Riva was a pop rock band from Zadar, in what was then Yugoslavia, and now Croatia in the late 1980s. They represented Yugoslavia at the 1989 contest in Lausanne and won.
The group didn't even make an appearance at the 1990 contest in Zagreb, and disbanded in 1991. In 2008, former band member Emilija Kokić attempted to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade as a soloist but finished in sixth place in the national finals.
The former lead singer, Emilija Kokić, is now a Croatian music/singer teacher.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | |||
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 Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali •  Gili & Galit •  Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers •  Justine Pelmelay •  Pan •  Ingeborg •  Live Report •  Britt Synnøve Johansen •  Da Vinci •  Tommy Nilsson •  Park Café •  Birthe Kjær •  Thomas Forstner •  Anneli Saaristo •  Nathalie Pâque •  Nina •  Fani Polymeri & Yiannis Savvidakis •  Furbaz •  Mariana Efstratiou •  Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson •  Nino de Angelo •  Riva
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| Songs | |||
| Avrei Voluto • Derech Hamelech • The Real Me • Blijf zoals je bent • Bana Bana • Door de wind • Why Do I Always Get It Wrong? • Venners nærhet • Conquistador • En Dag • Monsieur • Vi maler byen rød • Nur ein Lied • La Dolce Vita • J'ai volé la vie • Nacida para amar • Apopse As Vrethoume • Viver Senza Tei • To Dhiko Sou Asteri • Það sem enginn sér • Flieger • Rock Me
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