Croatia: Let 3 to fly the flag at Eurovision 2023

Croatia: Let 3 to fly the flag at Eurovision 2023
Sunday, 12 February 2023

  • Let 3 won the Croatian national final of Dora 2023 and will represent Croatia at Eurovision 2023 with the song "Mama šč!".

    The national final took place in Opatija City and was hosted by the trio, Mirko Fodor, Mario Lipovšek Battifiaca and Marko Tolja. A total of 18 acts competed in the national final which were shortlisted out of 196 submissions by a jury consisting of representatives of HRT ( Željko Mesar, Zlatko Turkalj, Robert Urlić, Ema Gross, Igor Geržina, Željen Klašterka, Ivan Horvat, Tomislav Krizmanić, Dražen Miočić ).

    The 18 acts that took  the stage this evening were the following in the specific running order: 

    1. Top of the Pops ft. Mario 5reković – “Putovanje” (Journey) 
    2. Yogi – “Love at First Sight” 
    3. Boris Štok – “Grijeh” (Sin) 
    4. Tajana Belina – “Dom” (Home) 
    5. Krešo and Kisele Kiše – “Kme kme” (Whoa whoa) 
    6. Maja Grgić – “I Still Live” 
    7. Barbara Munjas – “Putem snova” (Through dreams) 
    8. Đana – “Free Fallin” 
    9. Patricia Gasparini – “I Will Wait” 
    10. The Splitters – “Lost and Found” 
    11. Hana Mašić – “Nesreća” (Accident) 
    12. Damir Kedžo – “Angels and Demons” 
    13. Martha May – “Distance” 
    14. Detour – “Master Blaster” 
    15. Meri Andraković – “Bye Bye Blonde” 
    16. Let 3 – “Mama šč!” (Mum shh!) 
    17. Eni Jurišić – “Kreni dalje” (Move on) 
    18. Harmonija Disonance – “Nevera (Lei, lei)” (Storm) (Lei, lei)

     

     

    The Results

    The outcome of the national final was determined by a combination of public voting and regional jury voting, contributing 50% each to the result.

    The jury voting will include the points from 10 regional juries which came from: 

    • Rijeka
    • Pula
    • Osijek
    • Čakovec & Varaždin
    • Split
    • Vukovar
    • Šibenik & Knin
    • Zadar
    • Dubrovnik
    • Zagreb

    This is how the overall scoreboard turned out once the regional jury votes and the televoting were added up: 

    CroatiaPublicVoting

     

    Let 3 with their song “Mama šč” topped the score winning the right to represent Croatia at Eurovision 2023. Second behind Let 3 came Nevera while Master Blaster finished in 3rd place. For the record the winner topped both votings, jury and public voting.

     

     

    A few words about Let 3

    Let 3 (Croatian for "Flight 3") is a modern rock band from Rijeka, Croatia formed in 1987. The band is set to represent Croatia in Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song Mama ŠČ after winning Dora 2023. The frontmen are Damir "Mrle" Martinović and Zoran "Prlja" Prodanović. The band is popular in Croatia and other former Yugoslav republics due to their original approach to rock music and their obscene live performances. Sometimes provocative and vulgar lyrics and always shocking live performances with much nudity often polarise the Croatian public.

    News Source: HRT/ Wikipedia

    Image Source: HRT Dora YT Channel

     

     

     

     

     

AUTHORS

  • Melina F.

    Melina F.

    True follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 2002, really enjoy listening daily to all the Eurovision hits and keeping up with all the Eurovision stars.