Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Slovenia
	◄ Yugoslavia
Member station	Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO)
National selection events	National Final Slovenski izbor za Pesem Evrovizije ; 1993 ; 1995 ; EMA ; 1996–1999 ; 2001–2012 ; 2014–2020 ; Internal Selection 2013 ; 2021 ;
Participation summary
Appearances	25 (15 finals)
First appearance	1993
Best result	7th: 1995, 2001
External links
	Slovenia's page at Eurovision.tv
	For the most recent participation see; Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Slovenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 25 times since its debut in 1993. Since then, the country has missed only two contests, in 1994 and 2000.

Slovenia's best result in the contest is seventh place, both in 1995 with Darja Švajger and 2001 with Nuša Derenda. The country's only other top ten result being a tenth-place finish for Tanja Ribič in 1997. Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Slovenia has failed to reach the final on 10 occasions, and made it to the final in 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.

History

Slovenia made its debut at the 1993 contest after coming first in the qualification round "Kvalifikacija za Millstreet", which was actually hosted in Slovenia itself, and competing in every year since, with the exceptions of 1994 and 2000, after poor results prevented Slovenia from competing.

Slovenia had previously been represented at the contest as Yugoslavia between 1961 and 1991. Four of the 27 entries were from Slovene artists.

Slovenia's best position at the contest is 7th place, which they have achieved twice: in 1995 and in 2001. Additionally, Slovenia's worst position at the contest was last place, which they received in the 2013 contest with Hannah Mancini.[1] However, Slovenia has never received a Nul Point since its involvement in Eurovision. A Nul point is when an entry does not receive a single point.[2]

Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Slovenia has failed to reach the final on 10 occasions.

The Slovene national final to select their entry is EMA, broadcast, along with Eurovision, by Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO).

Contestants

Table key
1	Winner
3	Third place
◁	Last place
X	Entry selected but did not compete

Year	Artist	Language	Title	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1993	1X Band	Slovene	"Tih deževen dan"	22	9	1	54
1995	Darja Švajger	Slovene	"Prisluhni mi"	7	84	No semi-finals
1996	Regina	Slovene	"Dan najlepših sanj"	21	16	19	30
1997	Tanja Ribič	Slovene	"Zbudi se"	10	60	No semi-finals
1998	Vili Resnik	Slovene	"Naj bogovi slišijo"	18	17
1999	Darja Švajger	English	"For a Thousand Years"	11	50
2001	Nuša Derenda	English	"Energy"	7	70
2002	Sestre	Slovene	"Samo ljubezen"	13	33
2003	Karmen Stavec	English	"Nanana"	23	7
2004	Platin	English	"Stay Forever"	Failed to qualify		21	5
2005	Omar Naber	Slovene	"Stop"			12	69
2006	Anžej Dežan	English	"Mr Nobody"			16	49
2007	Alenka Gotar	Slovene	"Cvet z juga"	15	66	7	140
2008	Rebeka Dremelj	Slovene	"Vrag naj vzame"	Failed to qualify		11	36
2009	Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle	English, Slovene	"Love Symphony"			16	14
2010	Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari	Slovene	"Narodnozabavni rock"			16	6
2011	Maja Keuc	English	"No One"	13	96	3	112
2012	Eva Boto	Slovene	"Verjamem"	Failed to qualify		17	31
2013	Hannah Mancini	English	"Straight into Love"	Failed to qualify		16 ◁	8
2014	Tinkara Kovač	English, Slovene	"Round and Round"	25	9	10	52
2015	Maraaya	English	"Here for You"	14	39	5	92
2016	ManuElla	English	"Blue and Red"	Failed to qualify		14	57
2017	Omar Naber	English	"On My Way"	Failed to qualify		17	36
2018	Lea Sirk	Slovene	"Hvala, ne!"	22	64	8	132
2019	Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl	Slovene	"Sebi"	15	105	6	167
2020	Ana Soklič	Slovene	"Voda"	Contest cancelled[lower-alpha 1] X
2021	Ana Soklič

Hostings

Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters
1993	Ljubljana	RTV SLO Studio 1	Tajda Lekše

Commentators

Year	Commentator	Spokesperson
1992	Miša Molk	Did not participate
1993	Tajda Lekše	Miša Molk
1994	Damjana Golavšek	Did not participate
1995	Damjana Golavšek	Miša Molk
1996	Miša Molk	Mario Galunič
1997		Mojca Mavec
1998		Mojca Mavec
1999		Mira Berginc
2000		Did not participate
2001	Andrea F	Mojca Mavec
2002		Nuša Derenda
2003		Peter Poles
2004		Peter Poles
2005	Mojca Mavec	Katarina Čas
2006		Peter Poles
2007
2008	Andrej Hofer
2009
2010		Andrea F
2011		Klemen Slakonja
2012		Lorella Flego
2013		Andrea F
2014		Ula Furlan
2015		Tinkara Kovač
2016		Marjetka Vovk
2017		Katarina Čas
2018		Maja Keuc
2019		Lea Sirk

From 1961 until 1991, Slovenia competed as part of Yugoslavia.

Photogallery

Alenka Gotar performing "Cvet z juga" in Helsinki (2007)
Rebeka Dremelj performing "Vrag naj vzame" in Belgrade (2008)
Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari performing "Narodnozabavni rock" in Oslo (2010)
Eva Boto performing "Verjamem" in Baku (2012)
Hannah Mancini performing "Straight Into Love" in Malmö (2013)
Tinkara Kovač performing "Round and Round" in Copenhagen (2014)
Maraaya performing "Here for You" in Vienna (2015)
ManuElla performing "Blue and Red" in Stockholm (2016)
Omar Naber performing "On My Way" in Kyiv (2017)
Lea Sirk performing "Hvala, ne!" in Lisbon (2018)
Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl performing "Sebi" in Tel Aviv (2019)

Notes

The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

"Eurovision - Country: Slovenia". Eurovision. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
"Slovenia in Eurovision: Voting and Points". Eurovision World. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

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[3] The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[1] "Eurovision - Country: Slovenia". Eurovision. Retrieved March 4, 2020.

[2] "Slovenia in Eurovision: Voting and Points". Eurovision World. Retrieved 4 March 2020.