| Kvalifikacija za Millstreet | |
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| Final |
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| Venue | TV SLO Studio 1 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Scrutineer | Frank Naef |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) |
| Director | Peter Juratovec |
| Executive producer | Edo Brzin |
| Musical director |
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| Presenters | Tajda Lekše |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 7 |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | One juror from each country awarded 12, 10, 8–5 points to each song |
| Winning songs |
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Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (English:Preselection for Millstreet; French:Présélection pour Millstreet) was a televised song contest held as a qualifying round for theEurovision Song Contest 1993. Organised by theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasterRadiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO), the contest was held on 3 April 1993 in Studio 1 ofTelevizija Slovenija inLjubljana, Slovenia, and presented by the Slovenian television presenterTajda Lekše [sl].
Thefall of communist regimes in Europe and the formation of new countries following the collapse ofCzechoslovakia, theSoviet Union, andYugoslavia, led to an increased interest in Eurovision Song Contest participation.Kvalifikacija za Millstreet was organised as a one-off event to reduce the number of countries allowed to participate in the 1993 event, with arelegation system introduced for future editions allowing new and returning countries direct access to the contest to replace the lowest-scoring countries from the previous year's event.
Entries representing seven countries, none of which had previously competed in theEurovision Song Contest, participated in the event, with three countries being selected to progress to the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held on 15 May inMillstreet, Ireland. One juror from each of the competing countries voted on the competing entries, withBosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia, andSlovenia chosen to progress to the contest in Millstreet.Estonia,Hungary,Romania, andSlovakia, the countries which failed to progress throughKvalifikacija za Millstreet, subsequently made their contest debuts in1994.
TheEurovision Song Contest is an internationally televised songwriting competition, organised annually by theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU) between members of the union who participate representing their countries. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song to be performed by a chosen artist, and cast votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner.[1] Originally held in1956 with seven competing countries, the contest quickly began to grow as more broadcasters became interested in participating, and by the early 1990s entries from over 20 countries were regularly featured in each year's event.[2][3][4]
By 1992, an increasing number of broadcasters had begun expressing an interest in participating in the contest for the first time. This was a result ofrevolutions leading to the fall of communist regimes in Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the formation of new countries due to the collapse ofthe Soviet Union andYugoslavia. With the admission into the EBU of the broadcasters of the countries that emerged from the breakup of Yugoslavia, and the merger of the EBU with its Eastern European counterpart, theInternational Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT), the number of broadcasters eligible to participate in the contest increased significantly.[5][6] To accommodate these new broadcasters, the EBU expanded the maximum number of participants for the1993 contest to twenty-five, with entries from three new countries joining twenty-two of the twenty-three countries which had participated in the1992 event.Yugoslavia was unable to participate after its EBU member broadcasterJugoslovenska radio-televizija (JRT) was disbanded in 1992 and its successor organisationsRadio-televizija Srbije (RTS) andRadio-televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) were barred from joining the union due tosanctions against the country as part of theYugoslav Wars.[4][7][8]
In order to determine which countries would progress to the contest proper, a preselection round was held for the first time in the contest's history, with the top three countries in this round progressing to compete in theEurovision Song Contest 1993 held inMillstreet, Ireland. This contest,Kvalifikacija za Millstreet, took place inLjubljana, Slovenia, and was produced by the Slovenian public broadcasterRadiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO).[5][6][7] Originally planned to be held inPortorož,[9][10] the event was ultimately held in Studio 1 ofTelevizija Slovenija, with Edo Brzin serving as executive producer, Peter Juratovec serving as director and Jože Spacal serving as designer.[11][12]Petar Ugrin [sl] andMojmir Sepe served as joint musical directors and were responsible for leading theRTVSLO Revue Orchestra [sl] during the event; a separate musical director could be appointed by each participating broadcaster toconduct the orchestra during the performance of its entry.[11][13] On behalf of the EBU, the event was overseen by Frank Naef asscrutineer.[11][14]
