Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	Slovenski izbor za pesem Evrovizije 1995
Selection date(s)	18 February 1995
Selected entrant	Darja Švajger
Selected song	"Prisluhni mi"
Selected songwriter(s)	Primož Peterca; Sašo Fajon;
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 84 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Slovenia was represented by Darja Švajger with the song "Prisluhni mi" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995.

Before Eurovision

Slovenski izbor za pesem Evrovizije 1995

Slovenski izbor za pesem Evrovizije 1995 took place on 18 February 1995 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Saša Gerdej. A jury vote from twelve radio stations in Slovenia determined the winner.^[1]

Final – 18 February 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Avia Band	"Vsaj še trenutek"	Matej Strah, Adi Smolar	120	3
2	Jan Plestenjak	"Ker te ljubim"	Jan Plestenjak	73	5
3	Miha Balažič	"Tvoje oči"	Tomaž Kozlevčar, Dare Hering	53	10
4	Freeway	"Joanna"	V. Denis, Sami	61	9
5	Don Juan	"Naj tvoja volja se zgodi"	Miran Fakin, Vili Bertok	72	6
6	Daniela Sasič and Mario Barišič	"Ne ti, ne jaz"	Izidor Leitinger, D. Leitinger	14	12
7	Darja Švajger	"Prisluhni mi"	Primož Peterca, Sašo Fajon	132	1
8	Irena Vrčkovnik and Oto Pestner	"Oda ljubezni"	Oto Pestner, Marjan Šneberger	122	2
9	Faraoni	"Ljubezen je"	Enzo Hrovatin, Miša Čermak	102	4
10	After Eight	"Edina ti"	Matej Kovše	69	7
11	Malibu	"Hvala ti"	Andrej Baša, Tomo Jurak	68	8
12	Čudežna polja	"Dober dan maj"	Gorazd Elvič	50	11

Detailed Radio Votes
Draw	Song	Radio Slovenija	Radio Maribor	Radio Koper	Radio Murski val	Radio Celje	Radio Trbovlje	Studio D	Radio Kranj	Koroški Radio	Radio Ptuj	Radio Šmarje pri Jelšah	Radio Ognjišče	Total
1	"Vsaj še trenutek"	12	10	8	11	10	10	10	11	8	8	12	10	120
2	"Ker te ljubim"	11	7	6	7	6	9	6	8	2	1	3	7	73
3	"Tvoje oči"	5	6	2	6	3	3	8	2	4	4	7	3	53
4	"Joanna"	6	8	9	5	4	4	1	4	9	3	6	2	61
5	"Naj tvoja volja se zgodi"	8	9	5	3	5	7	3	9	6	7	4	6	72
6	"Ne ti, ne jaz"	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	14
7	"Prisluhni mi"	10	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	9	9	11	132
8	"Oda ljubezni"	3	11	10	8	11	12	12	10	11	12	10	12	122
9	"Ljubezen je"	7	4	12	10	9	8	9	7	7	10	11	8	102
10	"Edina ti"	9	3	3	4	7	6	4	5	10	6	8	4	69
11	"Hvala ti"	4	2	7	9	8	5	5	6	3	5	5	9	68
12	"Dober dan maj"	2	5	4	2	2	2	7	3	5	11	2	5	50

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest, Darja Švajger performed 20th in the running order, following Denmark and preceding Israel. At the close of voting she received 84 points, placing 7th in a field of 23.^[2] This was, and still is as of 2022, Slovenia's joint-best placing at the contest, shared with 2001 Slovenian entry, "Energy", performed by Nuša Derenda.

The Slovene jury awarded its 12 points to Croatia.