The Slovenian representatives at Eurovision 2023 announced the 10th anniversary celebration festival back in 2025 and the date was set to 20.06.2026. Karneval, as they named it after one of their biggest songs “Novi val” (“New wave”). After the event, we had a chance to speak with some of the members of the team about the event!
Check out our interview with Joker out in Youtube!
In the interview, Kris Guštin and Jan Peteh shared how they have been feeling during the sudden storm which ended up flooding the festival, the crisis meeting with the team and how the show ended up exceeding their expectations by a very specific Carpe Diem 810,000 times(!). The guitarists also presented their outfits designed by a famous Idrian lace designer team Karlo Kirri and laughed off Bojan Cvjetićanin’s unexpected outfit malfunction.
The event was not just a concert, but a festival of a massive production scale for Slovenia with circus performers, a day programme, special guests from Ljubljana, Belgrade, Käärijä and more. The scale was so massive so the team built a website to support the event and partnered with the national broadcaster RTV Slovenia to provide live coverage of the event as well as major commercial partners (Spar, Mastercard, iFeeSlovenia). The President of Slovenia, Dr. Nataša Pirc Musar paid a visit to support Joker Out.
Deep dive into Karneval & photo report from TES team on the ground
About Joker Out
Joker Out formed in 2016, they are described as a rock-indie group. Bojan Cvjetićanin, Jure Maček, Kris Guštin, Jan Peteh And Nace Jordan form the 5-piece band. Since debuting on the music scene in Slovenia they have released two albums. “Umazane misli” in 2021 and “Demoni” in 2022. The band’s post Eurovision album “Souvenir pop” released in 2024 cemented their Eurovision experiences and life on multiple European tours.
Slovenia’s Eurovision history
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 28 times – of which, 16 were where they qualified for the Grand Final.
Slovenia’s recent Eurovision participation saw them being represented by Klemen, who sang “How Much Time Do We Have Left”. Performing at the first semi-final, Klemen failed to qualify, placing thirteenth with 23 points from the televote.
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