The list of the artists who are going to take part in Dora 2026 was published today. Dora is the national final through which Croatia will choose their representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
In the list which was published by HRT, the public broadcaster of Croatia, you can read the names of the 24 artists and the titles of their respective songs, as well as the names of the four reserve acts:
- Alen Đuras – “From Ashes To Flame”
- Ananda – “DORA”
- Cold Snap – “MUCHO MACHO”
- Devin – “OVER ME”
- Ema Bubić – “Vrijeme za nas”
- Fenksta – “Memento Mori”
- Fran Uccellini – “Ako bolje bude sutra”
- Irma – “Ni traga”
- Ivan Sever – “Crying Eyes”
- Jasmina Makota – “Higher”
- Kandžija – “3 ujutro”
- Karolina Ilic – “Breathe her in”
- Lana Mandarić – “Tama”
- Lara Demarin – “MANTRA”
- LELEK – “Andromeda”
- Lima Len – “Raketa”
- MARKO KUTLIĆ – “NEOTUĐIVO”
- Noelle – “Uninterrupted”
- Ritam Noir – “Profumi di mare”
- Sergej – “Scream”
- Stela Rade – “Nema te”
- ToMa – “Ledina”
- Toni Sky – “O ne!”
- Zevin – “My mind”
The four reserve acts were selected in the following order:
- Gabrijel Ivić – “Light Up”
- Dorian Stipčić – “LOVED”
- Gabriela Braičić (Bria) – “Soho”
- Vanessa Kralj – “Tišina prije kiše”
Dora 2026
Dora 2026 will follow the same format as last year, featuring two semifinals and a Grand Final. In the semifinals, qualifiers will be determined exclusively by public voting. In the Grand Final, the results will be decided 50% by public votes and 50% by two juries, one Croatian and one international.
The two semifinals will each featuring 12 acts, although the number of qualifiers per semifinal remains unknown.
Last year’s winner of Dora and Croatia’s representative in Eurovision 2025, was Marko Bošnjak with his song “Poison Cake” who didn’t manage to qualify in to the Grand Final:
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Croatian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, in Vienna!
Source: HRT