I think this failed because it wasnt modern enough. Don't get me wrong, I love folk music and would love to see more of it in ESC, but if you send a song in a style of music that only exists in your country and in your own language, what do you expect? This song would have qualified if they had some modern elements in it, say like guitar riffs or something, something that people outside Croatia can relate to. Ireland sent pure folk music in 2007 and deservedly came last because no one outside Ireland got it. Same happened here. I dont think your average televoter in Ireland, or Austria, or Belarus remembered this song after it finished because there's nothing in it that appealed to them. Fair enough, I applaud Croatia for sending something so different, and as much as I wish different meant good results in ESC, it was just too different for Europe. No one got it. It's sad but true, cheesy pop music like Ireland's or Belarus' entries, does well in Eurovision, old-fashioned, sweet, traditional folk music does not. Also, their performance was dreadful. The singing was decent, but there was virtually no eye contact or connection with the audience.
