eurovision 2005
National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia LADO
National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia LADO represented Croatia at Eurovision 2005 in Kyiv with “Vukovi umiru sami”, finishing 11th of 24.
Croatia
2005
- what
- Croatian professional national folklore dance and music ensemble
- formed
- 1949
- contest
- 2005
- best result
- 11th, 2005
- record labels
- Croatia Records
- sang for
- Croatia
Biography
Lado is Croatia’s professional national folk dance ensemble, founded in Zagreb in 1949 to perform the music and dances of the country’s regions. Members of the ensemble joined Boris Novković for “Vukovi umiru sami”, which finished eleventh in Kyiv in 2005.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia LADO”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2005 Kyiv
“Vukovi umiru sami”
11th of 24 Finished 11th of 24 in the final, with 115 points.
- With
- Boris Novković
- Sung in
- Croatian
- Written by
- Boris Novković, Franjo Valentić
- Running order
- 18th of 24 in the final
- Semi-final
- 4th of 25, 169 points
- Won that year
- Greece: Helena Paparizou, “My Number One”
The story of Eurovision 2005: The fiftieth contest, and the Big Four at the bottom
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- City of Zagreb Award 1963, 1968, 2002, 2009
- Charter of the Republic of Croatia 2009
- Porin Award
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
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