Claudia Beni (born 30 May 1986) is a Croatian pop singer, born in Opatija.
At the time when she first participated in Dora, the national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest, Claudia was only 12, but she was already an experienced band singer having performed all over Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Montenegro with the Teens - formerly known as MiÃÂi rokeri (Little Rockers).
After receiving the 2002 Porin prize, Claudia broke away from the Teens. Her first 12-song solo album âÂÂClaudiaâ was released just before the summer of 2002. The singles âÂÂTako hrabar da me ostavià ¡â (Brave Enough To Leave Me) (one of the songs in the Best New Album awarded at the Split Festival 2001), âÂÂIli ona ili jaâ (Either Her or Me) (Zagrebfest 2001), and âÂÂLedâ (Ice) (HRF 2002) gave Claudia further notability in the national music industry.
In 2003, Claudia won the Dora 2003 with the song "Vià ¡e nisam tvoja", and thus gaining the right to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Latvia. At Eurovision in Latvia, she finished in 15th place.
Claudia has also worked together with another member of the Croatian pop scene, Ivana BanfiÃÂ, singing the song âÂÂHrvatice vas voleâ (Croatian Women Love You), dedicated to the national football team during the World Cup in Japan which enjoyed no success.
She returned to Dora in 2006, singing "Samo ti mi ostani".
She retired from music industry in 2008. She briefly returned in 2013 as a part of band Koktelsi, but retired again in 2015.