"For A Thousand Years" was the Slovene

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel after Dana International won the contest the previous year in the United Kingdom. The venue for the contest was the International Convention Center...

, sung by Darja Švajger

Darja Švajger

Darja Švajger was born in Maribor, SR Slovenia in 1965. Darja is one of the country's most popular singers but perhaps most known internationally for representing Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice.-Early life:...

 and performed in English

English language

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, the first time a Slovenian entry was performed in English

The song performed sixth on the night, following the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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's Precious

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Precious were a British girl group, comprising Louise Rose, Anya Lahiri, Sophie McDonnell, Kalli Clark-Sternberg and Jenny Frost. They first achieved fame as the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest and went on to become a moderately popular act until they decided it was time to go their own...

 with "Say It Again

Say It Again (Precious song)

"Say It Again" was the United Kingdom entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, written by Paul Varney and performed by girl band Precious.The song was performed 5th on the night of the contest, following Croatia's Doris Dragović with "Marija Magdalena" and preceding Slovenia's Darja Švajger with...

" and preceding Turkey

Turkey

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's Tuğba Önal and "Dön artık

Dön Artik

"Dön artık" was the Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, written by Erdinç Tunç and Canan Tunç and performed by Tuğba Önal with Grup Mistik....

". At the close of voting, it had received 50 points, placing eleventh in a field of twenty three.

It was succeeded as Slovene representative at the 2001 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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, after missing the 2000 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2000

The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 2000 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Charlotte Nilsson's victory in Jerusalem the previous year. It was the first time since 1996 that the contest was held on mainland Europe. The...

 due to low average figures over the previous five years, by Nuša Derenda

Nuša Derenda

Nuša Derenda is a Slovenian singer who represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark where achieved 7th place.-Biography:...

 with "Energy".

A Slovene version of the song was performed by Švajger at EMA, the Slovene selection for Eurovision, titled "Še tisoč let" ("Another thousand years").