MHJ 1999

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MELODIJE HRVATSKOG JADRANA 1999

Winner: Goran Karan with Prozor kraj djardena

[First night] [Second night] [Final night]

This year MHJ took place over three evenings from the 1st to the 3rd of July: there are two heats on the first two nights before the final on the 3rd. The festival's official website (in Croatian) has audio files of most of the songs: although many are boring male ballads and hardly worth listening to, Bez straha, Sedma godina and I ni me stra are certainly Dora standard at least.

For scoring, Croatian radio and the public awarded points from 25 down to 1 (although if the votes of the acual panel were tied : this total was then added together to make a total of 50 points.

*1st July, 1999*
Place	*Pts*	Title	Performed by	Written by
1	50	Prozor kraj djardina	Goran Karan	Zdenko Runjic	*Typical Goran Karan fare*
2	46	Sedma godina	Danijela Martinovic	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	*Everything you expect from Danijela - big ballad very well sung*
3	42	Kad me netko tebe spomene	Drazen Zecic	Drazen Zecic B Zlatanovic	*Big ballad with rock guitars*
4	41	Kasno je sad	Giuliano	Tomislav Mrduljaš Nenad Nincevic	*Half dance, half ballad*
5	40	Kada jednom ovom zafalim se tiru	Hari	Hari Roncevic	*Another male ballad*
6	39	Sto volim dan kad je bezbrizan	Dino Dvornik	Dino Dvornik	*Croatian rap*
7	37	Nosi mi se bijela bola	Jole	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	*Yet another Magazin wannabe folk ballad*
8	34	Prodala me ti	Boris Novkovic	Boris Novkovic N Huljic	*Unexciting ballad*
9	32	Ako polubim	Magazin	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	*'Kasno je' again*
10	31	Ljubav ne stanuje tu	Colonia	Boris Djurdjevic	*Dance song from one of my favourite Croatian groups*
11	27	Rana	Jasmin Stavros	Fedor Boic	*Folk ballad*
12	26	Da si moj	Severina	Djordje Novkovic Fayo	*Happy folksy number with drums*
13=	25	E, da mi je	Sandi	Sandi Cenov	*Another folksy one*
13=	25	Ona je	Saša Jakelic	Saša Jakelic L Kazinoti	*Interesting rock ballad*
15	20	Još veceras	"Two much"	Tomislav Mrduljaš Nenad Nincevic	*Dance song - one of the best of the night*
16	19	Daleko je dan	Davor Dragojevic	D Pastuovic	*Ballad with a choir behind it*
17	17	S tobom u dobro i zlu	Tajana Culic	Tomislav Mrduljaš Dijana Malenica	*Very R and B-influenced*
18=	*16.5*	Ostani uz mene	Breškovic Brothers	A Breškovic	*Slow love song*
18=	*16.5*	Ostani	Vuco	Sinisa Vuco	*Big ballad*
20	*15.5*	Kada jutrom jugo zapuše	Djani Stipanicev	Zelimir Klasterka Sanja Mudrinic	*Just like his DORA entry*
21	15	Bez straha	Ines Zicic	Ines Zicic Dijana Alebic	*Quite powerful ballad.*
22	13	Bilo je i boljih dana	Petar Dragojevic	Bogovic	*Male ballad*
23=	12	Varalica	Alka Vuica	Alka Vuica	*Ethnic style song, sounds quite Greek*
23=	12	Reci	Ivo Amulic	Sinisa Vuco	*Not as good as Vuco's own song*
25	5	Da imam dva zivota ja	Davor Borno	Davor Borno V Pejic	*Mladen Grdovic-style ballad*

Goran Karan's rather disappointing ballad closely won the first night, with stiff competition from Danijela Martinovic. A disappointing result for the unknown Ines with Bez straha, to my mind one of the best songs in MHJ this year, but there's always one bad result like that in any Croatian festival (how Da zora zna finished with no points in 1999 I'll never know...)

Radio top five	Public top five
Goran Karan	Goran Karan
Dino Dvornik	Jole
Danijela Martinovic	Danijela Martinovic
Giuliano	Saša Jakelic
Drazen Zezic	Drazen Zezic

*2nd July, 1999*
1	48	Lakše mi je s njom	Petar Grašo	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic Petar Grašo	Slower than most of his songs
2	46	Sudnji dan	Doris Dragovic and Magazin	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	Not a bit like 'Marija Magdalena'. Quite disappointing
3	44	I ni me stra	Tereza	Zdenko Runjic	Extremely good big histrionic ballad
4	41	Sve cu prezivit	Tedi Spalato	Gibonni	*Another ballad*
5	38	Kap od mora	Mate Mišo Kovac	Djordje Novkovic	Boring ballad again
6	34	Zadnja zelja	Alen Nizetic	Nenad Nincevic	Ballad
7	34	Bit ce bolje	Minea	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	*Typical Minea - catchy chorus*
8	*32.5*	Neka nas progone	Josip Katalenic	Djordje Novkovic	Exactly like 'San'
9	32	U ranu zoru	Mladen Grdovic	Mladen Grdovic Nenad Nincevic	As usual for Mladen. Not bad
10	*31.5*	Ljuta	Matko Jelavic	Matko Jelavic Gibonni	Quite ethnic ballad
11	31	Jedna duša	"Novi fosili"	Rajko Dujmic Nenad Nincevic	Typical girlband song
12	30	Brod brodi	Mucalo	D Mucalo	Very strange. Almost schlager
13	29	Ptice umiru pjevajuci	Alen Vitasovic	Alen Vitasovic B Zlatanovic	*More or less a rock song*
14	25	Vrelo mog zivota	Zrinka	Drazen Zecic	Nothing like her usual songs - more ethnic
15	24	Kap po kap	Blanša	P Kozomara S Tafra	Upbeat ballad
16	23	Nocas	Vesna Ivic	Tomislav Mrduljas J Ursic	*R and B*
17	22	Da je moje srce znalo	Pero Panjkovic	F Sisko D Britvic	Upbeat quite 1980s song
18	18	Sve za ljubav	Vinko Coce	Nenad Nincevic	Slow slightly folksy ballad
19	17	U lipoj toj Dalmaciji	Ansambl Bonaca	Nenad Nincevic Teo Brajcic	Not much good
20	17	Duše dvi	Teo Brajcic	Nenad Nincevic	Slow and boring
21	8	Nosim te u svakoj suzi	Ena	H P Borozan	Not very interesting ballad
22	7	Ja je ljubim	Nenad Kero	Nenad Kero	Another ballad
23	7	Sirotinja	Darko Bobinac	Zeljko Pavicic	Easily forgettable ballad
24	6	Fešta ispod Marjana	The Dogan Family	Nenad Nincevic	Almost Branimir Mihaljevic - very folksy
25	5	Domenika	Nikša Radovanovic	J P Bura P Ilicic	Slow male ballad

