Croatia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "", written by Filip Lacković, Lazar Pajić, Tomislav Roso and Zorica Pajić, and performed by the band Lelek. The Croatian participating broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), organised the national final Dora 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background

Prior to the 2026 contest, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Croatia 30 times since its first entry in . Its best result in the contest was second, achieved in with the song "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" performed by Baby Lasagna. This was also its first top-five finish since "Marija Magdalena" by Doris Dragović in . Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Croatia had thus far featured in nine finals. In , Croatia failed to qualify to the final with Marko Bošnjak and the song "Poison Cake".

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, HRT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. HRT confirmed its participation in the 2026 contest on 22 September 2025. Between 1993 and 2011, HRT organised the national final in order to select its entry. In 2012 and 2013, the broadcaster opted to internally select its entry and continued the internal selection procedure from 2016 to 2018 after missing the contest in 2014 and 2015. Since 2019, it returned to use to select its entry, a method that was continued for its 2026 participation.

Before Eurovision Dora 2026 2026 was the twenty-seventh edition of the national selection , organised by HRT to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The competition took place at the HRT studios in Zagreb, and consisted of two semi-finals and a final in February 2026.

Competing entries On 22 September 2025, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 23 November 2025. 251 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period, a new record since was relaunched in . A seven-member expert committee consisting of Tihomir Preradović (composer and music producer), Denis Mujadžić (composer and music producer), Ivana Kindl (singer), Mia Negovetić (singer, composer, voice actress), Monika Lelas Halambek (radio host and editor), Jelena Balent (music editor and singer) and Davor Medaković (music editor) reviewed the received submissions and selected twenty-four artists and songs as well as four backup entries for the competition. HRT announced the competing entries on 3 December 2025. On 10 December 2025, HRT announced that Karolina Ilić was disqualified from the competition due to not being a Croatian citizen, and that she would be replaced by Gabrijel Ivić.

Entry disqualified Replacement entry

+ 2026 contestants Artist Song Songwriter(s) Alen Đuras "From Ashes to Flame" Ananda "" Cold Snap "" Devin "Over Me"Devin Juraj Ema Bubić ""Lara Pilepić Fenksta "" Fran Uccellini ""Fran Uccellini Gabrijel Ivić "Light Up" Irma "" Ivan Sever "Crying Eyes" Jasmina Makota "Higher" ""Stjepko Galović Karolina Ilić "Breathe Her In" Lana Mandarić "" Lara Demarin "Mantra" Lelek "" Lima Len "" Marko Kutlić ""Marko Kutlić Noelle "Uninterrupted" Ritam Noir ""Moris Orbanić Sergej "Scream" Stela Rade "" ToMa ""Toni Sky""Toni VolarZevin"My Mind"

+ Backup entries Artist Song Songwriter(s) 1Gabrijel Ivić"Light Up" 2Dorian Stipčić"Loved" 3Bria"Soho" 4Vanessa Kralj""

Semi-finals The two semi-finals took place on 12 and 13 February 2026 respectively. Twelve acts competed in each semi-final, with the top eight entries qualifying for the final. +Semi-final 112 February 2026 Artist SongTelevotePlacePhoneSMSTotal 1 Lima Len ""1,9131,3763,2894 2 Jasmina Makota "Higher"48747496111 3 Ananda ""6589261,5848 4 Toni Sky ""36333369612 5 Fran Uccellini ""6406341,2749 6 Ema Bubić ""1,3139682,2816 7 Noelle "Uninterrupted"1,0879152,0027 8 Alen Đuras "From Ashes to Flame"1,7098222,5315 9 Fenksta ""6356021,23710 10 Cold Snap ""2,8513,8826,7332 11 ToMa ""2,1261,5643,6903 12 Lelek "Andromeda"4,7674,8199,5861 +Semi-final 213 February 2026 Artist SongTelevotePlacePhoneSMSTotal 1 Ritam Noir ""2,7551,8294,5841 2 Irma ""1,5141,1312,6456 3 Gabrijel Ivić "Light Up"4675451,01212 4 Zevin "My Mind"1,1278802,0079 5 Ivan Sever "Crying Eyes"9098071,71610 6 Lana Mandarić ""5611,8042,3658 7 Stela Rade ""2,4421,7104,1522 8 Devin "Over Me"1,6641,6093,2734 9 Kandžija ""6431,0391,68211 10 Marko Kutlić ""1,7771,3953,1725 11 Sergej "Scream"1,3881,1282,5167 12 Lara Demarin "Mantra"1,8741,7103,5843

Final The final took place on 15 February 2026 and featured the 16 qualifiers from the preceding two semi-finals. The winner, "Andromeda" performed by Lelek, was decided by a combination of votes from a professional jury and the Croatian public via televoting.

