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Croatia: HRT receives 200 submissions for Dora 2010
The annual Dora competition is currently undergoing a process of modernisaton following calls for change from the general public. HRT has not been overlooked at the contest yet but despite making the final stage last year, the impact was very minimal.
The open call for submissions closed on 15th December and the next stage will see a nine member panel of experts made up of people from entertainment shows, the musical industry as well as members of the Composers’ society, Music Union and the Music association choosing the top 16 entries from the 200 which were submitted.
The second phase will then see these participants compete against each other with half of them making it through to the final where they will join another set of eight participants who will have been given a wildcard beforehand. The national final will be taking place on the 5th March 2010 at the Crystal Hall of Hotel Kvarner in Opatija.
In 2009, Croatia was represented by Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea with the song Lijepa Tena. They finished 13th in the second semi final but qualified as a jury wild card and eventually came 18th in the grand final.
An article by Marc Calleja Bayliss. Many thanks for the contribution.
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ok. thats good 
Compared to 70 songs in Poland, 200 is a huge number.
Hope for a great song from Croatia like in the good old 90s
tbh 200 submissions isn't bad. If you consider that Croatia doesn't have a huge population, it's not hugely amazing but it's not a bad figure either. If we had an open selection here i'd be amazed if the BBC got 200 submissions despite the fact our population is far bigger.
I think that's good for Croatia... Sweden and Norway care more for Eurovision (Sweden - Melodifestivalen - I think 2700 songs for Sweden are not that much and Norway is the winner and the host country - so it's logical that so much songs are submitted), so 200 submitted songs are OK (of course not that OK like Norway or Sweden)...
200 submissions, is that good or bad?? Norway recieved 1000, and Sweden 2700.
Franka Batelic said she wouldn't take part in this year's Dora because of her school duties.
I hope Franka Batelic submitted a song.
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