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2/Mar 2007 at 12:45

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Last year's runner-up - second!

Dragonfly win first Dora semi final

Rock star Dado Topić and the band Dragonfly have won the first semi final of the Croatian Eurovision Song Contest pre-selection Dora with maximum points, with the song Ja vjerujem u ljubav (I believe in love), with last year's runners-up Kraljevi Ulice featuring opera singer Sandra Bagarić finishing second.

The full results can be seen below, with the songs in bold being the ones that have reached Saturday's final:

1. Angels- Male vjestice 3 + 9 = 12
2. Alen Vitasović- Sve bi za nju da 6 + 7 = 13
3. Ivana Radovniković- Samo probaj 5 + 4 = 7
4. Ibrica Jusić- Nikad zaboravljena 11 + 2 = 13
5. Naim Ayra- Još sam uvijek tvoj  + 1 = 5
6. Luka Nižetić- Pusti me u san 10 + 12 = 22
7. Klapa Maslina- Gitara i čaša vina 8 + 13 = 21
8. Marko Tolja- Deja vu 10 + 11 = 21
9. Feminnem- Navika 39 13 + 10 = 23
10. Esmeralda Kresina- Malo za uvijek 3 + 8 = 11
11. Lana Klingor- Gravitacija 12 + 5 = 17
12. Kraljevi ulice & Sandra Bagarić- Pjesma za novčić 16 + 15 = 31
13. Milan Terze- Ljubavnica 1 + 6 = 7
14. Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić- Vjerujem u ljubav 16 + 16 = 32
15. Voljen Grbac & Vivien Galleta- Riječ dvije 7 + 3 = 10
16. Giuliano- Pismom te ljubi milijun mandolina 14 +14 = 28

The second semi final takes place tonight, and on Saturday Croatia will choose their representative for this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki. Due to Severina's unlucky 13th place in Athens last year, Croatia will have to take part in the semi final on 10th May in Finland. 


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Ralf 1978 [10832]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 20:16:12

Although I'm a big fan of feminnem, as you can see, I think navika isn't as good as call me.


marco m [16820]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 18:51:37

I'm happy, the best song of the first semifinal! And Dado Topić is always great!
I'm waiting for the performances of tonight, but at the moment I hope to see Vjerujem u ljubav in Helsinki.


Tomislav Vukovic [20921]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 18:42:40

It's such a shame that Ivana Radovniković will not appear in the finals, I thought she would get the maximum points, she had the best performance in the seminfinal, and a very catchy song. Unfortunately, Croatian jury always give low points to performers who rank as the most popular at the time, so that these cannot win. This happened in 2005 with Luka Nizetic and "Proljece", last year with Lana Jurcevic...
Dragonfly had one of the most boring songs of the semifinal. Everybody in Croatia was more than surprised to see them winning. This shows that something is obviously wrong with the voting system.


Urska * [24125]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 18:17:20

Honestly, I didn't expect Dragonfly will qualify, but I was almost sure Ivana Radovnikovic would. But it happened that she almost finished last and Dragonfly won 1st semifinal, how strange.




Duarte Castro [27982]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 16:30:15

I must repeat, what Im writing here for the the last 2 weeks, overall, the quality of the songs are really bad this year... Anyway, my top is:

1. BELARUS (This is the first time I like a belarussian entry I think this is an imitation of last year's russian entry, but its a good song and I think Dimitry Koldun will perform it properly)

2.DENMARK (Chessy, its a fact, and I really think that this drag-queen number is totally out of fashion, but I must say that I like schlager and it always had a place in the ESC, but the dannish national had much better songs than this, Jacob and Me & My would have done much better)

3.CYPRUS (not really my kind of music, but its catchy, and Evridiki is a good performer, and it has the surprise of hearing french from Cyprus)

4.SPAIN (Our neighbours choosed the rigth song, I like it, but I guess they failed with the performers, but I think it deserves to do well, suerte España!)

