The Semifinals
The Croatian Semi-Finals were held at the HRT TV Studios in Zagreb, hosted by Duško Curlic & Robert Ferlin. Before the semi-finals, there was a quarter-final – 20 songs were presented on Croatian TV during 10 shows from February 7th-18th. Then from February 21st-24th, 4 more shows were broadcast with televoting (50%) & an „expert“ jury (50%) deciding the 18 semi-finalists which were announced on February 25th. The top 7 songs in each semi-final, chosen by televoting (50%) & an „expert“ jury (50%) qualified for the final.
Semi-Final 1 – March 3rd
| 1 | Kako da te volim | How should I love you | Zanamari | 11 | 4th | F |
| 2 | Ni kiwi, ni mango | Neither kiwi nor mango | Ricardo | 5 | 8th | – |
| 3 | Pa šta | So what | Emina Arapovic | 7 | 6th= | F |
| 4 | Sutra bit ce prekasno | Tomorrow it will be too late | Ibrica | 7 | 6th= | F |
| 5 | Za tebe rodena | Born for you | Danijela | 15 | 2nd= | F |
| 6 | Zašto | Why | Saša Tin Kedzo | 10 | 5th | F |
| 7 | Hey | Hey | Neno Belan & Fiumens | 2 | 9th | – |
| 8 | Ljudi s mora | People of the sea | Andrea | 15 | 2nd= | F |
| 9 | Vukovi umiru sami | Wolfs die alone | Boris Novkovic feat. Lado Members | 18 | 1st | F |
Semi-Final 2 – March 4th
| 1 | Probudi mi ljubav | Wake my love up | Vesna Pisarovic | 8 | 6th= | F |
| 2 | Bijele zastave | White flags | Goran Karan | 9 | 5th | F |
| 3 | Tvoja ljubav meni pripada | Your love belongs to me | Ivana Kindl | 2 | 9th | – |
| 4 | Ja nemam prava | I have no rights | 4 asa | 8 | 6th= | F |
| 5 | Dobro došla si | Welcome | Giuliano | 5 | 8th | – |
| 6 | Ponesi me | Take me away | Ivana Radovnikovic | 13 | 3rd= | F |
| 7 | Nepobjediva | Invincible | Jacques Houdek | 13 | 3rd= | F |
| 8 | Nazaret | Nazareth | Magazin | 16 | 1st= | F |
| 9 | Proljece | Spring | Luka Nizetic & Klapa Nostalgija | 16 | 1st= | F |
One of the members of Fiumens was Olja Desic who represented Croatia in ESC 1993 as a member of Put.
Result of the Quarter-Final
| 1 | Ja nemam prava | I have no rights | 4 asa | 28 | 6th= | SF |
| 2 | Ljudi s mora | People of the sea | Andrea | 30 | 5th | SF |
| 3 | Vukovi umiru sami | Wolfs die alone | Boris Novkovic feat. Lado Members | 36 | 2nd | SF |
| 4 | Za tebe rodena | Born for you | Danijela | 32 | 4th | SF |
| 5 | Ja nisam ta | I’m not the one | E.T. | 8 | 19th | – |
| 6 | Pa šta | So what | Emina Arapovic | 19 | 12th | SF |
| 7 | Dobro došla si | You’re welcome | Giuliano | 14 | 14th | SF |
| 8 | Bijele zastave | White flags | Goran Karan | 22 | 10th | SF |
| 9 | Sutra bit ce prekasno | Tomorrow it will be too late | Ibrica | 16 | 13th | SF |
| 10 | Tvoja ljubav meni pripada | Your love belongs to me | Ivana Kindl | 12 | 15th | SF |
| 11 | Ponesi me | Take me away | Ivana Radovnikovic | 24 | 8th= | SF |
| 12 | Nepobjediva | Invincible | Jacques Houdek | 24 | 8th= | SF |
| 13 | Proljece | Spring | Luka Nizetic & Klapa Nostalgija | 39 | 1st | SF |
| 14 | Nazaret | Nazareth | Magazin | 28 | 6th= | SF |
| 15 | Hey | Hey | Neno Belan & Fiumens | 10 | 16th= | SF |
| 16 | Ni kiwi, ni mango | Neither kiwi nor mango | Ricardo | 10 | 16th= | SF |
| 17 | Zašto | Why | Saša Tin Kedzo | 20 | 11th | SF |
| 18 | Utjeha | Comfort | Songkillers | 6 | 20th | – |
| 19 | Probudi mi ljubav | Wake my love up | Vesna Pisarovic | 9 | 18th | SF |
| 20 | Kako da te volim | How should I love you | Zanamari | 33 | 3rd | SF |
The Final
The Croatian Final was held on March 5th at the HRT TV Studios in Zagreb, hosted by Duško Curlic & Robert Ferlin. The winner was chosen in two rounds of voting – in the first round the top 3 were chosen by televoting (50%) & an „expert“ jury (50%). In the second round the winner was chosen by televoting.
| 1 | Sutra bit ce prekasno | Tomorrow it will be too late | Ibrica | 10 | – | 12th |
| 2 | Pa šta | So what | Emina Arapovic | 6 | – | 13th |
| 3 | Kako da te volim | How should I love you | Zanamari | 12 | – | 9th |
| 4 | Probudi mi ljubav | Wake my love up | Vesna Pisarovic | 4 | – | 14th |
| 5 | Ja nemam prava | I have no rights | 4 asa | 11 | – | 10th= |
| 6 | Ponesi me | Take me away | Ivana Radovnikovic | 16 | – | 7th |
| 7 | Nepobjediva | Invincible | Jacques Houdek | 18 | – | 4th= |
| 8 | Ljudi s mora | People of the sea | Andrea | 18 | – | 4th= |
| 9 | Bijele zastave | White flags | Goran Karan | 14 | – | 8th |
| 10 | Zašto | Why | Saša Tin Kedzo | 11 | – | 10th= |
| 11 | Za tebe rodena | Born for you | Danijela | 20 | 8424 | 3rd |
| 12 | Proljece | Spring | Luka Nizetic & Klapa Nostalgija | 17 | – | 6th |
| 13 | Vukovi umiru sami | Wolfs die alone | Boris Novkovic feat. Lado Members | 27 | 42815 | 1st |
| 14 | Nazaret | Nazareth | Magazin | 26 | 18141 | 2nd |
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Boris Novkovic previously came 2nd in the 1990 Yugoslav Final, equal 7th in the 1994 Croatian Final, 6th in 1995, 11th in 2000 & 3rd in 2002. At the ESC, he was 11th. Vesna Pisarovic represented Croatia in ESC 2002. 4 asa included Vlado Kalember who represented Yugoslavia in ESC 1984 & Rajko Dujmic who was a member of the group ‚Novi Fosili‘ that represented Yugoslavia in 1987. Goran Karan represented Croatia in ESC 2000. Danijela represented Croatia in ESC 1995 ESC as lead singer of Magazin & in 1998. Magazin represented Croatia in ESC 1995 with a different lead singer.