Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	EMA 2002
Selection date(s)	Semi-final 15 February 2002 Final 16 February 2002
Selected entrant	Sestre
Selected song	"Samo ljubezen"
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 33 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2001 • 2002 • 2003►

Slovenia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, represented by Sestre with "Samo ljubezen" (Only love). The song was the winner of the Slovene national final, EMA 2002.

EMA 2002

The Slovene national broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) hela a national final to select the Slovene entry for Eurovision. EMA 2002 was held in February 2002. 18 songs competed in the semi-final of the contest, where 10 songs qualified to the final.

Semi-final

The semi-final of EMA 2002 was held on 15 February 2002 at the RTVSLO TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Nuša Derenda, Darja Švajger and Andrea F. 18 songs competed for ten places in the final. The ten qualifiers were selected from the top 5 songs in a public televote and 5 jury wildcards.

Final

The final of EMA 2002 was held on 16 February 2002 at the RTVSLO TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Miša Molk and Andrea F. The ten semi-final qualifiers competed again, with the final winner being decided through televoting, an expert jury and an RTVSLO jury, all with equal weighing. Unlike the semi-final, the final on February 16 was decided by two juries as well as a public telephone vote. The juries put Sestre ahead of Stavec by one point before a five-minute hiatus for the results of the televote to be collated. As five minutes stretched into twenty, the green room began to divide into two camps, half the performers shouting for Stavec and the rest for Sestre. Although the eventual televoting result gave Stavec 31,944 votes and Sestre only 8,454, the votes from the juries were sufficient to send Sestre to Eurovision in Tallinn. ^[1]

At Eurovision

At Eurovision Sestre performed "Samo ljubezen" 22nd in the running order, following Romania and preceding Latvia. The Slovene votes were calculated through a public televote held after all songs had performed.

At the close of the voting, Slovenia placed 13th in a field of 24, having received 33 points. Croatia's Vesna Pisarović with "Everything I Want" was the most voted song by the Slovene public, gaining their 12 points. Malta and the United Kingdom received Slovenia's 10 and 8 points respectively, while eventual winner Latvia received only 5 points.

Points Awarded by Slovenia

12 points	Croatia
10 points	Malta
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Estonia
5 points	Latvia
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	France
2 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 point	Switzerland

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2002
• Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

References

1. ↑ Sestre - Eurovision 2002

External links

• Slovene National Final 2002

Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Artists 1990s 1X Band 1994 Darja Švajger Regina Tanja Ribič Vili Resnik Darja Švajger 2000s 2000 Nuša Derenda Sestre Karmen Stavec Platin Omar Naber Anžej Dežan Alenka Gotar Rebeka Dremelj Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle 2010s Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari Maja Keuc Eva Boto Hannah Mancini Tinkara Kovač Maraaya ManuElla
Songs 1990s "Tih deževen dan" 1994 "Prisluhni mi" "Dan najlepših sanj" "Zbudi se" "Naj bogovi slišijo" "For a Thousand Years" 2000s 2000 "Energy" "Samo ljubezen" "Nanana" "Stay Forever" "Stop" "Mr Nobody" "Cvet z juga" "Vrag naj vzame" "Love Symphony" 2010s "Narodnozabavni rock" "No One" "Verjamem" "Straight Into Love" "Round and Round" "Here for You" "Blue and Red
(Note: Entries scored out are when Slovenia did not compete)