Slovenia: Mia Vučković wins the fourth heat of the EMA Freš 2022 second chance round

Slovenia: Mia Vučković wins the fourth heat of the EMA Freš 2022 second chance round
Thursday, 23 December 2021

  • The Slovenian broadcaster, RTVSLO , has announced that Mia Vučković is the winner of the fourth heat of the second chance round of EMA Freš 2022, the competition for young acts under 30 yo that will determine four spots of the Eurovision national final, EMA 2022. 

    After three weeks of duels from which the first set of nine  EMA Freš 2022 semifinalists determined, from 20/12 to 24/12 the 15 acts that didn't qualify will have a second chance to make it to the televised semifinals through voting that will take place in sets of three acts. One winner from each of the five second chance heats will join the line-up of the EMA Fres 2022 semifinals. 

    In the fourth heat of the second round chance the three acts that battled for the golden tickets were: 

     

    • Hvala Brothers – Gremo naprej (Go ahead)
    • Mia Vučković - Telenovela
    • Lara Dovier – Ko sva se prvič spoznala (When we first met)

    Mia Vučković  is the act that advances to the televised semifinals of Ema Fres 2022.

     

    Here are the results of the second chance round of Ema Fres 2022 so far: 

    second chance round ema fres

    Out of  24 songs, 14 will remain once the four week online pre-selection is over. The 14 newcomers will re-introduce themselves in January, this time in two Ema Freš televised shows during which 7 contestants will compete in each show.

    Two acts from each semifinal  show will secure a spot in the  Ema 2022 selection. One qualifier will be determined by the public and one from the jury, with a total of four EMA FREŠ acts advancing in  the Slovenian national final for Eurovision 2022. 

     

    Slovenia in Eurovision

    Slovenia participated at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with 1X Band and hasn’t won yet the competition. The country’s best results in the contest are the 7th placings, achieved  in 1995 (Darja Svajger) and 2001 (Nusa Derenda).

    Slovenia has competed 26 times in the contest since their debut in 1993, and has only missed out the contests of 1994 and 2000 when it had to stay out of the event due to the rules of the competition at that time. In 2018 Slovenia opted to select its Eurovision act and entry via its traditional national selection EMA. Lea Sirk flew to Lisbon with her entry Hvala, ne!, placing 22nd in the Grand Final.

    In 2019 the country was represented in Tel Aviv by the duo, Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl and their entry “Sebi” which finished in 15th place in the Grand final, marking Slovenia’s fourth semi final qualification the last six years of participation.

    In 2020, Ana Soklič  won the national final with her entry ‘Voda’, EMA 2020, back in February and earned the right to represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Unfortunately the Slovenian act saw her Eurovision journey stay incomplete as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak. 

    Nevertheless the Slovenian act was chosen internally for Eurovision 2021 having a second chance to complete her ESC journey in Rotterdam where she performed the song "Amen" in the 1st Semi final but failed to qualiied to the Grand final show. 

     

    News Source/Image: RTVSLO