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1st semifinal (11th January 2004) 1й полуфинал (11 января)
Participant Song Votes Place

EK rating

pts plc
Mojca Brecelj Brez mej (No Borders) 928 8 7/10  
Aljosa Kovacic Sanje (Dreams) 941 7 7/10  
Regina Plave oci (Blue eyes) 3315 2 7/10  
Platin Stay Forever 6824 1 7/10  
Johnny Bravo Kar me ne ubije, me krepi (What doesn't kill me makes me stronger) 1689 6 8/10 2
Diona Dim If you 3198 3 8/10 3
Mikola Pot do srece (A path to happiness) 1888 5 7/10  
Tulio Furlanic O zenske, zenske (Women, women) 2654 4 8/10 1
2nd semifinal (18th January 2004) 2й полуфинал (18 января)
Participant Song Votes Place

EK rating

pts plc
Monika Pucelj Nic ne ustavi me (Nothing can stop me) 2593 2 8/10 3
Natalija Verboten Cry on my shoulder 11694 1 9/10 2
Jasmina Cafnik Si tukaj al' te ni (Are you here or are you not?) 588 8 6/10  
Chantal Hartmann Here and there and everywhere 1655 5 6/10  
Marijan Novina Svet se vrti nazaj (The world spins backwards) 1206 7 8/10 5
Yuhubanda Ce zdaj odides sama (If you leave alone now) 2478 3 9/10 1
Ana Dezman Ni bilo zaman (It was not in vain) 1386 6 7/10  
Kalamari Bos prisla (You will come) 1694 4 8/10 4
3rd semifinal (25th January 2004) 3й полуфинал (25 января)
Participant Song Votes Place

EK rating

pts plc
Panda Moj svet (My world) 1633 6th 4/10  
Polona Kralj neba (King of the sky) 2580 3rd 8/10 2
Prava stvar Junak (Hero) 1779 5th 8/10 3
Number One Lights into my eyes 1049 7th 6/10  
Victory Kako naj vem? (How do I know?) 1027 8th 8/10 1
Alya Fluid 3019 2nd 7/10  
Kristina Oberzan Mavrica (Rainbow) 1904 4th 6/10  
Damijana Godnie Moja moc (My strength) 3217 1st 7/10  
4th semifinal (1st February 2004) 4й полуфинал (1 февраля)
Participant Song Votes Place

EK rating

pts plc
November No reason to cry 1345 5 6/10  
Rebeka Dremelj Ne bos se igral (You're not gonna play) 4244 1 6/10  
Ylenia Zobec Tvoj glas (Your voice) 1493 4 8/10 3
Maja Slatinsek Slovo brez mej (Goodbye without borders) 3962 2 7/10  
Rozmarinke/ Silence Klise (Cliche) 2264 3 8/10 2
Pop Design In ti gres (And you go) 1097 8 8/10 1
Zana & R'n'B Wannabes Pozar (Fire) 1322 6 5/10  
Katrinas Ziva 1195 7 6/10  
Final
Participant Song Jury TV Total Votes Place

EK rating

pts plc
Yuhubanda Ce zdaj odides sama (If you leave alone now) 0 4 4 9/10 1
Rebeka Dremelj Ne bos se igral (You're not gonna play) 0 5 5 6/10
Polona Kralj neba (King of the sky) 3 0 3 8/10 4
Natalija Verboten Cry on my shoulder 0 12 12 9/10 2
Monika Pucelj Nic ne ustavi me (Nothing can stop me) 9 3 11 8/10
Alya Fluid 4 8 12 7/10
Ylenia Zobec Tvoj glas (Your voice) 7 0 7 8/10 9
Prava stvar Junak (Hero) 0 0 0 8/10 7
Rozmarinke/ Silence Klise (Cliche) 12 6 18 21805 2 8/10 8
Regina Plave oci (Blue eyes) 1 2 3 19048 3 7/10
Tulio Furlanic O zenske, zenske (Women, women) 6 0 6 8/10 3
Diona Dim If you 5 1 6 8/10 5
Maja Slatinsek Slovo brez mej (Goodbye without borders) 2 7 9 7/10
Platin Stay Forever 10 10 20 31279 1 7/10
Marijan Novina Svet se vrti nazaj (The world spins backwards) 0 0 0 8/10 6
Damijana Godnie Moja moc (My strength) 0 0 0 7/10
RTVSLO has announced that it had received 83 entries this year.
For 2004, RTVSLO made change in the rules stating that whatever language is used at the EMA must also be used in Istanbul. As a result just seventeen of the songs submitted are sung partly or completely in English.
A 4 member jury has decided which of the songs will make the 32 strong shortlist. There will be four qualifying heats with eight songs in each. From each heat, televoters will choose three songs to qualify for the final. In addition to the twelve songs selected by viewers, a panel of judges will select four additional songs from those remaining to get a second chance, making a sixteen song EMA contest. The heats will be held on January 11th, 18th and 25th and February 1st. The EMA final will be held in Ljubljana on February 15 2004.
The voting procedure in the big final will be the same as last year. Voting will take place in two rounds. The sixteen songs will be presented and then a combination of jury and televoting will select three songs to go to the final play off. After the three finalists have been performed again, the final choice will be down solely to the viewers and telephone voting.


