All songs for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 have been selected. During the weeks between the national final season and the actual Eurovision Song Contest, we will introduce all 39 entries in random order. Part twenty-six of the series is dedicated to the Slovene entry.

Basic information

Performers:	Ansambel Žlindra & Kalamari
Song:	Narodnozabavni rock (Popular folk rock song)
Language:	Slovene
Music:	Marino Legovi�
Lyrics:	Leon Oblak
Draw:	11th in the second semi final

The song

Narodnozabavni rock mixes traditional folk music with rock music. The lyrics reflect this mixture and they tell why both music styles are so great:

Polka je kraljica na slovenskih tleh Poskrbi za ples, za vriskanje in smeh Rock je kralj zabave, oster, a iskren VroÄ� kot poletje, barvast kakor jesen Naj bo, naj bo, naj bo premik v glavi Naj bo, naj bo, naj bo kot pozitiven šok

Polka is the Queen on Slovene soil It is the reason for dancing, shouting and laughter Rock is the king of entertainment, a tough but honest one As hot as summer, as colourful as autumn Let it be, let it be, a change of mind Let it be, let it be, a positive shock

The performers

Ansambel Žlindra was founded by Rok Žlindra, who had been playing the accordion since he was a child. He was joined by Barbara Ogrinc, Nejc DrobniÄ� and Rok Modic. Their debut album Najlepše je, kadar sva skupaj was released in 2007.

Kalamari was founded in 1993 and the band has enjoyed success on homeground, especially due to their second album S tabo držim. Kalamari have relased seven CDs to date and the most recent one half a year ago. On stage in Oslo, the band will be represented by Jože Pepi Jež and Matjaž Švagelj.

Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari joined forces for the Slovene national final for the Eurovision Song Contest with Ansambel Žlindra representing the folk genre and Kalamari representing the rock genre. With their programmatic song Narodnozabavni rock, they won both the semi final and the final by a landslide.

The songwriters

The Slovene entry was written by Marino Legovi� (music) and Leon Oblak (lyrics). Marino Legovi� has been enjoying a long career as a composer and he is the band behind a series of festival winning songs. He has worked as a songwriter for acts like Bazar and Karamela. Leon Oblak is known as a frequent competitior in music festivals too, and he has already won awards for Best lyricist.

The national selection

EMA 2010 followed a similar format as last year, although this year the winners whould be chosen by televoting only. 14 acts competed in the semi final and seven of them were chosen to compete in the final, where they would meet the seven pre-qualified acts. Ansambel Žlindra & Kalamari won both the semi final and the final by a landslide.

Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Slovenia entered the Eurovision Song Contest as an independant country in 1993, when they had hosted andwon the semi final in Eastern Europe. Since then the country has finished in the top ten only three times in a final including their best result – two seventh places – in 1995 and 2001. 2007 was the only time Slovenia managed to qualify from the semi final under the current format. Under the flag of Yugoslavia, songs from Slovenia took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 (which was the debut of Yugoslavia), 1962, 1966, 1967,1970 and 1975.

Sloveniji s skupino Ansambel Žlindra & Kalamari želimo veliko sre�e in obilico uspeha v Oslu!

Videos

Performance in the national final/Preview video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7mRUZ4M1tk

Ansambel Roka Žlindre with Spomin na poletno no�:

Kalamari with Angelca:

Tomorrow, we will take a look at the Azerbaijani entry.

Previous parts of this series:

1. Ireland
2. Belarus
3. Albania
4. Denmark
5. Russia
6. Bulgaria
7. Switzerland
8. FYR Macedonia
9. Armenia
10. Spain
11. Poland
12. Croatia
13. Finland
14. Greece
15. Ukraine
16. Lithuania
17. Belgium
18. Norway
19. Portugal
20. Moldova
21. The Netherlands
22. The United Kingdom
23. Latvia
24. Serbia
25. France