Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
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Country | ![]() | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Misija Evrovizija Misija EMA 2012 | |||
Selection date(s) | Misija Evrovizija: Auditions 26-30 August 2011 Live Shows: Round 1 2 October 2011 9 October 2011 16 October 2011 23 October 2011 Live Shows: Round 2 30 October 2011 6 November 2011 Live shows: Round 3 13 November 2011 20 November 2011 27 November 2011 11 December 2011 Semi final 18 December 2011 Final 8 January 2012 Misija EMA 2012 26 February 2012 | |||
Selected entrant | Eva Boto | |||
Selected song | "Verjamem" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (17th) | |||
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Verjamem" written by Vladimir Graić, Hari Mata Hari and Igor Pirkovič. The song was performed by Eva Boto. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija) organised the national final Misija EMA 2012 in order to select the Slovenian entry for the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Two finalists selected through the talent selection Misija Evrovizija competed in the national final where the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, each finalist performed three songs and the top two entries were selected by a four-member jury panel and a public vote. In the second round, "Verjamem" performed by Eva Boto was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.
Slovenia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 9, "Verjamem" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed seventeenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 31 points.
Background[]
Prior to the 2012 Contest, Slovenia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seventeen times since its first entry in 1993.[1] Slovenia's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been seventh place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 1995 with the song "Prisluhni mi" performed by Darja Švajger and in 2001 with the song "Energy" performed by Nuša Derenda. The country's only other top ten result was achieved in 1997 when Tanja Ribič performing "Zbudi se" placed tenth. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the contest in 2004, Slovenia had thus far only managed to qualify to the final on two occasions. In 2011, "No One" performed by Maja Keuc qualified to the final and placed thirteenth.
The Slovenian national broadcaster, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija), broadcasts the event within Slovenia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. RTV Slovenija confirmed Slovenia's participation in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest on 24 June 2011.[2] The Slovenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest has traditionally been selected through a national final entitled Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA), which has been produced with variable formats. For 2012, the broadcaster opted to organise EMA 2012 to select the Slovenian entry, which would consist of two phases.
Before Eurovision[]
Misija Evrovizija[]
Misija Evrovizija was the first phase of the Slovenian national final used by RTV Slovenija to select Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[2] The competition involved a three-month-long process that commenced on 2 October 2011 and concluded on 8 January 2012 with two finalists that would proceed to Misija EMA 2012.[3] The competition took place at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Klemen Slakonja and 2011 Slovenian Eurovision entrant Maja Keuc, and was broadcast on TV SLO1 and online via the broadcaster's website rtvslo.si.[4]
Judges[]
During the live shows, a four-member judging panel was responsible for selecting contestants to advance as well as to select those who would be exempt for elimination. The judging panel consisted of:[5]
- Darja Švajger – Singer, vocal coach and 1995 and 1999 Slovenian Eurovision entrant
- Jonas Žnidaršič – Television personality
- Raay – Singer-songwriter
- Tina Marinšek – Singer
Auditions[]
Artists aged over 16 were able to attend the producers' auditions that took place between 26 August 2011 and 30 August 2011 in five cities across Slovenia: Celje, Novo Mesto, Koper, Maribor and Ljubljana. The competition producers selected 130 contestants for the judges' auditions from the auditioning acts. During the judges' auditions, the contestants performed in front of a three-member judging panel and thirty-two were selected to compete in the live shows.
