That’s right, Eurovision 2020 may not be going ahead like we hoped for, but our “Expert” Panel won’t be going away! This year, 15 members of the ESC United team and our forum have combined to provide our ‘expert’ opinion on all of the hopefuls from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. As a quick reminder, the rules of our “Expert” …
Another Big Saturday and more countries select their entries for the upcoming contest to be held in Rotterdam. Tonight, we travel to Lubljana, as Slovenia air their national final EMA (Evrovizijska Melodija). The show, hosted by popular comedian Klemen Slakonja (also known to broader audiences as the Slovene Spokesperson in 2011 and the man behind several parody videos), saw the …
Earlier today, we asked #YOU, our loyal readers of ESC United, to vote in our polls and decide who should be chosen to represent Slovenia and Ukraine respectively later tonight. Now, we have our results! In Slovenia, it was a closely fought race, but Lina Kuduzović won our poll with 22% of the vote for “Man Like U”, with second …
Slovenia is deciding their act for Eurovision 2020 tonight. We had a multiple-week show called EMA FREŠ, in december to decide some “newcomer” finalists. We had a show in January where we saw 2 winners of said EMA FREŠ to compete in tonight’s show, but tonight it is time to find out who will represent Slovenia in Rotterdam this year. …
Tonight, the final act of the EMA FREŠ competition took place in Slovenia, as ten rising talents in the Balkan nation competed for two slots in the Slovenian national selection for Eurovision 2020. The participants, who had overcome a number of rounds of online voting in November and December 2019 through the Slovenian national broadcaster’s website, took part in a …
With their selection freshly unveiled, it is about time to discuss one of my all-time favourite countries. Note that I didn’t say “Eurovision countries”. Let us dive in, in medias res, because this Eurovision nation is one you can’t spell without the letters L – O – V – E : SLOVENIA. But like, always, the usual disclaimer: NOTE – …
Fresh from the press! Slovenian broadcaster RTVSlo have announced the ten hopefuls who will try to represent the small but stalwart nation in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The line-up is as follows: Ana Soklic – “Voda” Bozidar Wolfdand Wolf – “Maybe Someday” Gaja Prestor – “Verjamem vase” Imset – “Femme Fatale” INMATE – “The …
Two more artists have won the weekly final in Slovenia’s new talent search, EMA FREŠ, and will move on to the next stage of the competition and a step closer to the Slovenian selection for Rotterdam. This week saw six more acts and their songs revealed by the Slovenian national broadcaster RTVSLO, with the songs pitted against each other in …
While most of Europe are only just finalising their preparations for Eurovision 2020, Slovenia are already deep into their process, and the first week of EMA FREŠ has concluded with two artists moving on in the selection. The new process acts like a wildcard round, with the lucky two winners of the FREŠ process winning a slot at the main …
Following their success at the 2018 and 2019 contest with “Hvala, ne” and “Sebi”, the Slovenia broadcaster RTVSLO has announced the 18 candidates for EMA FREŠ: the new pre-selection competition for EMA. After Zala and Gasper qualified in Tel Aviv, the broadcaster has realized that the audience of Eurovision is becoming progressively younger and that they have garnered success from …
