Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Slovakia participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Bærum
, Norway
with the song Horehronie
, which failed to qualify for the final. Slovenská televízia (STV) organised the national final to select the Slovak entry for the contest using the Eurosong 2010 format.
, which was announced by STV on 28 March 2009, six weeks before the 2009 Contest. It was revealed that preparation for the 2010 Contest would begin shortly after the 2009 Contest ended.
Three preliminary rounds, a semi-final and final were to begin in mid-January to select the Slovak entry. The first announcement for the 2010 selection process came from STV on 14 July. All competing artists for the Slovak national final must have Slovak nationality, and the main language must be Slovak
. However an exception can be made for the chorus, which may be in English
. Interested authors can submit more than one song to the competition, however singers can only perform one song in the competition. The deadline for entries was set for 30 October.
STV announced that the received entries would be examined by a jury, and the best songs would progress to the live shows. STV received 242 entries for the contest, with three entries being disqualified for arriving after the deadline. An internal jury selected the 60 competing songs from the remaining 239 entries, which were announced on 15 December.
In December SVT announced the complete details of the live shows: 6 preliminary heats will be held over three weeks in January and February 2010. After this two semi-finals will be held on 14 and 21 February, with the final held on 28 February 2010. The shows will be hosted by Martin Rausch, with Martin Kontúr reporting from the green room. Both jury and viewers will have a say in the outcome of the Slovak shows, although the jury will be introduced only from the first semifinal.
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The four qualifiers to the semi-finals were Tomáš Bezdeda
; Michaella; Hrdza; and Richard Čanaky & FBI. However on 28 January Hrdza, the winners of the heat, had been disqualified after it was revealed that their song, "Taká sa mi páči", had been performed before 1 October 2009, breaking fundamental Eurovision rules. They will be replaced by Horská chata in the semi-finals, who came fifth in the televote.
The four qualifiers were Mista, Pavol Remenár, Klára & Liquid Error, Peter Bažík and Get Explode.
The four qualifiers from this semi-final were Robo Opatovský, Free Voices, Renata Čonková & Martina Polievková and Martin Konrád.
On 1 February it was revealed Barbora Šulíková's song "Čelný náraz", which had placed 6th in the televote, had been disqualified after it had been revealed that it had previously been performed in summer 2009; therefore it would have been disqualified from the contest had it qualified to the semi-final round.
; Smola a hrušky; Robert Mikla; and Dáška Kostovčik.
Kristina
was the winner of the semi-final, receiving maximum points from both televoting and jury, getting 31.2% of the televote, almost triple the percentage of her runner-up.
Mista won the semi-final, getting maximum points from the televoting with 14.2%, and coming second in the jury vote to Aya.
Guest performers during the final were Maltese
singers Claudia
and Fabrizio Faniello
, with Fabrizio a two-time participant for Malta at the Contest (in 2001
and 2006
), and Claudia a five-time national final participant since 2006.
The song "Horehronie" by Kristina
was declared the winner of the competition gaining 37.6 percent of the public vote, which translated into 12 points, with the addition of 11 points from the jury panel. Second place went to "Emotions" by Mista, who scored the maximum 12 points from the jury panel and was awarded with the second highest amount of public votes, however despite tying for first place, the votes of the public took precedence.
Bærum
is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
with the song Horehronie
Horehronie (song)
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, which failed to qualify for the final. Slovenská televízia (STV) organised the national final to select the Slovak entry for the contest using the Eurosong 2010 format.
Eurosong 2010
Slovakia was the first country to announce its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...
, which was announced by STV on 28 March 2009, six weeks before the 2009 Contest. It was revealed that preparation for the 2010 Contest would begin shortly after the 2009 Contest ended.
Three preliminary rounds, a semi-final and final were to begin in mid-January to select the Slovak entry. The first announcement for the 2010 selection process came from STV on 14 July. All competing artists for the Slovak national final must have Slovak nationality, and the main language must be Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
. However an exception can be made for the chorus, which may be in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Interested authors can submit more than one song to the competition, however singers can only perform one song in the competition. The deadline for entries was set for 30 October.
