| Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) | |||
| Country |  Slovenia | |||
| Selection process | Evrovizijska Melodija1998 | |||
| Selection date | 28 February 1998 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Naj bogovi slišijo" | |||
| Artist | Vili Resnik | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 18th, 17 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Slovenia was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Naj bogovi slišijo" composed by Matjaž Vlašič, with lyrics by Urša Vlašič, and performed byVili Resnik. The Slovene participating broadcaster,Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO), held the national finalEvrovizijska Melodija1998 in order to select its entry for the contest. 14 entries competed in the national final where "Naj bogovi slišijo" performed by Vili Resnik was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote.
Slovenia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 1998. Performing during the show in position 12, Slovenia placed eighteenth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 17 points.
Prior to the 1998 contest,Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) had participated in theEurovision Song Contest representing Slovenia four times since its first entryin 1993. Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been seventh place, achieved inin 1995 with the song "Prisluhni mi" performed byDarja Švajger. Its only other top ten result was achievedin 1997 when "Zbudi" performed byTanja Ribič placed tenth.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTVSLO organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has traditionally selected its entry through a national final entitledEvrovizijska Melodija (EMA), which has been produced with variable formats. For 1998, the broadcaster opted to organiseEvrovizijska Melodija1998 (EMA 1998) to select its entry.[citation needed]
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Evrovizijska Melodija1998 (EMA 1998) was the fourth edition of the national final formatEvrovizijska Melodija (EMA). The competition was used by RTVSLO to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 and took place on 28 February 1998 at its Studio 1 inLjubljana. The show was hosted by Mojca Mavec and was broadcast onTV SLO 1 as well as online via the broadcaster's websitertvslo.si.[2]
An expert committee consisting ofMiša Molk (Head of Entertainment and Sports at RTVSLO),Mojmir Sepe (conductor and composer) and Andrej Karoli (music editor forRadio Slovenija) was tasked to select the entries for the competition from 43 received submissions. However, additional artists and composers were later directly invited by the broadcaster to submit entries due to the poor quality of the previously submitted songs. Fourteen artists and songs were ultimately selected from those received through both entry methods and among the competing artists were former Slovenian Eurovision contestantsDarja Švajger who representedSlovenia in 1995 andRegina who representedSlovenia in 1996.[citation needed]
EMA 1998 took place on 28 February 1998. In addition to the performances of the competing entries,Tanja Ribič, who representedSlovenia in 1997, performed as a guest. A public televote selected "Naj bogovi slišijo" performed byVili Resnik as the winner.[citation needed]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Magnifico | "Silvia" | Robert Magnifico | 3,558 | 5 |
| 2 | Vili Resnik | "Naj bogovi slišijo" | Matjaž Vlašič, Urša Vlašič | 7,391 | 1 |
| 3 | Pop Design | "Nora noč" | Tone Košmrlj | 911 | 13 |
| 4 | Miran Rudan | "Cvetje in vrtovi" | Tone Košmrlj, Miran Rudan | 1,377 | 10 |
| 5 | Aurora | "Pesem zate" | Dean Savič, Dragan Kikovič | 480 | 14 |
| 6 | Obvezna smer | "Ko pade noč" | Martin Štibernik,Karmen Stavec | 980 | 12 |
| 7 | Damjana | "Ljubim, ljubiš" | Karel Novak, Janez Zmazek | 1,448 | 9 |
| 8 | Karmen Stavec and Patrik Greblo | "Kje pesem je doma" | Patrik Greblo,Milan Dekleva | 2,298 | 7 |
| 9 | Sound Attack | "Zakaj odšel si" | Simon Šurev, Pika Božič | 1,628 | 8 |
| 10 | Deja Mušič | "Ljubezen" | Boštjan Grabnar, Deja Mušič, Danijel Šmid | 1,257 | 11 |
| 11 | Gianni Rijavec and Vladimir Čadež | "Pusti času čas" | Gianni Rijavec, Miša Čermak | 6,103 | 2 |
| 12 | Darja Švajger | "Ljubezen ne odhaja" | Rok Golob, Darja Švajger | 3,224 | 6 |
| 13 | Regina | "Glas gora" | Aleksander Kogoj | 5,694 | 3 |
| 14 | Victory | "Zapri oči" | Robi Lukač | 4,221 | 4 |
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the eight countries which had obtained the lowest average number of points over the last five contests competed in the final on 9 May 1998. On 13 November 1997, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Slovenia was set to perform in position 12, following the entry fromHungary and before the entry fromIreland.[3][4] The Slovenian conductor at the contest wasMojmir Sepe,[citation needed] and Slovenia finished in nineteenth place with 17 points.[5]
The show was televised in Slovenia onTV SLO 1.[6] RTVSLO appointed Mojca Mavec as its spokesperson to announce the Slovenian votes during the show.[citation needed]
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Slovenia and awarded by Slovenia in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points toCroatia in the contest.[7]
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