Slovenia: RTVSLO confirms the EMA 2022 dates, hosts and semifinals allocation

Slovenia: RTVSLO confirms the EMA 2022 dates, hosts and semifinals allocation
Wednesday, 19 January 2022

  • The Slovenian national broadcaster has confirmed the dates, hosts and semifinals draw of EMA 2022, the country's national selection formula for Eurovision 2022. 

    While the Ema Fres 2022 Grand final is coming up on January 28 to determine the last four spots of the EMA 2022 line-up, RTVSLO confirmed today the dates and hosts of the Slovenian national selection shows along with the semifinals draw. 

    The Ema 2022 selection will take place in three evenings - in two semi finals and a final show. Eight established musicians and two winners from Ema Freš, will perform in each semi final round. The jury and televoters will determine six finalists in each semi-final.

    The twelve selected will perform on the big stage of the Ema 2022 finals. The best will be decided together (in a 50:50 ratio) by spectators and five member juries. 

    The two semi final shows will take place on February 5 and 12 respectively while the Grand final show will be held one week after on February 19, 2022.  Melani Mekicar and Bojan Cvjetićanin will have the honor to host EMA 2022.

    The draw of the two semifinals has been determined and look as following:

     

    Semi-final 1 ( February 5)

    1. July Jones – “Girls Can Do Anything”
    2. David Amaro – “Še vedno si lepa” (You are still beautiful)
    3. Le Serpentine – “Tud teb se lahk zgodi” (It can happen to you too)
    4. Bowrain & Brina – “Čas je” (It’s time)
    5. EMA FREŠ qualifier
    6. EMA FREŠ qualifier
    7. Jonatan Haller – “Obzorje” (Horizon)
    8. Batista Cadillac – “Mim pravil” (My rules)
    9. Zala Smolnikar – “V ogledalu” (In the mirror)
    10. Manouche – “Si sama?” (Are you alone?)

     

    Semi-final 2 (February 12)

    1. Mia Guček – “Independiente” (Independent)
    2. Gušti feat. Leyre – “Nova romantika” (New romance)
    3. Klara Jazbec – “Vse kar imam” (Everything I have)
    4. Verdan Ljubenko – “H2O dieta” (H2O diet)
    5. EMA FREŠ qualifier
    6. EMA FREŠ qualifier
    7. Anabel – “Tendency”
    8. BQL – “Maj” (May)
    9. Hauptman – “Sledim” (I follow)
    10. Eva Moškon – “Kliki” (Clicks)

     

    30 second snippets of the EMA 2022 competing songs will be released on January 20 and 21, 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