STV announced that the received entries would be examined by a jury, and the best songs would progress to the live shows. STV received 242 entries for the contest, with three entries being disqualified for arriving after the deadline. An internal jury selected the 60 competing songs from the remaining 239 entries, which were announced on 15 December.
In December SVT announced the complete details of the live shows: 6 preliminary heats will be held over three weeks in January and February 2010. After this two semi-finals will be held on 14 and 21 February, with the final held on 28 February 2010. The shows will be hosted by Martin Rausch, with Martin Kontúr reporting from the green room. Both jury and viewers will have a say in the outcome of the Slovak shows, although the jury will be introduced only from the first semifinal.
Heats
Six heats were held between 22 January and 7 February. From the sixty competing acts, ten in each heat, 24 qualified to the two semi-finals on 14 and 21 February.Heat 1
The first heat was held on 22 January. The line-up and running order for the first heat was revealed on 19 January. Televoting during the live shows selected four songs to qualify to one of two semi-finals. It has been announced that profits from the voting in the semi-final will be contributed towards aid for those affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake2010 Haiti earthquake
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The four qualifiers to the semi-finals were Tomáš Bezdeda
Tomáš Bezdeda
Tomáš Bezdeda is a Slovak singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Slovensko Hľadá SuperStar, the Slovak version of Pop Idol, shown by STV. He worked as a moderator of the music program XXL in STV...
; Michaella; Hrdza; and Richard Čanaky & FBI. However on 28 January Hrdza, the winners of the heat, had been disqualified after it was revealed that their song, "Taká sa mi páči", had been performed before 1 October 2009, breaking fundamental Eurovision rules. They will be replaced by Horská chata in the semi-finals, who came fifth in the televote.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
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"Na strechách domov" | T. Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda is a Slovak singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Slovensko Hľadá SuperStar, the Slovak version of Pop Idol, shown by STV. He worked as a moderator of the music program XXL in STV... (m), M. Hajšová (l) |
16.9% | 3 |
| 2 | Dreamtouch | "Je to OK" | M. Hybben (m), A. Bajcurová (l), M. Lukáč (l), Ľ. Liba (l) | 3.1% | 9 |
| 3 | Horská chata | "Myslíš, že vieš kto som" | Horská chata (m), P. Cingel (l) | 8.7% | 5 |
| 4 | Michaella | "O nás" | V. Gnepa (m), S. Kaščáková (l) | 15.9% | 4 |
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| 6 | Six and Kristy | "Priestor pre dvoch" | M. Karas (m & l) | 5.9% | 6 |
| 7 | Richard Čanaky & FBI | "Zlomené krídla" | R. Čanaky (m & l) | 18.5% | 2 |
| 8 | Margot | "Tak ma hrej" | D. Urban (m), A. Zimányiová (l) | 2.5% | 10 |
| 9 | Michal Chrenko | "Kto vlastne som" | M. Chrenko (m), N, Jurika (l), M. Brezáni (l) | 3.9% | 8 |
| 10 | Lucia Olešová | "Rok a pol" | T. Laurinčík (m), D. Giertl (l) | 5.0% | 7 |
Heat 2
The second heat of Eurosong 2010 was held on 24 January. The songs and running order for this heat were revealed on the day of the contest. Televoting selected four songs from the 10 competing to progress to the semi-finals.The four qualifiers were Mista, Pavol Remenár, Klára & Liquid Error, Peter Bažík and Get Explode.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Matka Guráž | "Listobranie" | R. Ruman (m & l) | 10.11% | 5 |