Initially, new EBU member broadcasters in as many as fourteen countries registered their interest in competing in the Eurovision Song Contest's first preselection event, including those inBelarus, theCzech Republic,Latvia,Lithuania,Russia, andUkraine.[9][15][16] By February 1993, however, the number of participants had dropped to six, comprising planned entries fromBosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Croatia,Hungary,Romania, andSlovenia. Subsequently, Bulgaria's planned entry did not materialise, howeverEstonia andSlovakia joined the contest, resulting in seven countries competing in total for the three spots available in Millstreet.[6][10]
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina | RTVBiH | Fazla | "Sva bol svijeta" | Bosnian | Esad Arnautalić | |
 Croatia | HRT | Put | "Don't Ever Cry" | Croatian, English |
| Andrej Baša |
 Estonia | ETV | Janika Sillamaa | "Muretut meelt ja südametuld" | Estonian |
| Peeter Lilje |
 Hungary | MTV | Andrea Szulák | "Árva reggel" | Hungarian |
| Petar Ugrin |
 Romania | TVR | Dida Drăgan | "Nu pleca" | Romanian |
| George Natsis |
 Slovakia | STV | Elán | "Amnestia na neveru" | Slovak |
| Vladimir Valovič |
 Slovenia | RTVSLO | 1X Band | "Tih deževen dan" | Slovene |
| Petar Ugrin |
Kvalifikacija za Millstreet took place on 3 April 1993 and was presented byTajda Lekše [sl].[17]
The three entries that received the most votes and progressed to the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 were those from Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia.[5][7][17] Asformer constituent republics of theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, all three countries had previously been represented in the Eurovision Song Contest through entries sent byYugoslavia.[18] Estonia, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia, which failed to progress throughKvalifikacija za Millstreet, made their contest debutsthe following year following the introduction of arelegation system which resulted in the lowest-scoring countries from the 1993 contest being replaced by new countries in the 1994 event.[5][19]
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Fazla | "Sva bol svijeta" | 52 | 2 |
| 2 | Croatia | Put | "Don't Ever Cry" | 51 | 3 |
| 3 | Estonia | Janika Sillamaa | "Muretut meelt ja südametuld" | 47 | 5 |
| 4 | Hungary | Andrea Szulák | "Árva reggel" | 44 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania | Dida Drăgan | "Nu pleca" | 38 | 7 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 1X Band | "Tih deževen dan" | 54 | 1 |
| 7 | Slovakia | Elán | "Amnestia na neveru" | 50 | 4 |
Jury voting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries. Astelephone communications could not be relied upon to reach juries based in the competing countries, one juror appointed by each participating broadcaster was sent to Slovenia in order to provide votes for their respective country. These jurors were located in the same venue as the performers and announced their votes live and on camera during the voting segment. Each juror awarded twelve points to their favourite entry, followed by ten points to their second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to five for the remaining songs, excluding the entry from their own country.[12][17] The respective jurors from each country and the detailed breakdown of the points awarded is listed in the tables below.[13][17]
Bosnia and Herzegovina –Ismeta Dervoz-Krvavac [bs] Croatia –Ksenija Urličić [hr] Estonia –Jüri Makarov [et] Hungary –Péter Wolf [hu] Romania – Aurora Andronache Slovenia –Mojmir Sepe Slovakia – Stanislav BartovičTotal score | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia | Estonia | Hungary | Romania | Slovenia | Slovakia | ||
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Contestants | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | |
| Croatia | 51 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Estonia | 47 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Hungary | 44 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Romania | 38 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Slovenia | 54 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Slovakia | 50 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | ||
The contest was broadcast via the EBU'sEurovision network, with EBU member broadcasters able to relay the contest via their channels. Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.[22] Broadcasters in all competing countries, as well as broadcasters inCyprus,Denmark,Greece,Portugal, andSpain, relayed the event either live or delayed.[6][13] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | RTVBiH | [6] | ||
| Croatia | HRT | HRT 1 | Aleksandar Kostadinov | [12][23] |
| Estonia | ETV | Olavi Pihlamägi [et] | [12][24] | |
| Hungary | MTV | MTV1 | István Vágó | [25] |
| Romania | TVR | TVR 1 | [26] | |
| Slovakia | STV | STV2 | [27] | |
| Slovenia | RTVSLO | SLO 1 | Gregor Krajc | [12][28] |
| Val 202 | [28] | |||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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 Denmark | DR | DR TV[a] | [29] |
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