Zala and Gašper have released a short English cover of their song “Sebi”.
Yesterday Slovenia’s Eurovision 2019 entrants Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl took to their social media to reveal a short version of their song “Sebi” in English. The duo have said that the song will stay in Slovene, but wanted those who don’t speak the language to understand the message of their song.
The duo will perform 5th in Semi Final 1 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. They were selected to represent Slovenia after they won EMA 2019 back in February.
Who Are Zala Kralj and Gasper Santl?
Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl have been performing together since 2017. Before performing together they had both tried to be solo artists, and met after Zala began providing the vocals for some of Gašper’s songs.
They released their first EP Štiri on the day of EMA 2019. In 2018 they released a total of three singles before they decided to apply to EMA. They will perform “Sebi” in Tel Aviv, the song was written by Zala and Gašper themselves.
Source: Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl
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.
