SLOVENIA – Following the EMA FRE final on January 28, the EMA 2022 competition will feature two semi-finals on February 5 and 12.
Three finalists will be chosen by a jury, and three more will be chosen by public vote.
The Slovenian entry for Eurovision 2022 will be chosen in the Grand Final on February 19 by a combination of five juries (50%) and public voting (50%).
The official EMA website will publish 30-second snippets of the competing songs on January 20 and 21.
EMA 2022 will be hosted by Melani Mekicar and Bojan Cvjetianin.
Melani stated
“It is a huge honour for me and Bojan to be entrusted with hosting such a large and important festival as EMA 2022. There’s not a year that I haven’t watched the Eurovision Song Contest, so this is a really special moment for me. This year, I think EMA is very special, because there will be a lot of young, fresh musicians, but they take performing very seriously.”
Bojan stated
“EMA and the Eurovision Song Contest have always been a mini holiday for me, and at a time when we are surrounded by bad news and negative energy prevails, we urgently need a good dose of fun. I hope that viewers will be able to sit in front of TV screens and enjoy music.”
FIRST SEMI-FINAL – FEBRUARY 5
- July Jones – “Girls Can Do Anything”
- David Amaro – “Še vedno si lepa” (You are still beautiful)
- Le Serpentine – “Tud teb se lahk zgodi” (It can happen to you too)
- Bowrain & Brina – “Čas je” (It’s time)
- EMA FREŠ winner
- EMA FREŠ winner
- Jonatan Haller – “Obzorje” (Horizon)
- Batista Cadillac – “Mim pravil” (My rules)
- Zala Smolnikar – “V ogledalu” (In the mirror)
- Manouche – “Si sama?” (Are you alone?)
SECOND SEMI-FINAL – FEBRUARY 12
- Mia Guček – “Independiente” (Independent)
- Gušti feat. Leyre – “Nova romantika” (New romance)
- Klara Jazbec – “Vse kar imam” (Everything I have)
- Verdan Ljubenko – “H2O dieta” (H2O diet)
- EMA FREŠ winner
- EMA FREŠ winner
- Anabel – “Tendency”
- BQL – “Maj” (May)
- Hauptman – “Sledim” (I follow)
- Eva Moškon – “Kliki” (Clicks)
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