The Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2022 was the 52nd edition of the annual Melodije Istre i Kvarnera, a song contest held annually in multiple towns in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county of Croatia. The show was held between 22 and 25 June 2022, and presented by Robert Ferlin, Mario Battifiaca and Uršula Tolj. Andrej Baša served as the artistic director for the competition.

Format The 2022 edition of the Melodije Istre i Kvarnera festival had three host cities/munincipalities; Kastav, Malinska and Rijeka. The three host cities held four nights with Rijeka hosting the last two shows with the grand final. The artistic director for the competition was Andrej Baša.

Each of the ticket holders for the live shows received a voting ballot where they could cast their votes for the main public's award. Each night, after all performances, the top three placed songs of the current show were revealed with the general ranking winner being announced on the last night in Rijeka.

On 7 April 2022, all competing entries and host cities were revealed. The main show consisted of 19 competing entries, all of them were sung in Croatian (mainly in the Chakavian dialect).

Awards Additional to the main award, these awards were given out: Best Newcomer Critic's Choice Čakavski Sabor Award for Best Lyrics "Nello Milotti" Award for Best Traditional Production Novi list "Beseda" Award Online Voting Award Radio Istra Award for Best Song Production Radio Rijeka Award for Best Vocal Performance

Competing entries +Competing songs and artists, showing writers and results achieved Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Rank Other Melodije Istre i Kvarnera Awards "Fala ti na jubavi" – Karin Kuljanić 1 rowspan="2" "Srce je srićno" – klapa Tić 2 "Kvarnerska vila" – Andrina Frleta 3Čakavski Sabor Award for Best Lyrics Radio Rijeka Award for Best Vocal Performance "3. Maj" – Daniel Moscarda align="center" Critic's Choice second place "Blue Eyed Swing" – Daniel Načinović align="center" rowspan="1" "Cviće od brnistre" – klapa Kastav align="center" Critic's Choice winner "Još duraju naše cime" – Joso Butorac align="center" rowspan="1" "Laku noć, Kostreno" – Božidarka Matija Čerina i ž. v. s. Luštrin align="center" Critic's Choice third place "Mene zove svet" – Dino Guščić align="center" rowspan="3" "Naš jure" – Erik Balija align="center" "Nisan znala reć volin te" – Lorenza Puhar align="center" "O, moj cvite" – Tereza Kesovija align="center" Online Voting Award "Od Istre do Prevlake" – Mladen Grdović align="center" rowspan="4" "Raj, raj, raj" – Tea Vučak align="center" "Srića put do srca zna" – Suzana Štefanić & Dario Terglav align="center" "Sunny, sunny, sole, sole" – Nikolina Tomljanović align="center" "Šterna" – Lucija Rajnović align="center" Best Newcomer "To jubav je" – Martina Majerle align="center" rowspan="1" "Vanka je škuro" – Lado Bartoniček align="center" "Nello Milotti" Award for Best Traditional Production Novi list "Beseda" Award Radio Istra Award for Best Song Production

Shows First night The first show was held in Kastav. + First night: 22 June 2022 Draw Artist Song Ballot vote ranking1Dino Guščić"Mene zove svet" —2Lucija Rajnović"Šterna" —3Suzana Štefanić & Dario Terglav"Srića put do srca zna" —4Tea Vučak"Raj, raj, raj" —5klapa Kastav"Cviće od brnistre" —6Lorenza Puhar"Nisan znala reć volin te" —7Božidarka Matija Čerina i ž. v. s. Luštrin"Laku noć, Kostreno" —8klapa Tić"Srce je srićno" 29Lado Bartoniček"Vanka je škuro" —10Andrina Frleta"Kvarnerska vila" 311Joso Butorac"Još duraju naše cime" —12Nikolina Tomljanović"Sunny, sunny, sole, sole" —13Daniel Načinović"Blue Eyed Swing" —14Erik Balija"Naš jure" —15 Mladen Grdović"Od Istre do Prevlake" —16Daniel Moscarda"3. Maj" —17Martina Majerle"To jubav je" —18 Karin Kuljanić"Fala ti na jubavi" 119Tereza Kesovija"O, moj cvite" —

