Slovenian broadcaster RTV SLO has announced that they will reveal the artist representing Slovenia at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.
The Details
After previously announcing that they would go back to a national final for 2024, RTV SLO today revealed that they have internally chosen an artist for Malmö. The artist will be announced at a press conference next Tuesday, the 12th of December, at noon CET in Ljubljana. However, Misija Malmö, what would have been the national final, will still take place. This will take place in the second half of January 2024 to showcase the artist and their song, as Misija Liverpool did for Joker Out last year.
Without revealing the artist, RTV SLO said that they believe their 2024 representative will represent itself and the Slovenian identity fittingly to Europe at this year’s contest.
“Pred predstavitvijo izvajalca lahko izdamo zgolj to, da verjamemo, da se bo Slovenija tudi letos v slovenščini suvereno predstavila Evropi.”
“Before the presentation of the performer, we can only say that we believe that Slovenia will present itself to Europe sovereignly in Slovenian this year as well. “
RTV SLO press release, 05/12/2023
Slovenia in Eurovision
In 1993, Slovenia made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest with 1X Band and the song “Tih deževen dan”, which placed 22nd. Since their debut, they have participated 27 times – of which, 15 were where they qualified for the Grand Final.
Slovenia’s recent Eurovision participation saw them being represented by Joker Out, who sang the song “Carpe Diem”. Performing at the second semi-final, the band placed 5th, therefore qualifying for the final for the first time since 2019. In the final, Slovenia finished in 21st place, receiving 78 points. Of these, 33 came from the jury and 45 from the televote.
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News Source: RTV SLO
Photo Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU
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