With an amazing show hosted in the Zagreb’s studio Anton Marti in Prisavlje, where the festival was previously held in 2001, 2005, and 2011, Croatia has decided: Baby Lasagna with his song Rim Tim Tagi Dim will carry the Croatian flag in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!
Duško Ćurlić, Maja Ciglenečki, and Anja Cerar gracefully guided us through the evening as our charming hosts, ensuring the seamless flow of the show and keeping us thoroughly entertained.
The order of acts was as follows:
- Natalie Balmix – “Dijamanti”
- Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin – “Vodu piti trizan biti”
- Lana Mandarić – “More”
- Boris Štok – “Can We Talk”
- Stefany – “Sretnih dana dat’ će Bog”
- Pavel – “Do mjeseca”
- Saša Lozar – “Ne plačem zbog nje”
- Lara Demarin – “Ne vjerujem ti”
- Let 3 – “Babaroga”
- Alen Đuras – “A Tamburitza Lullaby”
- Eugen – “Tišine”
- Vatra – “Slatke suze, gorka ljubav”
- Damir Kedžo – “Voljena ženo”
- Baby Lasagna – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
- Marcela – “Gasoline”
- Vinko – “Lying Eyes”
INTERVAL ACT: Last year’s winners of Dora, Let 3, performed their Eurovision 2023 entry “Mama šč!” in yet another wild swirl of lights and action, creating a magnificent visual show!
They additionally sang their song “Ero s onoga svijeta”.
Next up, we saw a retrospective view of Croatian national final competition, 25 years old (first edition held in 1993).
VOTING: Toting was done via the jury vote, with 4 international jurors and 4 local regional ones. Representatives from regional professional panels came from Zagreb, Split, Osijek, and Rijeka, while the international panel was represented by experts from Italy, Ukraine, Germany, and Iceland. 8 jury groups and viewers had a 50% stake in the distribution of points, which was announced for the fourth consecutive time using a proportional voting method.
RESULTS: After the two sets of jury vote, this is what the results looked like:
And finally, after the public vote…
BABY LASAGNA will represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024! Congratulations, Baby Lasagna!
Croatia will perform in the first semi final at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in May.
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