Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Strings of My Heart" written by Tonči Huljić, Vjekoslava Huljić and Ante Pecotić. The song was performed by Vanna. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final Dora 2001 to select the Croatian entry for the 2001 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. Twenty entries competed in the national final on 4 March 2001 and "Strune ljubavi" performed by Vanna was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from five regional juries, a six-member expert jury, a regional televote and an online vote. The song was later translated from Croatian to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "Strings of My Heart".
| Eurovision Song Contest 2001 | ||||
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| Country | Croatia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dora 2001 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 March 2001 | |||
| Selected entrant | Vanna | |||
| Selected song | "Strings of My Heart" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 10th, 42 points | |||
| Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Croatia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2001. Performing during the show in position 10, Croatia placed tenth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 42 points.