Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Vukovi umiru sami" written by Franjo Valentić and Boris Novković. The song was performed by Boris Novković and Lado Members. Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final "Dora 2005" in order to select the Croatian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The national final consisted of three rounds: a quarter-final between 7 and 25 February 2005, two semi-finals on 12 and 13 March 2004 and a final on 14 March 2004. Twenty songs competed in the  quarter-final and the top eighteen qualified to the semi-finals. Nine songs competed in each semi-final and the top seven qualified to the fourteen-song final. In the final, the combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel and a public televote selected "Vukovi umiru sami" performed by Boris Novković feat. Lado Members as the winner. Croatia was drawn to perform in position 20 in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2005. "Vukovi umiru sami" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified  to compete in the final on 21 May. It was later revealed that Croatia placed fourth out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 169 points. In the final, Croatia performed in position 18 and placed eleventh out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 115 points. Background. Prior to the 2005 Contest, Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its first entry in . The nation's best result in the contest was fourth, which it achieved on two occasions: in 1996 with the song "Sveta ljubav" performed by Maja Blagdan and in 1999  with the song "Marija Magdalena" performed by Doris Dragović. The Croatian national broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), broadcasts the event within Croatia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Between 1993 and 2004, HRT organised the national final "Dora" in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, a method that continued for their 2005 participation. On 21 January 2005, HRT announced the organisation and details of "Dora 2005". Before Eurovision. Dora 2005. "Dora 2005" was the thirteenth edition of the Croatian national selection "Dora" which selected Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest  2005. The competition consisted of a quarter-final between 7 and 25 February 2005, two semi-finals on 3 and 4 March 2005 and a final on 5 March 2005, all taking place at the HRT Studio 10 in Zagreb, hosted by Robert Ferlin and Duško Ćurlić and broadcast on HTV 1 and HRT Radio 2 as well as online via the broadcaster's website "hrt.hr". Format. "Dora 2005" consisted of three rounds. The first round was a quarter-final where twenty songs were presented over ten shows between 7 and 18 February 2005. The top eighteen songs, as determined  by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote which took place during an additional four shows between 21 and 24 February 2004, proceeded to the semi-finals. Both the jury and public televote distributed points ranging from 1 (lowest) to 20 (highest) and the top eighteen entries following the combination of the points proceeded to the semi-finals. The second round was the two semi-finals on 3 and 4 March 2005 where nine songs competed in each semi-final and the top seven songs, as determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from  a jury panel and a public televote, proceeded to complete the fourteen-song lineup in the final. Both the jury and public televote distributed points ranging from 1 (lowest) to 9 (highest) and the top seven entries following the combination of the points proceeded to the final. The third round was the final on 5 March 2005 where the fourteen qualifying songs competed and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. The first round determined the top three songs to proceed to the second round by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public  televote where both the jury and public televote distributed points ranging from 1 (lowest) to 14 (highest), while the second round selected the winner exclusively by a public televote. In the event of a tie during the quarter-final, semi-finals and final, ties were decided in favour of the entry that received the highest score from the jury. The jury panel that voted during the three rounds consisted of: Competing entries. HRT in collaboration with record companies directly invited twenty artists and composers to participate in the competition. HRT announced the competing entries on 27 January 2005 and among  the competing artists, Magazin represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 alongside Lidija, Danijela Martinović represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 as part of Magazin and 1998, Goran Karan represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, while Vesna Pisarović represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. Quarter-final. The quarter-final took place during the programme "Kome zvoni Dora" where twenty songs were presented over ten shows with two songs each between 7 and 18 February 2005. The eighteen qualifiers were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote  which took place during an additional four shows between 21 and 24 February 2005, and were announced during an additional show on 25 February 2005. Semi-finals. The first semi-final took place on 3 March 2005. The seven qualifiers were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote. Dance group Rhythm of the Dance performed as the guest during the show. The second semi-final took place on 4 March 2005. The seven qualifiers were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote. Doris Dragović, who represented  Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, Jasna Zlokić, Massimo, Miroslav Škoro, Natali Dizdar, Petar Grašo and Tony Cetinski, who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed as guests during the show. Final. The final took place on 5 March 2005. The fourteen qualifiers from the preceding two semi-finals competed and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top three entries were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote to proceed to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, "Vukovi umiru sami