Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Slovenia selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, which was held in Oslo
, Norway
, through the EMA
contest, organised by Radiotelevizija Slovenija
(RTV SLO). The winner of the contest, held on 21 February, was Ansambel Roka Žlindre
and Kalamari with the song "Narodnozabavni rock" (Popular folk rock), which received 15,907 votes, almost five times as many votes as runner-up Nina Pušlar.
EMA 2010 introduced a number of new features to the contest: for the first time the winner was decided solely by the televoting public; during the selection of the songs by a jury, special number and letter codes were used to identify the songs, rather than the names of the authors; and all songs were to be sung in the Slovene language, both in EMA and at the Eurovision Song Contest - this is due to certain legal restrictions made on RTV SLO to promote the Slovene language, despite controversy among professional and public audiences, and debates on the authors' artistic rights, and promotion of Slovene culture in foreign languages.
RTVSLO announced the 14 semi-final partipants on 18 December, selected from 111 submitted entries. On 8 January 2010 the broadcaster announced the seven direct qualifiers in the final, as well as the running orders for both the semi-final and final, which was to be on 20 and 21 February, as confirmed by RTVSLO on 7 January.
Over three weeks 90 second clips of the 21 songs were performed by the artists on TV show Spet doma. The first seven songs from the semi-final were performed on 31 January, with the remaining seven semi-finalists performed on 7 February. On 14 February the seven finalist songs were performed in their full versions after all the songs were persented on Radio Val 202 in their full versions on 11 February.
Interval acts in the semi-final were provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina
's 2009 Eurovision
entry Regina
; Slovene 2008 Eurovision
entry Rebeka Dremelj
; and former EMA contestants Natalija Verboten and Eva Černe. Seven acts from the 14-strong line-up progressed to the final on 21 February.
Guest performances in the final were provided by Eurovision 2009
winner Alexander Rybak
; former Slovene Eurovision entry and runner-up of EMA 2009 Omar Naber
; former EMA runner-up in 2005 and 2006 Saša Lendero; EMA 1999 runner-up Tinkara Kovač; and last year's EMA winner and Slovene Eurovision entry Quartissimo
and Martina Majerle
.
The winner of the final was Ansambel Roka Žlindre
and Kalamari
with the song "Narodnozabavni rock
", gaining a total of 15,907 votes, over five times as many votes as runner-up Nina Pušlar with the song "Dež". Langa came in third place with "Roko mi daj".
and preceding Ireland
. Slovenia finished in 16th place, finishing with only 6 points, 1 point from Israel
and 5 points from Croatia
. Therefore they did not qualify for the final on 29 May.
In the semi-final Slovenia gave the maximum points, 12 points, to Croatia, 10 points to Denmark
and 8 points to Azerbaijan
. In the final, where Slovenia were also allowed to vote, the country gave 12 points to Denmark, 10 points to winners Germany
and 8 points to Serbia
. In the final the Slovene points were announced by Andrea F.
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, 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...
, through the EMA
EMA (Slovenia)
EMA is the national contest in Slovenia to select the country's entry since 1996 to the Eurovision Song Contest...
contest, organised by Radiotelevizija Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world...
(RTV SLO). The winner of the contest, held on 21 February, was Ansambel Roka Žlindre
Rok Žlindra
Ansambel Roka Žlindre is a Slovene musical group named after accordion player Rok Žlindra. The other members of the group are Barbara Ogrinc , Nejc Drobnič and Rok Modic .-Eurovision 2010:...
and Kalamari with the song "Narodnozabavni rock" (Popular folk rock), which received 15,907 votes, almost five times as many votes as runner-up Nina Pušlar.
EMA 2010
RTV SLO launched an open call for songs for the competition. All interested parties could submit entries until 14 December, with all songs sung in the Slovene language. An appointed jury selected 14 songs to progress to a semi-final (EMA Predizbor). A number of these songs were to progress to the final (EMA Izbor), where they would be joined by seven songs submitted by prominent local composers invited by the broadcaster. EMA 2010 will be held in the first fortnight of March 2010.EMA 2010 introduced a number of new features to the contest: for the first time the winner was decided solely by the televoting public; during the selection of the songs by a jury, special number and letter codes were used to identify the songs, rather than the names of the authors; and all songs were to be sung in the Slovene language, both in EMA and at the Eurovision Song Contest - this is due to certain legal restrictions made on RTV SLO to promote the Slovene language, despite controversy among professional and public audiences, and debates on the authors' artistic rights, and promotion of Slovene culture in foreign languages.
RTVSLO announced the 14 semi-final partipants on 18 December, selected from 111 submitted entries. On 8 January 2010 the broadcaster announced the seven direct qualifiers in the final, as well as the running orders for both the semi-final and final, which was to be on 20 and 21 February, as confirmed by RTVSLO on 7 January.
