Dora - 17th Croatian Eurovision Song Contest on Opatija

Croatian broadcaster HRT has launched its national selection process DORA 2009, culminating in two spectacular shows to be held in Opatija.
Everyone is invited to send in their song, HRT's Aleksandar Kostadinov told Eurovision.tv. Out of those submitted songs, fourteen entries will qualify for the semi-final on the 27th of February.
Viewers will then pick six of those to enter the next day's final. They will be joined by 10 songs from the most played composers in the country according to the Croatian Composers Association.
The winner, who will represent Croatia at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, will be chosen via a mixed voting system. 50% of the votes will come from televoters, 50% will be cast by a jury.

The selected songs for 17th Dora 2009 semifinals:

1. Ritam da se ritam
Performers: Čager Zoc i Papak dance company
Music: Miran Hadži Veljković
Lyrics: Miran Hadži Veljković i Zlatko Petrović

2. Tamo gdje ljubav počinje
Performers: Alen Vitasović i Lela Kaplowitz
Music: Haris Brković i Emilija Kokić
Lyrics: Antonija Šola
Arrangement: Ivo Popeskić

3. Makni se
Performer: Marta Kuliš
Music: Srđan Sekulović-Skansi/ Gojko Tomljenović
Lyrics: Srđan Sekulović-Skansi
Arrangement: Srđan Sekulović-Skansi

4. Trebam te
Performer: Feminnem
Music: Branimir Mihaljević
Lyrics: Neda Parmać
Arrangement: Branimir Mihaljević

5. Tebe imam ja
Performer: Maja Vučić
Music: Duško Repotec-Ute
Lyrics: Robert Pilepić

6. Stranci
Performer: Marko Tolja
Music: Olja Dešić
Lyrics: Olja Dešić
Arrangement: Olja Dešić

7. Daj mi jedan razlog
Performer: Ivo Gamulin Gianni
Music: Alka Vuica
Lyrics: Alka Vuica
Arrangement: Darko Dimitrov

8. Dolce solitudine
Performer: Jelena Radan
Music: Meri Jaman i Anita Valo
Lyrics: Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunstek
Arrangement: Zvonimir Dusper-Dus

9. Adam i Eva (OUT)
Performer: Goran Karan
Music: Goran Karan
Lyrics: G. Karan, N. Ninčević
Arrangement: Nenad Šiškov

10. Ljubav ima njeno lice
Performer: Ricardo Luque
Music: Duško Rapotec-Ute
Lyrics: Robert Pilepić
Arrangement: Duško Rapotec-Ute

11. Kao jedno
Performer: Sandra Bagarić
Music: Inge Privora i Dražen Scholz
Lyrics: Inge Privora
Arrangement: Oleg Colnago

12. Dečko
Performer: Sane
Music: Nikola Marijanović/Thomas Balaž/Stjepan Krznarić
Lyrics: Nikola Marijanović
Arrangement: Nikola Marijanović/Thomas Balaž/Stjepan Krznarić

13. Ne damo te pismo naša
Performers: Tomislav Bralić & klapa Intrade
Music: Ivica Badurina
Lyrics: Branko Slivar
Arrangement: Remi Kazinoti

14. Samo ti
Performer: Dražen Žanko
Music: Dražen Žanko
Lyrics: Ana Lojen
Arrangement: Antonio Zadro

Reserves:
1. Ma gdje bila (IN, instead of Goran Karan)
Performer: Mario Battifiaca
Music: Robert Grubišić
Lyrics: Marina Valković
Arrangement: Robert Grubišić

2. San
Performer: Saša Jakelić
Music: Duško Mucalo
Lyrics: Duško Mucalo
Arrangement: Saša Jakelić

3. Ma ja to samo zamišljam
Performer: klapa Kampanel
Music: Zdravko Bajan
Lyrics: Zdravko Bajan
Arrangement: Igor Ivanović, Slaven Bolanča, Miro Trgo