The Croatian Final was held on March 10th at Zagreb Fair, hosted by Bojana Gregoric & Duško Curlic. The winner was chosen by 5 regional juries, 4 televoting regions, internet voting and an „expert“ jury. One of the juries initally made a mistake with their votes, and when they were corrected Vesna Pisarovic got an extra 12 points, Alen Vitasovic an extra 10, while Joy lost 12 points and Mladen Burnac lost 10. The corrected results appear below:
| 1 | Ti si tu | You’re here | Ivan Mikulic | 25 | 9th |
| 2 | Lazi | Lies | Petar Dragojevic | 7 | 18th |
| 3 | Dotakni srce | Touch the heart | Adalbert Turner-Juci | 50 | 5th |
| 4 | Znam ja kako je kad ti uzmu sve | I know what it’s like when they take everything from you | Zak | 0 | 20th |
| 5 | Divne godine | Wonderful years | Najbolji Hrvatski Tamburasi | 21 | 11th |
| 6 | Sve ljubavi mog zivota | All the loves of my life | Alen Lazaric | 11 | 15th |
| 7 | Hvala ti za sve | Thank you for everything | Branimir Mihaljevic | 10 | 16th |
| 8 | Ave Maria Laudata | Ave Maria Laudata | Grupa 4′ 33“ | 16 | 13th= |
| 9 | Odlazim | I’m leaving | Davor Radolfi | 6 | 19th |
| 10 | Carolija | Magic | Zeljko Houdek-Jacques | 19 | 12th |
| 11 | Odavno shvatila sam sve | I realised it all long ago | Zdenka Kovacicek | 59 | 4th |
| 12 | Ne ljubim više naglas | I don’t love aloud anymore | Tihana Sabati | 16 | 13th= |
| 13 | Jos uvijek vjerujem da ljubav postoji | I still believe that love exists | Goran Karan | 71 | 2nd |
| 14 | Nemirna rijeka | Restless river | Perle | 24 | 10th |
| 15 | Elois | Eloise | Boris Novkovic | 63 | 3rd |
| 16 | Takav sam ti ja | This is how I am | Joy | 9 | 17th |
| 17 | Sasvim sigurna | Totally sure | Vesna Pisarovic | 130 | 1st |
| 18 | Ja – ja | I – I | Mladen Burnac | 26 | 8th |
| 19 | Ja san Istrijan | I’m an Istrian | Alen Vitasovic | 46 | 6th |
| 20 | 101 laz | 101 lies | Davor Tolja & Leonida Buric | 29 | 7th |
Vesna Pisarovic previously came equal 6th in the 2000 Croatian Final & 4th in 2001. At the ESC she was 11th. Goran Karan represented Croatia in ESC 2000.