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| Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Slovenia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | EMA 2008 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 1 February 2008 2 February 2008 Final: 3 February 2008 | |||
| Selected entrant | Rebeka Dremelj | |||
| Selected song | "Vrag naj vzame" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (11th) | |||
| Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Vrag naj vzame" written by Josip Miani-Pipi and Igor Amon Mazul. The song was performed by Rebeka Dremelj. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija) organised the national final EMA 2008 in order to select the Slovenian entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. 20 entries competed in the national final which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. The top five entries were selected to advance from each semi-final based on a public televote. Ten entries qualified to compete in the final where the winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top two entries were selected. In the second round, "Vrag naj vzame" performed by Rebeka Dremelj was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote.
Slovenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 8, "Vrag naj vzame" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed eleventh out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 36 points.