Results summary[]
- Colour key
- – Contestant was eliminated
- – Contestant was in the bottom two
Contestant | Show 1 | Show 2 | Show 3 | Show 4 | Show 5 | Show 6 | Show 7 | Show 8 | Show 9 | Show 10 | Show 11 (Semi-final) |
Show 12 (Final) |
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Eva Boto | N/A | Safe | N/A | N/A | Safe | N/A | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Safe |
Eva and Nika Prusnik | N/A | Safe | Safe | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | Safe | |||
Nika Zorjan | Safe | N/A | Safe | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | |||
Manuela Brečko | Safe | Safe | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | Eliminated (Show 11) | ||||
Flora Ema Lotrič | Safe | N/A | Safe | N/A | 7th | 5th | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (Show 10) | |||
Brina Vidic | Safe | N/A | N/A | Safe | 5th | 6th | 6th | Eliminated (Show 9) | ||||
Nadja Irgolič | Safe | Safe | 6th | 7th | Eliminated (Show 8) | |||||||
Gašper Rifelj | N/A | Safe | Safe | N/A | 8th | Eliminated (Show 7) | ||||||
David Matići | N/A | Safe | N/A | Out | Eliminated (Show 6) | |||||||
Klemen Orter | Safe | N/A | Out | Eliminated (Show 6) | ||||||||
Nastja Gabor | N/A | Safe | Out | Eliminated (Show 6) | ||||||||
Sara Jagrič | N/A | Safe | Out | Eliminated (Show 6) | ||||||||
Aljoša Keber | Safe | N/A | Out | Eliminated (Show 5) | ||||||||
Barbara Vauda | N/A | Safe | Out | Eliminated (Show 5) | ||||||||
Maja Založnik | Safe | Out | Eliminated (Show 5) | |||||||||
Sarah Senica | Safe | N/A | Out | Eliminated (Show 5) | ||||||||
Alino Juhart | N/A | Out | Eliminated (Show 4) | |||||||||
Maks Verderber | Out | Eliminated (Show 4) | ||||||||||
Me 4 | Out | Eliminated (Show 4) | ||||||||||
Tanja Srednik | Out | Eliminated (Show 4) | ||||||||||
Adrijana Lorber | Out | Eliminated (Show 3) | ||||||||||
Alex Volasko | Out | Eliminated (Show 3) | ||||||||||
Klemen Mramor | Out | Eliminated (Show 3) | ||||||||||
Nina Bauman | Out | Eliminated (Show 3) | ||||||||||
Domonik Vodopivec | Out | Eliminated (Show 2) | ||||||||||
Leaparfume | Out | Eliminated (Show 2) | ||||||||||
Sara Špelec | Out | Eliminated (Show 2) | ||||||||||
Ž-Lajf | Out | Eliminated (Show 2) | ||||||||||
Biba & Bibitas | Out | Eliminated (Show 1) | ||||||||||
Janja Kobale | Out | Eliminated (Show 1) | ||||||||||
Sylvo | Out | Eliminated (Show 1) | ||||||||||
Tamara Goričanec | Out | Eliminated (Show 1) |
Round 1[]
The 32 contestants competed in the first round of Misija Evrovizija over four shows, with 8 contestants in each. 4 contestants from each advanced in the competition as two were saved by the public vote and the other two were saved by the judges.
Saved by the public vote Saved by the jury
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Jury | Televote | Result | ||
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1 | Janja Kobale | "Rolling in the Deep" (Adele) | 11 | 6 | 400 | 4 | Eliminated |
2 | Sylvo | "Tainted Love" (Soft Cell) | 14 | 5 | 111 | 8 | Eliminated |
3 | Klemen Orter | "Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland) | 29 | 1 | 282 | 5 | Safe |
4 | Tamara Goričanec | "Ključ do srca" (Anja Rupel) | 11 | 6 | 182 | 7 | Eliminated |
5 | Biba and Bibitas | "Moon River" (Audrey Hepburn) | 5 | 8 | 169 | 6 | Eliminated |
6 | Nadja Irgolič | "The Climb" (Miley Cyrus) | 21 | 4 | 628 | 1 | Safe |
7 | Aljoša Keber | "Grenade" (Bruno Mars) | 27 | 2 | 422 | 3 | Safe |
8 | Brina Vidic | "You Know I'm No Good" (Amy Winehouse) | 26 | 3 | 506 | 2 | Safe |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Jury | Televote | Result | ||
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1 | Gašper Rifelj | "Bed of Roses" (Bon Jovi) | 18 | 5 | 1,114 | 2 | Safe |
2 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "Stuck" (Caro Emerald) | 23 | 2 | 962 | 3 | Safe |
3 | Ž-Lajf | "Sex Bomb" (Tom Jones) | 14 | 6 | 607 | 5 | Eliminated |
4 | Leaparfume | "Hvala za vijolice" ( ) | 21 | 4 | 646 | 4 | Eliminated |
5 | Nastja Gabor | "Molitva" (Marija Šerifović) | 21 | 3 | 583 | 6 | Safe |
6 | Sara Špelec | "The Show Must Go On" (Queen) | 7 | 8 | 99 | 8 | Eliminated |
