Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT)
Participation summary
Appearances	29 (20 finals)
First appearance	1993
Highest placement	2nd: 2024
Participation history 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
External links
HRT page
Croatia's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 29 times since making its debut at the 1993 contest. The Croatian participant broadcaster in the contest is Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), which has selected its entrant at the Dora festival since 1993, excluding from 2012 to 2018. Croatia's best result in the contest is a second-place finish in 2024.

Croatia achieved six top ten results in seven years, with "Nostalgija" performed by Magazin and Lidija finishing sixth (1995), "Sveta ljubav" by Maja Blagdan fourth (1996), "Neka mi ne svane" by former Magazin member Danijela Martinović fifth (1998), "Marija Magdalena" by Doris Dragović fourth (1999), "Kad zaspu anđeli" by Goran Karan ninth (2000), and "Strings of My Heart" by Vanna tenth (2001). A period of 23 years without a top ten result followed, which was interrupted by a second-place finish in 2024 with "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" by Baby Lasagna.

Croatia failed to reach the final for four years in succession (2010–2013), before choosing to not participate in 2014 and 2015.^[1][2] Croatia returned and reached the final in both 2016 and 2017, before again failing to reach the final for four consecutive contests (2018–2022). This non-qualification streak was broken in 2023, when Croatia advanced to the final. In total, Croatia has failed to reach the final in nine of the last fourteen contests it has entered.