Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country  Slovenia
National selection
Selection process EMA 2009
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Selection date(s) Semi-final
31 January 2009
Final
1 February 2009
Selected entrant Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle
Selected song "Love Symphony"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Failed to qualify (16th)
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 after the Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO), confirmed that Slovenia will appear at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and also announced that they will be changing the national final format.[1]

The winner of EMA 2009 was Quartissimo and Martina Majerle with "Love Symphony", which received full marks from the jury and came fourth in the public televote.[2][3][4]

EMA 2009

EMA 2009 was in February 2009, with changes occurring to the format. Instead of two semi-finals of ten songs each, with the top five qualifying for the final as in last year's contest, RTV SLO announced that only one semi-final will be held, containing 14 songs. Six songs invited by RTV SLO will automatically qualify for the final, with eight or more songs from the semi-final qualifying for the final.[5][6] The final of EMA 2009 will be held on 1 February 2009, with the semi-final held the day before on 31 January.[7][8]

It has also been announced that, unlike the previous two years, a 50:50 mix of jury and televoting will return to EMA to select the winner, however in previous years the results of the jury have not been consistent with public opinion and it is unknown how the jury results will pan out on the night of the contest. As well as this, no super final will be held against the top two songs, with only one televoting round being held to select the winner.[6]

RTV SLO received 113 for EMA 2009, with 6 entries coming from elsewhere than Slovenia: two entries were from Irish authors; two from the United Kingdom; one from Sweden; and another one from Germany. A jury selected 14 acts to compete in the semi-final. All acts, both semi-final and automatic final qualifiers, were revealed on 3 December.[9]

Both the semi-final and the final will be hosted by Peter Poles and Maja Martina Merljak.[10]

Semi-final

The semi-final of EMA 2009 was held on 31 January 2009. The songs and artists that competed were released on 3 December 2008.[11][12] 14 songs in total competed, with 8 qualifying to the final on 1 February.[13][14]

The interval act for the semi-final will include performances by Darja Švajger, who came 7th for Slovenia in 1995, as well as Slovenia's 2007 entry Alenka Gotar, at the time the only Slovene entry to qualify to the final.[10]

The full results of the semi-final were released after the final, and showed that Quartissimo and Martina Majerle came top in both the televote and jury vote. In joint second was Karmen Stavec and Nuška Drašček.[15]

EMA 2009 Semi-final - 31 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televotes Total Rank
1 Nexys "Vsaj za en dan" Anton Valenčak, Ines Mohorko, Anton Valenčak 3 1566 5 8 8
2 Petra Slapar "Skrivnost" Daniela Bervar, Žiga Pirnat 0 1054 1 1 13
3 Lea Sirk "Znamenje iz sanj" Patrik Greblo, Damjana Kenda Hussu, Sašo Fajon 10 835 0 10 5
4 Brigita Šuler "Druga liga" Boštjan Groznik, Werner Brozovič 0 3074 10 10 6
5 Ne me jugat & Slavko Ivančič "Kaj me briga" Enkrat Se Živi, Mitja Kodarin, Gaber Radojevič 5 2922 8 13 4
6 Gianni Rijavec "Gloria" Leon Oblak, Gianni Rijavec 0 1333 4 4 11
7 Aynee "Zdaj vem" Simona Černetič, Miha Gorše 0 896 0 0 14
8 Krema "Ob meni si" Janko Marinč, Roman Milavec, Dejan Markič 4 1023 0 4 9
9 Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle "Love Symphony" Andrej Babić, Aleksandar Valenčić 12 3372 12 24 1
10 Tadeja Molan & Retro Beat "Sanje" Tadeja Molan, Retro Beat 1 893 0 1 12
11 Bjonde "Blond Power" Gorazd Sedmak, Gaber Radojevič 6 1312 3 9 7
12 Karmen Stavec "A si želiš" Rafael Artesero, Gregor Bezenšek 7 2466 7 14 3
13 Nuška Drašček "Kako lepo" Duško Rapotec, Rok Terkaj, Ivan Popeskič 8 2023 6 14 2
14 Mitja "Mission" Aleš Berkopec, Primož Velikonja, Damjan Berkopec,
Mitja Šedlbauer, Nejc Viher		 2 1144 2 4 10

Final

The final of EMA 2009 was held on 1 February 2009. 14 songs again competed, consisting of the six automatic finalists and the eight semi-final qualifiers. The songwriters of the automatic finalists are those achieved remarkable success on EMA in recent years and celebrated some hits in the Slovenian charts. The automatic artists and songwriters were known on 3 December, released along with the semi-finalists, however their song titles were not known until 29 December.[11][12][16]

Interval acts during the show were made by Natalija Verboten, Helena Blagne, the 2008 Slovene entry Rebeka Dremelj and the 2008 winner Dima Bilan.[10]

The winner of EMA 2009 was Quartissimo with "Love Symphony", composed by Andrej Babić and Aleksandar Valenčić with vocals performed by Martina Majerle. Second was former Slovene entry Omar Naber while Alya & Rudi and Samuel Lucas came joint third.[2][3][4] After the final, however, it became evident that Langa & Manca Špik, who came fifth overall, was the clear favourite with the televoters, gaining 22,294 teleovtes in total, almost 14,000 more than runner-up Čuki and over 17,000 more votes than the overall winner, and 31.5% of the 70,758 total votes.[15]

