Croatia selected its entry for the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest through the "Dora 2000" national contest, which was organised by the Croatian national broadcaster

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(HRT). The winner was

Goran Karan Goran Karan (born 2 April 1964) is a Croatian vocalist. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his most acc ...

with "Kad zaspu anđeli".

Before Eurovision

Dora 2000

The national contest was held on 19 February 2000 in

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, which consisted of a televised final with 26 songs. The songs were pre-selected from a public call for submissions from songwriters and composers. The winner was decided by 21 juries, 20 regional juries and a 21st jury made up of televoting results.

At Eurovision

On the night of the Contest, Goran Karan performed 17th in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding Sweden. At the end of the voting, he received 70 points, finishing in 9th place out of 24 competing countries. The Croatian televoting awarded its 12 points to Russia.

Voting

References

External links

Dora 2000
at the Eurofest Croatia website {{Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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