Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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Country | Slovenia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | EMA 2017 | |||
Selection date(s) |
Semi-finals: 17 February 2017 18 February 2017 Final: 24 February 2017 |
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Selected entrant | Omar Naber | |||
Selected song | "On My Way" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Omar Naber | |||
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Slovenia will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The artist and song that will represent Slovenia in the 2017 contest was selected through the national final, EMA 2017, organised by the Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO), on 24 February 2017.
EMA 2017 was the 21st edition of the Slovenian national final format Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA). The competition was used by RTV Slovenija to select Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The competition was broadcast on TV SLO1, Radio Val 202, Radio Koper, Radio Maribor and online via the broadcaster's RTV 4D platform.
On 20 July 2016, RTVSLO opened the submission period for artists and songwriters to submit their songs to the broadcaster until 3 November 2016. The artists competing in the selection were revealed on 4 December 2016. On 20 January 2017, Amaya announced that she'd be withdrawing from the competition on the advice of her record label. It was later announced that Clemens would replace Amaya with the song "Tok ti sede".
The 1st semi-final of EMA 2017 was held on 17 February 2017. Four acts progressed to the final on 24 February. The eight competing entries first faced a public vote where the top two songs will advance to the final. An additional two qualifiers will be selected from the remaining six entries by the jury.
Public vote qualifier Jury qualifier
The 2nd semi-final of EMA 2017 was held on 18 February 2017. Four acts progressed to the final on 24 February. The eight competing entries first faced a public vote where the top two songs will advance to the final. An additional two qualifiers will be selected from the remaining six entries by the jury.
Public vote qualifier Jury qualifier
The Final of EMA 2017 was held on 24 February 2017. Special guests of the Final Show are Jamala, ManuElla and Toni Cetinski.