Slovenia’s broadcaster, RTVSLO, has revealed more details today for the final of their national section EMA 2018. They have announced the running order for the final and included snippets showing that Ina Shai and BQL have changed their songs from Slovenian to English.
Two in English
The final will take place on Saturday 24 February (8pm CET). Eight acts will be competing to become Slovenia’s representative in Lisbon. Below you can find the running order for Saturday’s final.
- Lea Sirk – Ne, hvala!
- Indigo – Vesna
- Ina Shai – Glow
- BQL – Promise
- Marina Martensson – Blizu
- Lara Kadis – Zdaj sem tu
- Proper – Ukraden cvet
- Nuška Drašček – Ne zapusti me zdaj
In a change to the language rules originally announced, the language rule has been dropped for the final. Ina Shai has changed ‘V nebo’ to ‘Glow’ and BQL have changed ‘Ptica’ to ‘Promise’.
The final
Vid Valič will be sharing hosting duties in the final with Raiven, who has had two previous participations in EMA. (2016 and 2017). It will be a busy night for Raiven as she will also be performing both her EMA entries, ‘Črno bel’ and ‘Zažarim’, as well as her brand new single. Other special guests include, Omar Naber (2017) and Maja Keuc (2011), now known as her stage name Amaya. The winner of EMA 2018 will be determined by 50% regional juries and 50% public televote.
If you can’t wait for Saturday, make sure to save the livestream link already. You can find it here. Catch up on the semi-final here.
EMA has been Slovenia’s selection process since its revival as a format in 2014. Last year Omar Naber was the second time winner of EMA, returning to Kiev where he first represented Slovenia in 2005. Unfortunately both times he failed to qualify for the Eurovision Grand Final.
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