Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	2 October 2014
Selected entrant	Josie Zec
Selected song	"Game Over"
Finals performance
Final result	16th (last), 13 points
Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2006 • 2014

Croatia selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through an internal selection. On 2 October 2014 it was revealed that Josephine Zec would represent Croatia in the contest with the song "Game Over".^[1]

Internal selection

Despite withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, on 26 September 2014 it was announced that Croatia would return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2014, after a seven-year absence.^[2] On 2 October 2014, the Croatian broadcaster HRT announced that Josephine Zec had been internally selected to represent the Balkan country with the song "Game Over".^[1] A presentation of the song will take place on 3 October 2014 at 09:30 CET on the television show "Puni Kerg".^[1]

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, Croatia were drawn to perform fourth on 15 November 2014, following San Marino and preceding Cyprus.^[3]

Points awarded to Croatia

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
				San Marino

Points awarded by Croatia

12 points  Bulgaria 10 points  Italy 8 points  Serbia 7 points  Ukraine 6 points  Armenia 5 points  Russia 4 points  Netherlands 3 points  Slovenia 2 points  Belarus 1 point  Georgia Split voting results The following five members comprise the Croatian jury: [4] Duško Mandić Iva Šulentić Nensi Atanasov Ivan Horvat Jacques Houdek Split Voting Results from Croatia Draw Country D. Mandić I. Šulentić N. Atanasov I. Horvat J. Houdek Average Jury Points Televote Points Points Awarded 01  Belarus 7 5 4 4 6 5 2 02  Bulgaria 8 7 7 6 7 8 10 12 03  San Marino 04  Croatia 05  Cyprus 5 6 2 3 5 4 06  Georgia 6 2 1 1 3 1 07  Sweden 1 3 2 4 3 08  Ukraine 12 7 09  Slovenia 3 5 1 7 3 10  Montenegro 1 11  Italy 12 12 12 10 12 12 4 10 12  Armenia 2 4 8 8 8 7 5 6 13  Russia 10 10 10 12 10 10 2 5 14  Serbia 3 8 6 7 3 6 8 8 15  Malta 4 16  Netherlands 1 1 5 2 2 6 4

See also

• Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
• Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

References

1. García, Belén (2 October 2014). "Junior Eurovision: Josephine Zec to represent Croatia". esc-plus.com. ESC+Plus. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
2. Fisher, Luke James (26 September 2014). "Croatia returns to Junior Eurovision". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
3. James-Fisher, Luke (9 November 2014). "The running order for Junior Eurovision 2014!". junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
4. "Split". Eurovision.tv. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.