7 | Domonik Vodopivec | "Plan B" (Anžej Dežan) | 11 | 7 | 396 | 7 | Eliminated |
8 | Eva Boto | "Because of You" (Kelly Clarkson) | 29 | 1 | 1,306 | 1 | Safe |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Jury | Televote | Result | ||
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1 | Manuela Brečko | "Something in the Water" (Brooke Fraser) | 23 | 2 | 737 | 3 | Safe |
2 | Alex Volasko | "Stop" (Omar Naber) | 11 | 6 | 282 | 8 | Eliminated |
3 | Adrijana Lorber | "Price Tag" (Jessie J) | 15 | 5 | 320 | 6 | Eliminated |
4 | Nina Bauman | "Superwoman" (Alicia Keys) | 10 | 7 | 305 | 7 | Eliminated |
5 | Sarah Senica | "Veter z juga" (Tinkara Kovač) | 19 | 4 | 876 | 2 | Safe |
6 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Je veux" (Zaz) | 30 | 1 | 658 | 4 | Safe |
7 | Klemen Mramor | "Use Somebody" (Kings of Leon) | 8 | 8 | 525 | 5 | Eliminated |
8 | Nika Zorjan | "Listen" (Beyoncé) | 28 | 3 | 1,579 | 1 | Safe |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Jury | Televote | Result | ||
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1 | Maja Založnik | "Love You I Do" (Jennifer Hudson) | 25 | 1 | 621 | 5 | Safe |
2 | Alino Juhart | "Valerie" (The Zutons) | 15 | 6 | 409 | 7 | Eliminated |
3 | Tanja Srednik | "Blues in the Night" (Blues in the Night) | 12 | 7 | 226 | 8 | Eliminated |
4 | Me 4 | "Mercy" (Duffy) | 22 | 2 | 682 | 4 | Eliminated |
5 | Barbara Vauda | "Saving All My Love for You" (Whitney Houston) | 19 | 5 | 906 | 2 | Safe |
6 | David Matiči | "Let Me Entertain You" (Robbie Williams) | 22 | 2 | 789 | 3 | Safe |
7 | Maks Verderber | "Somewhere There's a Someone" (Dean Martin) | 9 | 8 | 418 | 6 | Eliminated |
8 | Sara Jagrič | "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) | 20 | 4 | 929 | 1 | Safe |
Round 2[]
The remaining 16 contestants competed in the second round of Misija Evrovizija over two shows, with 8 contestants in each. 4 contestants advanced in the competition as two were saved by the public vote and the other two were saved by the judges.
Saved by the public vote Saved by the jury
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Jury | Televote | Result | ||
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1 | Aljoša Keber | "Born This Way" (Lady Gaga) | 21 | 3 | 313 | 8 | Eliminated |
2 | Maja Založnik | "V meni je moč" (Alenka Godec) | 14 | 5 | 333 | 7 | Eliminated |
3 | Sarah Senica | "Can I Walk with You" (Jessica Simpson) | 12 | 6 | 940 | 5 | Eliminated |
4 | Gašper Rifelj | "Insieme: 1992" (Toto Cutugno) | 7 | 8 | 1,246 | 2 | Safe |
5 | Eva Boto | "Hero" (Mariah Carey) | 27 | 2 | 1,051 | 4 | Safe |
6 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "A Night like This" (Caro Emerald) | 20 | 4 | 1,963 | 1 | Safe |
7 | Barbara Vauda | "California King Bed" (Rihanna) | 11 | 7 | 915 | 6 | Eliminated |
8 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Satellite" (Lena Meyer-Landrut) | 32 | 1 | 1,054 | 3 | Safe |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Jury | Televote | Result | ||
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1 | Brina Vidic | "I'm Like a Bird" (Nelly Furtado) | 24 | 2 | 363 | 7 | Safe |
2 | Manuela Brečko | "Fuckin' Perfect" (Pink) | 28 | 1 | 690 | 4 | Safe |
3 | Klemen Orter | "Empire State of Mind" (Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys) | 17 | 6 | 271 | 8 | Eliminated |
4 | Sara Jagrič | "There You'll Be" (Faith Hill) | 24 | 3 | 378 | 6 | Eliminated |
5 | Nastja Gabor | "It's Raining Men" (Geri Halliwell) | 13 | 7 | 732 | 5 | Eliminated |
6 | David Matići | "Moja" (Toše Proeski) | 6 | 8 | 915 | 3 | Eliminated |
7 | Nadja Irgolič | "This Is Me" (Demi Lovato) | 12 | 5 | 1,189 | 2 | Safe |
8 | Nika Zorjan | "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion) | 20 | 4 | 1,443 | 1 | Safe |
Round 3[]
The remaining 8 contestants competed in the third round of Misija Evrovizija over four elimination shows. The judges selected 2 contestants up for eviction, with one being saved by the public vote. Due to the Slovenian parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, the tenth show was postponed to 11 December 2011.
