Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2004
Selection date(s)	25 September 2004
Selected artist(s)	Nika Turković
Selected song	"Hej mali"
Placement
Final result	3rd, 126 points
Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Croatia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) organised an national final to select the entry, being Nika Turković with the song "Hej mali".

Before Junior Eurovision

Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2004

Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2004 was the second edition of the Croatian national selection, which selected Croatia's entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster. 100 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period. An expert committee consisting of Sandra Bagarić, Josip Cvitanović, Rajko Dujmić, Mladen Kušec, Marin Margitić and Maja Vučić selected twelve artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions.^[1]

Final

The final took place on 25 September 2004. All the songs were accompanied by a symphony orchestra, and the winner was determined by a public televote. Only the top four places was announced.^[1]^[2]

Final – 25 September 2004
Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Petra Škofić	"Potres"	—
2	Anita Novak	"Moja utjeha"	—
3	Mia Kordić	"Mogu"	4
4	Kristijan Stepanić	"Da li još"	—
5	Lana Ivanković	"Svakom tko zna"	—
6	Nela Buj	"Suze malene"	—
7	Tea Zec	"Don't Worry"	—
8	Iva Valentić	"Hajde upali mrak"	3
9	Kristina Jarić & Niko Miljanić	"Djeca svijeta"	—
10	Jakov Milanković & Ana Guberina	"Odlazim"	—
11	Nika Turković	"Hej mali"	1
12	Party Kiss & Double F.	"Nije ok"	2

At Junior Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to Croatia^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Macedonia United Kingdom
10 points	Norway
8 points	Belarus Denmark France Latvia Netherlands Sweden Switzerland
7 points	Poland Romania
6 points	Belgium Cyprus Spain
5 points
4 points	Greece
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Croatia^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Spain
10 points	Romania
8 points	Macedonia
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Denmark
5 points	Cyprus
4 points	France
3 points	Greece
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Netherlands

References

^ ^a ^b "Croatia 2004". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
^ "Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2004". Archived from the original on 15 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Lillehammer 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[:0-1] "Croatia 2004". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.

[2] "Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2004". Archived from the original on 15 September 2017.

[2004detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Lillehammer 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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