РТВ объявило о получении 83х заявок на участие в национальном отборе.
Было внесено изменение в правило, утверждающее, что в случае победы на отборе, в Стамбуле песня должна быть исполнена на том же языке. В результате этого только 17 песен из всех заявок были исполнены полностью или частично на английском языке.
Жюри из 4х человек определило список из 32 участников отбора. Будет проведено 4 полуфинала по 8 песен в каждом. Из каждого 3 песни, отобранные телезрителями, пройдут напрямую в финал. В дополнение к этим 12 песням жюри добавит еще 4, таким образом, финал, который пройдет в Любляне 15 февраля, будет состоять из 16 песен.
Процедура голосования в финале осталась прежней. Она пройдет в два раунда. В первом жюри и телезрители выберут 3 лучшие песни, по которым вновь будет проведено телеголосование, которое и определит победителя.


Source - eurovision.tv

Their first album „Pet minut“ (Five minutes) was released in December 2002. The title song „Pet minut“ is still one of the most played songs after the „Hit festival“ of music. The songs on the album are the result of the creative work of PLATIN during the last two Years. PLATIN participated at the Slovenian contest „EMA“ for the European Song contest where they presented their song „100 stories and more“, which they recorded in the Slovenian and in the English language. This is also the first song of the new album, which is expected to be released in spring 2004 in both before mentioned languages. At the moment PLATIN help to create a TV show called „Idol“, where they audition new singing talents who want to sing live in the TV show. This takes place in their own music studio, reports about that are presented in the show.
On november 15th, they sang at the „Hitfestival 2003“ and came out third with the song „Tisockrat“( a thousand times). The song became one of their big Hits.
(Info - official website)
Первый альбом дуэта Платин "Пять минут" был выпущен в декабре 2002 года. Заглавная песня с него "Пять минут" до сих пор одна из наиболее часто исполняемых песен после того, как она приняла участие в "Хит фестивале". Песни, вошедшие в альбом - это результат двухлетнего труда дуэта Платин. Платин участвовали в отборе к Евровидению с песней "100 и больше историй", которую они записали на словенском и английском языке. Она станет заглавной песней с нового альбома, выход которого запланирован на весну 2004 года на обоих упомянутых языках. В настоящее время Платин помогают создавать ТВ шоу "Идол" для отбора молодых талантов, и члены дуэта проводят в собственной телестудии прослушивание кандидатов на участие в шоу.
15 ноября они приняли участие в "Хитфестивале 2003" и заняли 3 место с песней "Тысячу раз". Эта песня стала одним из главных хитов дуэта.
(Информация - официальный сайт)
Best preselection songs (ESCKAZ version):
Yuhubanda - Ce Zdaj Odides Sama 9/10
Proffecional deep dark vocal in midtempo song attracts attention.

Natalija Verboten - Cry On My Shoulder 9/10
Dance number in style of Nusa Derenda with another example of strong vocal.
Tulio Furlanic - O, Zenske, Zenske! 9/10
Very interesting midtepo song about women and their habits.
Лучшие песни отбора (Версия ESCKAZ):
Yuhubanda - Ce Zdaj Odides Sama 9/10
Профессионально поставленный глубочайший вокал в среднетемповой песне вызывает к себе пристальное внимание. 

Natalija Verboten - Cry On My Shoulder 9/10
Танцевальный номер в стилистике Нуши Деренды с таким же сильным вокалом.
Tulio Furlanic - O, Zenske, Zenske! 9/10
Очень интересная среднетемповая песенка о женщинах и их повадках.


C'mon let's fly away, girl
Up on cloud number nine I wish to fly
You're the most precious bird
Waiting for you, that's all I need to know

Wait and see how it's gonna be
Hold my hand, just don't let go
Birds of the feather fly together
But time will tell, people say so

Stay forever and ever
You will always be my baby
Stay forever
I'll never hurt you
I won't make you cry
No, no, no
Stay forever
No matter what may happen
Don't give up on me
Do whatever
I'll never let go
I will catch your fall


Through the sunny and dark side (I'll fly)
Feelings like this are made (to survive)
What the rest of the world thinks (doesn't matter)
Because we know it better

Stay forever and ever
You will always be my baby
Stay forever
I'll never hurt you
I won't make you cry
No, no, no

Stay forever
No matter what may happen
Don't give up on me
Do whatever
I'll never let go
I will catch your fall

Stay forever and ever
You will always be my baby, baby
Stay forever
I'll never hurt you
I won't make you cry