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Points | Place | Result |
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1 | Manuela Brečko | "Like a Prayer" (Madonna) | 20 | 4 | Safe |
2 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "Think Twice" (Celine Dion) | 8 | 7 | Bottom two |
3 | Gašper Rifelj | "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" (Heart) | 4 | 8 | Bottom two |
4 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Gangsta's Paradise" (Coolio feat. L.V.) | 26 | 2 | Safe |
5 | Nika Zorjan | "Would I Lie to You?" (Charles & Eddie) | 24 | 3 | Safe |
6 | Nadja Irgolič | "Ironic" (Alanis Morissette) | 15 | 6 | Safe |
7 | Brina Vidic | "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" (Prince) | 18 | 5 | Safe |
8 | Eva Boto | "Any Man of Mine" (Shania Twain) | 29 | 1 | Safe |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Televote | Result |
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1 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "Stuck" (Caro Emerald) | 5,158 | Saved |
2 | Gašper Rifelj | "Bed of Roses" (Bon Jovi) | 2,671 | Eliminated |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Points | Place | Result |
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1 | Nika Zorjan | "Ladadidej" ( ) | 17 | 3 | Safe |
2 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "Malo tu, malo tam" (Neisha) | 13 | 5 | Safe |
3 | Nadja Irgolič | "Alya" (Alya) | 7 | 7 | Bottom two |
4 | Brina Vidic | "Moje luči" ( ) | 12 | 6 | Bottom two |
5 | Eva Boto | "Prisluhni mi" (Darja Švajger) | 27 | 1 | Safe |
6 | Manuela Brečko | "Dež" (Nina Pušlar) | 17 | 3 | Safe |
7 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Samo malo" (Magnifico and Turbolentza) | 19 | 2 | Safe |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Televote | Result |
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1 | Nadja Irgolič | "The Climb" (Miley Cyrus) | 1,951 | Eliminated |
2 | Brina Vidic | "You Know I'm No Good" (Amy Winehouse) | 2,608 | Saved |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Points | Place | Result |
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1 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "Don't Stop the Music" (Rihanna) | 8 | 6 | Bottom two |
2 | Eva Boto | "Hush Hush" (The Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger) | 18 | 2 | Safe |
3 | Brina Vidic | "Hung Up" (Madonna) | 11 | 5 | Bottom two |
4 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "TiK ToK" (Kesha) | 20 | 1 | Safe |
5 | Nika Zorjan | "Bad Romance" (Lady Gaga) | 13 | 4 | Safe |
6 | Manuela Brečko | "One Love" (David Guetta feat. Estelle) | 14 | 3 | Safe |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Televote | Result |
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1 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "A Night like This" (Caro Emerald) | 3,660 | Saved |
2 | Brina Vidic | "I'm Like a Bird" (Nelly Furtado) | 2,451 | Eliminated |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Points | Place | Result |
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1 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Britney Spears) | 9 | 5 | Bottom two |
2 | Manuela Brečko | "It's My Life" (No Doubt) | 13 | 3 | Safe |
3 | Eva Boto | "Whataya Want from Me" (Adam Lambert) | 14 | 1 | Safe |
4 | Nika Zorjan | "Sweet Child o' Mine" (Guns N' Roses) | 10 | 4 | Bottom two |
5 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "It's My Life" (Bon Jovi) | 14 | 1 | Safe |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Televote | Result |
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1 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "Malo tu, malo tam" (Neisha) | 3,043 | Eliminated |
2 | Nika Zorjan | "Ladadidej" ( ) | 3,834 | Saved |
Semi-final[]
The remaining four contestants competed in the semi-final of Misija Evrovizija. A public vote selected two contestants up for eviction, with one being saved by the judges.
