Melodije Istre i Kvarnera (in English: Melodies of Istria and Kvarner) is a Croatian song contest, held annually in multiple towns in the Istria, Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Lika-Senj counties. It consists of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs.
The first edition of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera (then Melodije Kvarnera - Rijeka 1964), held on 22 May 1964, was broadcast by Radio Zagreb (due to the local radio station, Radio Rijeka, boycotting the festival) and it had 14 artists participating with 18 songs. Ana Štefok won the first edition with her song "Nade" receiving 557 points from the public.
Winners Public's Choice 1960s + List of winners of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera with the title of the performed song and its composersYearSongArtist(s)1964"Nade"(Ivo Kustan, Blanka Chudoba)Ana Štefok1965"Ostani tu"(Zvonimir Golov)Arsen Dedić1966 "Bokaleta" (Nello Milotti, Boško Obradović)Ira Kraljić & Dinko Banić1967 "Otišal je opet brodit"(Ljubo Kuntarić, Blanka Chudoba)Ira Kraljić1968 "Urinjska baklja"(Nello Milotti, Marijan Fištrović)Toni Kljaković1969 "Samanj"(Nello Milotti, Ante Tonković)Toni Kljaković & Tomislav Borić
1970s + List of winners of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera with the title of the performed song and its composersYearSongArtist(s)1970"Kartulina z Kraljevice"(Nello Milotti, Ljubo Pavešić)Tomislav Borić & Toni Kljaković1971"Ognjišće"(Adela Dobrić, David Kabalin)Toni Kljaković1972"Kupil san ti prstenac"(Bogdan Sepčić, Čedomil Variola)Mirko Cetinski1973 "Tršački prošijani"(Nello Milotti, Ljubo Pavešić)Toni Kljaković & Vokalni kvarter Rivijera1974"Lipo j' vino pit, ma još je lipše neč"(Aldo Galeazzi)Aldo Galeazzi & Vokalni ansambl Rivijera1975 "Nebuloza"(Nello Milotti, Ljubo Pavešić)Toni Kljaković1976"Nevera s Kvarnera"(Nello Milotti, Marijan Fištrović) Milka Čakarun-Lenac & Grupa 7771977 "Bulin"(Andrej Baša, Zvonko Turak)Betty Jurković1978"Ča smo mi"(Aldo Galeazzi)Milka Čakarun-Lenac & Aldo Galeazzi1979 "Stara pojka"(Andrej Baša, Zvonko Turak)Aldo Galeazzi
1980s + List of winners of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera with the title of the performed song and its composersYearSongArtist(s)1980"Preša""(Miroslav Paškvan, Rudolf Kučić)Miroslav Paškvan1981"Andemo in barca"(Angelo Miroslav Vlatković, Mario Kinel) Ljiljana Budičin-Manestar & Angelo Tarticchio1982"Svati"(Andrej Baša, Ljubica Bestulić Stanković)Betty Jurković1983 "Con lui in motocicleta"(Andrej Baša, Mario Kinel)Lidija Percan1984 "Kanat od vina"(Nello Milotti, Daniel Načinović)Vesna Nežić Ružić1985 "Spomen na ćaću"(Josip Vuk)Toni Kljaković1986"Boćar"(Nello Milotti, Daniel Načinović) Ira Kraljić & Aldo Galeazzi
1990s + List of winners of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera with the title of the performed song and its composersYearSongArtist(s)1993"Adio bionda"(Đani Maršan) Đani Maršan i Mirko Cetinski1994"E la barca va"(Đani Maršan) Đani Maršan & Darko Štifanić1995"Samo Bog te moga učiniti"(Livio Morosin)Alen Vitasović1996 "Bracolet"(Ivica Badurina, Vlasta Juretić)Radojka Šverko1997 "Plače stara lesa"(Ivica Frleta, Mirjana Bobuš)Radojka Šverko1998 "Kad san ti bila"(Igor Lesica, Zlatan Marunić)Radojka Šverko1999"Neka jubav moja sa"(Robert Grubišić, Mirjana Bobuš)Karin Kuljanić
