Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Slovenia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, represented by Sestre with "Samo ljubezen" (Only love). The song was the winner of the Slovene national final, EMA 2002.

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country Slovenia
National selection
Selection processEMA 2002
Selection date(s)Semi-final
15 February 2002
Final
16 February 2002
Selected entrantSestre
Selected song"Samo ljubezen"
Finals performance
Final result13th, 33 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

EMA 2002

EMA 2002 was the 7th edition of the Slovenian national final format Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA). The competition was used by RTV Slovenija to select Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.

Format

EMA 2002 consisted of a semi final on 15 February 2002 and a final on 16 February 2002. Eighteen artists competed in EMA 2002. In the semi-final, 10 songs qualified to the final as five songs were selected by the Slovenian public and the other five songs were selected by the jury. In the final, the combination of points from a public vote, an expert jury and a jury composed of members from the Entertainment Program of RTV Slovenija determined the winner.

Semi-final

The semi-final of EMA 2002 took place on 15 February 2002 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Nuša Derenda, Darja Švajger and Andrea F. Ten acts qualified for the final: five entries were chosen with the most votes cast by the viewers and five other finalist entries were selected by the jury.

  Public vote qualifier   Jury qualifier

Semi-final – 15 February 2002
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Katrinas "Ocean" 2,340 6
2 Irena Vrckovnik "V ritmu, ki me lovi" 1,607 11
3 Alenka Šmid-Cena "Plamen v temi" 810 17
4 Manca & NORDunk "Zdravilo sveta" 894 16
5 Monika Pucelj "Mi paše" 1,949 8
6 Gianni Rijavec "Baby Blue" 1,727 10
7 Sestre "Samo ljubezen" 4,085 3
8 Deja Mušic "Shangri-La" 463 18
9 Polona "Oblaki" 1,280 13
10 Regina "Ljubezen daje moc" 2,260 7
11 Botri "Angelina" 1,253 14
12 Damjana Golavsek "Vsako zivljenje gre svojo pot" 1,117 15
13 Ana Dezman "Pelji me, kjer sem doma" 1,286 12
14 Anika "Ce ni ljubezni" 1,912 9
15 Karmen Stavec "Še in še" 13,776 1
16 Andraz Hribar "Moja moja" 3,639 5
17 Rok 'n' Band "Slika brez pozdrava" 3,787 4
18 Faraoni "Imej me vedno s seboj" 4,822 2

Final

The final of EMA 2002 took place on 16 February 2002 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Miša Molk and Andrea F. The combination of points from a public vote, an expert jury and a RTV Slovenija jury determined the winner. Both juries put Sestre ahead of Stavec by one point before a five-minute hiatus for the results of the televote to be collated. As five minutes stretched into twenty, the green room began to divide into two camps, half the performers shouting for Stavec and the rest for Sestre. Although Stavec received 31,944 votes from the public, with Sestre only receiving 8,454, the votes from the two juries were sufficient to determine Sestre as the final winner.[1]

Final – 16 February 2002
Draw Artist Song Jury RTVSLO Televote Total Place
1 Manca & NORDunk "Zdravilo sveta" 8 4 1,551 1 13 8
2 Monika Pucelj "Mi paše" 5 8 3,331 4 17 5
3 Sestre "Samo ljubezen" 12 12 8,454 5 29 1
4 Polona "Oblaki" 10 7 2,236 2 19 4
5 Botri "Angelina" 2 3 2,499 3 8 9
6 Ana Dezman "Pelji me, kjer sem doma" 7 6 9,512 8 21 3
7 Karmen Stavec "Še in še" 6 10 31,944 12 28 2
8 Andraz Hribar "Moja moja" 4 5 8,768 7 16 6
9 Rok 'n' Band "Slika brez pozdrava" 1 1 8,462 6 8 9
10 Faraoni "Imej me vedno s seboj" 3 2 14,921 10 15 7

At Eurovision

At Eurovision Sestre performed "Samo ljubezen" 22nd in the running order, following Romania and preceding Latvia. The Slovene votes were calculated partially through a public televote held after all songs had performed and partially through the votes of a professional jury.

At the close of the voting, Slovenia placed 13th in a field of 24, having received 33 points. Croatia's Vesna Pisarović with "Everything I Want" was the most voted song by the Slovene public, gaining their 12 points. Malta and the United Kingdom received Slovenia's 10 and 8 points respectively, while eventual winner Latvia received only 5 points.

Points awarded by Slovenia
12 points Croatia
10 points Malta
8 points United Kingdom
7 points Sweden
6 points Estonia
5 points Latvia
4 points Cyprus
3 points France
2 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 point  Switzerland
Points awarded to Slovenia (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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See also

References
  1. Sestre - Eurovision 2002
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