Her song Nebo" was presented to the public on 18 February 2012 during the special programme Dora 2012 - Idemo na Eurosong s Ninom!.

In 2010 and 2011, the Croatian entries failed to qualify from the semi-finals; the last time Croatia competed in the final was in 2009 with the song "Lijepa Tena" performed by Igor Cukrov featuring Andrea.

[2] Since 1993, HRT organised the national final Dora in order to select the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

However, such plans were later cancelled due to low interest with the Croatian broadcaster opting to internally select the entry.

[2][3] On 10 January 2012, the Croatian national broadcaster HRT announced that it had internally selected Nina Badrić to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

[4][5] In regards to her selection as the Croatian entrant, Badrić stated: "For me, this is both an honour and a challenge, and I think the most important thing is to be yourself and have a quality song.

The stage lighting was in blue and white with the LED screens transitioned from a mountain scenery next to a seaside to grey clouds.

[20][21] The three backing vocalists that joined Badrić were: Danijela Večerinović Ivana Cabraja and Jelena Majić, while the two dancers were Dinko Zec and Igor Barberić who was also the choreographer of the Croatian performance.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.