the Eurovision Song Contest on several occasions: in 1993 with "Ostavljam te" placing seventh, in 1994 with "Godine nestvarne" placing tenth, in 1995 with "Odlaziš zauvijek" placing seventeenth, and in 2003 with "Čarobno jutro" placing second. 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. I am looking forward to all this and may God serve us this year with a little luck." The song that Badrić performed at the Eurovision Song Contest, "Nebo", was presented on 18 February 2012 during a special programme titled Dora 2012 - Idemo na Eurosong s Ninom!. The presentation show took place at the Anton Marti Studio in Zagreb and was broadcast on HRT 1 as well as online via the broadcaster's website hrt.hr and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv. Member of Yugoslav Eurovision Song Contest 1989 winner Riva Emilija Kokić, 2006 Bosnian Eurovision entrant Hari Mata Hari, 2011 Serbian Eurovision entrant Nina, 2012 Bosnian Eurovision entrant Maya Sar, 2012 Macedonia Eurovision entrant Kaliopi and 2012 Montenegrin Eurovision entrant Rambo Amadeus performed as guests during the show. "Nebo" was written by Nina Badrić herself and produced by Ante Gelo. The song was also featured in Badrić's recent album NeBo, but was shortened for the Eurovision Song Contest as the original version exceeded three minutes. Preparation Following the presentation show, "Nebo" was released by Aquarius Records on iTunes and Amazon on 22 February. Badrić also went through vocal cord surgery in late February, which she managed to recover from before the contest. At Eurovision According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2012, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Croatia was placed into the