Slovenia stuck in the semi -finals, Klemen Slakonja did not convince Europe

Slovenia interrupted a series of sequential Eurovision finals. Klemnu Slakonji are with a ballad How Much Time do we have left Failed to break through the ten countries that remain in the game for a crystal microphone. From the first semi -final evening, they qualified to the central part: Norway, Albania, Sweden, Iceland, the Netherlands, Poland, San Marino, Estonia, Portugal and Ukraine. Passengers to the finals were determined by viewers.

Klemen Slakonji failed to repeat the achievement Raiven and the bands Joker Out from recent years. Ever since the semifinals were introduced at Eurovision in 2004, Slovenia has qualified eight times in the main part of the competition. This has succeeded yet Alenka Gotar, Maji Keuc, Tinkari KovačMaraayi, Lei Sirk and Zeal and Gasper Shantle. The highest Slovenian ranking at the festival is the seventh place they reached Nuša Derenda in 2001 and Darja Švajger in 1995. Slovenia participates in the thirtieth time at this year’s Eurovision in Basel.

Klemen Slakonja had a consecutive number three. He was accompanied by a partner on stage Mojca Faturwho inspired a song by dealing with a serious illness How Much Time do we have left. It was not the first time that Slovenia’s colors on the Eurovision stage were represented by a couple from private life. This category also includes duo Platin (2004), Maraaya (2015), Barbara Ogrinc and Lap (Rok Žlindra ensemble, 2010) and Zala Kralj and Gasper Šantl (2019). Also in 1996 Regina accompanied by husband Alexander Kogoj.

In the first semi -finals, 15 countries took place, presenting three more direct science: Spain, Italy and Switzerland. There will be another more in Thursday’s semifinals. Switzerland, where in 1956, was organized by the first edition of the festival, the competition hosts for the third time. Before that, the Alpine State took over the organizational rehearsals in 1989 when Céline dion provided one of the most prominent victories in the seventy -year history of this event. The Canadian star also addressed the audience remotely in the trees and increased speculations as to whether she will step back in front of a European audience on Saturday after last year’s Olympic Games in Paris. Her winning song with a meaningful title No Partez Pas Sans moi (Don’t leave without me) this time sang by representatives of last year’s Eurovision.

The main favorite this time is the Swedish comic trio of what coming from the city of Vörå in Finland, with a song about the sauna Bara Bada Basto. If they succeed, this will be the eighth win for Sweden. “We wanted to write a fun song while presenting our culture in which the sauna plays an important role. Most of the songs are in Swedish, and something small in Finnish, we wanted to emphasize that we are part of the Swedish -speaking minority in Finland, « they said in a recent interview with Delo.

The bookmakers correctly announced eight finalists. They were counted with Portugal and Iceland, which were not predicted among the top ten.