2000s + List of winners of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera with the title of the performed song and its composersYearSongArtist(s)2000"Grdovići ribari"(Mladen Grdović, Robert Pilepić, Neno Ninčević)Mladen Grdović2002"Večeri boje naranče"(Vinko Škaron, Vlasta Juretić)Karin Kuljanić & Đani Maršan2003"Da mi je s tobun prošećat"(Andrej Baša, Rober Pilepić)Gina Picinić2004"Tribalo bi zakantat"(Mirjana Bobuš) Karin Kuljanić & Mirjana Bobuš2005"Za te rojena"(Robert Grubišić, Mirjana Bobuš) Karin Kuljanić2006 "Prošeći se z manun po Kvarneru"(Robert Grubišić, Mirjana Bobuš) Voljen Grbac, Mirko Cetinski & Joso Butorac2007 "Barka lipog imena"(Andrej Baša)Gina Picinić2008 "Prihajan doma"(Robert Grubišić, Zvonko Turak, Mario Lipovšek)Mario Battifiaca & Klapa Sol2009"Kvarneriana"(Robert Grubišić, Mirjana Bobuš, Voljen Grbac)Vivien Galletta & Voljen Grbac
2010s + List of winners of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera with the title of the performed song and its composersYearSongArtist(s)2010"Boduli su duša od Kvarnera"(Branko Barbir)Klapa Sol2011"Črna"(Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunštek)Alen Polić & ansambl Kaljina2012"Dalmacija di Kvarner bušiva"(Branko Barbir)Klapa Sol2013"Ma ši te ki ča za me pita"(Andrej Baša)Gina Picinić2014"Molitva za te" (Mirjana Bobuš)Mirjana Bobuš2015"Tu san rojen"(Robert Grubišić, Robert Pilepić)Voljen Grbac & Joso Butorac2016 "Ružica" (Robert Grubišić, Zlatan Marunić)Joso Butorac2017 "Živet će vavik naša beseda"(Robert Pilepić, Voljen Grbac) Joso Butorac, Voljen Grbac & Edi Šegota2018 "Mama fala ti" (Robert Grubišić, Robert Pilepić)Voljen Grbac & Matej Prpić2019"Primorska arija"(Andrina Frleta, Frane Frleta, Suzana Blečić)Joso Butorac
2020s + List of winners of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera with the title of the performed song and its composersYearSongArtist(s)2020"Fala ti ča si blizu"(Roberta Pilepić, Goran Šarac, Aleksandar Valenčić)Tedi Grubica2021"Da bimo i k letu"(Robert Pilepić, Mauro Staraj)Nevia Rigutto, Duško Jeličić, Tamara Brusić & Mauro Staraj2022"Fala ti na jubavi"(Robert Pilepić, Goran Šarac, Aleksandar Valenčić)Karin Kuljanić2023"Suza s Kvarnera"(Robert Grubišić, Zlatan Marunić)Voljen Grbac, Joso Butorac & klapa Tić2024"Tri mladića"(Robert Pilepić, Robert Grubišić)Dino Guščić, Matej Plavček & Jure Kaurloto
Critic's Choice 1990s + List of the Critic's Choice winners of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera with the title of the performed song and its composersYearSongArtist(s)1995"Va dihe mora"(Aleksandar Valenčić, Vjekoslav Alilović) Radojka Šverko & Klapa Luka1996"Bracolet"(Ivica Badurina, Vlasta Juretić)Radojka Šverko1997"Nišan znal"(V. Knežević)Dado Topić1998 "Pada daž"(Đorđe Novković, Ljubica Bestulić Stanković)Vesna Nežić Ružić & Sergio Pavat1999 "Konji na vitru"(E. Bosazzi, Daniel Načinović)Highlanders
2020s + List of the Critic's Choice winners of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera with the title of the performed song and its composersYearSongArtist(s)2020"Tu ostani"(Daniel Moscarda) Daniel Moscarda2021"Fermaj se malo"(Daniel Moscarda) Daniel Moscarda & Alen Vitasović2022"Cviće od brnistre"(Bruno Krajcar, Saša Matovina, Daniel Načinović, Ivo Popeskić) Klapa Kastav2023"Bit ćeš se moje"(Nataša Klarić, Branka Kržik Longin)Božidarka Matija Čerina & ž.v.s. Luštrin2024"Noć"(Lara Pilepić, Ljubica Bestulić Stanković)Nevia Rigutto & Darko Jurković
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