Slovenia: BQL Won Televote By A Margin Of 8,000 Votes

RTVSLO has released the full televoting results from the final of EMA 2017 showing that BQL won by just under 8,000 votes.

The full televoting results from the final of EMA 2017 which was held last Friday have been released by the Slovenian national broadcaster. The results show that BQL beat eventual winner of the selection Omar Naber by 7,969 votes, this total is just 100 votes short of the combined total of votes for Raiven, Nika Zorjan and Sell Out.

The results are as follows:

1. BQL – 13134 votes – 72 points
2. Omar Naber – 5165 votes – 50 points
3. Raiven – 3292 votes – 48 points
4. Nika Zorjan – 2419 votes – 36 points
5. Sell Out – 2335 votes – 24 points
6. Nuska Drascek – 2032 votes – 12 points
7. Tim Kores – 1543 votes – 0 points
8. KiNG FOO – 918 votes – 0 points

Omar Naber was selected to represent Slovenia for a second time in Kyiv after he topped the jury vote and finished second with the televote. The juries from across Slovenia placed BQL in fourth place with only Ljubljana giving the duo the maximum of 12 points.

The results of the public vote from semi final one are as follows:

1. Omar Naber – 2506 votes – 1st
2. Sell Out – 1828 votes – 2nd
3. Tosca Beat – 1270 votes – 3rd
4. Nika Zorjan – 1185 votes – 4th
5. Lea Sirk – 879 votes – 5th
6. Alya – 864 votes – 6th
7. Zala – 412 votes – 7th
8. KiNG Foo – 407 votes – 8th

The results of the public vote from semi final two are as follows:

1. BQL – 3486 votes – 1st
2. Nuska Drascek – 1687 votes – 2nd
3. Raiven – 1467 votes – 3rd
4. Tim Kores – 899 votes – 4th
5. Ina Shain – 788 votes – 5th
6. Kataya & Duncan Kamakana – 724 votes – 6th
7. United Pandaz & Arsello feat. Alex Volasko – 370 votes – 7th
8. Clemens – 253 votes – 8th

Source: RTVSLO

[tw-accordion class=””] [tw-accordion-section title=”Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest”] Slovenia was one of three countries to join the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993. The country qualified through a specially organised selection round called “Kvalifikacija za Millstreet” which was hosted in Slovenia, seven countries competed for three spots in Eurovision 1993. The country has participated in 22 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest. Their best result came in 1995 when Darja Švajger finished 7th scoring a total of 84 points, she is closely followed by Nuša Derenda who finished 7th in the 2001 contest with 70 points.
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