Croatia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "", written by Petar Graà ¡o, Stjepan Kalogjera, and Remi Kazinotti, and performed by Danijela MartinoviÃÂ. The Croatian participating broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), selected its entry through Dora 1998.
Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) held the national final on 6 March 1998 at the Crystall Ballroom of the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, hosted by Daniela TrboviÃÂ and Ljudevit GrguriÃÂ Grga. Twenty songs competed in the national final, accompanied by the big orchestra of HRT. The winning song was chosen primarily by jury voting, with 20 juriesone from each of the 20 Croatian countiesplus the votes of the televoting publicgiven the same weight as one jurydetermining the winner.
Danijela performed 1st in the running order on the night of the contest, preceding Greece. At the close of voting "" received 131 points, placing Croatia 5th out of 25 competing countries. The Croatian televoting awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.