| 2 | Mirgová Dominika | "Cesta snov" | D. Mirgová (m & l), Luky (m) | 4.90% | 9 |
| 3 | Get Explode | "Blue Sun" | M. Čurko (m & l), L. Kováč (m & l) | 12.70% | 4 |
| 4 | Mista | "Emotions" | Mista (m & l) | 16.05% | 1 |
| 5 | Matej Koreň | "Kocka pána Rubika" | M. Koreň (m & l) | 6.57% | 7 |
| 6 | Pavol Remenár, Klára & Liquid Error | "Figaro" | P. Jursa (m & l), P. Farnbauer (m) | 15.97% | 2 |
| 7 | Peter Bažík | "Paradise vs Babylon" | P. Bažík (m & l) | 15.09% | 3 |
| 8 | Viki Matušovová | "Uhol pohľadu" | B. Oravec (m), M. Jurika (l), M. Brezáni (l) | 5.81% | 8 |
| 9 | Metalinda | "Keď strácam dych" | P. Sámel (m & l) | 9.85% | 6 |
| 10 | Funny Fellows | "Obrázok" | R. Féder (m & l) | 2.94% | 10 |
Heat 3
The third semi-final was held on 29 January. On 26 January it was announced that two songs, "Chýrna zem" by Gionno & Ján Mitaľ and "Sevilla" by Golden Storm, had withdrawn. They were replaced by two new songs, "Dolina, dolina" by Lekra and "Príčina" by the Guru Brothers.The four qualifiers from this semi-final were Robo Opatovský, Free Voices, Renata Čonková & Martina Polievková and Martin Konrád.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Robo Šimko and MassRiot | "Podľa vlastnej hlavy" | MassRiot (m), M. Jurika (l), M. Brezáni (l) | 8.1% | 7 |
| 2 | Renáta Čonková & Martina Polievková | "Dúha" | E. Čonka (m), P. Kubica (l) | 13.6% | 3 |
| 3 | Reverz Park | "Po kvapkách" | P. Klema (m & l), Š. Faltin (l), P. Fotta (l) | 11.9% | 6 |
| 4 | Andrea Súlovská | "Život" | A. Súlovská (m & l) | 1.2% | 10 |
| 5 | Lekra | "Dolina, dolina" | Lekra (m & l) | 5.7% | 8 |
| 6 | Martin Konrád | "Ja viem" | M Konrád (m & l) | 13.5% | 4 |
| 7 | Free Voices | "Z osnov" | R. Bendík (m & l) | 14.2% | 2 |
| 8 | Hudba z Marsu | "Final Song" | M. Štofej (m & l) | 12.0% | 5 |
| 9 | Robo Opatovský | "Niečo máš" | R. Opatovský (m), P. Konečný (l) | 15.9% | 1 |
| 10 | Guru Brothers | "Príčina" | Š.Tomolya (m), P.Botoš (l) | 4.0% | 9 |
Heat 4
The fourth heat was held on 31 January. Four further acts qualified to the semi-finals after a public vote: Martina Schindlerová; Mayo; Alone; and Petra Humeňanská.On 1 February it was revealed Barbora Šulíková's song "Čelný náraz", which had placed 6th in the televote, had been disqualified after it had been revealed that it had previously been performed in summer 2009; therefore it would have been disqualified from the contest had it qualified to the semi-final round.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Mayo | "Tón" | Mayo (m & l) | 12.9% | 2 |
| 2 | Stereo | "Niekde medzi tým" | A. Ďurica (m & l), P. Bič (m) | 7.9% | 7 |
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| 4 | Alek Malo and Dolly Booster | "Zmysel života" | A. Malo (m & l) | 4.6% | 9 |
| 5 | Save the Cookie | "My World" | I. Baar (m & l), Save the Cookie (l) | 7.0% | 8 |
| 6 | Pavol Kusý and No Frost | "Slzy v daždi" | P. Kusý (m & l) | 10.2% | 5 |
| 7 | Petra Humeňanská | "Rosa rosí" | P. Humeňanská (m & l) | 11.6% | 4 |
| 8 | Palo Drapák Band | "Pocit vášne" | P. Drapák (m), J. Žák (l) | 3.9% | 10 |
| 9 | Alone | "Strašne mi chýbaš" | M. Cabala (m & l) | 12.0% | 3 |
| 10 | Martina Schindlerová | "Môžeš ísť" | J. Zaujec (m), P. Lehotský (l) | 20.0% | 1 |
Heat 5
The fifth heat was held on 5 February, with another four acts qualifying to the semi-finals after a public vote. They were KristinaKristina (singer)
Kristína Peláková , professionally known as Kristina, is a Slovak singer. Kristina started singing, dancing and playing the piano in her childhood in Svidník, Slovakia. She took her music teacher's advice to attend the conservatory in Košice and to major in singing...
