For several months Slovenia’s participation at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest was in question due to funding. They were given an extension and in the end decided to take part. On top of that, the Slovenian Broadcaster RTVSLO decided to put together a National Final so needless to say that the fans were happy to see EMA return, the Slovenian …
Slovenia unveils ESC hopefuls
The Slovene national broadcaster has announced today the line-up for the Slovene Eurovision song selection. EMA 2014 will be broadcast on March 8th at 20:00 CET, live from Ljubljana. And while a panel of music experts, including two-time Slovene ESC representative Darja Svajger, has decided on the seven artists competing, the ultimate decision will be given to the audience via …
Slovenia: Back with a National Final
Slovenia waited until the very last minute (including a 10 day extention) to confirm its participation in Copenhagen. Earlier this morning they advised that they would indeed join the party bringing up the total of participating countries to 37. The Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO also confirmed that EMA will return. The popular selection format was used in the past to find …
EXCLUSIVE: Slovenia heading to Copenhagen (kind of)!
In yet another surprising Eurovision twist, RTV SLO has announced today that Slovenia has actually submitted their application for participation in Copenhagen! The unexpected news was published on the broadcaster’s website, noting that they sent in their application at eve of the deadline. However, the confirmation is only semi-official. Just like last year, the Slovene broadcaster is using one of …
Slovenia not likely participant?
With only one day left before the EBU’s deadline for broadcasters to announce their participation in the upcoming Contest, some countries seem less likely than others to participate. One of them is, sadly, Slovenia. The Slovene-based (and also Slovene-speaking) website Eurovizija has been publishing rather bleak articles in the past week. One entitled “Black Clouds over Eurovision and the Entertainment Programme …
Eurovision 2013 “Alternative Awards” – Best/Worst: Music Videos
Introducing the Eurovision 2013 ‘Alternative Awards’, where we judge the best and worst aspects of all the nations’ entries on a truly random (and sometimes downright silly) array of stuff. Every couple of days we will introduce some new wacky awards, including the best and worst and the runners up. These are one person’s opinion, the author’s (Sebastien), and of …
OGAE Slovenia party
I hope you all know yet about OGAE SLOVENIJA party ( from Friday 5th April – Sunday 7th April) in ANKARAN CITY on the Slovene coast. Our main guest is Hannah Mancini (ESC Slovenia 2013) on Saturday evening. More informations : info@klub-ogae.si (96 EUROS per person-double halfboard) We have Hotel Adria Convent just for ESC fans…
The 2013 “Expert” Panel – SLOVENIA
Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2013 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 13 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …
Hannah (Slovenia 2013) released “Straight into love”
Slovenia made their song for Malmo available online. Let us know what you think, thumbs up or thumbs down? To listen to the song click HERE. You can also watch the YouTube clip [vsw id=”O_6s44-lBKk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
Hannah going to Malmo for Slovenia
As previously announced by the Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO, Slovenia would not hold a National Final due to major financial cuts and today they announced that Hannah Mancini will be flying the flag for Slovenia in Malmo. She may not be an unknown face to some ESC fans, in 2011 she took part in the National Final for her country as …