Second night The second show was held in Malinska. + Second night: 23 June 2022 Draw Artist Song Ballot vote ranking Updated general ranking1Dino Guščić"Mene zove svet" — —2Lucija Rajnović"Šterna" — —3Suzana Štefanić & Dario Terglav"Srića put do srca zna" — —4Tea Vučak"Raj, raj, raj" — —5klapa Kastav"Cviće od brnistre" — —6Lorenza Puhar"Nisan znala reć volin te" — —7Božidarka Matija Čerina i ž. v. s. Luštrin"Laku noć, Kostreno" — —8klapa Tić"Srce je srićno" 2 29Lado Bartoniček"Vanka je škuro" — —10Andrina Frleta"Kvarnerska vila" 3 311Joso Butorac"Još duraju naše cime" — —12Nikolina Tomljanović"Sunny, sunny, sole, sole" — —13Daniel Načinović"Blue Eyed Swing" — —14Erik Balija"Naš jure" — —15 Mladen Grdović"Od Istre do Prevlake" — —16Daniel Moscarda"3. Maj" — —17Martina Majerle"To jubav je" — —18 Karin Kuljanić"Fala ti na jubavi" 1 119Tereza Kesovija"O, moj cvite" — —

Third night The third night was held in Rijeka. It served as a main dress rehearsal prior to the final thus no voting occurred. + Third night: 24 June 2022 Draw Artist Song1Dino Guščić"Mene zove svet"2Lucija Rajnović"Šterna"3Suzana Štefanić & Dario Terglav"Srića put do srca zna"4Tea Vučak"Raj, raj, raj"5klapa Kastav"Cviće od brnistre"6Lorenza Puhar"Nisan znala reć volin te"7Božidarka Matija Čerina i ž. v. s. Luštrin"Laku noć, Kostreno"8klapa Tić"Srce je srićno"9Lado Bartoniček"Vanka je škuro"10Andrina Frleta"Kvarnerska vila"11Joso Butorac"Još duraju naše cime"12Nikolina Tomljanović"Sunny, sunny, sole, sole"13Daniel Načinović"Blue Eyed Swing"14Erik Balija"Naš jure"15 Mladen Grdović"Od Istre do Prevlake"16Daniel Moscarda"3. Maj"17Martina Majerle"To jubav je"18 Karin Kuljanić"Fala ti na jubavi"19Tereza Kesovija"O, moj cvite"

Fourth night The fourth and final night was held in Rijeka. + Fifth night: 25 June 2023 Draw Artist Song Ballot vote ranking Final general ranking1Dino Guščić"Mene zove svet" — —2Lucija Rajnović"Šterna" — —3Suzana Štefanić & Dario Terglav"Srića put do srca zna" — —4Tea Vučak"Raj, raj, raj" — —5klapa Kastav"Cviće od brnistre" — —6Lorenza Puhar"Nisan znala reć volin te" — —7Božidarka Matija Čerina i ž. v. s. Luštrin"Laku noć, Kostreno" — —8klapa Tić"Srce je srićno" 2 29Lado Bartoniček"Vanka je škuro" — —10Andrina Frleta"Kvarnerska vila" — 311Joso Butorac"Još duraju naše cime" 3 —12Nikolina Tomljanović"Sunny, sunny, sole, sole" — —13Daniel Načinović"Blue Eyed Swing" — —14Erik Balija"Naš jure" — —15Daniel Moscarda"3. Maj" — —16Martina Majerle"To jubav je" — —17 Karin Kuljanić"Fala ti na jubavi" 1 118Tereza Kesovija"O, moj cvite" — —align="center" Mladen Grdović"Od Istre do Prevlake" — —

Notes

Special guests The special guests of Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2023 included:

Singers / musicians: Erik Balija, Lado Bartoniček, Tamara Brusić, Božidarka Matija Čerina, Andrina Frleta, Mladen Grdović, Duško Jeličić, Martina Majerle, Đani Maršan, Daniel Moscarda, Nevia Rigutto, Mauro Staraj and klapa Tić Politicians: Mayor of Kastav Matej Mostarac, mayor of Malinska Robert Anton and the mayor of Rijeka Goran Palčevski.

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