Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dora 1998
Selection date(s)	6 March 1998
Selected entrant	Danijela Martinovic
Selected song	"Neka mi ne svane"
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 131 points
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Danijela Martinovic represented Croatia in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest after winning the national final selection. Her song "Neka mi ne svane" was one of twenty songs presented in the national final, which was held on 6 March 1998 at the Crystall Ballroom of the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, accompanied by the big orchestra of Croatian Radio Television. Daniela Trbović and Ljudevit Grgurić Grga hosted the event, and the winning song was chosen primarily by jury voting - 20 juries - one each in the 20 Croatian provinces, plus a 21st jury whose votes came from the televoting public.^[1]

Result of National final

Draw	Song	Performer	Points	Rank
1	Sve sto si ti	Valentina Brzovic	2	17th
2	Nebo	Zorica Kondza	78	7th
3	Zivot iza ponoci	Ready Cool	32	15th
4	Jos te volim kao nekada	Stijene	70	8th
5	Stara zvone jedne ljubavi	Ena	0	18th
6	Ja cu po svom, ti ces po svom	Melani	10	16th
7	Ako me ikad pozelis	Tina and Niksa	48	13th
8	Daj daj	Branimir Mihaljevic	132	3rd
9	U ritmu ljubavi	Colonia	87	4th
10	Na svijetu sve	Magazin	79	6th
11	Pjesma putuje	Ivan Mikulic	61	11th
12	Sve je za tebe	Marsell Benzon	52	12th
13	Bez ljubavi	Alen Nizetic	63	10th
14	Samo ti je ljubav potrebna	Andrea Cubric	42	14th
15	Da bar vjecno zivimo	Sanja Trumbic	0	18th
16	Ljubi me i to je to	Lana Cencic	0	18th
17	Neka mi ne svane	Danijela	177	1st
18	Bolero	Zrinka & Goran	133	2nd
19	Pricaj mi o ljubavi	Novi Fosili	69	9th
20	Ruku na srce	Azzurro	83	5th

Danijela performed 1st in the running order on the night of the contest. "Neka mi ne svane" went on place 5th with 131 points.^[2]

Points Awarded to Croatia (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Macedonia Slovenia	Germany Israel Malta Slovakia	France	Cyprus	Norway Poland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Belgium Greece Switzerland	Netherlands Turkey	Estonia Finland Ireland Sweden	Portugal United Kingdom	Spain

↑ 1998 Croatian National Final
↑ Spain originally gave its 12 points to Israel and 10 to Norway. After the broadcast it was announced that Spanish broadcaster wrongly tallied the votes and Germany should have got the top mark - 12 points - instead of being snubbed, as it happened. The mistake was corrected and so Germany was placed 7th over Norway. Israel and Norway both received 2 points less than originally and Croatia, Malta, Portugal, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Turkey all received one point less than indicated during the broadcast.