Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
[2] The Slovenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest has traditionally been selected through a national final entitled Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA), which has been produced with variable formats.For 2013, the broadcaster opted to forego the use of this national final in order to internally select the Slovenian entry due to time constraints and reduced funding.[4] An expert committee consisting of Aleksander Radić (Head of the Slovenian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest), Andrej Hofer (representative of the RTV Slovenija entertainment department), Sabrina Povšič Štimec (representative of the RTV Slovenija public relations department), Olga Škrube (representative of the RTV Slovenija legal department), Andrej Karoli (music editor for Radio Val 202), Blaz Tišler (music editor for Radio Val 202) and Mirko Stular (editor-in-chief for Radio Val 202) nominated five artists and composers to be directly invited by the broadcaster to submit entries, while additional entries from record labels as well as artists and composers who did not receive an invitation were also considered by the committee which selected the Slovenian entry from the received submissions.[7] The Slovenian song, "Straight into Love", was presented to the public during a press conference which took place on 14 February 2013 at the RTV Slovenija Studio 1 in Ljubljana.[15][16] The three dancers that joined Hannah on stage were Anže Škrube, Primož Pavlič and Matic Zadravec from the Maestro Dance Studio.[17][18] Despite high hopes from Slovenians, at the end of the show Slovenia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.
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