Over three weeks 90 second clips of the 21 songs were performed by the artists on TV show Spet doma. The first seven songs from the semi-final were performed on 31 January, with the remaining seven semi-finalists performed on 7 February. On 14 February the seven finalist songs were performed in their full versions after all the songs were persented on Radio Val 202 in their full versions on 11 February.
Semi-final
The semi-final of EMA 2010 was held on 20 February 2010.Interval acts in the semi-final were provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
's 2009 Eurovision
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....
entry Regina
Regina (band)
Grupa Regina is a rock band founded in 1990 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia.- Band career :Three of the members, Aleksandar, Bojan and Denis, started a garage band. It was hard for them to find the right lead singer, but after a long while of searching, they found Davor Ebner....
; Slovene 2008 Eurovision
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
entry Rebeka Dremelj
Rebeka Dremelj
Rebeka Dremelj is a singer, model, fashion designer, actress and TV presenter...
; and former EMA contestants Natalija Verboten and Eva Černe. Seven acts from the 14-strong line-up progressed to the final on 21 February.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sara Kobold | "Od tod do večnosti" | Martin Štibernik (m & l) | 549 | 8 |
| 2 | Brigita Šuler | "Para me" | Miha Hercog (m), Saša Lendero (l) | 618 | 7 |
| 3 | Nina Pušlar | "Dež" | Martin Štibernik (m & l), Dejan Radičevič (m & l) | 966 | 4 |
| 4 | Langa | "Roko mi daj" | Miha Hercog (m), Mišo Kontrec (m), Saša Lendero (l) | 2,034 | 2 |
| 5 | Saša Zamernik | "Živim za zdaj" | Raay (m), Dantaya (l) | 454 | 11 |
| 6 | Ylenia Zobec | "Priznam" | Tadej Mihelič (m), Ylenia Zobec (l) | 477 | 10 |
| 7 | Vaso & D Plejbeks | "Gremo na EMO" | Tadej Vasle (m & l) | 208 | 13 |
| 8 | Martina Šraj | "Dovolj ljubezni" | Simon Skalar (m), Martina Šraj (l) | 773 | 6 |
| 9 | Marko Vozelj | "Moj si zrak" | Marko Vozelj (m & l) | 924 | 5 |
| 10 | Petra Pečovnik | "Iz navade" | Domen Kumer (m & l), Petra Pečovnik (m & l) | 179 | 14 |
| 11 | Martina Feri & Tomaž Nedoh | "Le en dan" | Tom Nedoh (m), Nik Papič (l), Polona Oblak (l) | 275 | 12 |
| 12 | Zadnji Taxi | "Franjo" | Roman Zupančič (m & l) | 515 | 9 |
| 13 | Manca Špik | "Tukaj sem doma" | Andrej Babić Andrej Babic Andrej Babić is a Croatian songwriter who has written many Eurovision songs since 2003. He is one of the few songwriters who has written for four countries, having written entries for Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Portugal.... (m), Feri Lainšček Feri Lainšcek Feri Lainšček is a Slovenian writer, poet, and screenwriter.-Early life:He was born as Franc Lainšček in a Slovene Lutheran family in the village of Dolenci, near Šalovci, in north-eastern Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied journalism at the University... (l) |
1,446 | 3 |
| 14 | Ansambel Roka Žlindre Rok Žlindra Ansambel Roka Žlindre is a Slovene musical group named after accordion player Rok Žlindra. The other members of the group are Barbara Ogrinc , Nejc Drobnič and Rok Modic .-Eurovision 2010:... & Kalamari Kalamari (band) Kalamari is a Slovene musical group consisting of Jože Jež Pepi, Matjaž Švagelj, Boštjan Tršar and Egon Prinčič.-Eurovision 2010:Together with Roka Žlindre, Kalamari represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Narodnozabavni rock"... |
"Narodnozabavni rock Narodnozabavni rock "Narodnozabavni rock" is a song written by Marino Legović and Leon Oblak and performed by Ansambel Roka Žlindre and Kalamari, who represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010... " |
Marino Legović (m), Leon Oblak (l) | 6,745 | 1 |
Final
The final was held on 21 February 2010. 7 preselected finalists were joined by the seven semi-finalists, with the final winner decided by televoting.Guest performances in the final were provided by Eurovision 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....
winner Alexander Rybak
Alexander Rybak
Alexander Igoryevich Rybak or in Belarusian Alyaksandr Igaravich Rybak , born 13 May 1986 in Byelorussian SSR is a Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, and actor...
; former Slovene Eurovision entry and runner-up of EMA 2009 Omar Naber
Omar Naber
Omar Naber , born Omar Kareem Naber , is a Slovenian singer and songwriter.He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. His father was from Jordania, while his mother is Slovenian...
; former EMA runner-up in 2005 and 2006 Saša Lendero; EMA 1999 runner-up Tinkara Kovač; and last year's EMA winner and Slovene Eurovision entry Quartissimo
Quartissimo
Quartissimo are the string quartet made of Žiga Cerar , Matjaž Bogataj , Luka Dukarić and Samo Dervišić ....
and Martina Majerle
Martina Majerle
Martina Majerle is a Croatian singer. Majerle represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia with the string quartet Quartissimo with the song "Love Symphony". It competed in the second semi-final but failed to reach the final...
