Dora 2005 Dora 2005 was the thirteenth edition of the national selection
Dora organised by HRT to select its 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 Studio 10 of HRT in
Zagreb. The quarter-final was broadcast on
HTV2, while the semi-finals and final were broadcast on
HTV1. All shows were also broadcast online via the broadcaster's website
hrt.hr.
Format Twenty songs competed in
Dora 2005 which consisted of three stages. The first stage was a quarter-final where twenty songs competed with the top eighteen proceeding in the competition. The second stage was the two semi-finals where nine songs competed in each semi-final and the top seven proceeded to complete the fourteen-song lineup in the final. The results of the quarter-final and semi-finals were determined by public televoting and the votes from a jury panel. The third stage was the final where the winning song was selected over two rounds of voting: the first round selected the top three songs via votes from the public and jury, while the second round (superfinal) determined the winner solely by public televoting. Ties in all stages were decided in favour of the entry that received the most points from the jury. Public voting included options for telephone and SMS voting. The jury that voted in all three stages consisted of: • Aleksandar Kostadinov – entertainment editor at HTV • Josip Guberina – music director of HRT • Zoran Brajša – music editor at
HR • Nikša Bratoš – musician • Larisa Lipovac – choreographer • Nevenka Mikac – representative of
Večernji list • Zrinka Ferina – representative of
Extra Competing entries HRT in collaboration with record companies directly invited twenty artists and songs to participate in the competition. The competing entries were announced on 27 January 2005 and among the artists were Olja Dešić of Fiumens (who represented as part of
Put),
Magazin (which represented ),
Danijela Martinović (who represented Croatia in 1995 –as part of Magazin– and ),
Goran Karan (who represented ) and
Vesna Pisarović (who represented ).
Shows Quarter-final Between 7 and 18 February 2005, the competing artists performed their entries live during the ten-show programme
Kome zvoni Dora hosted by Mirko Fodor and Zlatko Turkalj. The eighteen qualifiers for the semi-finals were determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel and a public televote held between 21 and 24 February 2005 and announced during a press conference on 25 February 2005.
Semi-finals The two semi-finals took place on 3 and 4 March 2005, hosted by
Duško Ćurlić and Robert Ferlin with Mirko Fodor and Zlatko Turkalj hosting segments from the green room. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, dance group "Rhythm of the Dance" performed as the interval act during the first semi-final, while
Tony Cetinski (who represented ),
Doris Dragović (who represented ),
Jasna Zlokić,
Massimo,
Miroslav Škoro,
Natali Dizdar, and
Petar Grašo performed as the interval acts during the second semi-final.
Final The final took place on 5 March 2005, hosted by
Duško Ćurlić and Robert Ferlin with Mirko Fodor and Zlatko Turkalj hosting segments from the green room. In addition to the performances of the competing entries,
Björn Again and
Ivan Mikulić (who represented ) performed as the interval acts during the show. ==At Eurovision==