Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | RTV SLO |
| National selection events | EMA (1993,1995-1999,2001-2012), Misija Evrovizija (2012), Internal selection (2013) |
| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 19 (11 finals) |
| First appearance | 1993 |
| Best result | 7th: 1995, 2001 |
| Worst result | Last: 2013 SF |
| External links | |
| Slovenia's page at Eurovision.tv | |
Slovenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 18 times, debuting at the 1993 contest after coming first the qualification round "Kvalifikacija za Millstreet", which was actually hosted in Slovenia itself, and competing in every year since, with the exceptions of 1994 and 2000, after poor results prevented Slovenia from competing.
Slovenia's best position was 7th, when Darja Švajger sang "Prisluhni mi" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, and in 2001 when Nuša Derenda sang "Energy". Darja Švajger has represented the country twice, in 1995 and 1999.
However, since the introduction of semi-finals at Eurovision in 2004 Slovenia's record at Eurovision has been poor; for 5 years the Slovene entry was relegated to the semi-finals. However, in 2007, Alenka Gotar progressed Slovenia to the final for the first time with the song "Cvet z juga". At the final she came 15th. Slovenia qualified for the final again in 2011 with Maja Keuc's "No One". She eventually placed 13th, Slovenia's best ranking since 2002. However, her 96 points are the most points Slovenia has ever received in the final (Alenka Gotar in 2007 received more points in the semi-final than Maja Keuc, but she performed in a field of 28 countries, while Keuc performed in a field of 19 countries.)
Slovenia had previously been represented at the contest as Yugoslavia between 1961 and 1991. 4 of the 27 entries were from Slovene artists.
The Slovene national final to select their entry is EMA, broadcast, along with Eurovision, by Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO).
During the voting at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, the Slovenian spokesperson Peter Poles jokingly requested a minutes silence, in order to commemorate the fact that Slovenia did not get to the final for two years running, however the silence only lasted 14 seconds.
In 2011 Slovenia reached the final again with Maja Keuc with the song No One which placed 13th in the final in Germany.
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Contestants [edit]
| Year | Artist | Title | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| 1993 | 1X Band | "Tih deževen dan" | 22 | 9 | N/A | N/A |
| 1995 | Darja Švajger | "Prisluhni mi" | 7 | 84 | ||
| 1996 | Regina | "Dan najlepših sanj" | 21 | 16 | ||
| 1997 | Tanja Ribič | "Zbudi se" | 10 | 60 | ||
| 1998 | Vili Resnik | "Naj bogovi slišijo" | 18 | 17 | ||
| 1999 | Darja Švajger | "For a Thousand Years" | 11 | 50 | ||
| 2001 | Nuša Derenda | "Energy" | 7 | 70 | ||
| 2002 | Sestre | "Samo ljubezen" | 13 | 33 | ||
| 2003 | Karmen Stavec | "Nanana" | 23 | 7 | ||
| 2004 | Platin | "Stay Forever" | X | X | 21 | 5 |
| 2005 | Omar Naber | "Stop" | X | X | 12 | 69 |
| 2006 | Anžej Dežan | "Mr Nobody" | X | X | 16 | 49 |
| 2007 | Alenka Gotar | "Cvet z juga" | 15 | 66 | 7 | 140 |
| 2008 | Rebeka Dremelj | "Vrag naj vzame" | X | X | 11 | 36 |
| 2009 | Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle | "Love Symphony" | X | X | 16 | 14 |
| 2010 | Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari | "Narodnozabavni rock" | X | X | 16 | 6 |
| 2011 | Maja Keuc | "No One" | 13 | 96 | 3 | 112 |
| 2012 | Eva Boto | "Verjamem" | X | X | 17 | 31 |
| 2013 | Hannah Mancini | "Straight into Love" | X | X | 16 | 8 |
- XX on Semi Finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be due to two reasons. If a country won the previous year, they did not have to compete in Semi Finals, or back in the early 2005-2007 era, countries who done well did not have to compete in Semi Finals the following year. The top ten non-Big four along with the Big four countries automatically qualified, for example, if Germany and France placed inside the top 10, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with everyone within the top 10.
- XX on Finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt to qualify to the final.
Voting history (1993-2013) [edit]
Slovenia has given the most points to...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
105 |
| 2 |  Croatia |
100 |
| 3 |  Sweden |
69 |
| 4 |  Serbia |
58 |
| 5 |  Norway |
56 |
Slovenia has received the most points from...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia |
64 |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
61 |
| 3 |  Russia |
29 |
| 4 |  Ireland |
24 |
| 5 |  Macedonia |
18 |
Source:[1]
NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.
Since introducing the semi-finals in 2004 [edit]
Slovenia has given the most points to...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
76 |
| 2 | Croatia |
69 |
| 3 | Serbia |
59 |
| 4 |  Denmark |
50 |
| 5 | Macedonia |
41 |
Slovenia has received the most points from...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia |
58 |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
45 |
| 3 | Macedonia |
27 |
| 4 | Serbia |
22 |
| 5 |  Montenegro |
18 |
NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals where the highest point from the final/semi-final is picked.
Commentators [edit]
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This section does not cite any references or sources. (March 2012) |
| Year(s) | Commentators |
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| 1961-1984 | Tomaž Terček |
| 1986-1987 | Miša Molk |
| 1988 | Slobodan Kaloper |
| 1989-1992 | Miša Molk |
| 1993-1994 | Tajda Lekše |
| 1995 | Damjana Golavšek |
| 1996-2000 | Miša Molk |
| 2001-2004 | Andrea F |
| 2005-2007 | Mojca Mavec |
| 2008-2013 | Andrej Hofer |
- From 1961 until 1991 Slovenia competed as part of Yugoslavia
References [edit]
- ^ "Points to and from Slovenia (1993-2009)". EurovisionRecords. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
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