by Ido Kizel Comment Closed




Watch live: Tonight at 20:00 CET, the Slovenian Eurovision selection “EMA 2025” will take place, where Slovenia’s representative and song for Eurovision 2025 will be chosen. A link to watch the broadcast is provided. 

Tonight at 21:00 (Israeli time), the Slovenian Eurovision selection “EMA 2025” will be held at the RTVSLO national broadcaster studios in the capital Ljubljana. 12 songs and artists will compete tonight, and the winner will represent Slovenia at Eurovision 2025, which will take place in Basel, Switzerland this coming May. The hosts of the national selection are Gregor Strasbergar, lead singer of the band MRFY, known by his stage name Štras, and Raiven, who represented Slovenia at Eurovision 2024 held last year in Malmö.

To watch the broadcast starting at 20:00 CET, click here!

 




The 12 Participating Artists of EMA 2025 and Their Running Order:

  1. ANNA – “Čau“
  2. ZveN – “Divja“
  3. PolarAce – “Kind“
  4. Astrid & The Scandals – “Touché“
  5. Jon Vitezič – “Vse Ti Dam“
  6. Kiki – “O-ou!“
  7. Eva Pavli – “Niti“
  8. Klemen – “How Much Time Do We Have Left?“
  9. July Jones – “New Religion“
  10. Žan Videc – “Pusti Da Gori“
  11. Trine – “Grace“
  12. RAI – “Frederick’s Dead“



Return of EMA Format and Voting Process

The Slovenian national broadcaster decided to bring back the EMA (short for “Evrovizijska Melodija”) national selection format this year, after choosing Slovenia’s Eurovision representatives through an internal selection process for the past two years.

Tonight’s voting process will take place in two rounds:

  • In the first round, five jury members will vote with each of them awarding points to each song, similar to the voting in Eurovision itself. Each jury member will include five judges, and these will be divided by categories – musicians, television people, radio people, members of the Eurovision fan club OGAE and network influencers in the field of Eurovision.
  • In the second round, the two songs with the highest sum of points will compete against each other, and the winner of the Eurovision national selection will be chosen by public telephone voting.

Notable Contestants

Among the contestants, several familiar names stand out:

  • Jon Vitezič – He competed in the preliminary round of the Slovenian Eurovision selection in 2022, “EMA Freš,” with the song “Jesus Style“. He reached the final but did not secure a spot in the main Slovenian Eurovision selection.
  • Klemen Slakonja – He has hosted the Slovenian Eurovision selection four times in the past, in 2011, 2012, 2016, and 2020. It was previously reported that he submitted a song for the 2025 Eurovision selection.
  • July Jones – She competed in the Slovenian Eurovision selection in 2022 with the song “Girls Can Do Anything“, finishing in fifth place. She also wrote the song “Kaos” for Raiven, Slovenia’s representative at Eurovision 2024, which competed in the 2019 national selection and finished second. Jones was also featured in our series of articles about artists we’d like to see at Eurovision.
  • Astrid – Competed under the name Astrid in Avantgarden in the preliminary round of the Slovenian Eurovision selection in 2020, “EMA Freš,” with the song “Sing To Me“, reaching the final but not securing a spot in the main Slovenian Eurovision selection.

The Euromix editorial team, who listened to the songs, selected July Jones as the worthy singer to represent Slovenia at the upcoming Eurovision. To view the full results of the Euromix editorial ranking, click here.




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: EurovisionWorld.

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..