Batelić auditioned for the first series of Showtime in 2007, singing "Come saprei" by Giorgia for judges Jacques Houdek, Ivana Husar and Boris Banović.

[9] Batelić's second single, "Ruža u kamenu", produced and written by Miro Buljan, Boris Đurđević and Neno Ninčević, was released in May 2008 in Croatia.

[10] It was performed at the "12th Croatian Radio Festival" in Opatija where it won the Public's Award in the Pop/Rock category by receiving the most televotes.

[15] In April 2013, Franka was the opening act on the Beyoncé's concert at the Arena Zagreb, performing in front of 18,000 people.

[16][17] In November 2013, Franka released the single "Ljubav je" whose lyrics were signed by one of the most performed and awarded Croatian pop musician-songwriter Antonija Šola.

[19] The song was first played on Nives Čanović's 385 Show on Narodni radio on 4 December with Batelić interviewed live.

[20] The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Sandra Mihaljević and Igor Ivanović and premiered on RTL Televizija's HR Top show on 10 December 2017.

[34] Batelić married her long-time boyfriend, Croatian football player, Vedran Ćorluka, on 21 July 2018.