+Final15 February 2026 Artist Song Jury Televote Total PlacePhoneSMSTotalPoints1Ananda""131,1171,1402,257720152Sergej"Scream"33 1,820 1,144 2,964942103Noelle"Uninterrupted"27 2,014 1,488 3,5021138134Alen Đuras"From Ashes to Flame"41 3,111 1,620 4,731155675Irma""32 1,999 1,592 3,591114386Lara Demarin"Mantra"22 2,848 2,756 5,6041840127Ema Bubić""3 1,728 1,188 2,916912168Lima Len""20 6,297 4,903 11,200365669Lana Mandarić""21 988 2,483 3,47111321410Ritam Noir""5 6,086 4,864 10,95035401111Marko Kutlić""20 3,902 3,091 6,9932242912Devin"Over Me"22 6,157 6,177 12,3343961513Lelek""77 14,075 15,990 30,06596173114ToMa""44 5,232 3,303 8,5352771415Stela Rade""46 8,379 6,238 14,6174793316Cold Snap""38 9,274 12,593 21,867701082

+ Detailed jury results SongRegional juriesInternational juries rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 1""382132"Scream"416152104333"Uninterrupted"2233512274"From Ashes to Flame"10586453415""7128671326"Mantra"44716227""338""8210209""61052110""14511""66262012"Over Me"13410132213""31210812121287714""57771084415""128125724616""105124738

Ratings +Viewing figures by show Show Air date Viewership (%) Semi-final 1 12 February 2026 colspan="2" Semi-final 2 13 February 2026 colspan="2" Final 15 February 2026 36.3%

Promotion

As part of the promotion of their participation in the contest, Lelek attended Eurovision in Concert on 11 April 2026, London Eurovision Party on 19 April and PzE Afterparty on 22 April 2026.

At Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 took place at the in Vienna, Austria, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country performed in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.

Semi final Croatia was allocated for the first semi final, and later, was announced to perform in position three during the show. Shortly after, the qualification–announcement segment took place, and, at the end of the segment Croatia was announced as one of the ten qualifiers, therefore, Croatia would move on onto the final, after non-qualifying in .

Final Croatia performed in 13th place in the final and finished 15th overall.

Voting

Points awarded to Croatia

+ Points awarded to Croatia (Semi-Final 1) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded to Croatia (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Croatia

+ Points awarded by Croatia (Semi-final 1) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Croatia (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Detailed voting results Each participating broadcaster assembles a seven-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent and two of which have to be between 18 and 25 years old. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Croatian jury: Devin Juraj Duško Mandić Igor Barberić Doris Karamatić Lu Jakelić Martina Validžić Vlatka Kladarić

+ Country Jury Televote Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Juror F Juror G Rank Points Rank Points 01 9 3 6 4 11 6 6 5 6 3 8 02 10 7 8 3 9 2 10 6 5 10 1 03 04 4 8 12 5 10 4 7 7 4 7 4 05 12 11 11 10 3 10 11 11 6 5 06 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 14 14 07 6 1 10 2 4 1 2 2 10 8 3 08 3 13 7 7 13 12 9 10 1 2 10 09 13 9 9 12 5 11 14 12 9 2 10 2 2 3 9 2 3 1 1 12 5 6 11 8 10 5 8 6 5 8 9 2 11 12 7 5 4 11 12 9 4 8 3 12 13 11 12 13 13 7 14 13 13 13 14 5 4 1 6 1 7 3 3 8 4 7 15 1 6 2 1 8 8 5 4 7 1 12 + Country Jury Televote Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Juror F Juror G Rank Points Rank Points 01 1 10 2 12 7 13 1 2 10 12 02 21 11 17 22 11 20 21 22 19 03 6 3 15 7 17 1 19 6 5 13 04 16 9 11 10 20 12 7 15 23 05 4 23 3 2 2 15 14 3 8 3 8 06 13 12 7 18 10 7 10 13 8 3 07 18 18 12 23 12 21 20 23 10 1 08 9 6 4 17 4 5 3 4 7 7 4 09 8 17 1 1 1 9 15 1 12 1 12 10 11 7 16 8 18 10 12 14 18 11 10 22 24 24 14 22 8 20 20 12 5 21 5 16 6 8 2 7 4 4 7 13 14 23 16 6 15 16 16 13 18 22 15 2 13 9 20 22 2 5 8 3 11 16 7 19 10 4 3 14 9 10 1 5 6 17 3 8 8 14 9 3 4 5 6 9 2 18 14 1 13 5 15 4 17 9 2 14 19 19 24 23 19 21 6 24 21 21 20 15 14 20 13 13 18 6 17 16 21 20 15 22 21 19 23 22 24 15 22 22 2 14 6 5 19 23 11 2 10 23 17 4 18 3 24 17 11 12 17 24 12 20 21 9 8 24 18 19 6 5 25 24 5 19 11 23 11 16 16 24

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