In the final, "Romanca" performed by Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote.

In the final, Croatia performed in position 9 and placed twenty-first out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 44 points.

In 2007, Croatia failed to qualify to the final with Dragonfly featuring Dado Topić and the song "Vjerujem u ljubav".

[2] Since 1993, HRT organised the national final Dora in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, a method that was continued for their 2008 participation.

The competition consisted of a semi-final and a final on 22 and 23 February 2008, both taking place at the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija.

[7] A five-member expert committee consisting of Silvije Glojnarić (HRT), Robert Urlić (HR), Branko Uvodić (HTV), Željen Klašterka (HTV) and Aleksandar Kostadinov (HTV) reviewed the received submissions and selected sixteen artists and songs for the semi-final of the competition, while the ten pre-qualifying songs for the final were written by composers invited by HRT in consultation with the Croatian Composers' Society (HDS).

[11] On 9 and 16 February 2008, the competing artists performed their entries live during the preview programme Ususret dori broadcast on HRT 1.

[3] The final took place on 23 February 2008, hosted by Duško Ćurlić, Mirko Fodor, Nikolina Pišek and Lana Jurčević.

"Milina" performed by Dino Dvornik and Bane was disqualified from the final after the artists did not attend rehearsals and therefore their votes weren't counted.

[4][16] In early March, Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents filmed the music video for "Romanca", which was directed by Tihomir Žarn.

[20][21] Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Romanca" as the Croatian Eurovision entry.

[24] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine songs from each semi-final as determined by televoting progress to the final, and a tenth was determined by back-up juries.

Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents were joined on stage by a ballet dancer, Mia Lisak, who stood on a pedestal in a red dress and played chimes consisting of water-filled bottles towards the end.

[33][34][35] At the end of the show, Croatia was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final.