The final eight artists have qualified for the final of Dora 2026.

The second semi-final of Dora 2026 took place this evening in HRT Studios in Zagreb. The show was hosted by Barbara Kolar, Duško Čurlić, Ivan Vukušić, and Iva Šulentić. Alongside the contest performances, there was also a guest performance from Luka Nižetić, who performed a compilation of the five songs that he has competed in Dora with.

A total of 12 artists competed for the last eight places in the final. The results were as follows:

ArtistSongResultRitam Noir“Profumi di mare” (Scents of the sea)FinalistIrma“Ni traga” (Not a trace)FinalistGabrijel Ivić“Light Up”Zevin“My Mind”Ivan Sever“Crying Eyes”Lana Mandarić“Tama” (Darkness)FinalistStela Rade“Nema te” (You’re gone)FinalistDevin“Over Me”FinalistKandžija“3 ujutro” (3 a.m.)Marko Kutlić“Neotuđivo” (Inalienable)FinalistSergej“Scream”FinalistLara Demarin“Mantra”Finalist

Tonight’s qualifiers will join the qualifiers from the first semi-final in the final. The qualifiers from the first semi-final are:

Lima Len – “Raketa” (Rocket)
Ananda – “Dora”

Ema Bubić – “Vrijeme za nas” (Time for us)
Noelle – “Uninterrupted”
Alen Đuras – “From Ashes to Flame”
Cold Snap – “Mucho macho”
ToMa – “Ledina” (Meadow)
LELEK – “Andromeda”

The final of Dora 2026 will take place this Sunday. The winner will represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.

Marko Bošnjak represented Croatia at Eurovision 2025 with the song “Poison Cake”. He finished 12th in Semi-Final 1 with a total of 28 points and thus, did not qualify for the Grand Final.

Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest+

Croatia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993. They were one of three countries to debut in the contest that year. Croatia’s best result came in 2024 when Baby Lasgana finished 2nd in Malmö. He performed the song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” which scored a total of 547 points, including 12 points from the juries in Cyprus and Serbia, and 9 sets of 12 points from the public vote. Croatia returned to the contest in 2016 having withdrawn after the 2013 contest due to a string of poor results and financial difficulties.