The radio and television scores agreed far less with each other on the second night: the boring male ballads were among the highest-placed singers by the radio but received only a few points from the public, while Mucalo received near maximum points from the public but only seven from the radio. Petar and Doris completed a Huljic company double on top of the table.

Radio top five	Public top five
Doris Dragovic and Magazin	Tereza
Petar Grašo	Petar Grašo
Alen Nizetic	Mucalo
Mladen Grdovic	Mate Mišo Kovac
Tedi Spalato	Doris Dragovic and Magazin

The best-placed 30 songs then went into the final round on the Saturday. A professional jury awarded points from 50 down to (for some reason) 17, and the public awarded points from 30 down to 1.

*3rd July, 1999*
Place	*Pts*	Title	Performed by	Written by
1	80	Prozor kraj djardina	Goran Karan	Zdenko Runjic	*Typical Goran Karan fare*
2	77	Lakše mi je s njom	Petar Grašo	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic Petar Grašo	Slower than most of his songs
3	71	I ni me stra	Tereza	Zdenko Runjic	Extremely good big histrionic ballad
4	70	Sudnji dan	Doris Dragovic and Magazin	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	Not a bit like 'Marija Magdalena'. Quite disappointing
5	69	Sve cu prezivit	Tedi Spalato	Gibonni
6	67	Kad me netko tebe spomene	Drazen Zecic	Drazen Zecic B Zlatanovic	*Big ballad with rock guitars*
7	64	Kap od mora	Mate Mišo Kovac	Djordje Novkovic	Boring ballad again
8	62	Kada jednom ovom zafalim se tiru	Hari Roncevic	Hari Roncevic	*Another male ballad*
9	59	Kasno je sad	Giuliano	Tomislav Mrduljaš Nenad Nincevic	*Half dance, half ballad*
10	58	Nosi mi se bijela bola	Jole	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	*Yet another Magazin wannabe folk ballad*
11	54	Sedma godina	Danijela Martinovic	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	*Everything you expect from Danijela - big ballad very well sung*
12	53	Brod brodi	Mucalo	D Mucalo	Very strange. Almost schlager
13	*48.5*	Ljuta	Matko Jelavic	Matko Jelavic Gibonni	Quite ethnic ballad
14	*48.5*	Neka nas progone	Josip Katalenic	Djordje Novkovic	Exactly like 'San'
15	48	Sto volim dan kad je bezbrizan	Dino Dvornik	Dino Dvornik	*Croatian rap*
16	47	Ako polubim	Magazin	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	*'Kasno je' again*
17	45	Ljubav ne stanuje tu	Colonia	Boris Djurdjevic	*Dance song from one of my favourite Croatian groups*
18	45	Da si moj	Severina	Djordje Novkovic Fayo	*Happy folksy number with drums*
19	45	Vrelo mog zivota	Zrinka	Drazen Zecic	Nothing like her usual songs - more ethnic
20	44	Prodala me ti	Boris Novkovic	Boris Novkovic N Huljic	*Unexciting ballad*
21	43	U ranu zoru	Mladen Grdovic	Mladen Grdovic Nenad Nincevic	As usual for Mladen. Not bad
22	41	Bit ce bolje	Minea	Tonci and Vjekoslava Huljic	*Typical Minea - catchy chorus*
23	38	Zadnja zelja	Alen Nizetic	Nenad Nincevic	Ballad
24	34	Ptice umiru pjevajuci	Alen Vitasovic	Alen Vitasovic B Zlatanovic	*Rock song*
25	33	Još veceras	"Two much"	Tomislav Mrduljaš Nenad Nincevic	Dance song - one of the best of the night
26	32	Jedna duša	"Novi fosili"	Rajko Dujmic Nenad Nincevic	Typical girlband song
27	30	Rana	Jasmin Stavros	Fedor Boic	*Folk ballad*
28	*28.5*	Ostani	Vuco	Sinisa Vuco	*Big ballad*
29	26	Kap po kap	Blanša	P Kozomara S Tafra	Upbeat ballad
30	23	S tobom u dobro i zlu	Tajana Culic	Tomislav Mrduljaš Dijana Malenica	*Very R and B-influenced*

Once again it seems to have been the battle of the male ballads, although Tereza's excellent I ne me stra achieved a very respectable 3rd place. Danijela must have been disappointed with 11th for her big ballad which was very like Neka mi ne svane.

Professional top five	Public top five
Goran Karan	Goran Karan
Petar Grašo	Petar Grašo
Doris Dragovic and Magazin	Tedi Spalato (?!)
Danijela Martinovic	Tereza
Tereza	Mate Mišo Kovac

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