Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	EMA 2004
Selection date(s)	Semifinals 11 January 2004 18 January 2004 25 January 2004 1 February 2004 Final 15 February 2004
Selected entrant	Platin
Selected song	"Stay forever"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (21st, 5 points)
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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EMA 2004

EMA 2004 held on 15 February 2004 in Hall A - Gospodarsko Razstavišče, Ljubljana. Unlike previous editions of EMA this contains 4 weekly semifinals on 11th, 18, 25 January, and 1 February 2004. Total of 32 entrants participated in the EMA 2004, but only half of them; 16 made to the finale night in which was chosen the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 representative.
Presenters of EMA 2004 were Miša Molk, Peter Poles, and Bernarda Žarn. But Molk didn't appear in semifinals as a presenter, Poles and Žarn appear in the finale as co-presenters in green room and spokespersons of televote points.

Platin

Platin (Duo Platin) is a Slovenian music duet. The singers are Simon Platin and Diana Platin. They married in Turkey, while they were representing Slovenia in Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

Semi-finals

Four semifinals held on 11, 18, 25 January and 1 February 2004. Eight participants performed a song in each semifinal. At the end of each semifinal viewers were given 5min to cast a televote during a Eurovision medley performed by semifinal participants. The three with the highest televote score qualified for the final.

When semifinals were completed the jury was asked to vote. The jury chose a "wildcard" from each heat to proceed to the final night.

Semi-final 1 (EMA 04 - predizbor 01)

#	Title	Artist	Televotes	Place
1	"Brez mej"	Mojca Brecelj	924	8
2	"Sanje"	Aljoša Kovačič	941	7
3	"Plave očij"	Regina	3315	2
4	"Stay forever"	Platin	6824	1
5	"Kar me ne ubije, me krepi"	Johnny Bravo	1689	6
6	"If you"	Diona Dim	3198	3
7	"Pot do sreče"	Mikola	1888	5
8	"O, ženske, ženske"	Tulio Furlanič	2654	4

Semi-final 2 (EMA 04 - predizbor 02)

#	Title	Artist	Televotes	Place
1	"Nič ne ustavi me"	Monika Pučelj	2953	2
2	"Cry on my shoulder"	Natalija Verboten	11694	1
3	"Si tukaj al' te ni"	Jasmina Cafnik	588	8
4	"Here and there and everywhere"	Chantal Hartmann	1655	4
5	"Svet se vrti nazaj"	Marijan Novina	1206	7
6	"Če zdaj odideš sama"	Yuhubanda	2478	3
7	"Ni bilo zaman"	Ana Dežman	1386	6
8	"Boš prišla"	Kalamari	1649	5

Semi-final 3 (EMA 04 - predizbor 03)

#	Title	Artist	Televotes	Place
1	"Tvoj svet"	Panda feat. Trkaj	1633	6
2	"Kralj neba"	Polona	2580	3
3	"Junak"	Prava stvar	1779	5
4	"Lights into my eyes"	Number one	1049	7
5	"Kako naj vem"	Victory	1027	8
6	"Fluid"	Alya	3091	2
7	Mavrica	Kristina Oberzan	1904	4
8	"Moja moč"	Damijana Godnič	3217	1

Semi-final 4 (EMA 04 - predizbor 04)

#	Title	Artist	Televotes	Place
1	"No reason to cry"	November	1345	5
2	"Ne boš se igral"	Rebeka Dremelj	4244	1
3	"Tvoj glas"	Ylenia Zobec	1493	4
4	"Slovo brez mej"	Maja Slatinšek	3962	2
5	"Kliše"	Rožmarinke	2264	3
6	"In ti greš"	Pop design	1097	8
7	"Požar"	Žana & RnB wannabes	1322	6
8	"Živa"	Katrinas	1195	7

Final

Sixteen acts chosen in heats participated in EMA 2004 finale. On 15 February 2004 held two round selection process to determinate Slovenian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. In round one mixature vote of jury and televote determinate three superfinalists, in round two teleote determinate Eurovision Song contest 2004 representative.
Panel

• Karolina Gočeva
• Manuel Ortega
• Daniela Tami (Jury Chairman)
• Drago Ivanuša
• Lara Baruca

Round One

Draw	Song	Artist	Panel Points	Televotes	Televote Points	Score	Placing
1	Če zdaj odideš sama	Yuhubanda	0	2557	4	4	11
2	Ne boš se igral	Rebeka Dremelj	0	3698	5	5	10
3	Kralj neba	Polona	3	2220	0	3	12
4	Cry on my shoulders	Natalija Verboten	0	17754	12	12	4
5	Nič ne ustavi me	Monika Pučelj	8	2506	3	11	5
6	Fluid	Alya	4	4436	8	12	3
7	Tvoj glas	Ylenia Zobec	7	1437	0	7	7
8	Junak	Prava stvar	0	1292	0	0	14=
9	Kliše	Rožmarinke	12	4080	6	18	2
10	Plave očij	Regina	1	2446	2	3	13
11	O, ženske, ženske	Tulio Furlanič	6	1556	0	6	8
12	If you	Diona Dim	5	2238	1	6	9
13	Slovo brez mej	Maja Slatinšek	2	4263	7	9	6
14	Stay forever	Platin	10	11046	10	20	1
15	Svet se vrti nazaj	Marijan Novina	0	1595	0	0	14=
16	Moja moč	Damijana Godnič	0	1512	0	0	14=

Round Two

Song title	Artist	Televotes	Placing
Fluid	Alya	19,048	3
Kliše	Rožmarinke	21,805	2
Stay Forever	Platin	31,279	1

Controversy

Like in many previous editions of EMA, the public televote and the jury awarded conflicting scores. This caused some controversy, because the strongest televote favorite Natalija Verboten, received 0 points from the jury. Similarly, Bepop in 2003, Karmen Stavec in 2002, and Tinkara Kovač in 1999 were also televote favorites. These entries usually came 2nd, or failed to qualify for the semifinals, because the points awarded by the jury outweighed the points they received from the televotes.
The controversy resulted in the 2005 EMA scores basing solely on the results of the televote.

At Eurovision

Slovenia performed 16th in the semi final. It finished on second last 21st place with only 5 points, failing to qualify to the Grand Finals

Points Awarded by Slovenia

Semi final 12 points  Serbia and Montenegro 10 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 points  Ukraine 7 points  Croatia 6 points  Macedonia 5 points  Albania 4 points  Greece 3 points  Cyprus 2 points  Netherlands 1 point  Malta

Final 12 points  Serbia and Montenegro 10 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 points  Ukraine 7 points  Macedonia 6 points  Greece 5 points  Croatia 4 points  Albania 3 points  Germany 2 points  Sweden 1 point  Cyprus

Points awarded to Slovenia

Points Awarded to Slovenia (Semi-Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Croatia		Bosnia and Herzegovina  Macedonia

External links

• EMA 2004