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Naj Bogovi Slišijo
Slovenia was represented by Vili Resnik in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Naj bogovi slišijo". Before Eurovision EMA 1998 ''EMA 1998'' was the 4th edition of the Slovenian national final format '' Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA)''. The competition was used by RTV Slovenija to select Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. Competing entries 43 entries were received by RTV Slovenija during a submission period. An expert committee consisting of Miša Molk, Andrej Karoli and Mojmir Sepe selected fourteen artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions. Final EMA 1998 took place on 28 February 1998 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Mojca Mavec. A public vote selected "Naj bogovi slišijo" performed by Vili Resnik as the winner. At Eurovision Heading into the final of the contest, BBC reported that bookmakers ranked the entry 19th out of the 25 entries. Voting References {{Eurovision Song Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vili Resnik
Vili Resnik (born November 27, 1963) is a Slovenian rock singer and guitarist. Biography Since his youth he was active in various sorts of bands as a guitarist and singer. He also learned to play violin at school. From 1990 to 1995 he was the frontman of the Slovenian rock band Pop Design, with whom he released several albums. He was selected to represent his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with his ballad "Naj bogovi slišijo". At Eurovision, Resnik ended up in 18th place in the field of 25. Resnik also made an appearance in the Slovenian TV series ''Lepo je biti sosed''. Albums *''Zdaj Živim'' (1996) *''Rad Bi Bil S Teboj'' (1997) *''Zadnji Žigolo'' (1998) *''Odiseja'' (2000) *''Reka Želja'' (2004) *''Svet Je Lep'' (2014) References External links Official website (in Slovenian) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Resnik, Vili 1963 births Living people Slovenian pop singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Slovenia Eurovision Song Contest entr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMA (Slovenia)
Slovenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times since its debut in , having hosted a qualification round (Kvalifikacija za Millstreet) in Ljubljana for seven countries due to the influx of new nations wishing to join the Eurovision Song Contest. Having only missed the event twice in and due to the relegation rule after a poor average score in the 1990s, Slovenia's best result is seventh position achieved on two occasions; in with "Prisluhni mi" performed by Darja Švajger and in with Nuša Derenda and "Energy". Since the introduction of the semi-finals in , Slovenia has qualified for the final on seven occasions. As of , Slovenia has not made it to the top ten since their seventh place finish in 2001, only making it to the thirteenth position in and . History Early participation After the fall of Communism across Europe in the early 1990s and the Dissolution of Yugoslavia, newly independent Slovenia was one of seven countries that had emerged from the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miša Molk
Miša Molk (born 6 September 1954) is a Slovenian journalist and television personality. Her professional career has always been tied to the television business and RTV Slovenija. Career Born in Vrhnika, Molk graduated from the Ljubljana Faculty of Social Sciences. She is well known in Slovenia as a television presenter, producer, editor and journalist. She is also connected to the Eurovision Song Contest and is a member of the ''Reference Group'' in the European Broadcasting Union. 1976–1989 *Writing for national newspapers and magazine ''RTV SLO'' *Youth Programme/weekly: presenter and author *Entertainment Programme: TV quiz about international history and culture *Eurovision Song Contest: commentator (1986, 1987 and 1989), Yugoslav spokesperson (1988) *Song festivals: presenter 1984–1989 Student Center of Ljubljana University *Manager of activities of students' interests, art courses, literary meetings, public tribunes about students' life and problems, organizin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTV Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija ( en, Radio-Television of Slovenia) – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija (or simply RTV within Slovenia) – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe, and the world. RTV Slovenija's national radio services operate under the name , while the television division carries the name or . The names are sometimes Anglicized as ''Radio Slovenia'' and ''TV Slovenia'', respectively. There are three national and four regional radio services, which can all be heard online as well. RTV Slovenija also finances the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and the RTV Slovenia Big Band. The legal foundation for the institution is the Radiotelevizija Slovenija Act ( sl, Zakon o Radioteleviziji Slovenija). It is the only public nonprofit broadcasting organization in Slovenia to operate both radio and television stations. The law also requ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana
Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the area. Ljubljana itself was first mentioned in the first half of the 12th century. Situated at the middle of a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, it was the historical capital of Carniola, one of the Slovene-inhabited parts of the Habsburg monarchy. It was under Habsburg rule from the Middle Ages until the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. After World War II, Ljubljana became the capital of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The city retained this status until Slovenia became independent in 1991 and Ljubljana became the capital of the newly formed state. Name The origin of the name ''Ljubljana'' is unclear. In the Middle Ages, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karmen Stavec
