Slovenia: Nika S. wins the fifth heat of the EMA Freš 2022 second chance round; Semifinals line-up completed

Slovenia: Nika S. wins the fifth heat of the EMA Freš 2022 second chance round; Semifinals line-up completed
Friday, 24 December 2021

  • The Slovenian broadcaster, RTVSLO , has announced that Nika S. is the winner of the fifth 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 hadn't qualified have had a second chance to make it to the televised semifinals through voting that took place in sets of three acts. One winner from each of the five second chance heats joined the line-up of the EMA Fres 2022 semifinals. 

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

    • ELLA - A sem dovoli?
    • Evita - Crno-bela
    • Nika S - Pocakaj me

    Nika S. was the act to win the last ticket to the televised semifinals completing the line up of EMA Fres' next stage. 

     

    Semifinals line-up completed

    Therefore here are the 14 acts that will compete in the two EMA Fres 2022 semifinals: 

    • Stella Sofia - Tu in zdaj (Here and now)
    • LPS - Disko (Disco)
    • Jon Vitezic -  Jesus Style
    • Ina – “Moj dopamin” (My dopamine)
    • Jaka Hliš – “Svoje sreče krojač” (Your lucky tailor)
    • LUMA – “All In”
    • Leya Leanne – "Naked"
    • De Liri – "Obstajam" (I exist)
    • Marijan Novak and Špela Velikanje – "I Am So in Love"
    • Katja Kos -  Deadly flower
    • EMMA - Moja sreča (My happiness)
    • Anja Vodošek - Maniac
    • Mia Vučković - Telenovela
    • Nika S - Pocakaj me

     

    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