Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Slovenian entry was selected through EMA 2014, a national final organised by the Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO). Tinkara Kovač represented Slovenia with the song "Round and Round", which qualified from the second semi-final to compete in the final. Slovenia placed 25th in the final, scoring 9 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Slovenia
National selection
Selection processEMA 2014
Selection date(s)8 March 2014
Selected entrantTinkara Kovač
Selected song"Round and Round"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Raay
  • Tinkara Kovač
  • Hannah Mancini
  • Tina Piš
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (10th, 52 points)
Final result25th, 9 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2014 Contest, Slovenia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since its first entry in 1993. Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been seventh place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 1995 with the song "Prisluhni mi" performed by Darja Švajger and in 2001 with the song "Energy" performed by Nuša Derenda. The country's only other top ten result was achieved in 1997 when Tanja Ribič performing "Zbudi se" placed tenth. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the contest in 2004, Slovenia had thus far only managed to qualify to the final on two occasions, with their entry in 2013 managed to place 16th in the semi-final with Hannah and the song "Straight Into Love".

The Slovenian national broadcaster, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija), broadcasts the event within Slovenia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. RTV Slovenija confirmed Slovenia's participation in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest on 17 January 2014 after two deadline extensions beyond the original confirmation date on 22 November 2013, which were requested in order for the broadcaster to find the necessary funding for participation.[1][2] The Slovenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest has traditionally been selected through a national final entitled Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA), which has been produced with variable formats. To this point, the broadcaster has only foregone the use of this national final in 2013 when the Slovenian entry was internally selected. For 2014, the broadcaster opted to organise EMA 2014 to select the Slovenian entry. Miša Molk (RTVSLO Eurovision project manager) and Aleksander Radić (Head of the Slovenian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest) were responsible for the organisation of EMA 2014.

Before Eurovision

EMA 2014

EMA 2014 was the 18th 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 2014 and was broadcast on TV SLO1 and online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[3]

Competing entries

29 artists and composers were directly invited by the broadcaster to submit entries. An additional 42 entries received by the broadcaster from artists who did not receive an invitation were also considered.[4] An expert committee consisting of Miša Molk (RTVSLO Eurovision project manager), Darja Švajger (singer, vocal coach and 1995 and 1999 Slovenian Eurovision entrant) and Andrea F. (radio host, musician and producer) selected seven artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions. The competing artists were announced on 7 February 2014. Among the competing artists was former Slovenian Eurovision contestant Omar Naber who represented Slovenia in 2005.[5][6]

Final

EMA 2014 took place on 8 March 2014 at the RTV Slovenija Studio 1 in Ljubljana, hosted by Ula Furlan.[7] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2011 Slovenian Eurovision entrant Maja Keuc performed as a guest. The winner was selected over two rounds of public voting. In the first round, the top two entries were selected to proceed to the second round: "Spet/Round and Round" performed by Tinkara Kovač and "Let Me Be (Myself)" performed by Muff. In the second round, "Spet/Round and Round" performed by Tinkara Kovač was selected as the winner.[8]

Final – 8 March 2014
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s) Result
1 Omar Naber "I Won't Give Up" Omar Naber Eliminated
2 Nermin Puškar & Samuel Lucas "Masquerade" Krešimir Tomec, Igor Leonardi, Nermin Puškar, Lejla Delalić, Donna Osterc Eliminated
3 Bilbi "To ni blues" (This is not blues) Maja Pihler Stermecki, Gregor Stermecki Eliminated
4 NUDE "It's Gonna Be OK!" Gaber Marolt Eliminated
5 Rudi Bučar feat. Elevators "Tja" (There) Rudi Bučar Eliminated
6 Tinkara Kovač "Spet/Round and Round" (Again) Raay, Tinkara Kovač, Hannah Mancini, Tina Piš Advanced
7 Muff "Let Me Be (Myself)" Tadej Košir, Anže Kacafura, Miha Gorše, Senida Hajdarpašić Advanced
Superfinal – 8 March 2014
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Tinkara Kovač "Spet/Round and Round" 7,932 (70%) 1
2 Muff "Let Me Be (Myself)" 3,450 (30%) 2

At Eurovision
Tinkara Kovač at the second semi-final dress rehearsal

During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Slovenia was drawn to compete in the second half of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014.[9] In the second semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Slovenia would perform 14th, following Greece and preceding Romania.[10] Slovenia qualified from the second semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. During the winner's press conference for the second semi-final qualifiers, Slovenia was allocated to compete in the second half of the final.[11] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Slovenia would perform 17th, following Italy and preceding Finland.[12] Slovenia placed 25th in the final, scoring 9 points.

