The Croatian national selection, DORA 09 was this evening held in Opatija. The winner after a close contest was Lijepa Tena, which was sung by Igor Cukrov.
Croatia has made its choice. The manor of the result is similar to Dora 2006, when Severina won after being second in both jury votes and televotes. Here are the results (position first, then jury votes and then televotes, and finally points together):
1. Igor Cukrov – Lijepa Tena 15 + 15 = 30
2. Tomislav Bralic & Klapa Intrade – Ne damo te pismo naša 13 + 16 =29
3. Feminnem – Trebam te 16 + 12 = 28
4. Ivo Gamulin Gianni – Daj mi jedan razlog 14 + 13 = 27
5. Aria – Istina je 11 + 8 = 19
5. Cager Zoc & Papak Dance Company – Ritam da se ritam 10 + 9 = 19
5. Ana Bebic – Mrzim spore stvari 2 + 11 = 19
8. Franka – Pjesma za kraj 4 + 14 = 18
9. Drazen Zanko – Samo ti 10 + 7 = 17
9. Mario Battifiaca – Ma gdje bila 7 + 10 = 17
11. Mijo Lešina – To nisam ja 12 + 2 = 14
12. Danijela Pintaric – Zlatna rijeka 10 + 3 = 13
13. Denis Dumancic – Srce moram seliti 5 + 5 = 10
14. Hari Roncevic & Kvartet Bravo – Još uvik 7 + 1 = 8
15. Rusway – Što ce mi ljubav 3 + 4 = 7
15. Viva – Opet 1 + 6 = 7
The song is written by Tonci and Vjekoslava Hulic, who have participated 3 times in the Eurovision Song Contest, representing Croatia as songwriters: 1995 with Nostalgija, 1999 with Marija Magdalena, and 2001 with Strings of My Heart. Igor Cukrov won the Operation Triumph contest in autumn 2008. Lijepa Tena is about beautiful girl called Tena.
This song is sounding very Croatian. It is sung in Croatian. The chorus has another singer, Andrea, who participated in Dora 2004. It is a kind of folk ballad. You can watch it below and decide for yourself if it is a potential winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
