Dora 2024 HRT, Croatia's broadcaster, organized a 24-entry competition,
Dora 2024, to select Croatia's representative for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The competition consisted of two 12-song semi-finals that culminated into a grand final, with eight songs qualifying from each semi-final. In the final, the winner was selected from a 50/50 combination of votes from the public and a jury that consisted from international and local Croatian juries. Purišić was announced on 2 January as a reserve entry in the case of anyone in the main lineup's withdrawal. It was drawn to perform seventh in the second semi-final, which took place on 23 February. The performance was choreographed by Luana Kličić and Sebastijan Žeželić, who also took part in it as backing dancers, as well as Purišić's brother Martin who played the drums. It featured
Croatian folk elements such as
lace,
headscarfs, and a
washboard, with Purišić wearing a Valentina Pliško-designed costume consisting of a black leather vest, a shirt made of silver rings, faded black jeans with a pink twine, and white baggy sleeves inspired by the
Croatian traditional clothing. The sleeves were compared to those worn by Käärijä at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The performance also featured a suitcase, symbolizing emigration, and
neon farm animals on the LED backdrop. The song managed to qualify for the grand final, and was later drawn to perform 14th. Purišić performed a repeat of his semi-final performance. Upon the announcement of the voting results in the grand final on 25 February, the song was revealed to have won the competition, winning both the jury and televote with a combined total of 321 points, 239 more than Vinko Ćemeraš' "Lying Eyes", the runner-up. He also won 247 points from televote, 220 more than Alen Đuras' "A Tamburitza Lullaby", the televote runner-up; all other entries earned 218 points from televote combined. As a result, the song won the right to represent
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
At Eurovision The
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the
Malmö Arena in
Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. During the allocation draw on 30 January 2024, Croatia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show. He was later drawn to perform seventh in the semi-final, after 's
Luna and before 's
Hera Björk. Purišić's performance at Eurovision featured certain modifications compared to the one from
Dora: Pliško created new costumes more heavily inspired by the traditional clothing, as well as masks for the dancers inspired by Istrian . Martin Purišić was replaced by Matija Klaj on the drums. At the end of his semi-final performance, Purišić winked at the audience and meowed, which
Zadovoljna.hr interpreted as a reference to his one-eyed cat Stipe. The performance drew positive reactions from previous Croatian Eurovision participants, including the
Jacques Houdek and the
Let 3. "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" won the semi-final, scoring 177 points and securing a position in the grand final. Purišić performed a repeat of his performance in the grand final on 11 May. The song was performed 23rd, ahead of 's
Raiven and before 's
Nutsa Buzaladze. After the results were announced, he finished second with 547 points, with a split score of 210 points from the juries and 337 points from public televoting. Regarding the former, the song received two sets of the maximum 12 points from and . It also managed to receive nine additional sets of 12 points from the public televote, winning the televote in the process. The result was Croatia's highest ever finish in the contest. In response to his finish, Purišić expressed contentment, stating that he was "surprised how happy I am... We didn't fake anything, everything was done exactly as we imagined, as it should have been." Those who welcomed Purišić at the square also included the
Mayor of Zagreb Tomislav Tomašević and the
Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. On 16 May, Plenković revealed that the
Government would reward Purišić with
€50,000 for his success; Purišić, however, refused to accept the money and asked that €25,000 each be donated to two hospitals that he himself had chosen. On 19 May, Purišić was announced as the winner of the
You're a Vision Award. Purišić's success at Eurovision became a cultural phenomenon in Croatia. He was shown support by
RTL Vijesti, the
Croatian National Tourist Board,
Croatia Airlines and the
Croatian Football Federation. In an op-ed for
Agroklub, Leticija Hrenković wondered if "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" could change the attitude of the average Croatian towards the rural.
Večernji lists Ana Hajduk and
Glorias Ana Strizić credited Purišić for restoring the popularity of lace. == Commercial performance ==