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Welcome to my blog! This blog is going to be about the country of Croatia and its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. I chose this country because I wanted to chose a country I know nothing about, so I won't have any bias for or against it. Croatia also doesn't have any wins in the Eurovision Song Contest and I think that's pretty interesting as well. 

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