Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Slovenia
◄ Yugoslavia
Member station	Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO)
National selection events	National Final Slovenski izbor za Pesem Evrovizije 1993 1995 EMA 1996–1999 2001–2011 2014–2018 Misija Evrovizija 2012 Internal Selection 2013
Participation summary
Appearances	24 (14 finals)
First appearance	1993
Best result	7th: 1995, 2001
Worst result	Last: 2013 SF
External links
Slovenia's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Slovenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 24 times since its debut in 1993. Since then, the country has missed only two contests, in 1994 and 2000.

Slovenia's best result in the contest is seventh place, both in 1995 with Darja Švajger and 2001 with Nuša Derenda. The country's only other top ten result being a tenth-place finish for Tanja Ribič in 1997. Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Slovenia has failed to reach the final on 10 occasions, and made it to the final in 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2018.

History

Slovenia made its debut 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 had previously been represented at the contest as Yugoslavia between 1961 and 1991. Four of the 27 entries were from Slovene artists.

Slovenia's best position at the contest is 7th place, which they have achieved twice: in 1995 and in 2001.

Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Slovenia has failed to reach the final on 10 occasions.

The Slovene national final to select their entry is EMA, broadcast, along with Eurovision, by Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO).

Contestants

Table key

NOTE: If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. In addition from 2004–2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.

Voting history

As of 2018, Slovenia's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Croatia 125 2  Sweden 110 3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 4  Serbia 89 5  Denmark 74 Most points received in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Croatia 71 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 61 3  Macedonia 31 4  Russia 29 5  Serbia 28

Most points given in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Croatia 184 2  Sweden 170 3  Serbia 158 4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 151 5  Denmark 115 Most points received in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Croatia 125 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 110 3  Montenegro 78 4  Macedonia 71 5  Serbia 70

Hostings

Commentators

• From 1961 until 1991 Slovenia competed as part of Yugoslavia.

Conductors

• Petar Ugrin (1993 pre-selection) (musical director)
• Jože Privšek (1993 final, 1995–1996)
• Mojmir Sepe (1997–1998)

In 1998, Mojmir Sepe did not actually conduct any note despite taking the conductor's bow. All music came from a pre-recorded backing track.^[1]

Photogallery

• 
  Alenka Gotar performing "Cvet z juga" at Helsinki (2007)
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  Rebeka Dremelj performing "Vrag naj vzame" at Belgrade (2008)
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  Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari performing "Narodnozabavni rock" at Oslo (2010)
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  Eva Boto performing "Verjamem" at Baku (2012)
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  Hannah Mancini performing "Straight Into Love" at Malmö (2013)
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  Tinkara Kovač performing "Round and Round" at Copenhagen (2014)
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  Maraaya performing "Here for You" at Vienna (2015)
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  ManuElla performing "Blue and Red" at Stockholm (2016)
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  Omar Naber performing "On My Way" at Kyiv (2017)
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  Lea Sirk performing "Hvala, ne!" at Lisbon (2018)

See also

• Slovenia in the Eurovision Young Musicians
• Slovenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

References