For the first time, Slovenia will opt for an internal selection to choose its Eurovision representative for a second consecutive year. It’s a departure from broadcaster RTV Slovenija’s original plan to introduce a new national final, “Misija Malmö” or Mission Malmö in January 2024. The broadcaster accepted entries for Misija through mid-November, but instead of announcing the list of four …
Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO has revealed plans to host a national final to select the nation’s Eurovision 2024 entry. And to make things more interesting, it’s not the EMA fans have gotten to know for the past two decades. The show, titled “Misija Malmö” or Mission Malmö, is accepting entries until Nov. 15. Acts must be 16 years or older, and …
On December 8th Slovenia’s broadcaster RTVSLO made the announcement that Joker Out has been internally selected to represent them at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool, and their song “Carpe Diem” was released on February 4th. Shortly after the song release, we had the opportunity to sit down with the band to discuss the group’s origin story, their decision to do Eurovision, …
It’s an exciting day to be a “Dead Poets Society” fan and a Eurovision fan. RTV Slovenija revealed today that the title of ESC representatives Joker Out’s song will be “Carpe Diem.” Don’t be fooled by the Latin title. The band has previously confirmed that the lyrics of “Carpe Diem” will be in Slovenian, and Joker Out intends to remain …
We’re less than two weeks away from another Eurovision 2023 song release, and this time, it comes from our “shagadelic” rock ‘n’ roll friends from Slovenia. Slovenian indie rockers Joker Out shared via their Instagram story that they’ve finished filming the music video for their Eurovision song. The song will be released on Feb. 4. The band confirmed that the …
It has been revealed by Eurovision 2007 representative Alenka Gotar that Slovenia considered withdrawing from Eurovision 2023 earlier this year. Gotar, who is now a member of the Program Council of RTVSLO, posted this statement on social media: “Great news! In the spring, RTV’s management and consultants were thinking about not participating in Eurovision anymore! I am glad that this time …
Last week, the first semi-final of EMA took place, and with that 10 competitors became 6 finalists, and sure enough, this was the same that would happen tonight once again in Slovenia. Let’s have a look at what has happened. EMA 2022 The format remained quite the same once again since last week, another 10 acts took part in the …
It’s been a long journey already in Slovenia, and we’re slowly approaching the end of it all. Last month, we ended our journey with EMA Freš, but tonight we could finally start on EMA, with the first semi-final. EMA 2022 The format for this year’s EMA is rather simple, a total of 20 songs will compete across the two semi-finals, …
As we head into Eurovision week, we are almost at the end of our Road to Rotterdam, covering all 39 acts and their journey to the contest. Next up is Slovenia’s Ana Soklič, an artist who has been waiting a long time to represent her country at the contest, from her first attempt in 2004 to realising her dream this …
Tonight was the night, but alas, due to these uncertain times, we won’t know who will succeed Duncan Laurence as the next Eurovision champion until next year. However, we do know one of the potential names that could be crowned the next winner. RTV SLO (The Slovenian national broadcaster) has tonight confirmed, that Ana Soklič will be given another shot …
