RTVSLO .the Slovenian national broadcaster, has unveiled the EMA 2025 date and details, whilst the song submission window for the Slovenian national final has opened.
Slovenia will be selecting its Eurovision 2025 act and entry via its traditional national final EMA, which returns after 2 years of internal selections. The song submission window for EMA 2025 is open as of today with the deadline set on 25 November 2024. Hereafter a special RTVSLO Committee consisting of at least three members will evaluate all the submitted entries and shortlist them to twelve songs.
The list of the competing songs and acts will be published by the 20th of December 2024.
The Slovenian national final aka EMA 2025 will be held on Saturday 1 February with a total of 12 acts for the golden ticket to Basel.
EMA 2025 will consist of two rounds:
- Round #1– A total of five juries will evaluate the competing songs and cast their votes. The top two songs will proceed to the next round aka the Superfinal.
- Round #2– The top two songs after the 5 jury deliberation will battle against each another at the Superfinal and the Slovenian public will have the responsibility of selecting the 2025 Slovenian Eurovision and entry. The winning entry and act after the public televoting deliberation at the ‘Superfinal’ will represent Slovenia at ESC 2025.
Singers and artists who would like to compete at EMA 2025 and ultimately represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel can apply here.
RTVSLO’S press release reads:
Applications for Ema 2025 are accepted by RTV Slovenia on the online form at the address EMA 2025, and applicants must upload a recording of the final version of the song in mp3 format, the lyrics of the song, a photo of the artist, a description of the artist’s creative and musical activities and a fully completed and signed statement , which is part of invitations. The application deadline is November 25 at midnight.
Slovenia in Eurovision
Slovenia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with 1X Band and is yet to win the competition. The country’s best result in the contest is a 7th placing, achieved in 1995 (Darja Svajger) and 2001 (Nusa Derenda).
Slovenia has competed 29 times in the contest since their debut in 1993, the country has partaken in the competition religiously every year with the exception of 1994 and 2000 when the nation was forced to stay out of the event due to the relegation rules of the contest back then.
In 2024 Raiven represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo with her entry ‘Veronika‘.
Source: RTVSLO
Photo credit: Alma Bengtsson/ RTVSLO
