Slovenia has chosen its artists with traditional national final called EMA 2017! According to jury and public results Omar Naber will be performing as Slovenian representative at 62nd Eurovision Song Contest held in May,Kyiv.
Eight hopefull artists who were top 4 each two semi final have performed tonight as finalists to be winner and take chance to represent Slovenia. As in the 2005, Omar Naber won the competition, and he will sing his song ‘On My Way’ on the stage.
He entered the Slovenian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest four more times, not proceeding to the main contest: in 2009 with “I Still Carry On”, in 2011 with “Bistvo skrito je očem”, in 2014 with “I Won’t Give Up” and in 2017 with “On My Way”. On the other hand Omar won Bitka talentov, the Slovenian version of the Battle of the talents, and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with “Stop” (in Slovene), a song he had composed himself.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sell Out | “Ni panike” | 0 | 24 | 24 | 6 |
| 2 | Nuška Drašček | “Flower in the Snow” | 56 | 12 | 68 | 4 |
| 3 | Tim Kores | “Open Fire” | 10 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| 4 | Nika Zorjan | “Fse” | 20 | 36 | 56 | 5 |
| 5 | KiNG FOO | “Wild Ride” | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| 6 | Omar Naber | “On My Way” | 64 | 60 | 124 | 1 |
| 7 | BQL | “Heart of Gold” | 42 | 72 | 114 | 2 |
| 8 | Raiven | “Zažarim” | 46 | 48 | 94 | 3 |