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Slovenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Narodnozabavni rock" written by Marino Legovič and Leon Oblak. The song was performed by Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija) organised the national final ''EMA 2010'' in order to select the Slovenian entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. The national final consisted of a semi-final and a final where "Narodnozabavni rock" performed by Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari was eventually selected as the winner entirely by a public vote. Slovenia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 11, "Narodnozabavni rock" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed sixteenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansambel Roka Žlindre
Ansambel Roka Žlindre is a Slovene musical group named after accordion player Rok Žlindra. The other members of the group are Barbara Ogrinc (born 4 February 1990) (vocals), Nejc Drobnič (acoustic guitar) and Rok Modic (double bass). Eurovision 2010 Together with Kalamari, Ansambel Roka Žlindre represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Narodnozabavni rock Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Narodnozabavni rock" written by Marino Legovič and Leon Oblak. The song was performed by Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (R ...". They did not qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 final from the second semifinal, reaching 16th place out of 17 with 6 points. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ansambel Roka Zlindre Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2010 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Slovenia ... [...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] |
Nina Pušlar
Nina Pušlar (born October 25, 1988, in Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter. Biography She won the contest ''Bitke talentov 2005'' and released her debut album ''Nina Pušlar'' in 2006. She participated in Slovenian National Selection, EMA 2010 with the song "Dež", she reached second place in the final, but could not represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest. After the contest, she released her second album, ''Slečeno srce''. She also participated in EMA 2011 with the song "Bilo lepo bi", but she could not qualify through to the final. Then she released her third album, ''Med vrsticami''. In 2012, she participated in show "Slovenska popevka 2012" and reached second place with the song "Kdo še ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feri Lainšček
Feri Lainšček (born 5 October 1959) is a Slovenian writer, poet, and screenwriter. Early life He was born Franc Lainšček in a Slovene Lutheran family in the village of Dolenci (part of Šalovci), in northeastern Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied journalism at the University of Ljubljana. In the 1980s, he worked as a speaker at Radio Ljubljana. Since the 1990s, he has been living and working in the town of Murska Sobota in his native Prekmurje region. Work In 1999, he wrote a novel, which is a story of the screenplay for the film '' Rooster's Breakfast'', the most successful Slovenian film to date. The screenplay of the film is based on one of Lainšček's novels. In the parliamentary elections of 2008, Lainšček ran for the Slovenian National Assembly for the social liberal party Zares. Lainšček has also created works in Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Babić
Andrej Babić is a Croatian songwriter who has written many Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision songs since 2003. He has written songs for four countries: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Portugal. Eurovision Song Contest entries * Lyrics by Carlos Coelho (songwriter), Carlos Coelho † Music co-written with Aleksandar Valenčić National final entries Entries in Dora (Croatia) *Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, 1997 - "Nemamo to pravo" by Ksenija Sobotinčić - 17th *Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, 1999 - "Miris ljubavi" by Teens(band), Teens - 14th *Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, 2000 - "Hajde reci što" by Teens(band), Teens - 4th *Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, 2003 - "Više nisam tvoja" by Claudia Beni - 1st Entries in Beovizija (Serbia) *Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2009 - "Tvoje drugo ime je greh" (Твоје друго име је грех) by Dusan Zrnic - 7th Entries in BH Eurosong (Bosn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lea Sirk
Lea Sirk (born 1 September 1989) is a Slovenian singer, who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2018. Biography She started her musical education at the age of five in Koper, Slovenia. Between 2001 and 2007, Lea participated at numerous national and international competitions, where she regularly finished amongst the top positions. Lea finished her secondary school while studying the concert flute. Lea studied at the Conservatory of Music in Geneva and has played in various orchestras and participated in different seminars across Europe. Lea Sirk completed her undergraduate studies early and with honours. She also finished her master studies with honours two years later and became a Master of Arts in Specialised Music Performance. During her studies, Lea Sirk also established herself as a singer. In 2005, Lea received the award for the most promising young singer at the International Music Competition Cologne. She began participating regularly at variou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Val 202
Val 202 is a public-owned Slovenian radio station. Overview The station is the second station of the public broadcaster Radio 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 broadcastin ... and one of the most listened-to stations in Slovenia. It broadcasts indie and pop music, news and phone-in programmes. Val 202 is famous for its sports coverages and commentaries. Name Formerly it used to broadcast on AM frequency 1484 kHz - equal to 202 metres wavelength, hence the name Val 202 ("''val''" means "''wave''" in Slovene). References External links * Radio stations in Slovenia Radiotelevizija Slovenija {{Slovenia-media-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raay (musician)
Maraaya are a Slovenian duo founded by Marjetka Vovk and Aleš Vovk (Raay) in 2014. The group's name is a combination of its members' names, while its pronunciation means "She has Raay" in Slovene. Raay is credited as co-writer and producer for many Slovenian artists. He is credited as the composer on Slovenia's 2014 Eurovision song " Round and Round", and they both contributed to Slovenia's 2014 Junior Eurovision song with "Nisi sam (Your Light)" and 2015 Junior Eurovision song with "Prva ljubezen" (The First Love). In 2013 Raay co-wrote and produced the music for " My Way Is My Decision", a hit song performed by Slovenian alpine skier Tina Maze. Raay co-wrote, produced and recorded first two singles (" Muza" and " Heart of Gold") for BQL, a Slovenian brothers duo. In September 2017 they signed a contract with Warner Music Group and became the first Slovenian artists to sign with Warner Music. After BQL, they are the second Slovenian artist to reach the top position on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neisha
Neisha (real name Neža Buh), born on January 5, 1982, in Ljubljana, is a Slovenian pianist and pop singer. Being born into a music family, Neža's music talent were noticed during her childhood so she entered a music school (first in Cerkno, then in Škofja Loka) and continued at the Ljubljana Music and Ballet High School. As she was very successful at several contests in piano music and solfeggio, the school awarded her the Škerjanc Award in 2003. In 2000, she became a student of the Music Academy in Ljubljana. Besides the classical music she collaborated with many commercial pop and rock artists (among others Terrafolk, Big Foot Mama) as an arranger, backup vocalist or keyboard player etc. Her solo career started in 2005. Her first single, (English version of this song was titled ''Straight to the Moon''), was very well received among radio audience and due to great interest her first album, simply named ''Neisha'', was released two weeks earlier than initially planned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovene Language
Slovene ( or ), or alternatively Slovenian (; or ), is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic language, a sub-branch that is part of the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is spoken by about 2.5 million speakers worldwide (excluding speakers of Kajkavian), mainly ethnic Slovenes, the majority of whom live in Slovenia, where it is the sole official language. As Slovenia is part of the European Union, Slovene is also one of its 24 Languages of the European Union, official and working languages. Standard Slovene Standard Slovene is the national standard language that was formed in the 18th and 19th century, based on Upper Carniolan dialect group, Upper and Lower Carniolan dialect groups, more specifically on language of Ljubljana and its adjacent areas. The Lower Carniolan dialect group was the dialect used in the 16th century by Primož Trubar for his writings, while he also used Slovene as spoken in Lju ... [...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] |
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