Karmen Stavec (born 21 December 1973) is a Slovene musician and pop singer. Early years Karmen was born in West Berlin, at that time part of West Germany, to Slovene parents. After graduation she came to Domžale, Slovenia, where she joined the dance duo "4 Fun". She also began to study Germanic studies at the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana. In 1998 she started her own solo career. Music career She has participated four times in Slovene national selection, called "EMA" for the Eurovision song contest in 1998 (with Patrik Greblo), EMA 2001, EMA 2002 and EMA 2003. In 2002, at the EMA, she took second place behind the trio Sestre ("The Sisters"), although she received the highest number of points from televoting. Her song, "Še in še" won the National Finals Song Contest. In 2003 she won, and she represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Dekleva
Milan Dekleva (born 17 October 1946) is a Slovene poet, writer, playwright, composer and journalist. Dekleva was born in Ljubljana in 1946. He graduated in comparative literature from the University of Ljubljana and works as a journalist. He is best known for his poetry and has published over twenty peorty collections, a number of novels and collections of short stories. He was the first poet to publish haiku in Slovene (''Mushi mushi'', 1971). Many of his poems deal with the modern human condition in the absence of God. He received a number of awards including the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1989 for his poetry collection ''Zapriseženi prah'', the Grand Prešeren Award in 2006 for his lifetime poetry and writing work and the Kresnik Award for his novel ''Zmagoslavje podgan'' (The Triumph of the Rats), also in 2006. He won the Veronika Award The Veronika Award ( sl, Veronikina nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best Slovene language, Slovene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darja Švajger
Darja Švajger (born 16 June 1965 in Maribor, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is one of Slovenia's most popular singers, perhaps best known internationally for having represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest on two occasions. Early life Music entered Darja's life when she was still a child. After finishing secondary school, she entered the College of Music and attended art classes in Graz, Austria, where she studied classical solo singing and jazz. In 1997, she graduated magna cum laude. Already during her studies she had started performing as a solo vocalist with various bands and symphony orchestras. Since 1992 she has been engaged in several projects of the Maribor National Drama Theatre, Slovene National Theatre in Maribor. In 1993, the international jury of the ''Melodies of the Sea and the Sun'' pop music festival, held in Koper, awarded her first prize in the Slovenian section of the international category. Her first album, ''In the Arms of the Night'', soon fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rok Golob
Rok Golob is a Slovenian composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ..., producer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked on over 60 CD projects, as well as for film, TV and radio. His very diverse styles of music include works for full symphony orchestra, choir, big-band, rock-pop-jazz bands/soloists and even concert bands. For various projects, he’s received 6 Golden Music Awards and 7 other awards from different countries. He’s worked with names like Gino Vannelli, Sting, Bjork, Bobby McFerrin, Elmer Bernstein, Martika, José Carreras, Vinnie Colaiuta, Luis Conte, Bendik Hofseth, Jimmy Haslip, Katia Moraes… Slovenian artists: Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, RTV Symphony Orchestra, Katrinas, Darja Švajger, Magnifico, Dan D, Neisha, Siddharta, Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina (singer)
Regina (born Irena Jalšovec, 4 July 1965, Murska Sobota, Yugoslavia — now Slovenia) is a Slovenian singer, best known for her participation in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest. Pop workshop Regina has made 3 appearances in the Pop workshop (Pop delavnica). * 1988: ''Vem'' * 1989: ''Ne vabi me'' * 1993: ''Srečo ti želim'' Yamaha Regina appeared with the song ''Joey''. She achieved 4th place. EMA (Slovenia) Regina has made eight appearances in the Slovenian Eurovision Song Contest selection, EMA, as follows: * 1993: ''Naj ljubezen združi vse ljudi'' (Aleksander Kogoj – Aleksander Kogoj – Mojmir Sepe) – 4th (70 points) * 1996: ''Dan najlepših sanj'' (Aleksander Kogoj – Aleksander Kogoj – Jože Privšek) – 1st (118 points) * 1998: ''Glas gora'' (Aleksander Kogoj – Aleksander Kogoj – Aleksander Kogoj) – 3rd (5.694 televotes) * 2001: ''Zaljubljena v maj'' (Aleksander Kogoj – Marko Slokar – Patrik Greblo) – 8th (6 points) * 2002: ''Ljubezen daje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Kogoj
Aleksander Kogoj is a Slovenian film director, born 1965 in Ljubljana. His interest in film making began at an early age. As a teenager he wrote a good deal, and his passions were special effects. His skills as a musician meant he could combine sound and visuals, which led to his first experimental film, 'Keketz'. His first television show was called 'Music Boutique' (Glasbeni butik). When he was a student he also worked as a script writer for commercials. Since 1993 he has made numerous commercials and music videos. In 2000 he received the TV Slovenia Award for Best Creation. He specializes in comedy and storytelling, and is also a master at special effects and compositing Compositing is the process or technique of combining visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Live-action shooting for compositing is variously ca .... External links Aleksander Kogoj web page 1965 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 50 foreign news bureaus with more than 250 correspondents around the world. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, the BBC also has regional centres across England and national news c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
