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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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