Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
| Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) | |||
| Country |  Croatia | |||
| Selection process | 4. Izbor za Dječju Pjesmu Eurovizije | |||
| Selection date | 2 July 2006 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Lea" | |||
| Artist | Mateo Đido | |||
| Songwriters | Mateo Đido | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 10th, 50 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Croatia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with Mateo Đido representing the country with the song “Lea”. The Croatian entry was selected through a national final organised by Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT).
Before Junior Eurovision
4. Izbor za Dječju Pjesmu Eurovizije
From the 230 submissions, a jury selected 10 songs to compete in the national final which were announced on 26 April 2006.
The final was held at 2 July 2006 in Zagreb at 17:30 CET and was broadcast on HRT 1.[1] The hosts of the show were Iva Šulentić and Robert Bošković.[2] The final results were chosen by a jury that consisted of Vanna, Ivica Kostelić, Boris Novković, Natalija Jurić, Mladen Kušeć, Željen Klašterka and Lorena Jelusić. Guests in the national final included Josipa Lisac, Nika Turković, Lorena Jelusić and Dino Jelusić.[3]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matilda Beriša | “Balerina” | 688 | 4 |
| 2 | Matej Miličić | “Nedodirljiva” | 328 | 8 |
| 3 | Nikolina Petrov | “Mobitel” | 523 | 5 |
| 4 | Iva Valentić | “Bilo je ljeto” | 258 | 9 |
| 5 | Mia Maltar | “Volim te” | 738 | 3 |
| 6 | Tijana Petak and Lara Erstić | “Želim biti zvijezda” | 482 | 6 |
| 7 | Kim Verson | “Mi sad pjevamo” | 258 | 9 |
| 8 | Mateo Ðido | “Lea” | 1,301 | 1 |
| 9 | Jelena Žnidarić | “Sve svoje pjesme poklanjam tebi” | 1,073 | 2 |
| 10 | Helena Novosel and Kristina Majpruz | “Moja ljubavi” | 409 | 7 |
At Junior Eurovision
At the running order draw on 17 October 2006, Croatia was drawn to perform fourteenth on 2 December 2006, following Belgium and preceding Russia.[4][5][6]
Voting
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Notes
- ^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.
References
- ^ KimVerson06 (2011-05-24). Kim verson - Mi sad pjevamo ( Dječji Eurosong ). Retrieved 2025-12-16 – via YouTube.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bakker, Sietse (26 April 2006). "HRT announced Junior participants". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 16 November 2006.
- ^ "Croatia JESC". esckaz.com. Archived from the original on 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision 2006 - event page". esckaz.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-26. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ^ "Final of Bucharest 2006 - Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ^ "Results of the Final of Bucharest 2006 - Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2025-12-16.