Slovakia at the Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

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Broadcasting company

RTVS

First participation

1993

Last participation so far

2012

Number of participations

8 (as of 2012)

Highest ranking

13 ( 2011 SF )

Highest Score

50 ( 1993 SF )

Lowest Score

8 ( 1998 , 2009 SF )

Points average (since first post)

24.25 (as of 2012)

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

0.76 (as of 2012)

This article deals with the history of Slovakia as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .

Regularity of participation and successes in competition

Kristína Peláková, participant 2010

After the dismembration of Czechoslovakia , Slovakia made its first attempt to participate in 1993. The group Elán failed with the song Amnestia na neveru at the time but narrowly at the Eastern European qualifying in Ljubljana . Because of 19th place in its debut in 1994, the country then had to take a forced break in 1995. Since only 18th place was reached on the return in 1996, 1997 had to be suspended again. Also in 1998 when they returned, they did not achieve a good result with 21st place, so that in 1999 the country was again not allowed to start. In 2000, the country withdrew from the competition and no longer took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for financial reasons. It wasn't until 2009 that the country returned to the Song Contest.

Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková were also unable to achieve a good result on their return and ended up on the penultimate place in the semifinals. In 2010 Kristína Peláková came to the country and was even one of the favorites to win. Nevertheless, she did not reach the final either and, like her predecessors, only landed on the penultimate place in the semi-finals. Slovakia did not make it to the final in 2011 either, but achieved 13th place in the semifinals, a better result than in the previous two years. 2012 was followed by the worst result for the country. Max Jason Mai did not reach the final either, but ended up in last place in the semi-finals. In 2013 the country withdrew from the competition for financial reasons and did not return to the song contest in the following years.

Overall, none of the eight contributions ended up in the left half of the table. In addition, the country missed the final four times and has never qualified for the final since the introduction of the semi-finals. In addition, the country has so far reached penultimate place twice and last place once. Thus Slovakia is one of the more unsuccessful countries in terms of competition.

List of posts

Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified.     

year	Interpreter	Title Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	final		Semi-final / qualification		National preliminary decision
					space	Points	space	Points
1993	Elan	Amnestia na neveru M: Jano Baláž, Jožo Ráž; T: B. Filan	Slovak	Amnesty for infidelity	Not qualified Eastern European preliminary decision		4/7	50	internal selection
1994	Tublatanka	Nekonečná pieseň M: Martin Ďurinda; T: Martin Sarvaš	Slovak	Endless song	19/25	15th	Qualified directly for the final		internal selection
1995	Not qualified
1996	Marcel Palonder	Kým nás máš M: Juraj Burian; T: Jozef Urban	Slovak	As long as you have us	18/23	19th	17/29	36	internal selection
1997	Not qualified
1998	Katarína Hasprová	Modlitba M: Gabriel Dušík; T: Anna Wepperyová	Slovak	A prayer	21/25	08th	Qualified directly for the final		Bratislavská lýra 1997
1999	Not qualified
2000 to 2008	No participation
2009	Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková	Leť tmou M: Rastislav Dubovský; T: Petronala Kolevská, Anna Žigová	Slovak	Fly through the dark	Eliminated		18/19	08th	Eurosong 2009
2010	Kristína Peláková	Horehronie M: Martin Kavulič; T: Kamil Peteraj	Slovak	Horehronie (region in Slovakia)	Eliminated		16/17	24	Eurosong 2010
2011	Twiins	I'm Still Alive M: Bryan Todd; T: Bryan Todd, Sandra Nordstrom, Brano Jancich	English	I'm still alive	Eliminated		13/19	48	internal selection
2012	Max Jason May	Don't Close Your Eyes M / T: Max Jason Mai	English	Don't close your eyes	Eliminated		18/18	22nd	internal selection
since 2013	No participation

National preliminary decisions

In the early years, Slovakia always selected its contributions internally. The first preliminary decision, which was called Bratislavská lýra 1997 and took place in June 1997, did not take place until 1998 . However, only the artist was selected there. The subsequent contribution in 1998 was selected internally. Only when they returned in 2009 did Slovakia hold a large-scale preliminary decision. There were a total of five semi-finals, a final and a subsequent super-final. A similarly large preliminary decision took place in 2010. For 2011 and 2012, the country again selected its contributions internally.

languages

The first three participations had to be sung in Slovak according to the rules , but in 2009 and 2010 Slovakia stayed true to its language. In the preliminary round, only songs in Slovak were allowed. In 2011 TWiiNS sang their I'm Still Alive in English for the first time , as did Max Jason in May 2012, who was the last representative of the country so far. Tublatanka, Marcel Palonder, Kamil Mikulčík and Nela Pocisková, as well as the Elán group, which left in 1993, also recorded their contributions in English.

Scoring

The following countries received the most points from or awarded the most points to Slovakia (as of 2012):

Most of the points awarded in the final space country Points 1  Malta 34 2  Estonia 30th 3  Croatia 27 4th  Sweden 26th 5  Ireland 25th

Most in the final received points space country Points 1  Malta 20th 2  Croatia 08th 3  Greece 07th 4th  Poland 05 5  Spain 02

Most of the points awarded space country Points 1  Estonia 50 2  Sweden 48 3  Norway 47 4th  Bosnia and Herzegovina 41 5  Malta 31

Most total obtained points space country Points 1  Malta 27 2  Ukraine 14th 3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 4th  Portugal 09 5  Croatia 08th

Award of the highest rating

Since 1993, Slovakia has awarded the maximum number of points to six different countries, including two to Malta.

Sustaining land
year	country	space
1993	Not qualified
1994	Croatia	16
1995	Not qualified
1996	Malta	10
1997	Not qualified
1998	Malta	3
1999	Not qualified
2000 to 2008	No participation
2009	Estonia	6th
2010	Germany	1
2011	Ukraine	4th
2012	Sweden	1
since 2013	No participation

various

• Actually, Slovakia would be the country that, at four months, took part in the Eurovision Song Contest the fastest after independence . In 1993 they failed in the Eastern European preliminary decision, which prevented this. As a result, Montenegro, at just under one year old, is the country that participated the fastest after independence, even if you have to take into account that Montenegro was eliminated in the semi-finals of 2007 .
• In 1998 the first country to vote was Croatia , and Slovakia also gave eight points. What initially gave hope for a good result turned out to be a disappointment: It should be the only points of the evening.
• In 1994 Slovakia received a total of 15 points, twelve of which came from Malta . In 1996, Slovakia received its highest rating from Malta, this time eight out of a total of 19 points.
• In 2010 Kristina was considered the big favorite, so the shock was that she couldn't qualify for the final. On the Internet platform YouTube , their live performance is one of the most clicked videos on the official ESC channel .

Impressions

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  Nela Pocisková 2009

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  Twiins 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Slovakia: No Return to Eurovision in 2019
2. ↑ Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková to represent Slovakia!
3. ↑ Diggiloo Trush - Slovakia ( English ) Retrieved November 16, 2011.