Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
| Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | EMA 2014 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 8 March 2014 | |||
| Selected entrant | Tinkara Kovač | |||
| Selected song | "Round and Round" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 52 points) | |||
| Final result | 25th, 9 points | |||
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Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Slovenian entry was selected through EMA 2014, a national final organised by the Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO). Tinkara Kovač represented Slovenia with the song "Round and Round", which qualified from the second semi-final to compete in the final. Slovenia placed 25th in the final, scoring 9 points.
EMA 2014 was the eighteenth edition of the Slovenian national final format Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA). The competition was used by RTVSLO to select Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. RTVSLO confirmed Slovenia's participation in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest on 17 January 2014 after two deadline extensions beyond the original 22 November 2013 confirmation date, which were requested in order for the broadcaster to find the necessary funding for participation.
On 23 January 2014, RTVSLO announced that EMA 2014 would return to select Slovenia's entry for the 2014 contest after RTVSLO opted to forego organising the competition in 2013 in favour of an internal selection. Miša Molk (RTVSLO Eurovision project manager) and Aleksander Radić (Head of the Slovenian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest) were responsible for organisation of the national final. RTVSLO invited 29 artists and composers to participate, however, an additional 42 entries received from artists who did not receive an invitation were also considered. On 7 February 2014, seven artists were selected for the competition by a jury committee consisting of Miša Molk, Darja Švajger (singer, vocal coach and 1995 and 1999 Slovenian Eurovision entrant) and Andrea F. (radio host, musician and producer).
The competition took place at RTVSLO Studio 1 in Ljubljana on 8 March 2014 and was hosted by Ula Furlan. The winning song and artist was determined in two rounds of public televoting - first to select the top two, and then to select the winner. In the first round "Spet/Round and Round" performed by Tinkara Kovač and "Let Me Be (Myself)" performed by Muff qualified to the superfinal. In the superfinal "Spet/Round and Round" performed by Tinkara Kovač was selected as the winner.
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