Draw | Artist | First song (Original artists) | Second song (Original artists) | Televote | Place | Result |
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1 | Nika Zorjan | "My Life Would Suck Without You" (Kelly Clarkson) | "Unfaithful" (Rihanna) | 6,101 | 2 | Safe |
2 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Bubbly" (Colbie Caillat) | "Forget You" (CeeLo Green) | 1,739 | 4 | Bottom two |
3 | Manuela Brečko | "Hey, Soul Sister" (Train) | "Someone like You" (Adele) | 1,995 | 3 | Bottom two |
4 | Eva Boto | "Use Somebody" (Kings of Leon) | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (Irene Cara) | 7,024 | 1 | Safe |
Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Votes | Result |
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1 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Je veux" (Zaz) | 3 | Saved |
2 | Manuela Brečko | "Something in the Water" (Brooke Fraser) | 1 | Eliminated |
Final[]
The remaining three contestants competed in the final of Misija Evrovizija. Two were selected to compete in Misija EMA 2012. A public vote selected the first finalist and the judges selected the other finalist.
Selected by the public vote Selected by the jury
Draw | Artist | First song (Original artists) | Second song (Original artists) | Jury | Televote | Result | ||
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1 | Nika Zorjan | "Listen" (Beyoncé) | "Ne partez pas sans moi" (Céline Dion) | 6 | 3 | 16,896 | 2 | Eliminated |
2 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Samo malo" (Magnifico and Turbolentza) | "Wild Dances" (Ruslana) | 9 | 1 | 6,628 | 3 | Finalist |
3 | Eva Boto | "Because of You" (Kelly Clarkson) | "Running Scared" (Ell and Nikki) | 9 | 1 | 17,045 | 1 | Finalist |
Misija 2012[]
Misija 2012 aired on 31 December 2011 for the New Year of Misija Evrovizija. The top eight contestants of Misija Evrovizija and former EMA contestants performed during the show.
Draw | Artist | Song |
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1 | Manuela Brečko | "Take Me to Your Heaven" |
2 | Alya | "Vse manj je dobrih gostiln" |
3 | Gašper Rifelj | "Naj bogovi slišijo" |
4 | Eva Boto | "Marija Magdalena" |
5 | Nina Pušlar | "Pozdrav z ljubeznijo" |
6 | Nadja Irgolič | "Lep poletni dan" |
7 | Maja Keuc | "Ta čas" |
8 | Brina Vidic | "Satellite" |
9 | Neisha feat. Tokac | "Najin ples" |
10 | Flora Ema Lotrič | "Hajde da ludujemo" |
11 | Tangels | "Najin"/"Kaj in kam"/"To je moj dan" (feat. Kataya) |
12 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Samo ljubezen" |
13 | Nika Zorjan and Langa | "Zaigraj muzikant" |
14 | Štirje Kovači, Cita Galič and Klemen | "Kam le čas beži" |
Misija EMA 2012[]
Misija EMA 2012 was the 17th edition of the Slovenian national final format Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA). The competition was used by RTV Slovenija as the second phase of the Slovenian national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The competition was broadcast on TV SLO1 and online via the broadcaster's website rtvslo.si and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[6]
Format[]
Three songs performed by each of the two Misija Evrovizija finalists, Eva Boto and Eva and Nika Prusnik, competed in a televised show where the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the points from a three-member expert jury and public televoting selected one finalist out of the three competing songs per artist to proceed to a superfinal. Both the expert jury and the televote awarded 1, 3 and 5 points to their top three songs performed by each artist with the top two being determined by the songs that receive the highest scores when the jury and public votes are combined. Ties were broken by giving priority to the song that achieved a higher number of scores from the jury. In the superfinal, public televoting exclusively determined the winner. In case of technical problems with the televote, the jury would have voted to determine the winner in a similar process as in the first round of the competition.[7]
Competing entries[]
52 songs were received by the broadcaster from composers during a submission period. An expert committee consisting of Darja Švajger, Mojca Menart (head of the Publishing House of RTV Slovenija) and Aleksander Radić (Head of the Slovenian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest) selected three songs for the competition from the received submissions, while an additional three songs were written by composers invited by RTV Slovenija for the competition. Eva Boto and Eva and Nika Prusnik were then allocated three competing songs each, which were announced on 16 February 2012.[8]
Final[]
