Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	EMA 2005 100% Televote
Selection date(s)	6 February 2005
Selected entrant	Omar Naber
Selected song	"Stop"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (12th)
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Slovenia was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Omar Naber with the song "Stop".

Omar Naber was born on 7 July 1981 as Omar Kareem, an Arabic name since his father was Jordanian. Omar is a dental technician and plays piano, guitar and bass piano. And apart from singing, composing, writing lyrics and musical arrangements, he is interested in the music industry as a whole. Omar Naber came to fame after he won "Bitka Talentov", which is a talent search contest.

EMA 2005

The Slovenian national final (EMA) took place on 6 February at the RTVSLO TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Saša Einsiedler and Saša Gerdej. Unlike previous years, there was only one show and no semifinals. "Stop", sung by Omar Naber, was the choice to go to Kiev. The song is a dynamic ballad, but was turned into a rock song for Eurovision. The song is written and composed by Urša Vlašič.

At Eurovision

"Stop" was performed in the semi-final of the Contest and failed to qualify for the final coming in 12th place.

The spokesperson who revealed Slovenia's votes for other countries was TV SLO host Katarina Čas.^[1]

Points Awarded by Slovenia

Semi final Points awarded in semi-final: 12 points  Croatia 10 points  Austria 8 points  Macedonia 7 points  Moldova 6 points  Latvia 5 points   Switzerland 4 points  Hungary 3 points  Norway 2 points  Estonia 1 point  Romania

Final Points awarded in the final 12 points  Croatia 10 points  Serbia and Montenegro 8 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 points  Latvia 6 points   Switzerland 5 points  Macedonia 4 points  Norway 3 points  Moldova 2 points  Greece 1 point  Malta

References

Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Artists 1990s 1X Band 1994 Darja Švajger Regina Tanja Ribič Vili Resnik Darja Švajger 2000s 2000 Nuša Derenda Sestre Karmen Stavec Platin Omar Naber Anžej Dežan Alenka Gotar Rebeka Dremelj Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle 2010s Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari Maja Keuc Eva Boto Hannah Mancini Tinkara Kovač Maraaya ManuElla
Songs 1990s "Tih deževen dan" 1994 "Prisluhni mi" "Dan najlepših sanj" "Zbudi se" "Naj bogovi slišijo" "For a Thousand Years" 2000s 2000 "Energy" "Samo ljubezen" "Nanana" "Stay Forever" "Stop" "Mr Nobody" "Cvet z juga" "Vrag naj vzame" "Love Symphony" 2010s "Narodnozabavni rock" "No One" "Verjamem" "Straight Into Love" "Round and Round" "Here for You" "Blue and Red
(Note: Entries scored out are when Slovenia did not compete)