Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	EMA 1998
Selected artist(s)	Vili Resnik
Selected song	"Naj bogovi slišijo"
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 17 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1997 • 1998 • 1999►

EMA 1998

The Slovene Final was held at the RTVSLO TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Mojca Mavec. The winner was chosen by televoting.

EMA 1998 - 28 February 1998

#	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Magnifico	"Silvia"	5	3558
2	Vili Resnik	"Naj bogovi slišijo"	1	7391
3	Pop Design	"Nora noč"	13	911
4	Miran Rudan	"Cvetje in vrtovi"	10	1377
5	Aurora	"Pesem zate"	14	480
6	Victory	"Zapri oči"	4	4221
7	Damjana	"Ljubim, ljubiš"	9	1448
8	Karmen Stavec and Patrik Greblo	"Kje pesem je doma"	7	2298
9	Sound Attack	"Zakaj odšel ni"	8	1628
10	Deja Mušič	"Ljubezen"	11	1257
11	Janez Rijavec and Vladimir Čadež	"Pusti času čas"	2	6103
12	Darja Švajger	"Ljubezen ne odhaja"	6	3224
13	Regina	"Glas gora"	3	5694
14	Obvezna smer	"Ko pade noč"	12	980

The Winner

Vili Resnik previously came equal 10th in the 1990 Yugoslav Final as lead singer of 'Pop Design', 5th in the 1996 Slovene Final and 6th in 1997. At the ESC he came 18th, where one of his backing singers was Karmen Stavec who would go on to represent Slovenia in ESC 2003. His pianist was Urša Vlasic who came 13th in the 1988 Yugoslav Final and equal 15th in 1990 (as Urša Drinovec). Darja Svajger represented Slovenia in 1995, while Regina did the same in 1996. Miran Rudan was a backing singer for Italy in the 1990 ESC.

Voting

Points awarded to Slovenia

Points Awarded to Slovenia

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Romania	Finland	Croatia Turkey	Greece

Points awarded by Slovenia

12 points	Croatia
10 points	Norway
8 points	Germany
7 points	Israel
6 points	Belgium
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Macedonia
3 points	Malta
2 points	Estonia
1 point	Ireland