; Smola a hrušky; Robert Mikla; and Dáška Kostovčik.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Smola a hrušky | "Pridaj si ma" | J. Kramár (m & l) | 12.1% | 2 |
| 2 | Vierka Ayisi | "Je čas zabávať sa" | J. Šebo (m), Baddogzz Production (m), V. Ayisi (l) | 2.2% | 9 |
| 3 | Bystrík | "Slnko nespáli" | Bystrík (m & l) | 2.7% | 8 |
| 4 | Arzén | "Keď som išiel za ránky" | P. Cabadaj (m & l), J. Gažo (l) | 5.7% | 6 |
| 5 | Sunlips | "Správy v splne" | P. Vozár (m & l) | 11.5% | 5 |
| 6 | Marcel Berky | "Kým sa dá" | J. Cimbala (m), Z. Tóth (m), M. Jurika (l), M. Brezáni (l) | 1.1% | 10 |
| 7 | Dáška Kostovčik and Peter Bič Project | "Dážď" | P. Bič (m & l), S. Lauro (l) | 11.6% | 4 |
| 8 | Róbert Mikla | "Voda a oheň" | M. Herstek (m & l), R. Mikla (l) | 12.0% | 3 |
| 9 | Kristina Kristina (singer) Kristína Peláková , professionally known as Kristina, is a Slovak singer. Kristina started singing, dancing and playing the piano in her childhood in Svidník, Slovakia. She took her music teacher's advice to attend the conservatory in Košice and to major in singing... |
"Horehronie" | M. Kavulič (m), K. Peteraj (l) | 36.7% | 1 |
| 10 | Exponent | "Zveste lásku z kríža" | T. Kmeť (m & l) | 4.5% | 7 |
Heat 6
The sixth and final heat of Eurosong 2010 was held on 7 February. From the 10 competing songs another 4 acts were selected to qualify to the semi-final. They were: Soňa; Miro Jaroš; Aya; and Marián Bango.| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Ivana Poláčková | "So mnou všetko smieš" | J. Cimbala (m & l), Z. Tóth (m & l) | 3.7% | 7 |
| 2 | Marián Bango | "Ty tu ticho spíš" | T. Jediný (m & l) | 14.8% | 4 |
| 3 | Stopa | "Nightsong" | Stopa (m), M. Jurčenková (l) | 8.5% | 6 |
| 4 | Družina | "Koniec sveta" | M. Sabov (m), J. Haško (m), I. Bérešová (l) | 14.7% | 5 |
| 5 | Soňa | "Skús ma viesť" | P. Sámel (m & l) | 17.7% | 1 |
| 6 | Marcel Marcel Palonder Marcel Palonder is a Slovak singer. He represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "Kým nás máš". His song qualified from the semifinal, earning 36 points but in the final it placed 17th place with 19 points... and Tomáš Palonder feat. Street Dance Academy |
"Slová slov" | M. Palonder Marcel Palonder Marcel Palonder is a Slovak singer. He represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "Kým nás máš". His song qualified from the semifinal, earning 36 points but in the final it placed 17th place with 19 points... (m), V. Šúplata (l) |
3.4% | 8 |
| 7 | Otto Weiter and Makar Čudra | "Vrtká" | I. Kutný (m), V. Mikláš (l) | 2.3% | 10 |
| 8 | Miro Jaroš | "Bez siedmeho neba" | M. Jaroš (m & l), V. Gnepa (m) | 16.3% | 2 |
| 9 | Happyband | "Mafiánska" | V. Michalčík (m & l) | 2.9% | 9 |
| 10 | Aya | "Do neba volám" | B. Lettrich (m & l) | 15.7% | 3 |
Semi-finals
Two semi-finals will be held on 14 and 21 February. 24 acts which qualified from the heats will take part over the two nights, 12 in each semi-final. 12 acts will qualify to the final after a joint televoting and jury decision, each with 50% stake in the results, giving 1-12 points to each song.Semi-final 1
The first semi-final was held on 14 February. The line-up and running order for the semi-final was confirmed on 11 February.Kristina
Kristina (singer)
Kristína Peláková , professionally known as Kristina, is a Slovak singer. Kristina started singing, dancing and playing the piano in her childhood in Svidník, Slovakia. She took her music teacher's advice to attend the conservatory in Košice and to major in singing...
