Tonight, the Slovakian national final for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest will be held. 16 acts will present one song each and the winner will be come the fourth Slovakian entrant in the competition.

The show

The show to be aired on STV1 will start at 20:15 CET andit will be hosted by Martin Rausch. 16 acts will present one song each and the winner will be chosen by televoting alone.

Webcast

A webcast is available hereand should go live at 20:15 CET.

Participants

  1. VIPHviezdy
  2. Andrea ZimányiováPrines si ten kľúÄ�
  3. Robo Šimko & MassRiotMôj anjel spí
  4. Zachariáš HubáÄ�ekBolo bolo
  5. Martina SchindlerováKrídla
  6. MukatadoJa sa mám
  7. Tomáš BezdedaKaždý z nás
  8. Robo Opatovský Prší
  9. Smola a hruškyNa Ä�om záleží
  10. Peter Bažík a Andrea SulovskáNebudem stáÅ¥
  11. JanaisTaram ta rej
  12. Mária Ä�írováBúrka
  13. Kamil MikulÄ�ík & Nela PociskováLeÅ¥ tmou
  14. Michal ChrenkoProti prúdu
  15. Komajota7 nocí
  16. Samo TomeÄ�ekTo Ä�o chceš

Your opinion

You can vote for your favourite in the national final here.

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.