Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	EMA 1999
Selection date(s)	26 February 1999
Selected entrant	Darja Švajger
Selected song	"For A Thousand Years"
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 50 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Slovenia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, represented by Darja Švajger and "For A Thousand Years". the song, performed in Slovene as "Se tisoc let", was the winner of the Slovene national final, EMA 1999. Švajger had previously represented Slovenia in 1995 with "Prisluhni mi"

Before Eurovision

EMA 1999

EMA 1999 was the 5th 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 1999.

Final

EMA 1999 took place on 26 February 1999 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Mojca Mavec. The combination of points from a public vote (1/3) and a four-member jury panel (2/3) determined the winner selected "Še tisoč let" performed by Darja Švajger as the winner. The jury consisted of Miša Molk, Mojmir Sepe, Andrej Karoli and Marc Roberts. The winner of the public vote was "Zakaj" performed by Tinkara Kovač, however only came second overall. Kovač would later go on to represent Slovenia in Eurovision 2014.

Final – 26 February 1999
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Jury	Televote		Total	Place
1	Mitja	"Čas je da najdem te"	Aleš Berkopec, Mitja Šedlbauer	22	1,161	0	22	5
2	Tatjana Mihelj	"Dlan okrog srca"	Bor Zuljan, Marjan Kukovec	1	344	0	1	17
3	Monika Tratnik	"Sanje"	Nenad Kokovič, Igor Misdaris	3	835	0	3	16
4	Matjaž Zupan & Californija	"Tisoč kilometrov"	Matjaž Zupan	4	1,308	2	6	15
5	Kantor	"Drugačen dan"	Mark Lemer, Tone Košmrlj	7	760	0	7	13
6	Victory	"Le povejte ji"	Martin Štibernik, Karmen Stavec	8	4,108	10	18	9
7	Irena, Damjana & Sanja	"Igra je končana"	Karel Novak, Janez Zmazek	14	3,396	8	22	5
8	Lara Baruca	"Ti si se bal"	Danilo Kocjančič, Drago Mislej	22	682	0	22	5
9	Sound Attack	"Kje si zdaj"	Simon Šurev, Pika Božič	4	1,700	6	10	11
10	Darja Švajger	"Še tisoč let"	Primož Peterca	44	8,465	20	64	1
11	Avia Band	"Ne izdajte me"	Matjaž Vlašič, Urša Vlašič	10	4,493	14	24	4
12	Nuša Derenda	"Nekaj lepega je v meni"	Matija Oražem, Damjana Kenda Hussu	10	751	0	10	11
13	Nude	"Ši'z d bes"	Gaber Marolt, Primož Pogelšek	3	1,431	4	7	13
14	Babilon	"Kot ocean"	Marijan Merljak, Dada Kladnik, Sebastjan Artič	11	983	0	11	10
15	Tinkara Kovač	"Zakaj"	Marino Legovič, Drago Mislej	38	8,682	24	62	2
16	Gianni Rijavec & Vladimir Čadež	"Ljubezen je le ena"	Gianni Rijavec, Miša Čermak	5	6,777	16	21	8
17	Jan Plestenjak	"Moja dežela"	Jan Plestenjak	26	4,340	12	38	3

At Eurovision

On the night of Eurovision, held on 29 May in Jerusalem, Israel, Švajger performed "Se tisoc let" in English as "For A Thousand Years". Švajger performed sixth on the night of the contest, following the United Kingdom and preceding Turkey. She received 50 points, placing 11th in a field of 23.

Due to a low average score over the past 5 contests, Slovenia were forced to sit out the 2000 Contest. Slovenia would return to Eurovision in 2001.

Points awarded to Slovenia

Points awarded to Slovenia
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Croatia Ireland	Lithuania			Netherlands
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Bosnia and Herzegovina			Belgium Spain	France

Points awarded by Slovenia

12 points	Croatia
10 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points	Estonia
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Germany
5 points	Denmark
4 points	Austria
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Israel

External links

Slovene National Final 1999

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