Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	Slovenski izbor za Pesem Evrovizije 1993
Selection date(s)	27 February 1993
Selected entrant	1X Band
Selected song	"Tih deževen dan"
Selected songwriter(s)	Cole Moretti; Tomaž Kosec;
Finals performance
Final result	22nd, 9 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Slovenia made its debut to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993, having previously competed as part of Yugoslavia. The Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) held a national final to select the first independent Slovene entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Eurovision

Slovenski izbor za Pesem Evrovizije 1993

Slovenski izbor za Pesem Evrovizije 1993 took place on 27 February 1993 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Tajda Lekše. A regional jury vote from twelve regions in Slovenia determined the winner.^[1]

Final – 27 February 1993
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Maddalena de Andrea	"Ko bo maj"	5	12
2	E.T.	"Svet za oba"	49	8
3	Dominik Kozarič	"Tina"	25	11
4	Faraoni	"Sonce sreče"	52	7
5	Čudežna polja	"Nekdo igra klavir"	59	6
6	Darja Švajger	"Naj vidimo ljudi"	98	2
7	1X Band	"Tih deževen dan"	107	1
8	Alenka Godec	"Tisti si ti"	81	3
9	Miran Rudan Band	"Prepozno je za vse"	39	10
10	Roberto Buljevič	"Daj odpri"	48	9
11	Helena Blagne	"Vzemi me nocoj"	63	5
12	Regina	"Naj ljubezen združi vse ljudi"	70	4

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Ljubljana	Maribor	Koper	Murska Sobota	Celje	Trbovlje	Novo Mesto	Kranj	Slovenj Gradec	Brežice	Ptuj	Jesenice	Total score
1	"Ko bo maj"	1		2				2						5
2	"Svet za oba"	2	3	1	4	8	8	1	6	2	10	4		49
3	"Tina"	4	2	4		4	6		3				2	25
4	"Sonce sreče"	3	1	10	6	2	3	4	1	5	7	7	3	52
5	"Nekdo igra klavir"	10	10		3	1		5		4	8	12	6	59
6	"Naj vidimo ljudi"	8	12	12	8	12	2	3	10	3	12	8	8	98
7	"Tih deževen dan"	12	7	8	12	10	12	12	8	10	6	5	5	107
8	"Tisti si ti"	7	8	5	5	7	7	7	12	12	5	2	4	81
9	"Prepozno za vse"		5	3	1	3	4	8	4	7	2	1	1	39
10	"Daj odpri"			6	2	5	5	6	7	1	3	3	10	48
11	"Vzemi me nocoj"	5	6		7	6	1	10	2	8	1	10	7	63
12	"Naj ljubezen združi vse ljudi"	6	4	7	10		10		5	6	4	6	12	70

At Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

Due to a major influx of countries wishing to enter the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, due to the fall of communism, and the creation of new countries with the fall of the Soviet Union and disintegration of Yugoslavia, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) were forced to limit the number of countries allowed to enter the contest. As such, a one-off contest was held to reduce the number of interested countries to just three that would progress to the contest, held in Millstreet, Ireland.

Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (Qualification for Millstreet) was held by RTVSLO in their TV studios in Ljubljana on 3 April 1993. Seven countries competed for the three spots in the final. Slovenia received 54 points, placing 1st in the contest and qualified to the final of the contest, along with former Yugoslav states Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Slovenia^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Romania
10 points	Estonia Slovakia
8 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points	Croatia Hungary
6 points
5 points

Points awarded by Slovenia^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Estonia
10 points	Slovakia
8 points	Croatia
7 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 points	Hungary
5 points	Romania

At Eurovision

At Millstreet, 1X Band performed 16th in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Finland. Slovenia received 9 points, placing 22nd in a field of 25.^[3] As such, Slovenia were forced to sit out the following contest due to new relegation rules which forced the lowest-placed countries to withdraw. Slovenia would return to Eurovision in 1995.

Voting

Points awarded to Slovenia^[4]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points	Italy
3 points	Sweden
2 points
1 point	Bosnia and Herzegovina Malta

Points awarded by Slovenia^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Ireland
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Iceland
4 points	France
3 points	Norway
2 points	Spain
1 point	Luxembourg

References

^ "SLOVENE NATIONAL FINAL 1993".
^ ^a ^b ^c Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 131–135. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
^ "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.