5.ESTONIA (A good song, Pink in the house, Im afraid it wont be a winner)

6.POLAND (Its funny, and catchy, at least it isn't boring)

7.NETHERLANDS ( I hope it will have some changes, and that Edsilia will sing it in english, she is a good performer, I think with some changes, this song will be a pleasent surprise)

8.SWITZERLAND (Not brilliant, but catchy, I hoped a better thing, but I guess it will do very well)

9.MOLDOVA (This song is good, it still is growing in me when I listen to it)

10. ROMANIA (funny, nothing special, of course that "Dracula, My love" is much better, what a pity it has been desqualifed)

11. BELGIUM (Too much disco to 2007, but it could be a surprise, it has some potencial, but doesn't convince me)

12. ICELAND (This could be a surprise, it wasn't my choice, but Bríet Sunna Valdemarsdóttir with Blómabörn would be better, besides her awful performance. Give him a bath, new clothes, change it to english and find something to catch the attentions and this song could be a favourite to many people)

13.GREECE (old-fashioned, and I guess that "No Madonna" would be a better choice, not for the performer, but for the song, anyway, good luck)

14.NORWAY (horrible, an insult for the latin music, this is the chessiest song in the contest, Norway had some nice songs INFINITY, CRASH or even JANICKE ABRAHAMSEN songs were much better than this one)

15.LATVIA (Latvia, oh Latvia... Every year the wrong choice... Last year you had very nice songs like JENNY MAY, ELLA; H20 or MARTS KRISTIANS KALNINS to pick, but you had to choose Cosmo, and the result is that you are back to the semi. This year you had LENII, VIA MEITENES or H20, but again, an old-fashioned song, with some awful voices in the middle...)

16. FINLAND (the finnish final was awful, rock, rock and rock, I like rock, but it was just too much... LOVEX performance was bad, I agree, but the song was by far much better that this boring one)

17.SLOVENIA (Many people likes this one, but lets be honest, there too many mixed rythims and styles, for me it doesn't work...lets wait for an english version)

18.IREALAND (Oh Dear! boring Ireland is back with it's sad style... Im sorry, dont like, but I admit that it could grow on people when listened a few times)

19.MALTA (Sorry Malta, I hate your song... For me it has nothing, I feel the same after and before listening to it)

20.ISRAEL (Im sorry, no way...)

21.BULGARIA (screams-drums-drums-screams-drums-screams.... Hate it)

22. ALBANIA (I really dont know what to say, there isn't any song from this country I like... in 4 years...!!)

The others I haven't listen, but Im not expecting nothing good from FYROM, ARMENIA or MONTENEGRO. I hope that ANDORRA is as good as Im reading here, and hope that SWEDEN choose the Ark or Mans Zelmerlöw, those could reach a high score.


Max Raspail [36649]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 15:47:41

I agree with Kevin Knight...

Unlucky?? What would you call Germany's or Norway's place then?
Oh, don't answer - I know already: disappointing, no?
It's so ridiculous...


Kevin Knight [36876]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 15:06:21

unlucky?

i think you mean lucky, that song was complete b******t

so many better ones

nethertheless, they will pass to the final with macedonia i think


Bobby Macedonia [38025]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 14:57:17

Andorra's song is great. I was suprised when I heard the song.


Thomas RPB [37562]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 14:33:03

It seems that esctoday doesn't care that Andorra is sending their best song ever and has chances for final for the first time!!!
Good luck to Andorra!!!


Turquoise Dream [36234]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 14:20:00

i hope it's the right song....


Ian S [21531]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 14:16:04

I am posting this reaction - to also pressure esctoday.com - to publish news about Andorra! - I am also abit disappointed with the lack of news about Malta ( because there are alot of things going around in malta at the moment - especially now - that the video is about to be launched next week) but i guess that Andorra's issue is even worse - come onnnn - their song has been made public - it should have been - headlines !


Turquoise Dream [36234]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 14:09:00

ESCTODAY WHAT ABOUT ANDORRA???*


Turquoise Dream [36234]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 14:04:47

2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddnp-zOXTGY
3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ZTWWrJdvU
4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRQCiy-3ayw&mode=related&search=
5. http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=43mT6VXtoHo (best for me)


Todd Brennan [37389]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 14:01:37

COME ON JELENA!! you have to beat Dragonfly and Kraljevi Ulice!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE VOTE SENSIBLY CROATIA!!!!!!!!!!!!


Melina ~ [35728]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 13:58:13

I agree about Andorra... Their song is great, saw it performed yesterday. But ESCtoday doesn't seem to care about that ;)


Liam Clark [24749]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 13:34:51

Didn't this happen yesterday?


Milan S. [19572]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 13:27:39

Isn't Andorra at the moment a more important piece of news?!


Serbian Boy [37917]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 13:19:40

Kraljevi ulice gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oo


Ralf Strobl [37258]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 13:15:15

Sorry, but the songs were more or less really bad... Just hoping for the second semifinal!


Sverige boy [31886]
Fri 2 Mar 2007 12:56:54

Vote for your favourite Melodifestivalen song from the second chance
http://www.freewebs.(...)ting/voteformf07.htm


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