The Semifinals
The Slovene Semi-Finals were held at the RTVSLO TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Peter Poles & Bernarda Zarn. The top 3 songs in each semi-final (chosen by televoting) qualified for the final. An „expert“ jury also selected 4 of the best losing songs (indicated with a ‚J‘) to go forward to the final as well.
Semi-Final 1 – January 11th
1 | Brez mej | No limits | Mojca Brecelj | 924 | 8th | – |
2 | Sanje | Dreams | Aljoša Kovacic | 941 | 7th | – |
3 | Plave ocij | Blue eyes | Regina | 3315 | 2nd | F |
4 | Stay forever | Stay forever | Platin | 6824 | 1st | F |
5 | Kar me ne ubije, me krepi | What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger | Johnny Bravo | 1689 | 6th | – |
6 | If you | If you | Diona Dim | 3198 | 3rd | F |
7 | Pot do srece | A way to happiness | Mikola | 1888 | 5th | – |
8 | O, zenske, zenske! | Oh, women, women! | Tulio Furlanic | 2654 | 4th | J |
Semi-Final 2 – January 18th
1 | Nic ne ustavi me | Nothing can stop me | Monika Pucelj | 2953 | 2nd | F |
2 | Cry on my shoulder | Cry on my shoulder | Natalija Verboten | 11694 | 1st | F |
3 | Si tukaj al‘ te ni | Are you here or not | Jasmina Cafnik | 588 | 8th | – |
4 | Here and there and everywhere | Here and there and everywhere | Chantal Hartmann | 1655 | 4th | – |
5 | Svet se vrti nazaj | The world spins backwards | Marijan Novina | 1206 | 7th | J |
6 | Ce zdaj odideš sama | If you leave alone now | Yuhubanda | 2478 | 3rd | F |
7 | Ni bilo zaman | It wasn’t in vain | Ana Dezman | 1386 | 6th | – |
8 | Boš prišla | You’ll come | Kalamari | 1649 | 5th | – |
Semi-Final 3 – January 25th
1 | Tvoj svet | Your world | Panda feat. Trkaj | 1633 | 6th | – |
2 | Kralj neba | King of the sky | Polona | 2580 | 3rd | F |
3 | Junak | Hero | Prava Stvar | 1779 | 5th | J |
4 | Lights into my eyes | Lights into my eyes | Number One | 1049 | 7th | – |
5 | Kako naj vem | How am I supposed to know | Victory | 1027 | 8th | – |
6 | Fluid | Fluid | Alya | 3091 | 2nd | F |
7 | Mavrica | Rainbow | Kristina Oberzan | 1904 | 4th | – |
8 | Moja moc | My strength | Damijana Godnic | 3217 | 1st | F |
Semi-Final 4 – February 1st
1 | No reason to cry | No reason to cry | November | 1345 | 5th | – |
2 | Ne boš se igral | You won’t play | Rebeka Dremelj | 4244 | 1st | F |
3 | Tvoj glas | Your voice | Ylenia Zobec | 1493 | 4th | J |
4 | Slovo brez mej | Endless goodbye | Maja Slatinšek | 3962 | 2nd | F |
5 | Kliše | Cliché | Rozmarinke | 2264 | 3rd | F |
6 | In ti greš | And you leave | Pop Design | 1097 | 8th | – |
7 | Pozar | Fire | Zana & RnB Wannabes | 1322 | 6th | – |
8 | Ziva | Alive | Katrinas | 1195 | 7th | – |
The Final

The Slovene Final was held at the Gospodarsko Razstavisce in Ljubljana on February 15th, hosted by Miša Molk. The winner was chosen in two rounds of voting – in the first round the top 3 songs were chosen by televoting (50%) and an „expert“ jury (50%). Then the top 3 songs were performed again and the winner was chosen by televoting.
1 | Ce zdaj odideš sama | If you leave alone now | Yuhubanda | 4 | – | 11th |
2 | Ne boš se igral | You won’t play | Rebeka Dremelj | 5 | – | 10th |
3 | Kralj neba | King of the sky | Polona | 3 | – | 12th= |
4 | Cry on my shoulder | Cry on my shoulder | Natalija Verboten | 12 | – | 4th |
5 | Nic ne ustavi me | Nothing can stop me | Monika Pucelj | 11 | – | 5th |
6 | Fluid | Fluid | Alya | 12 | 19048 | 3rd |
7 | Tvoj glas | Your voice | Ylenia Zobec | 7 | – | 7th |
8 | Junak | Hero | Prava Stvar | 0 | – | 14th= |
9 | Kliše | Cliché | Rozmarinke | 18 | 21805 | 2nd |
10 | Plave ocij | Blue eyes | Regina | 3 | – | 12th= |
11 | O, zenske, zenske! | Oh, women, women! | Tulio Furlanic | 6 | – | 8th= |
12 | If you | If you | Diona Dim | 6 | – | 8th= |
13 | Slovo brez mej | Endless goodbye | Maja Slatinšek | 9 | – | 6th |
14 | Stay forever | Stay forever | Platin | 20 | 31279 | 1st |
15 | Svet se vrti nazaj | The world spins backwards | Marijan Novina | 0 | – | 14th= |
16 | Moja moc | My strength | Damijana Godnic | 0 | – | 14th= |
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Platin previously came equal 13th in the 2003 Slovene Final. At the ESC Semi-Final they were 21st. Regina represented Slovenia in ESC 1996.