Updated - 28.2.09
2009 Croatian Dora- February 28th 2009 - Opatijia
Dora's not an explorer - si bueno?
Sticking to form the 2009 Dora will be in its usual place - the Crystal ballroom in the Hotel Kvarner on Opatija. There will be just the one semi final this year - to take place on February 27th. This semi will contain 14 songs of which 6 will qualify for the final the following day. The 6 songs will then join 10 pre-qualified and pre-selected songs in a 16 song Dora, which will be decided by Televote and Jury as per usual. The semi final result is at the bottom and the final line up is below.
| Song | Performer(s) |
| Mrzim spore stvari | Ana Bebic |
| Još uvik | Hari Roncevic & Kvartet Bravo |
| Što ce mi ljubav | Ruswaj |
| To nisam ja | Mijo Lešina |
| Samo ti | Dražen Žanko |
| Pjesma za kraj | Franka |
| Ma gdje bila | Mario Battifiaca |
| Opet | Viva |
| Daj mi jedan razlog | Ivo Gamulin Gianni |
| Poljupci u boji | Feminnem |
| Srce moram seliti | Denis Dumancic |
| Zlatna rijeka | Danijela Pintaric |
| Ritam da se ritam | Cager Zoc & Papak Dance Company |
| Ne damo te pismo naša | Tomislav Bralic & Klapa Intrade |
| Lijepa Tena | Igor Cukrov |
| Istina je | Aria |
| Song | Performer(s) | Votes | Psn |
| Ritam da se ritam | Cager Zoc & Papak Dance Company | 1116 | 6 |
| Tamo gdje ljubav pocinje | Alen Vitasovic & Lela Kaplowitz | 648 | 9 |
| Makni se | Marta Kuliš | 432 | 14 |
| Trebam te | Feminnem | 1941 | 4 |
| Tebe imam ja | Maja Vucic | 489 | 13 |
| Stranci | Marko Tolja | 855 | 7 |
| Daj mi jedan razlog | Ivo Gamulin Gianni | 2488 | 2 |
| Voljet cu te sutra | Jelena Radan | 573 | 11 |
| Ma gdje bila | Mario | 2830 | 3 |
| Ljubav ima njeno lice | Ricardo Luque | 616 | 10 |
| Kao Jedno | Sandra | 560 | 12 |
| Decko | Sane | 837 | 8 |
| Ne damo te pismo naša | Tomislav Bralic & Klapa Intrade | 3957 | 1 |
| Samo ti | Dražen Žanko | 1202 | 5 |
Fascinating Facts : I am sure Opatija is lovely!
Since entering the contest in 1993, Croatia have entered some great songs but have yet got the win that they crave.