| Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Croatia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 10 January 2012 Song: 18 February 2012 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Nina Badrić | |||
| Selected song | "Nebo" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Nina Badrić | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (12th) | |||
| Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nebo" written and performed by Nina Badrić, who was selected internally by the Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) on 10 January 2012 to represent Croatia at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Her song Nebo" was presented to the public on 18 February 2012 during the special programme Dora 2012 - Idemo na Eurosong s Ninom!.
Croatia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 10, "Nebo" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Croatia placed twelfth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 42 points.