.
The winner of the final was Ansambel Roka Žlindre
Rok Žlindra
Ansambel Roka Žlindre is a Slovene musical group named after accordion player Rok Žlindra. The other members of the group are Barbara Ogrinc , Nejc Drobnič and Rok Modic .-Eurovision 2010:...
and Kalamari
Kalamari (band)
Kalamari is a Slovene musical group consisting of Jože Jež Pepi, Matjaž Švagelj, Boštjan Tršar and Egon Prinčič.-Eurovision 2010:Together with Roka Žlindre, Kalamari represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Narodnozabavni rock"...
with the song "Narodnozabavni rock
Narodnozabavni rock
"Narodnozabavni rock" is a song written by Marino Legović and Leon Oblak and performed by Ansambel Roka Žlindre and Kalamari, who represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010...
", gaining a total of 15,907 votes, over five times as many votes as runner-up Nina Pušlar with the song "Dež". Langa came in third place with "Roko mi daj".
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marko Vozelj | "Moj si zrak" | Marko Vozelj (m & l) | 1,597 | 6 |
| 2 | 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:... |
"Sanjajva" | Neisha (m & l) | 1,040 | 9 |
| 3 | Langa | "Roko mi daj" | Miha Hercog (m), Mišo Kontrec (m), Saša Lendero (l) | 3,462 | 3 |
| 4 | Tangels | "Kaj in kam" | Raay (m & l), P.Charles (l) | 444 | 12 |
| 5 | Brigita Šuler | "Para me" | Miha Hercog (m), Saša Lendero (l) | 1,244 | 8 |
| 6 | Anastazija Juvan | "Nežna" | Miran Juvan (m), Anastazija Juvan (l) | 273 | 14 |
| 7 | Manca Špik | "Tukaj sem doma" | Andrej Babić Andrej Babic Andrej Babić is a Croatian songwriter who has written many Eurovision songs since 2003. He is one of the few songwriters who has written for four countries, having written entries for Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Portugal.... (m), Feri Lainšček Feri Lainšcek Feri Lainšček is a Slovenian writer, poet, and screenwriter.-Early life:He was born as Franc Lainšček in a Slovene Lutheran family in the village of Dolenci, near Šalovci, in north-eastern Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied journalism at the University... (l) |
2,264 | 4 |
| 8 | Hamo & Gal | "Črni konji čez nebo" | Gal Gjurin (m & l) | 1,918 | 5 |
| 9 | Martina Šraj | "Dovolj ljubezni" | Simon Skalar (m), Martina Šraj (l) | 1,479 | 7 |
| 10 | Stereotipi | "Daj mi en znak" | Zvone Tomac (m), Janez Rupnik (l), Vatroslav Tomac (l) | 298 | 13 |
| 11 | Nina Pušlar | "Dež" | Martin Štibernik (m & l), Dejan Radičevič (m & l) | 3,527 | 2 |
| 12 | Vlado Pilja | "Tudi fantje jočejo" | Marino Legovic (m), Igor Pirkovič (l) | 513 | 11 |
| 13 | Ansambel Roka Žlindre Rok Žlindra Ansambel Roka Žlindre is a Slovene musical group named after accordion player Rok Žlindra. The other members of the group are Barbara Ogrinc , Nejc Drobnič and Rok Modic .-Eurovision 2010:... & Kalamari Kalamari (band) Kalamari is a Slovene musical group consisting of Jože Jež Pepi, Matjaž Švagelj, Boštjan Tršar and Egon Prinčič.-Eurovision 2010:Together with Roka Žlindre, Kalamari represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Narodnozabavni rock"... |
"Narodnozabavni rock Narodnozabavni rock "Narodnozabavni rock" is a song written by Marino Legović and Leon Oblak and performed by Ansambel Roka Žlindre and Kalamari, who represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010... " |
Marino Legović (m), Leon Oblak (l) | 15,907 | 1 |
| 14 | Lea Sirk | "Vampir je moj poet" | Patrik Greblo (m), Juliette Justine (l) | 751 | 10 |
At Eurovision
Slovenia competed in the second semi-final of the contest on 27 May 2010. Ansambel Roka Žlindre & Kalamari performed 11th on stage, following RomaniaRomania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
and preceding Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. Slovenia finished in 16th place, finishing with only 6 points, 1 point from Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and 5 points from Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. Therefore they did not qualify for the final on 29 May.
In the semi-final Slovenia gave the maximum points, 12 points, to Croatia, 10 points to Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and 8 points to Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
. In the final, where Slovenia were also allowed to vote, the country gave 12 points to Denmark, 10 points to winners Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and 8 points to Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. In the final the Slovene points were announced by Andrea F.