At the contest, Tinkara Kovač was joined on stage by four backing vocalists: Manca Špik, Nika Zorjan, Lea Sirk and Raay (Aleš Vovk).[13] The performance featured Kovač, in a blue dress, playing the flute against a backdrop that transitioned from blue to gold lighting as the song progressed.[14]

In Slovenia, the semi-finals of the contest were broadcast on RTV SLO2 and the final was broadcast on RTV SLO1 and Televizija Maribor. The second semi-final and final were also broadcast via radio on Radio Val 202 and Radio Maribor. All shows were commentated by Andrej Hofer.[15] The Slovenian spokesperson revealing the result of the Slovenian vote in the final was Ula Furlan.[16]

Points awarded to Slovenia
Points awarded to Slovenia (semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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
  •  Macedonia

Points awarded by Slovenia

Split voting results

The following five members comprise the Slovenian jury:[17]

  • Helena Blagne – Chairperson – singer
  • Anže Langus Petrović – musician, composer, producer
  • Robert Pikl – singer, guitar player, composer
  • Izak Kosir – singer, music journalist, author
  • Alya – singer

Semi-final 2

The Slovenian votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[18]

Semi-final 2 – Slovenian Results
Draw Country H. Blagne A. Petrović R. Pikl I. Kosir Alya Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Malta 7 7 5 7 10 8 11 11
02  Israel 8 12 10 3 9 10 12 12
03  Norway 10 1 3 12 3 3 10 7 4
04  Georgia 14 8 14 14 14 14 14 14
05  Poland 11 4 1 13 4 6 7 6 5
06  Austria 5 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 10
07  Lithuania 6 13 12 9 13 12 13 13
08  Finland 13 6 7 6 6 9 9 9 2
09  Ireland 9 10 13 10 8 11 8 10 1
10  Belarus 2 9 9 5 7 5 6 5 6
11  Macedonia 4 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 12
12   Switzerland 3 5 8 2 11 4 4 3 8
13  Greece 12 11 11 11 12 13 5 8 3
14  Slovenia
15  Romania 1 14 6 8 5 7 3 4 7

Final

The Slovenian votes in the grand final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[19]

Final – Slovenian Results
Draw Country H. Blagne A. Petrović R. Pikl I. Kosir Alya Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Ukraine 12 22 15 14 9 14 19 20
02  Belarus 10 14 13 19 20 17 12 14
03  Azerbaijan 11 2 3 3 18 5 25 16
04  Iceland 3 6 6 4 4 2 24 12
05  Norway 18 5 2 5 5 4 13 6 5
06  Romania 21 17 12 24 25 23 8 17
07  Armenia 24 12 21 16 24 22 20 24
08  Montenegro 23 3 10 17 10 12 3 4 7
09  Poland 9 7 4 15 19 10 14 10 1
10  Greece 8 25 23 25 23 24 10 21
11  Austria 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
12  Germany 6 11 8 11 2 6 16 9 2
13  Sweden 13 15 9 9 6 9 5 3 8
14  France 5 23 14 21 8 13 23 22
15  Russia 20 13 20 10 22 18 15 18
16  Italy 14 24 19 18 11 19 6 11
17  Slovenia
18  Finland 22 10 16 13 13 15 18 19
19  Spain 4 19 11 12 3 7 11 7 4
20   Switzerland 19 8 22 6 21 16 4 8 3
21  Hungary 17 20 24 20 14 21 9 15
22  Malta 16 9 7 8 15 11 17 13
23  Denmark 2 16 18 7 7 8 7 5 6
24  Netherlands 7 4 5 2 12 3 2 2 10
25  San Marino 25 21 25 22 16 25 22 25
26  United Kingdom 15 18 17 23 17 20 21 23

See also

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