EMA Freš: Slovenia's pre-selection for Eurovision 2022
The 24 artists competing at Slovenia's pre-selection "EMA Freš 2022" have been announced. The online tournament will begin on 29 November and four acts will get a bigger chance of representing Slovenia at Eurovision 2022
The Slovenian public broadcaster RTVSLO has announced the comeback of its pre-selection for Eurovision, called "EMA Freš".
After having its first ever edition taking place in 2020, the producers of EMA (Slovenia's main national selection) want to still give a chance to breaking through artists. With that being said, those under 30 years old and with fewer than three commercial singles were invited to submit their hopeful entries.
Out of 127, a professional jury selected 24 and it's now up to the fans to decide which final four should move forward and have a place amongst next year's EMA line up. The pre-selection will be held online through RTVSLO's website.
EMA Freš 2022 – Schedule
- Duels: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Winners proceed to the weekly final (selected by online voting)
- Weekly final: Saturday to Sunday 20:00 CET Three proceeds to the EMA Freš Finals (two selected by online voting, one selected by a jury)
EMA 2022 – EMA Freš
Week 1
Duel 129 November 2021 | |
| Katja Kos – "Deadly Flower"Second chance | |
| Nika S. – "Počakaj me"Weekly final | |
Duel 230 November 2021 | |
| Anja Vodošek – "Maniac"Second chance | |
| Stela Sofia – "Tu in zdaj"Weekly final | |
Duel 31 December 2021 | |
| LPS – "Disko"Weekly final | |
| Neli Jerot – "Magnum opus"Second chance | |
Duel 42 December 2021 | |
| Ella – "A sem dovolj?"Second chance | |
| Jon Vitezič – "Jesus Style"Weekly final | |
Weekly Final4 - 5 December 2021 | |
| Nika S. – "Počakaj me"Second chance | |
| Stela Sofia – "Tu in zdaj"EMA Freš Final | |
| LPS – "Disko"EMA Freš Final | |
| Jon Vitezič – "Jesus Style"EMA Freš Final | |
Weekly final: 3 proceeded to EMA Freš Final (2 selected by online voting, 1 selected by a jury)
Week 2
EMA Freš
DUEL 16 December 2021 | |
| Ina – "Moj dopamin"Weekly final | |
| LaraYul – "Moja lekcija"Second chance | |
DUEL 27 December 2021 | |
| Ain't Harmony – "Hočem da"Second chance | |
| Jaka Hliš – "Svoje sreče krojač"Weekly final | |
DUEL 38 December 2021 | |
| Luma – "All In"Weekly final | |
| Mitja Dragan – "Iščem"Second chance | |
DUEL 49 December 2021 | |
| Evita – "Črno-bela"Second chance | |
| Lara Dovier – "Ko sva se prvič spoznala"Weekly final | |
Weekly Final11 - 12 December 2021 | |
| Ina – "Moj dopamin"EMA Freš Final | |
| Jaka Hliš – "Svoje sreče krojač"EMA Freš Final | |
| Luma – "All In"EMA Freš Final | |
| Lara Dovier – "Ko sva se prvič spoznala"Second chance | |
Weekly final: 3 proceeded to EMA Freš Final (2 selected by online voting, 1 selected by a jury)
Week 3
EMA Freš
DUEL 113 December 2021 | |
| Hvala Brothers – "Gremo naprej"Second chance | |
| Leya Leanne – "Naked"Weekly final | |
DUEL 214 December 2021 | |
| De Liri – "Obstajam"Weekly final | |
| Katja Korošec – "Levo in desno"Second chance | |
DUEL 315 December 2021 | |
| Emma – "Moja sreča"Weekly final | |
| Nina Sodnik – "Will You Be Enough"Second chance | |
DUEL 416 December 2021 | |
| Marijan Novak & Špela Velikanje – "I Am So in Love"Weekly final | |
| Mia Vučković – "Telenovela"Second chance | |
Weekly Final18 - 19 December 2021 | |
| Leya Leanne – "Naked"EMA Freš Final | |
| De Liri – "Obstajam"EMA Freš Final | |
| Emma – "Moja sreča"Second chance | |
| Marijan Novak & Špela Velikanje – "I Am So in Love"EMA Freš Final | |
Weekly final: 3 proceeded to EMA Freš Final (2 selected by online voting, 1 selected by a jury)
Second Chance
EMA Freš
SECOND CHANCE 120 December 2021 | |
| Katja Korošec – "Levo in desno"Eliminated | |
| Katja Kos – "Deadly Flower"EMA Freš Final | |
| Neli Jerot – "Magnum opus"Eliminated | |
SECOND CHANCE 221 December 2021 | |
| Emma – "Moja sreča"EMA Freš Final | |
| LaraYul – "Moja lekcija"Eliminated | |
| Mitja Dragan – "Iščem"Eliminated | |
SECOND CHANCE 322 December 2021 | |
| Ain't Harmony – "Hočem da"Eliminated | |
| Anja Vodošek – "Maniac"EMA Freš Final | |
| Nina Sodnik – "Will You Be Enough"Eliminated | |
SECOND CHANCE 423 December 2021 | |
| Hvala Brothers – "Gremo naprej"Eliminated | |
| Mia Vučković – "Telenovela"EMA Freš Final | |
| Lara Dovier – "Ko sva se prvič spoznala"Eliminated | |
SECOND CHANCE 524 December 2021 | |
| Ella – "A sem dovolj?"Eliminated | |
| Evita – "Črno-bela"Eliminated | |
| Nika S. – "Počakaj me"EMA Freš Final | |
Final
EMA Freš28 January 2022
| song | running |
|---|---|
| Mia Vučković – "Telenovela" | 1 |
| De Liri – "Obstajam" | 2 |
| Jon Vitezič – "Jesus Style" | 3 |
| Ina – "Moj dopamin" | 4 |
| Marijan Novak & Špela Velikanje – "I Am So in Love" | 5 |
| Stela Sofia – "Tu in zdaj"EMA | 6 |
| Leya Leanne – "Naked"EMA | 7 |
| Nika S. – "Počakaj me" | 8 |
| Katja Kos – "Deadly Flower" | 9 |
| Jaka Hliš – "Svoje sreče krojač" | 10 |
| Anja Vodošek – "Maniac" | 11 |
| Emma – "Moja sreča" | 12 |
| LPS – "Disko"EMA | 13 |
| Luma – "All In"EMA | 14 |
Four qualified to EMA 2022: two determined by jury and two by public vote.
EMA Freš 2022
- EMA Freš 2022: Slovenia's Pre-selection for EMA 2022 (4 best proceed to EMA 2022) – online
- EMA 2022: Slovenia's National Selection for Eurovision 2022 – live shows
The winner of EMA 2022 will represent Slovenia at Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin.
Starting on 29 November, and for the next three weeks on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, two performers will be put against each other to remain in the competition. One from each day will qualify for the weekly finals. At the weekly finals, online voting selects two winners and a jury selects one.
All three weekly winners will advance to the January finals of the EMA Freš selection
Slovenia in Eurovision Song Contest
Slovenia had its debut in Eurovision Song Contest 1993, and since then participated 26 times in Eurovision. They have never won the contest, and the best result for Slovenia is two 7th places in 1995 and 2001.
Since the introduction of Semi-finals in 2004, Slovenia only managed to qualify for the Grand Final 6 times out of 17.
