RTVSLO, the Slovenian national broadcaster, has revealed that EMA will be used to select the Slovenian entry for Eurovision 2025.
RTVSLO confirmed that EMA will be used as the Slovenian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. EMA will return as a national selection for the first time since 2022.
The application window for EMA 2025 also opened today and will remain open until November 25. All applications must contain the following information:
an mp3 recording of the final version of the song
the lyrics of the song
a photo of the artist
a description of the artist’s creative and musical activities
a fully completed and signed statement
Applications can be submitted here.
Once the song submission window has closed, a selection panel of at least three members will review the submissions and select 12 to compete in EMA 2025. The list of competing entries will be revealed no later than December 20.
EMA 2025 will take place on February 1. The results will be decided across two rounds of voting. In the first round, five juries will award points Eurovision style (1-8, 10 and 12). Each jury will contain five members and will contain members from a certain group of people. The five juries are:
Music jury (singers, musicians, producers, songwriters creators etc.)
Television jury (editors, presenters, directors, choreographers etc.)
Radio jury (radio editors, journalists, presenters, etc.)
OGAE Slovenia jury
International Eurovision influencer jury (bloggers, vloggers, online journalists etc.)
After the juries cast their votes, the top two songs will advance to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner will be chosen by public voting. The winning entry will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel.
Raiven represented Slovenia at Eurovision 2024, qualifying for the Grand Final with her song “Veronika”. She came in 23rd place, scoring 27 points.
Image Source: Daniel Stridh | Source: RTVSLO
Slovenia was one of three countries to join the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993. The country qualified through a specially organised selection round called “Kvalifikacija za Millstreet” which was hosted in Slovenia, seven countries competed for three spots in Eurovision 1993. The country has participated in 22 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest. Their best result came in 1995 when Darja Švajger finished 7th scoring a total of 84 points. She is closely followed by Nuša Derenda who finished 7th in the 2001 contest with 70 points.
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