Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	EMA 2001
Selection date(s)	Semi-final 23 February 2001 Final 24 February 2001
Selected entrant	Nuša Derenda
Selected song	"Energy"
Selected songwriter(s)	Matjaž Vlašič Lucienne Lončina
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 70 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1999 • 2001 • 2002►

Slovenia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 with Nuša Derenda and the song "Energy". The song was selected as the Slovene entry after it won the Slovene national final, EMA 2001.

Before Eurovision[]

EMA 2001[]

EMA 2001 was the 6th 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 2001.

Format[]

EMA 2001 consisted of a semi final on 23 February 2001 and a final on 24 February 2001. Twenty-two artists competed in EMA 2001. In the semi-final, 12 songs qualified to the final as six songs were selected by the Slovenian public and the other six songs were selected by the jury. In the final, the combination of points from a public vote, an expert jury and a jury composed of members from the Entertainment Program of RTV Slovenija determined the winner.

Semi-final[]

The semi-final of EMA 2001 took place on 23 February 2001 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Mojca Mavec. Twelve acts qualified for the final: six entries were chosen with the most votes cast by the viewers and six other finalist entries were selected by the jury.

Final[]

The final of EMA 2001 took place on 24 February 2001 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Mojca Mavec, Miša Molk and Marcel Štefančič. The combination of points from a public vote, a four-member jury panel and a RTV Slovenija jury selected "Ne, ni res" performed Nuša Derenda as the winner. The jury panel consisted of Aleš Strajnar, Jaka Pucihar, Mojmir Sepe and Mojca Menart. The winner of the public vote was "Ostani tu" performed by Karmen Stavec, however only came third overall.

At Eurovision[]

At Eurovision Derenda performed "Ne, ni res" in English as "Energy". On the night of the contest Derenda perform 17th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Poland. The Slovene votes were calculated through a public televote held after all songs had performed.

At the close of the voting, Slovenia, which had been one of the heavy favorites to win prior to the event, received 70 points, placing 7th in a field of 23 countries.^[1] This was, and still is as of 2020, Slovenia's best place at Eurovision, along with Darja Švajger's "Prisluhni mi" from 1995.

Voting[]

Points awarded to Slovenia[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 points  Croatia 7 points  Sweden 6 points  Iceland  Norway  Poland 5 points  Estonia 4 points  Germany  Lithuania  Netherlands  Russia 3 points 2 points  Ireland  Spain 1 point  France  Israel

Points awarded by Slovenia[2] Score Country 12 points  Estonia 10 points  Denmark 8 points  Greece 7 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 points  France 5 points  Croatia 4 points  Netherlands 3 points  Poland 2 points  Lithuania 1 point  Spain

References[]

External links[]

• Slovene National Final 2001