Marko Bošnjak will represent Croatia at Eurovision 2025 with his song "Poison Cake".
After two semi finals and one final, DORA 2025 has come to an end, and we have a winner! Marko Bošnjak will be headed to Basel this May with “Poison Cake”.
The show took place live from the Sports Hall Marino Cvetković at Dora’s home in Opatija. Duško Čurlić and Barbara Kolar were the hosts of the show, with Zlata Mück Sušec as Greenroom host.
Sixteen acts, (eight qualifiers from each of the two semi finals), were competing in tonights show. The final results were determined by 25% national jury, 25% international jury and 50% televote. The jury had Marko Bošnjak, Magazin, Nipplepeople, Luka Nižetić and Ogenj as their top 5, whilst the televote top 5 went to Ogenj, Lelek, Magazin, Marko Bošnjak and Luka Nižetić. The full results (jury + televote) are as follows:
- Marko Bošnjak – “Poison Cake” – 83+47 = 130
- Ogenj – “Daj, daj” (Come on, come on) – 42+78 = 120
- Magazin – “AaAaA” – 62+49 = 111
- Lelek – “The Soul of my Soul” – 33+69 = 102
- Luka Nižetić – “Južina” (South) – 45+39 = 84
- Marko Tolja – “Through the Dark” – 42+32 = 74
- Nipplepeople – “Znak” (Sign) – 52+19 = 71
- EoT – “Bye, Bye, Bye” – 30+21 = 51
- Fenksta – “Extra” – 16+15 = 31
- IVXN – “Monopol” (Monopoly) – 19+11 = 30
- Matt Shaft – “Welcome to the Circus” – 2+26 = 28
- Laurakojapjeva – “NPC” – 12+16= 28
- Marko Škugor – “Šta da Boga molim ja” (What should I pray to God for) – 10+17 = 27
- Petar Brkljačić – “Kraj” (The end) – 14+8 = 22
- Natalli – “Dom si srcu mom” (You’re home for my heart) – 2+8 = 10
- Filomena – “Strong” – 0+9=9
The international jury was made up of members from Slovenia, Spain, Armenia and Finland, whilst the national Croatian jury members represented Rijeka, Split, Osijek and Zagreb.
Reigning DORA champion and Eurovision 2024 runner-up Baby Lasagna performed as part of the interval act. He performed two recent tracks “Stress” and “Biggie Boom Boom”, followed by his Eurovision hit “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”.
Marko Bošnjak has previously competed in DORA in 2022 with his song “Moli za nas” (Pray For Us). He finished in second place with 179 points.
What are your overall thoughts on the final of DORA 2025? Are you happy with the winning song “Poison Cake”? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
Photo credit: Marko Bošnjak