Misija EMA 2012 took place on 26 February 2012 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Klemen Slakonja and Maja Keuc.[9] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Maja Keuc, 2012 French Eurovision entrant Anggun and member of 1989 Eurovision winners Riva Emilija Kokić performed as guests. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a combination of points from a four-member jury panel and a public vote selected one song per artist to proceed to the second round: "Konichiwa" for Eva and Nika Prusnik and "Verjamem" for Eva Boto. The jury consisted of the Misija Evrovizija judges Darja Švajger, Jonas Žnidaršič, Raay and Tina Marinšek. In the second round, a public vote selected "Verjamem" performed by Eva Boto as the winner.[10]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Result | ||
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1 | Eva Boto | "Run" | Christina Schilling, Camilla Gottschalck, Henrik Szabo, Daniel Nillson, Søren Bundgaard | 10 | 3 | 2,282 | 1 | 4 | Eliminated |
2 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Konichiwa" | Bilbi, Gregor Stermecki | 20 | 5 | 3,691 | 5 | 10 | Advanced |
3 | Eva Boto | "A si sanjal me" | Matjaž Vlašič, Urša Vlašič | 8 | 1 | 2,909 | 3 | 4 | Eliminated |
4 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Malo sreče" | Magnifico, Barbara Pešut | 10 | 3 | 517 | 1 | 4 | Eliminated |
5 | Eva Boto | "Verjamem" | Vladimir Graić, Igor Pirkovič | 18 | 5 | 8,772 | 5 | 10 | Advanced |
6 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Love Hurts" | Chiron Morpheus | 6 | 1 | 715 | 3 | 4 | Eliminated |
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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1 | Eva Boto | "Verjamem" | 28,385 | 1 |
2 | Eva and Nika Prusnik | "Konichiwa" | 12,884 | 2 |
At Eurovision[]
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2012, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals. Slovenia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 24 May 2012.[11] The running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw on 20 March 2012 and Slovenia was set to perform in position 9, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Croatia.
In Slovenia, the semi-finals were televised on RTV SLO2 and the final was televised on RTV SLO1 with commentary by Andrej Hofer. The Slovenian spokesperson, who announced the Slovenian votes during the final, was Lorella Flego.
Semi-final[]
Eva Boto took in technical rehearsals on 16 and 19 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 23 and 24 May. This included the jury show on 23 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.[12]
The Slovenian performance featured Eva Boto performing in a long white dress attached with a flower decoration together with five backing vocalists who also wore long white dresses. The stage colours transitioned from blue to gold as the song progressed, and the LED screens displayed blue waving cloth which changed to golden bubbles in the middle of the performance.[13] The Slovenian performance was choreographed by Matic Zadravec from the Maestro Dance Studio.[14] The five backing vocalists that joined Eva Boto on stage were: Ana Bezjak, Katja Koren, Martina Majerle, Mateja Majerle and Sandra Feketija. Majerle previously represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 together with the group Quartissimo where they failed to qualify to the grand final of the contest with the song "Love Symphony".[15]
Despite being one of the bookmakers favourites, at the end of the show, Slovenia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.[16] It was later revealed that Slovenia placed seventeenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 31 points.[17][18]
Voting[]
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding points from 1-8, 10 and 12 as determined by a combination of 50% national jury and 50% televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Slovenia and awarded by Slovenia in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Serbia in the semi-final and the final of the contest.
Points awarded to Slovenia[]
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12 points | |
10 points | ![]() |
8 points | ![]() |
7 points | |
6 points | |
5 points | ![]() |
4 points | |
3 points | |
2 points | |
1 point |
Points awarded by Slovenia[]
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Jury Points awarded by Slovenia[]
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References[]
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External links[]
- (in Slovene) official site RTV SLO
- Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
- 2012 in Slovenian television