EMA 2009 Final - 1 February 2009
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televotes Total Rank
1 Lea Sirk "Znamenje iz sanj" Patrik Greblo, Damjana Kenda Hussu, Sašo Fajon 5 1048 0 5 9
2 Čuki "Mal' naprej pa mal' nazaj" Jože Potrebuješ, Marino Marcela 0 8411 10 10 7
3 Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle "Love Symphony" Andrej Babić, Aleksandar Valenčić 12 5089 7 19 1
4 Omar Naber "I Still Carry On" Omar Naber, Miha Gorše, Rok Golob 8 7400 8 16 2
5 Brigita Šuler "Druga liga" Boštjan Groznik, Werner Brozovič 0 2301 0 0 13
6 Ne me jugat & Slavko Ivančič "Kaj me briga" Enkrat Se Živi, Mitja Kodarin, Gaber Radojevič 6 3240 4 10 6
7 Eva Černe "Vse" Boštjan Grabnar, Damjana Kenda Hussu 1 2996 2 3 11
8 Karmen Stavec "A si želiš" Rafael Artesero, Gregor Bezenšek 4 2815 1 5 10
9 Alya & Rudi "Zadnji dan" Jan Plestenjak 7 4366 6 13 4
10 Bjonde "Blond Power" Gorazd Sedmak, Gaber Radojevič 2 1762 0 2 12
11 Samuel Lucas "Vse bi zate dal" Anja Rupel, Aleš Klinar, Franci Zabukovec 10 3037 3 13 3
12 Nexys "Vsaj za en dan" Anton Valenčak, Ines Mohorko, Anton Valenčak 0 2448 0 0 14
13 Skupina Langa & Manca Spik "Zaigraj muzikant" Urša Vlašič, Matjaž Vlašič, Boštjan Grabnar 0 22294 12 12 5
14 Nuška Drašček "Kako lepo" Duško Rapotec, Rok Terkaj, Ivan Popeskič 3 3551 5 8 8

Promotion

Before competing at Eurovision, Quartissimo and Martina conducted a large promotion tour to promote "Love Symphony". The group performed at the Bosnia and Herzegovina song presentation on 1 March, performing in Slovene, as well as the semi-final of Serbia's Beovizija 2009 on 7 March.[17][18]

The group are confirmed to perform at the Eurovision Promo Concert on 18 April in Amsterdam.[19]

At Eurovision

Slovenia competed in second semi-final after Rebeka Dremelj came 11th in the 2008 semi-final. Slovenia performed tenth in the running order of the semi-final, following Denmark and preceding Hungary, where Quartissimo and Martina failed to qualify to the final on 16 May.

Points Awarded by Slovenia[20]

Semi final

12 points Serbia
10 points Croatia
8 points Norway
7 points Albania
6 points Azerbaijan
5 points Denmark
4 points Greece
3 points Moldova
2 points Ireland
1 point Estonia

Final

12 points Norway
10 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points Denmark
7 points France
6 points Croatia
5 points Iceland
4 points Greece
3 points United Kingdom
2 points Albania
1 point Azerbaijan

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Maatko, Alesh (2008-09-14). "Ema 2009: Povabljeni avtorji?! Vrača se Vanja Vardjan!" (in Slovenian). Evrovizija.com. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  2. 1 2 Calleja Bayliss, Marc (2009-02-01). "Quartissimo to represent Slovenia in Moscow". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  3. 1 2 Klier, Marcus (2009-02-01). "Slovenia: Eurovision entrant chosen". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  4. 1 2 Dahlander, Gustav (2009-02-01). "Slovenia's choice: Quartissimo to Moscow". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  5. ↑ Laufer, Gil (2008-09-18). "Slovenia: Same format with slight changes". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  6. 1 2 Floras, Stella (2008-10-11). "Slovenia: New selection format for Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  7. ↑ Viniker, Barry (2008-12-02). "Slovenian Eurovision final on 1st February". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  8. ↑ Bakker, Sietse (2008-12-02). "Slovenia selects on 1st of February". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  9. ↑ Costa, Nelson (2008-12-01). "Slovenia: 113 songs submitted to EMA 2009". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  10. 1 2 3 Calleja Bayliss, Marc (2009-01-23). "Slovenia: RTVSLO reveals details for EMA 2009". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  11. 1 2 Grillhofer, Florian (2008-12-03). "Slovenia: The complete line-up for EMA 2009". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  12. 1 2 Konstantopoulos, Fotis (2008-12-03). "Slovenia: RTV SLO announces EMA 2009 participants". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  13. ↑ Klier, Marcus (2009-01-31). "Slovenia: Semi final results". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  14. ↑ Calleja Bayliss, Marc (2009-01-31). "Slovenia: The Complete Finalists". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  15. 1 2 "EMA 09 results (scroll down)" (in Slovenian). Radiotelevizija Slovenija. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  16. ↑ Grillhofer, Florian (2008-12-29). "Slovenia: Remaining song titles revealed". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  17. ↑ Floras, Stella (2009-02-16). "Song presentation in Bosnia & Herzegovina". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  18. ↑ Floras, Stella (2009-07-07). "Beovizija semi final". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  19. ↑ Romkes, René (2009-03-17). "April 18 - Eurovision Promo Concert". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  20. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2009
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