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The year 1993 was very special, not only regarding the Eurovision but for the world in general and the Balkan region of Europe in particular. Yugoslavia was splitting up into new independent nations, and the Soviet Union had recently done the same. Many of these new nations wanted to join the Eurovision, and the group Put selected to represent Croatia consisted of six young people from a choir in Rijeka. Emil gets to have a nice conversation with two of these — Angela Jeličić and Olja Desic — and we get the answers to many questions that all of us have pondered over the years. How was it even possible for a country in an active war to attend the contest? Was there any foul play going on in the special pre-qualification round Kvalifikacija za Millstreet? Why did they sing so much of their song "Don't Ever Cry" in English? Was Johnny Logan partially naked? And who kept singing his own entry in the toilet?