Croatia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Lea", written and performed by Mateo Đido. The Croatian participating broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.
Before Junior Eurovision 4. Izbor za Dječju Pjesmu Eurovizije From the 230 submissions, a jury selected ten songs to compete in the national final which were announced on 26 April 2006.
The final was held at 2 July 2006 in Zagreb at 17:30 CET and was broadcast on HRT 1. The hosts of the show were and . The final results were chosen by a jury that consisted of Vanna, Ivica Kostelić, Boris Novković, Natalija Jurić, , Željen Klašterka and Lorena Jelusić. Guests in the national final included Josipa Lisac, Nika Turković, Lorena Jelusić and Dino Jelusić.
+ Final – 2 July 2006 Artist Song Points Place 1 Matilda Beriša “Balerina”6884 2 Matej Miličić “Nedodirljiva”3288 3 Nikolina Petrov “Mobitel”5235 4 Iva Valentić “Bilo je ljeto”2589 5 Mia Maltar “Volim te”7383 6 Tijana Petak and Lara Erstić “Želim biti zvijezda”4826 7 Kim Verson “Mi sad pjevamo”2589 8 Mateo Ðido “Lea”1,3011 9Jelena Žnidarić “Sve svoje pjesme poklanjam tebi”1,0732 10 Helena Novosel and Kristina Majpruz “Moja ljubavi”4097
At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw on 17 October 2006, Croatia was drawn to perform fourteenth on 2 December 2006, following Belgium and preceding Russia.
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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