| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Country |  Croatia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 17 February 2017 Song: 2 March 2017 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Jacques Houdek | |||
| Selected song | "My Friend" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 141 points) | |||
| Final result | 13th, 128 points | |||
| Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "My Friend" written by Jacques Houdek, Tony Roberth Malm, Siniša Reljić, Arjana Kunštek, Ines Prajo and Fabrizio Laucella. The song was performed by Jacques Houdek, who was selected internally by the Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) on 17 February 2017 to represent Croatia at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. His song "My Friend" was presented to the public on 2 March 2017 during the radio programme Svijet diskografije broadcast on the HR 2 station.
Croatia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 11, "My Friend" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Croatia placed eighth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 141 points. In the final, Croatia performed in position 13 and placed thirteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 128 points.