was the winner of the semi-final, receiving maximum points from both televoting and jury, getting 31.2% of the televote, almost triple the percentage of her runner-up.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Jury | Total | Place | |
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| 1 | Marián Bango | "Ty tu ticho spíš" | T. Jediný (m & l) | 6.8% | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
| 2 | Mayo | "Tón" | Mayo (m & l) | 4.8% | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 |
| 3 | Kristina Kristina (singer) Kristína Peláková , professionally known as Kristina, is a Slovak singer. Kristina started singing, dancing and playing the piano in her childhood in Svidník, Slovakia. She took her music teacher's advice to attend the conservatory in Košice and to major in singing... |
"Horehronie" | M. Kavulič (m), K. Peteraj (l) | 31.2% | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 4 | Petra Humeňanská | "Rosa rosí" | P. Humeňanská (m), Z. Humeňanská (l) | 1.9% | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Róbert Mikla | "Voda a oheň" | M. Herstek (m & l), R. Mikla (l) | 11.1% | 10 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
| 6 | Pavol Remenár, Klára & Liquid Error | "Figaro" | P. Jursa (m & l), P. Farnbauer (m) | 6.6% | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| 7 | Renáta Čonková & Martina Polievková | "Dúha" | E. Čonka (m), P. Kubica (l) | 4.7% | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
| 8 | Michaella | "O nás" | V. Gnepa (m), S. Kaščáková (l) | 3.1% | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | Richard Čanaky & FBI | "Zlomené krídla" | R. Čanaky (m & l) | 7.0% | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 |
| 10 | Robo Opatovský | "Niečo máš" | R. Opatovský (m), P. Konečný (l) | 4.5% | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 |
| 11 | Get Explode | "Blue Sun" | M. Čurko (m & l), L. Kováč (m & l) | 6.5% | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| 12 | Miro Jaroš | "Bez siedmeho neba" | M. Jaroš (m & l), V. Gnepa (m) | 12.0% | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final was held on 21 February.Mista won the semi-final, getting maximum points from the televoting with 14.2%, and coming second in the jury vote to Aya.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Jury | Total | Place | |
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| 1 | Soňa | "Skús ma viesť" | P. Sámel (m & l) | 13.0% | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 |
| 2 | Horská chata | "Myslíš, že vieš kto som" | Horská chata (m), P. Cingel (l) | 3.7% | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Martin Konrád | "Ja viem" | M. Konrád (m & l) | 8.5% | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Dáška Kostovčik & Peter Bič Project | "Dážď" | P. Bič (m & l), S. Lauro (l) | 6.7% | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
| 5 | Peter Bažík | "Paradise vs Babylon" | P. Bažík (m & l) | 6.9% | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | Alone | "Strašne mi chýbaš" | M. Cabala (m & l) | 5.8% | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Smola a hrušky | "Pridaj si ma" | J. Kramár (m & l) | 5.6% | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
| 8 | Martina Schindlerová | "Môžeš ísť" | J. Zaujec (m), P. Lehotský (l) | 7.8% | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 9 | Free Voices | "Z osnov" | R. Bendík (m & l) | 9.1% | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| 10 | Tomáš Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda is a Slovak singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Slovensko Hľadá SuperStar, the Slovak version of Pop Idol, shown by STV. He worked as a moderator of the music program XXL in STV... |
"Na strechách domov" | T. Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda is a Slovak singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Slovensko Hľadá SuperStar, the Slovak version of Pop Idol, shown by STV. He worked as a moderator of the music program XXL in STV... (m), M. Hajšová (l) |
9.7% | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| 11 | Aya | "Do neba volám" | B. Lettrich (m & l) | 9.0% | 8 | 12 | 20 | 3 |
| 12 | Mista | "Emotions" | Mista (m & l) | 14.2% | 12 | 11 | 23 | 1 |
Final
The final of Eurosong 2010 was held on 27 February. The date of the final was pushed forward from 28 February after the recent success of the Slovak men's ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The 12 semi-final qualifiers will perform again, and a mix of jury and televoting will select the winner.Guest performers during the final were Maltese
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
singers Claudia
Claudia Faniello
- Biography :Claudia was born and raised in Malta, along with her siblings Fabrizio and Miriana. At the age of 12, Claudia began to participate in a variety of television shows and participating also in many festivals and placing in top positions. In 2001, at the Phoenicia Hotel in Malta, she won...
and Fabrizio Faniello
Fabrizio Faniello
Fabrizio Faniello is a Maltese pop singer. He represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 and 2006. He is seen by many as Malta's hope in its fledgling experimental electronica scene, contributing to many international compilations and collaborating with well known artists as diverse...
