Tonight, the fourth semi final of the Slovakian selection for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest was held. Ten songs were presented and three of them were chosen to move forward to the national final on 8th March. Two songs were chosen by televoting and a third one by the jury.
The following songs qualified through the televoting:
- Martina Schindlerová – Krídla
- Janais – Taram ta rej
The following song was the jury choice:
- Zachariáš Hubácek – Bolo bolo
The complete SMS voting results:
- Martina Schindlerová – 27.18%
- Janais – 20.31 %
- Zuzana Haasová & Funny Fellows – 11.31%
- Miro Jaros – 10.82%
- Palo Drapak – 7.23%
- Golden Vein – 5.78%
- Zachariáš Hubácek – 5.75%
- Barbora Baluchova & Red rose – 5.03%
- Quasimondo – 3.39%
- Nocaden – 2.59%
esctoday.com poll results
The esctoday.com poll readers partly agreed with the voting in the semi final. While the poll winners, Barbora Baluchova & Red rose, did not qualify tonight, the two televoting qualifiers had finished second and third in the poll. Jury joker Zachariáš Hubácek got 3.4% in the poll and was therefore equal fifth.
Slovakia will return to the Eurovision Song Contest after eleven years. The last participation to date came in 1998, when Katarina Hasprová finished 21st with her entry Modlitba getting eight points in total and all of them from Croatia. In 2009, the country will take part in the second semi final on 14th May.
