Više nisam tvoja
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"Više nisam tvoja" ("I'm not yours anymore") was the
Beni performed eighth on the night and came in fifteenth place out of 26 entries, receiving a total of 29 points from six nations. The song went on to appear on the annual Eurovision compilation, as well as Beni's 2004 studio album Čista Kao Suza.
Composition
"Više nisam tvoja" was written and produced by Croatian songwriter Andrej Babić.[1] The song has a length of two minutes and fifty-one seconds.[2]
Eurovision Song Contest
Dora 2003
Beni entered "Više nisam tvoja" into Dora 2003, the annual Croatian contest to select the country's Eurovision entry. It marked her second time in the contest; in 1999, at the age of 12, she had participated as part of a pop group called Teens.[3] She first performed the song at the Dora semifinals in March 2003, in which the song placed second out of 12 entries and thereby qualified for the national final.[4] A week later, in the final, Beni placed first, being voted the maximum 12 points in each of Croatia's regions.[3] At the time of her victory, Beni was 17 years old.[3]
Following the song's victory, there was a debate about whether it should be sung in Croatian or English for her Eurovision Song Contest performance.
Eurovision
The song was performed eighth on the night, following
It was succeeded as Croatian representative at the
Legacy
Beni's Eurovision performance of "Više nisam tvoja" was featured as the eighth track on the official Eurovision Song Contest 2003 compilation, while the original live recording of "Više nisam tvoja", performed at Dora 2003, went on to be featured on Beni's 2004 studio album, Čista Kao Suza.[2][10][11] In 2006, Beni competed to represent Croatia a second time in the Eurovision Song Contest, entering the song "Samo Ti Mi Ostani" ("Just Stay with Me") in the national Dora 2006 competition; the song ultimately placed fourteenth in the semi-finals, losing to Severina's "Moja štikla".[12]
References
- ^ "Claudia Beni - Croatia - Riga 2003". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Overview: Cista Kao Suza". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b c Fosin, Ivan. "Claudia Beni wins Croatian Eurovision ticket". ESCToday. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Fosin, Ivan. "First sixpack of Croatian songs selected". ESCToday. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b Opheim, Bjorn Erik (16 March 2003). "Više nisam tvoja to be sung in Croatian". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 16 November 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b van Gorp, Edwin (21 March 2003). "Croatia will use some English after all". ESCToday. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Beth en octavo lugar". ElSalvador.com (in Spanish). 26 May 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "ESC History - Eurovision - Croatia 2003". ESC History. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Detailed Voting Results". Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Overview: Various Artists — Eurovision Song Contest: Riga 2003". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Čista Kao Suza". Spotify. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Dora 2006: Claudia Beni - "Samo ti mi ostani". Eurovision World. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
External links
- View Beni's performance of the song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 on YouTube