Omar Naber will represent Slovenia at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev with his song On My Way. The official video for the song has just been released. It is shot in black and white and quite atmospheric.
Omar also represented Slovenia, ironically in Kiev also, at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest with Stop.
Slovenia will participate in the first semi-final on 9 May.
The grand final of the 2017 EMA national selection took place and Omar Naber has taken the crown and will represent Slovenia for the second time at the Eurovision Song Contest with his charming ballad On My Way.
Eight acts competed –
Sell Out – Ni panike
Nuška Drašček – Flower In The Snow
Tim Kores – Open Fire
Nika Zorjan – Fse
KiNG FOO – Wild Ride
Omar Naber – On My Way
BQL – Heart Of Gold
Raiven – Zažarim
Voting was a combination of televoting and jury. In second place was the boy duo BQL, who took the top marks with the televoting. Omar ironically represented Slovenia also in Kiev in 2005 with Stop.
The interval acts were last year’s Slovenian participant, ManuElla, Toni Cetinski (who represented Croatia at the 1994 Eurovision) and last year’s winning ESC act, Jamala, from Ukraine.