After two years of internal selection, the Slovene national broadcaster RTVSLO has announced the return of the national selection show “EMA” to choose the Slovene representative and song for Eurovision 2025 in Basel.
After confirming its participation in Eurovision 2025 on September 13th, Slovene national broadcaster RTVSLO announces the comeback of the Slovene national selection “EMA 2025”, scheduled for February 1st. This event will determine Slovenia’s representative for Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland. Additionally, the broadcaster officially opens the song submission window for the selection and reveals details about the format of the national final.
Slovene national broadcaster RTVSLO officially opens registration for “EMA 2025”. The submission deadline is set for November 25th, giving artists one month to submit their entries. A selection committee, comprising at least 3 judges, will choose 12 songs from all received entries to compete in the national final. The complete list of artists and songs is expected to be published on December 20th, and on February 1st, we will know which song will represent Slovenia at Eurovision 2025.
Two-Round Selection Process for Slovenia’s Eurovision Entry
The winning song will be chosen through a two-round voting system:
- In the first round, five jury panels will vote, with each panel awarding points to every song, similar to the Eurovision voting system. Each jury panel will consist of five members, divided into categories: musicians, TV professionals, radio professionals, members of the OGAE Eurovision fan club, and Eurovision-focused social media influencers.
- In the second round, the two songs with the highest total points will compete against each other. The winner of EMA 2025 will be determined by public televoting.
Slovenia in Eurovision 2024:
“Veronika” is the name of the song performed by Raiven, who was chosen to represent Slovenia through an internal selection by the national broadcaster. Slovenia advanced to the final after placing ninth in the first semi-final with 51 points, and in the grand final, they finished 23rd with 27 points.
This is the second consecutive time Slovenia has qualified for the final, matching their qualification streaks in 2014-2015 and 2018-2019. However, this is Slovenia’s lowest placement in a final since Eurovision 2014.
Source: RTVSLO
Eurovision 2025: This will be Slovenia’s 30th participation in Eurovision. Slovenia joined the competition in 1993 and achieved its best result in Eurovision 1995 and Eurovision 2001 after finishing seventh twice..
