The expert selection jury consists of four members: ManuElla, singer, music author, and this year's representative at the Eurovision Song contest; Boštjan Grabnar, musician, music author, and music producer, Jernej Vene, music editor at Val 202, and Aleksander Radić, the EMA – Eurovision Song 2017 project editor. From the 90 subjected songs, the jury has selected sixteen songs and perfomers, who will appear at two preliminary rounds of the EMA 2017 event.
About EMA 2017 selection contest
After seven years, the EMA selection contest returns to the Gospodarsko razstavišče, Ljubljana Exhibiton Centre. All three events will be broadcasted live: two preliminary contests on February 17 and 18, 2017, and the final event on February 24, 2017. The Slovenian representative at the Eurovision 2017 contest will be chosen by the expert jury, and by the spectators and listeners.
The performers at the first preliminary contest (in alphabetic order) are: Amaya (Maja Keuc), KiNG FOO, Lea Sirk, Nika Zorjan, Omar Naber, Sell Out, Tosca Beat and Zala.
The performers at the second preliminary contest (in alphabetic order) are: Alya, BQL, Ina Shai, Kataya & Duncan Kamakana, Nuška Drašček, Raiven, Tim Kores Kori and United Pandaz & Arsello feat. Alex Volasko.
The new system for selection of the Slovenian representative for Eurovision Song contest: At each of the two preliminary rounds, eight songs will be performed. Four songs will qualify for the finals: the two bestplacedat televoting by the spectators and listeners, and the two judged the best by the expert jury.
In the final round the best eight songs will be performed.
The winner will be decided by the 6 regional expert juries and televoting. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points will be given to the best six songs by each of the juries, and 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and 72 points will be given to six best songs by spectators and listeners by televoting. In this way, the ratio between the points given by the expert juries and by televoting will be 50-50.
News on EMA selection contest
You will be able to keep up with the happening around the EMA 2017 selection contest at the official website and through social networks - Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat (emaevrovizija).
