LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – ManuElla won tonight’s national final in Slovenia. She will perform the song “Blue and Red” in Stockholm. There were 10 acts participating this year among them former Eurovision participants like Regina and Nuša Derenda. ManuElla and Raiven were the favourites of jury and public while ManuElla won the super final where the audience had 100% say. Darja Švajger (Slovenian representative at ESC 1995 and 1999), Marlenna (one third of the group Sestre, that represented Slovenia in 2002), and Raay (part of Maraaya, who sang for Slovenia last year, and composer of Slovenia’s entries at ESC 2014, and JESC 2014 & 2015) formed the jury.
EMA 2016 RESULTS
FIRST ROUND
Anja Baš – What If
Žan Serčič – Summer Story
Anja Kotar – Too Cool
San Di EGO – Brez Tebe (Without You)
D Base – Spet Živ (Alive Again)
Regina – Alive In Every Way
ManuElla – Blue and Red
Raiven – Črno bel (Black and white)
Nuša Derenda – Tip Top
Sebastija Lukovnjak – Tales of Tomorrow
SUPER FINAL
ManuElla – Blue and Red
Raiven – Črno bel (Black and white)
ARTIST INFORMATION
As a teenager ManuElla started playing and singing in different bands. At the age of 16, ManuElla performed as a solo artist for Spet Doma, one of Slovenia’s most popular music TV programme and thus got first attention on the national level. She graduated from music school in specialty piano and accordion, and in parallel she took classes in singing, plying bass guitar and piano. ManuElla’s University degree is a music producer. In 2005, ManuElla took part in the show Bitak Talentov. In 2010, she was chosen among among the best 100 in the talent show Das Supertalent in Germany. In 2012, ManuElla tries her luck in the semi-finals of Misija Eurovizija. In 2013, she placed 5th at the Festival Slovenska popevka. Now the singer is working on her first album in English. (source: eurovision.tv)
