RTVSLO, the Slovenian national broadcaster, has received 114 songs for EMA 2025. 

Slovenia is working from strength to strength in order to showcase an extraordinary and exciting show. RTVSLO has opted to hold a full fledged national final in order to select the 2025 Eurovision act and entry after two years of internal selections.

A total of 114 entries have been submitted for EMA 2025.

Now 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.

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: EBU/ Alma Bengtsson