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Slovenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eleven times, debuting in 1993 (see ESC1993) and competing in every year since, with the exceptions of 1994 and 2000. Slovenia has never won the contest and has a best ever finish of 7th (in 1995 and 2001). Darja Švajger has represented the country twice, in 1995 (see ESC1995) and 1999 (see ESC1999).
Since the introduction of the semi-final stage in 2004, Slovenia did not compete in Eurovision finals until 2007, where they ranked 15th place.
Slovenian broadcasters RTV SLO (Radiotelevizija Slovenija) broadcast the show.
[edit] Contestants
[edit] Participation as a part of Yugoslavia
| Year |
Song |
Performer |
Final Rank |
| 1961 |
Neke davne zvezde |
Ljiljana Petrović |
8th |
| 1962 |
Ne pali svetlo u sumrak |
Lola Novaković |
4th |
| 1966 |
Brez Besed |
Berta Ambrož |
7th |
| 1967 |
Vse Rože Sveta |
Lado Leskovar |
8th |
| 1970 |
Pridi, Dala Ti Bom Cvet |
Eva Sršen |
11th |
| 1975 |
Dan ljubezni |
Pepel in kri |
17th |
Serbian singers Ljiljana Petrović and Lola Novaković represented federal Slovenia at Yugoslav national elections for Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 and 1962. They sang in Serbo-Croatian language. "Neke davne zvezde" was written by Serbian author Miroslav Antić and composed by Slovenian musician Jože Privšek who also made a music for "Ne pali svetlo u sumrak". [1]
[edit] Voting history
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