Slovenia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 with

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and the song "Energy". The song was selected as the Slovene entry after it won the Slovene national final, EMA 2001.

Before Eurovision

EMA 2001

''EMA 2001'' was the 6th 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 2001.

Format

EMA 2001 consisted of a semi final on 23 February 2001 and a final on 24 February 2001. Twenty-two artists competed in EMA 2001. In the semi-final, 12 songs qualified to the final as six songs were selected by the Slovenian public and the other six songs were selected by the jury. In the final, the combination of points from a public vote, an expert jury and a jury composed of members from the Entertainment Program of RTV Slovenija determined the winner.

Semi-final

The semi-final of EMA 2001 took place on 23 February 2001 at the

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studios in

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, hosted by Mojca Mavec. Twelve acts qualified for the final: six entries were chosen with the most votes cast by the viewers and six other finalist entries were selected by the jury.

Final

The final of EMA 2001 took place on 24 February 2001 at the

studios in

, hosted by Mojca Mavec,

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and Marcel Štefančič. The combination of points from a public vote, a four-member jury panel and a RTV Slovenija jury selected "Ne, ni res" performed

as the winner. The jury panel consisted of Aleš Strajnar, Jaka Pucihar, Mojmir Sepe and Mojca Menart. The winner of the public vote was "Ostani tu" performed by

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, however only came third overall.

At Eurovision

At Eurovision Derenda performed "Ne, ni res" in

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as "Energy". On the night of the contest Derenda perform 17th in the running order, following the

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and preceding

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. The Slovene votes were calculated through a public televote held after all songs had performed. At the close of the voting, Slovenia, which had been one of the heavy favorites to win prior to the event, received 70 points, placing 7th in a field of 23 countries. This was, and still is as of 2022, Slovenia's best place at Eurovision, along with

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's "

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Voting

References

External links

Slovene National Final 2001
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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