Slovenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "", written by Primož Peterca and Sašo Fajon, and performed by Darja Švajger. The Slovene participating broadcaster, (RTVSLO), held a national final in order to select its entry for the contest.
Before Eurovision
(RTVSLO) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995. RTVSLO opened a submission period for candidate songs, and by the end of the submission period, 47 entries had been submitted. An RTVSLO jury selected twelve entries from the submissions for the national final. Among the rejected entries was "Nisi, nisva" by Roberto, which appeared in 1996 national final.
The national final was held on 18 February 1995 at 20:10 CET, and was named "" in TV guides and the show's title card. The contest was held in Studio 1 of RTVSLO in Ljubljana, and was hosted by . performed their 1993 entry "Tih deževen dan" as an interval act. The results were decided by juries in twelve regional radio stations.
The national final is known to have been broadcast live on television on TV SLO 1 and on radio on Radio Val 202, then repeated on TV SLO 2 on the next day at 12:40 CET.
+ Final – 18 February 1995 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points PlaceComposer(s)Lyricist 1 "Vsaj še trenutek" Matej Strah Adi Smolar 120 3 2 "Ker te ljubim" 73 5 3 Miha Balažič "Tvoje oči" Dare Hering 53 10 4 Freeway "Joanna" V. Denis Sami 61 9 5 "Naj tvoja volja se zgodi" Miran Fakin 72 6 6 Daniela Sasič and "Ne ti, ne jaz" Izidor Leitinger D. Leitinger 14 12 7 Darja Švajger "Prisluhni mi" Primož Peterca 132 1 8 and Oto Pestner "Oda ljubezni" Oto Pestner Marjan Šneberger 122 2 9 Faraoni "Ljubezen je" Enzo Hrovatin 102 4 10 After Eight "Edina ti" Matej Kovše 69 7 11 Malibu "Hvala ti" Andrej Baša 68 8 12 "Dober dan maj" Gorazd Elvič 50 11
+ Detailed Radio Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" 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 8 469 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. This was, and still is as of 2024, 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.
The contest was broadcast on SLO 1 (with commentary by ) and on radio station Val 202.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Slovenia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Slovenia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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