, with Fabrizio a two-time participant for Malta at the Contest (in 2001
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 12 May 2001 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was the first time in 36 years that Denmark hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, thanks to the Olsen Brothers' win the previous year in Stockholm...
and 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...
), and Claudia a five-time national final participant since 2006.
The song "Horehronie" by Kristina
Kristina (singer)
Kristína Peláková , professionally known as Kristina, is a Slovak singer. Kristina started singing, dancing and playing the piano in her childhood in Svidník, Slovakia. She took her music teacher's advice to attend the conservatory in Košice and to major in singing...
was declared the winner of the competition gaining 37.6 percent of the public vote, which translated into 12 points, with the addition of 11 points from the jury panel. Second place went to "Emotions" by Mista, who scored the maximum 12 points from the jury panel and was awarded with the second highest amount of public votes, however despite tying for first place, the votes of the public took precedence.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Jury | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristina Kristina (singer) Kristína Peláková , professionally known as Kristina, is a Slovak singer. Kristina started singing, dancing and playing the piano in her childhood in Svidník, Slovakia. She took her music teacher's advice to attend the conservatory in Košice and to major in singing... |
"Horehronie" | M. Kavulič (m), K. Peteraj (l) | 37.6% | 12 | 11 | 23 | 1 |
| 2 | Free Voices | "Z osnov" | R. Bendík (m & l) | 2.6% | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Robo Opatovský | "Niečo máš" | R. Opatovský (m), P. Konečný (l) | 2.1% | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Martina Schindlerová | "Môžeš ísť" | J. Zaujec (m), P. Lehotský (l) | 3.1% | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Aya | "Do neba volám" | B. Lettrich (m & l) | 5.3% | 8 | 9 | 17 | 4 |
| 6 | Marián Bango | "Ty tu ticho spíš" | T. Jediný (m & l) | 4.5% | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 7 | Tomáš Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda is a Slovak singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Slovensko Hľadá SuperStar, the Slovak version of Pop Idol, shown by STV. He worked as a moderator of the music program XXL in STV... |
"Na strechách domov" | T. Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda Tomáš Bezdeda is a Slovak singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Slovensko Hľadá SuperStar, the Slovak version of Pop Idol, shown by STV. He worked as a moderator of the music program XXL in STV... (m), M. Hajšová (l) |
7.4% | 9 | 8 | 17 | 3 |
| 8 | Mista | "Emotions" | Mista (m & l) | 16.5% | 11 | 12 | 23 | 1 |
| 9 | Miro Jaroš | "Bez siedmeho neba" | M. Jaroš (m & l), V. Gnepa (m) | 5.0% | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 |
| 10 | Soňa | "Skús ma viesť" | P. Sámel (m & l) | 9.8% | 10 | 3 | 13 | 7 |
| 11 | Mayo | "Tón" | Mayo (m & l) | 0.8% | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| 12 | Pavol Remenár, Klára & Liquid Error | "Figaro" | P. Jursa (m & l), P. Farnbauer (m) | 5.2% | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
At Eurovision
Slovakia competed in the first semi-final of the contest, on 25 May. They did not manage to qualify for the final on 29 May.See also
- Slovakia in the Eurovision Song ContestSlovakia in the Eurovision Song ContestSlovakia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest six times, debuting in 1994. It had attempted to debut in 1993, but did not pass through the qualifying round. In the three finals that Slovakia has participated, it has placed no better than 18th, which it received in 1996...
- Eurovision Song Contest 2010Eurovision Song Contest 2010The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...
- The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All TimeThe 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All TimeThe 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time is a list of the best album releases issued by Slovak recording artists. As the first such list presented in Slovakia, it was published by Nový čas daily on September 22, 2007....
External links
- STV Eurosong website (in Slovak)