Slovenia: The group LPS wins EMA 2022 and will fly to Turin

Slovenia: The group LPS wins EMA 2022 and will fly to Turin
Saturday, 19 February 2022

  • The group LPS are the big winners of Slovenia's national final EMA 2022 ans will represent the country at Eurovision 2022 with their song 'Disko'. 

    After two semi-final rounds in which six acts qualified from each semi-final, a total of 12 contestants competed in this evening's fina.  Melani Mekicar and Bojan Cvjetićanin had the honor to host EMA 2022.

    The EMA 2022 selection unfolded in three evenings -  two semi finals and a final show. Eight established musicians and two winners from Ema Freš 2022, performed previously in each semi final round. The jury and televoters determined six finalists in each semi-final.

     

    Thus the 12 acts that took the stage during this evening's final show were: 

    1. Anabel – “Tendency“
    2. Stela Sofia – “Tu in zdaj“
    3. Manouche – “Si sama?“
    4. Leya Leanne – “Naked“
    5. BQL – “Maj“
    6. Gušti feat. Leyre – “Nova romantika“
    7. July Jones – “Girls Can Do Anything“
    8. David Amaro – “Še vedno si lepa“
    9. LPS – “Disko“
    10. Hauptman – “Sledim“
    11. Luma – “All In“
    12. Batista Cadillac – “Mim pravil“

     

    The result

    The winner was determined by a jury and public deliberation, with a 50% share each. The jury is formed by jurors of six categories: 

    • Members of OGAE Slovenia
    • Songwriters
    • Radio and Television personalities
    • Music performers
    • International artists

    Here is how the overall scoreboard turned out once all jury and public voting were added up: 

    Final Results – 19 February 2022
    DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
    VotesPoints
    1 Anabel "Tendency" 10        11
    2 Stela Sofia "Tu in zdaj" 8   15    10
    3 Manouche "Si sama?" 28   25    6
    4 Leya Leanne "Naked" 8   20    9
    5 BQL "Maj" 19   50    3
    6 Gušti feat. Leyre "Nova romantika" 28   10    7
    7 July Jones "Girls Can Do Anything" 32   30    5
    8 David Amaro "Še vedno si lepa" 2        12
    9 LPS "Disko" 43   60   1
    10 Hauptman "Sledim" 29   5    8
    11 Luma "All In" 33   35    4
    12 Batista Cadillac "Mim pravil" 50   40    2

    A few word for LPS

    The group LPS (Last Pizza Slice)  is a group formed by Filip Vidusin (vocals), Gapser Hlupic (drums), Mark Semeja (electric guitar), Zala Valensek (bass guitar, tenor and alto saxophone) Ziga Zvizej (electronic keyboards) and was created in December 2018 in the music room of Gimnazija Celje Center.The group has achieved a number of participations in local competition with remarkable results.  

    They are the current winners of 'Centrovizija' where they performed their first song "Irregularities". In Ljubljana's competition Spli Liga, the first league of student bands, they won the first place in the preselection according to the jury and made it all the way to the finals.Also the were in the top 3 group in the Stresi oder competition and selected in the top 15 groups at Sourock in Maribor

    Their repetoire includes a mix of soul-pop, funk, blues, rock and jazz. Initially the band presented non-commercial arrangements of commercial hits, but now the strive for original music. 

     

    LPS will compete in the first half of the first semi final on May 10, 2022 in Turin. 

     

    News Source:RTVSLO