Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
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Slovenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "For a Thousand Years", written by Sašo Fajon and Primož Peterca, and performed by Darja Švajger. The Slovene participating broadcaster, Script error: No such module "Lang". (RTVSLO), held the national final Script error: No such module "Lang". 1999 in order to select its entry for the contest. Švajger had previously represented Template:Esccnty.
17 entries competed in the national final where "Script error: No such module "Lang"." performed by Darja Švajger was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a four-member jury panel and a public televote. The song was later translated from Slovene to English for Eurovision and was titled "For a Thousand Years" .
Slovenia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 29 May 1999. Performing during the show in position 6, Slovenia placed eleventh out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 50 points.
Background
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As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTVSLO organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has traditionally selected its entry through a national final entitled Script error: No such module "Lang". (EMA), which has been produced with variable formats. For 1999, RTVSLO opted to organise Script error: No such module "Lang". 1999 (EMA 1999) to select its entry.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Before Eurovision
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Script error: No such module "Lang". 1999 (EMA 1999) was the fifth edition of the national final format Script error: No such module "Lang". (EMA). The competition was used by RTVSLO to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 and took place on 26 February 1999 at its Studio 1 in Ljubljana. The show was hosted by Mojca Mavec and was broadcast on TV SLO 1.[2]
Format
Seventeen songs competed in a televised show where the combination of points from a four-member expert jury and a public televote selected the winner. Each member of the expert jury assigned scores as follows: 1–8, 10 and 12, while the public televote assigned scores which had a weighting equal to the votes of two jurors. The song that received the highest score when the votes were combined was determined the winner.[3]
Competing entries
An expert committee consisting of Miša Molk (Head of Entertainment and Sports at RTVSLO), Mojmir Sepe (conductor and composer) and Andrej Karoli (music editor for Radio Slovenija) selected seventeen artists and songs for the competition from 71 received submissions. Among the competing artists was former Slovenian Eurovision entrant Darja Švajger who represented Template:Esccnty.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Avia Band | "Ne izdajte me" | Matjaž Vlašič, Urša Vlašič |
| Babilon | "Kot ocean" | Marijan Merljak, Dada Kladnik, Sebastjan Artič |
| Darja Švajger | "Še tisoč let" | Primož Peterca |
| Gianni Rijavec and Vladimir Čadež | "Ljubezen je le ena" | Gianni Rijavec, Miša Čermak |
| Irena, Damjana and Sanja | "Igra je končana" | Karel Novak, Janez Zmazek |
| Jan Plestenjak | "Moja dežela" | Jan Plestenjak |
| Kantor | "Drugačen dan" | Mark Lemer, Tone Košmrlj |
| Lara Baruca | "Ti si se bal" | Danilo Kocjančič, Drago Mislej |
| Matjaž Zupan and Californija | "Tisoč kilometrov" | Matjaž Zupan |
| Mitja | "Čas je da najdem te" | Aleš Berkopec, Mitja Šedlbauer |
| Monika Tratnik | "Sanje" | Nenad Kokovič, Igor Misdaris |
| Nude | "Ši'z d bes" | Gaber Marolt, Primož Pogelšek |
| Nuša Derenda | "Nekaj lepega je v meni" | Matija Oražem, Damjana Kenda Hussu |
| Sound Attack | "Kje si zdaj" | Simon Šurev, Pika Božič |
| Tatjana Mihelj | "Dlan okrog srca" | Bor Zuljan, Marjan Kukovec |
| Tinkara Kovač | "Zakaj" | Marino Legovič, Drago Mislej |
| Victory | "Le povejte ji" | Martin Štibernik, Karmen Stavec |
Final
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| 1 | Mitja | "Čas je da najdem te" | 22 | 1,161 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| 2 | Tatjana Mihelj | "Dlan okrog srca" | 1 | 344 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | Monika Tratnik | "Sanje" | 3 | 835 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Matjaž Zupan and Californija | "Tisoč kilometrov" | 4 | 1,308 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Kantor | "Drugačen dan" | 7 | 760 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Victory | "Le povejte ji" | 8 | 4,108 | 10 | 18 | 9 |
| 7 | Irena, Damjana and Sanja | "Igra je končana" | 14 | 3,396 | 8 | 22 | 5 |
| 8 | Lara Baruca | "Ti si se bal" | 22 | 682 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| 9 | Sound Attack | "Kje si zdaj" | 4 | 1,700 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
| 10 | Darja Švajger | "Še tisoč let" | 44 | 8,465 | 20 | 64 | 1 |
| 11 | Avia Band | "Ne izdajte me" | 10 | 4,493 | 14 | 24 | 4 |
| 12 | Nuša Derenda | "Nekaj lepega je v meni" | 10 | 751 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 13 | Nude | "Ši'z d bes" | 3 | 1,431 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 14 | Babilon | "Kot ocean" | 11 | 983 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
| 15 | Tinkara Kovač | "Zakaj" | 38 | 8,682 | 24 | 62 | 2 |
| 16 | Gianni Rijavec and Vladimir Čadež | "Ljubezen je le ena" | 5 | 6,777 | 16 | 21 | 8 |
| 17 | Jan Plestenjak | "Moja dežela" | 26 | 4,340 | 12 | 38 | 3 |
At Eurovision
Slovenia performed in position 6, following the entry from the Template:Esccnty and before the entry from Template:Esccnty. At the contest, Darja Švajger performed the English version of "Script error: No such module "Lang".", titled "For a Thousand Years". Slovenia finished in eleventh place with 50 points.[4]
The show was televised in Slovenia on RTV SLO1.[5]
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Slovenia and awarded by Slovenia in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Template:Esccnty in the contest.
RTVSLO appointed Mira Berginc as its spokesperson to announce the Slovenian votes during the show.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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