Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	EMA 1997
Selection date(s)	22 February 1997
Selected entrant	Tanja Ribič
Selected song	"Zbudi se"
Finals performance
Final result	10th, 60 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Slovenia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, represented by Tanja Ribič and the song "Zbudi se" (Wake up). Ribič was the winner of the 1997 EMA contest, organised by Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO).

EMA 1997

The 1997 EMA contest was held on 22 February, hosted by Mojca Mavec. RTV SLO invited 7 songwriters to write each two songs for the competition and open call wasn't hold.

**EMA 1997 - 22 February 1997**
Draw	Artist	Song	Televotes	Place
1	Natalija Verboten	"Nekdo"	265	12
2	Dominik Kozarič	"Zaradi nje"	650	9
3	Tanja Ribič	"Zbudi se"	4493	1
4	Tinkara Kovač	"Veter z juga"	574	10
5	Irena Vrčkovnik	"Kadar boš ob njej zaspal"	1010	7
6	Melita & Klarisa	"Daljave"	512	11
7	GROM	"Le en poljub"	895	8
8	Napoleon	"Prosim ostani"	1794	5
9	Katrina	"Korak v dežju"	213	13
10	Rok 'n' Band	"Jagode in čokolada"	2226	3
11	Darja Švajger	"Vsakdanji čudež"	4076	2
12	Vili Resnik	"Ti in jaz"	1521	6
13	M4M	"Objemi me nežno"	2047	4

At Eurovision

At Eurovision Ribic performed "Zbudi se" 6th in the running order, following Ireland and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting she received 60 points, placing 10th of the 25 competing entries.

Voting

Points awarded to Slovenia

Points Awarded to Slovenia
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Russia Turkey		Bosnia and Herzegovina France
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Malta	Estonia Portugal	Croatia Greece Iceland	Cyprus Poland

Points awarded by Slovenia

12 points	Russia
10 points	Italy
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Poland
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Spain
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Estonia
2 points	France
1 point	Ireland