 8 2 3 3 8 3 7 6 12 52 8 "Probudi me" 12 12 4 10 8 8 10 7 10 12 7 8 10 8 12 12 2 10 8 170 9 "Zadnja noć" 7 2 1 3 1 7 3 5 4 5 6 4 48 10 "Idi" 6 8 12 12 10 7 12 12 3 10 12 1 5 10 10 7 10 7 7 161 11 "Zora djevojka" 5 7 2 5 2 3 6 10 12 12 10 5 79 12 "Ti si super, ti si mrak" 1 6 7 13 "Voljet ću te vječno" 6 10 5 2 12 1 5 3 1 7 52 14 "Vrijeme" 4 1 1 5 7 2 5 1 7 2 1 4 1 8 3 52 15 "Magla" 4 8 3 6 4 2 27 16 "Za nas" 10 10 8 7 1 12 7 5 5 1 7 10 8 6 6 8 12 5 6 134 17 "Moje nebo" 3 3 4 6 8 4 10 3 2 4 5 4 10 66 18 "Zamantan" 4 6 3 4 2 2 2 23 19 "Proljeće" 2 3 5 8 2 6 4 2 3 1 36 20 "Ti" 1 2 7 4 12 10 10 8 6 5 4 8 6 6 12 1 7 8 117

At Eurovision E.N.I. performed 23rd on the night of the contest, following and preceding the . The group received 24 points, placing 17th of the 25 competing countries.

Voting

+ Points awarded to Croatia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Croatia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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