Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

ESC National Year
Year = 2009
Country = SLO
Preselection = EMA 2009
50% Jury
50% Televotingcite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12367|title=Slovenia: New selection format for Eurovision|last=Floras|first=Stella|date=2008-10-11|publisher="ESCToday"|accessdate=2008-10-11]
Preselection date = February 2009 [cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12305|title=Slovenia: Same format with slight changes|last=Laufer|first=Gil |date=2008-09-18|publisher="ESCToday"|accessdate=2008-09-18]
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Slovenia has announced its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO), has confirmed that Slovenia will appear at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and that they will be "changing a little the national final". [cite web|url=http://www.evrovizija.com/?content=28&item_id=292|title=Ema 2009: Povabljeni avtorji?! Vrača se Vanja Vardjan!|last=Maatko|first=Alesh|date=2008-09-14|publisher="Evrovizija.com"|language=Slovene|accessdate=2008-09-15}]

EMA 2009

EMA 2009 will be held in February 2009, with changes occuring to the format. Instead of 2 semi-finals of 10 songs each, with the top 5 qualifying for the final as in last year's contest, RTV SLO announced that only one semi-final will be held, containing 14 songs. 6 songs invited by RTV SLO will automatically qualify for the final, with 8 or more songs from the semi-final qualifying for the final.

It has also been announced that, unlike the previous two years, a 50:50 mix of jury and televoting will return to EMA to select the winner, however in previous years the results of the jury have not been consistent with public opinion and it is unknown how the jury results will pan out on the night of the contest. As well as this, no super final will be held against the top two songs, with only one televoting round being held to select the winner.

At Eurovision

Slovenia will have to compete in one of the two semi-finals after Rebeka Dremelj came 11th in the 2008 semi-final.

See also

* Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
* Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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