NEWS

February 19^th 2002

At the press conference today it was announced that there were some irregularities concerning the tele-voting at the final evening of the EMA 2002. Therefore the results of the tele-voting are null. The winner of the EMA 2002 remains group Sestre with the song Samo ljubezen.

February 16^th 2002

Sestre (Sisters) are the winners of the EMA 2002 and will represent Slovenia at the ESC 2002 in Tallinn.

	The host of the final evening was Miša Molk.
Andrea F was in charge of the voting.	The most successful Slovenian artists at the ESC were the hosts of the semi-final: Nuša Derenda and Darja Švajger.

Photographer: Stane Sršen

February 15 ^th 2002

EMA 2002 - FINAL - RUNNING ORDER

EMA 2002 - SEMI FINAL - RESULTS

February 4^th 2002

EMA 2002 will be held on February 15th and 16th in Ljubljana - in studio 1 of TV Slovenia. You can watch live transmissions of both shows on the 1. programme of TV Slovenia (at 20.05). In the semi-final there will be 18 songs, ten of them will progress to the final on Saturday. Five songs will be chosen by tele-voting, five more will be added by a jury of experts. In the final there will be another jury next to the jury of experts and televoters: jury of Entertainment Programme of TV Slovenia, the organiser of the project EMA - ESC 2002. Director of the shows is Peter Juratovec. The most successful Slovenian artists at the ESC will host the semi-final: Nuša Derenda and Darja Švajger. The host of the final evening is Miša Molk. Andrea F will join them on both nights. He will be in charge of the voting. Special guest star at the EMA 2002 is Estonian singer Ines who represented her country at the ESC 2000 in Stockholm. With her song Once In A Lifetime she was the favourite for the victory and ended up in the fourth place.

Nuša Derenda        Darja Švajger   Miša Molk Ines Foto: Estonian Artist Agency

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December 7^th 2001

Here are the results of the draw for running order for EMA 2002:

November 29^th 2001

Here is now the complete list (with few changes) with all the titles, artists, composers and authors of lyrics and arrangements. The artists will draw for running order of presentation at the EMA 2002 in the following alphabetical order of the song titles. The press conference with drawing will be held on December 7^th 2001 at 13.00 in the studio 1 of TV Slovenia. A short reportage of it will be broadcasted in the entertainment show "Mario" (TV Slovenia, 1. programme, Sunday - Dec 9^th 2001 at 20.00) .

November 23^rd 2001

The internal jury of TV Slovenia chose 18 songs to be performed at the EMA 2002. Here is the list of the titles and performers (in the alphabetical order of the titles):

November 23^rd 2001

Estonian national television ETV has signed an agreement with AS MicroLink Systems to design the official website of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The site will be launched on March 1^st 2002.

November 9^th 2001

The official draw for running order for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was held on November 9th in Tallinn, the host city of the ESC 2002.

Slovenia was lucky and got the running number 22. In the last few years it was an advantage to sing at the end of the Contest. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 the top 3 entries were presented among the last five.

1. Cyprus
   
2. United Kingdom
   
3. Austria
   
4. Greece
   
5. Spain
   
6. Croatia
   
7. Russia
   
8. Estonia
   
9. F.Y.R. of Macedonia
   
10. Israel
    
11. Switzerland
    
12. Sweden
    
13. Finland
    
14. Denmark
    
15. Bosnia-Herzegovina
    
16. Belgium
    
17. France
    
18. Germany
    
19. Turkey
    
20. Malta
    
21. Romania
    
22. Slovenia
    
23. Latvia
    
24. Lithuania
    
    

The final ESC 2002 show will be held in Tallinn on May 25th 2002.