Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Slovenia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 with Nuša Derenda and the song "Energy (song)". The song was selected as the Slovene entry after it won the Slovene national final, EMA 2001.
Eurovision Song Contest 2001 | ||||
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Country | ||||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | EMA 2001 | |||
Selection date(s) | Semi-final 23 February 2001 Final 24 February 2001 | |||
Selected entrant | Nuša Derenda | |||
Selected song | "Energy" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 7th, 70 points | |||
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
EMA 2001
The Slovene national broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) held a national final to select the Slovene entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, held on 12 May 2001. A semi-final and a final were held on 23 and 24 February 2001, where the winner in the final was selected by televoting, an expert jury and an RTVSLO jury.
Semi-final
The semi-final took place on 23 February 2001 at the RTVSLO studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Mojca Mavec. Twelve acts qualified for the final: six entries were chosen with the most votes cast by the viewers and six other finalist entries were selected by the jury.
Public vote qualifier Jury qualifier
Semi-final – 23 February 2001 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
1 | Panda | "Tok, tok" | 1,051 | 15 |
2 | PAX | "Ko so lipe cvetele" | 3,849 | 4 |
3 | Tinkara Kovač | "Sonce v oceh" | 3,580 | 5 |
4 | Nuša Derenda | "Ne, ni res" | 6,416 | 1 |
5 | Jan Plestenjak | "Vse je OK" | 2,026 | 10 |
6 | Simona Weiss | "Vse zivljenje" | 2,819 | 7 |
7 | GIS | "Sreca je" | 1,000 | 17 |
8 | Damjana Golavsek | "Stoletje sanj in miru" | 1,897 | 11 |
9 | By The Way | "Svet okoli mene" | 1,022 | 16 |
10 | Deja Mušic & Katice | "Angel luci" | 1,534 | 13 |
11 | Polona | "Samo lazi" | 999 | 18 |
12 | Lutke | "Poklici me" | 446 | 21 |
13 | Ivo Spacapan | "Za devetimi gorami" | 615 | 20 |
14 | Regina | "Zaljubljena v maj" | 1,654 | 12 |
15 | Nude | "Ni cist greh" | 2,288 | 9 |
16 | Kingston | "Lunapark" | 4,441 | 3 |
17 | So Real | "Nedeljsko jutro" | 444 | 22 |
18 | Number One | "Tell Me Why" | 1,161 | 14 |
19 | Alenka Godec | "Ce verjameš ali ne" | 2,465 | 8 |
20 | Andraz Hribar | "Zivljenje je" | 2,857 | 6 |
21 | 1X Orchestra | "Ta ni zame" | 766 | 19 |
22 | Karmen Stavec | "Ostani tu" | 5,096 | 2 |
Final
The final took place on 24 February 2001 at the RTVSLO studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Mojca Mavec, Miša Molk and Marcel Štefančič. The combination of points from a public vote (1/3), a four-member jury panel consisting of Aleš Strajnar, Jaka Pucihar, Mojmir Sepe and Mojca Menart (1/3) and a RTVSLO jury (1/3) determined the winner. The final winner was "Ne, ni res" performed Nuša Derenda. The winner of the public vote was "Ostani tu" performed by Karmen Stavec, however only came third overall.
Final – 24 February 2001 | ||||||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | RTVSLO | Televote | Total | Place | |
1 | PAX | "Ko so lipe cvetele" | 1 | 1 | 5,788 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
2 | Tinkara Kovac | "Sonce v oceh" | 6 | 7 | 4,617 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
3 | Nuša Derenda | "Ne, ni res" | 12 | 12 | 8,769 | 10 | 34 | 1 |
4 | By The Way | "Svet okoli mene" | 2 | 2 | 1,512 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
5 | Polona | "Samo lazi" | 7 | 6 | 1,073 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
6 | Ivo Spacapan | "Za devetimi gorami" | 4 | 5 | 787 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
7 | Regina | "Zaljubljena v maj" | 0 | 4 | 1,786 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
8 | Nude | "Ni cist greh" | 3 | 0 | 2,399 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
9 | Kingston | "Lunapark" | 0 | 0 | 5,955 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
10 | Alenka Godec | "Ce verjameš ali ne" | 8 | 8 | 3,302 | 4 | 20 | 3 |
11 | Andraz Hribar | "Zivljenje je" | 10 | 10 | 4,856 | 6 | 26 | 2 |
12 | Karmen Stavec | "Ostani tu" | 5 | 3 | 10,088 | 12 | 20 | 3 |
At Eurovision
At Eurovision Derenda performed "Ne, ni res" in English as "Energy". On the night of the contest Derenda perform 17th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Poland. The Slovene votes were calculated through a public televote held after all songs had performed.
At the close of the voting, Slovenia, which had been one of the heavy favorites to win prior to the event, placed 7th in a field of 23, receiving 70 points. This was, and still is as of 2018, Slovenia's best place at Eurovision, along with Darja Švajger's "Prisluhni mi" from 1995. The results of Slovenia's televote showed that Estonia was the most voted song, gaining Slovenia's maximum 12 points.