Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	EMA 1998
Selection date(s)	28 February 1998
Selected entrant	Vili Resnik
Selected song	"Naj bogovi slišijo"
Selected songwriter(s)	Matjaž Vlašič; Urša Vlašič;
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 17 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Slovenia was represented by Vili Resnik in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Naj bogovi slišijo".

Before Eurovision[]

EMA 1998[]

EMA 1998 was the 4th edition of the Slovenian national final format Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA). The competition was used by RTV Slovenija to select Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1998.

Competing entries[]

43 entries were received by RTV Slovenija during a submission period. An expert committee consisting of Miša Molk, Andrej Karoli and Mojmir Sepe selected fourteen artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions.

Final[]

EMA 1998 took place on 28 February 1998 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Mojca Mavec. A public vote selected "Naj bogovi slišijo" performed by Vili Resnik as the winner.^[1]

Final – 28 February 1998
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	Magnifico	"Silvia"	Robert Magnifico	3,558	5
2	Vili Resnik	"Naj bogovi slišijo"	Matjaž Vlašič, Urša Vlašič	7,391	1
3	Pop Design	"Nora noč"	Tone Košmrlj	911	13
4	Miran Rudan	"Cvetje in vrtovi"	Tone Košmrlj, Miran Rudan	1,377	10
5	Aurora	"Pesem zate"	Dean Savič, Dragan Kikovič	480	14
6	Victory	"Zapri oči"	Robi Lukač	4,221	4
7	Damjana	"Ljubim, ljubiš"	Karel Novak, Janez Zmazek	1,448	9
8	Karmen Stavec and Patrik Greblo	"Kje pesem je doma"	Patrik Greblo, Milan Dekleva	2,298	7
9	Sound Attack	"Zakaj odšel ni"	Simon Šurev, Pika Božič	1,628	8
10	Deja Mušič	"Ljubezen"	Boštjan Grabnar, Deja Mušič, Danijel Šmid	1,257	11
11	Janez Rijavec and Vladimir Čadež	"Pusti času čas"	Gianni Rijavec, Miša Čermak	6,103	2
12	Darja Švajger	"Ljubezen ne odhaja"	Rok Golob, Darja Švajger	3,224	6
13	Regina	"Glas gora"	Aleksander Kogoj	5,694	3
14	Obvezna smer	"Ko pade noč"	Martin Štibernik, Karmen Stavec	980	12

At Eurovision[]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Slovenia^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Romania
4 points	Finland
3 points	Croatia Turkey
2 points	Greece
1 point

Points awarded by Slovenia^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Croatia
10 points	Norway
8 points	Germany
7 points	Israel
6 points	Belgium
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Macedonia
3 points	Malta
2 points	Estonia
1 point	Ireland

References[]

^ "SLOVENE NATIONAL FINAL 1998".
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1] "SLOVENE NATIONAL FINAL 1998".

[1998detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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