SLOVENIA

"Naj bogovi slisijo" - Vili Resnik

"May the Gods hear that I am sad, save me, no I cannot live without her, my heart is dying"

The Slovene Final was held at the RTVSLO TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Mojca Mavec.  The winner was chosen by televoting.

1 Silvia Silvia Roberto Magnifico 3558

5th

2 Naj bogovi slisijo Let the Gods hear Vili Resnik 7391

1st

3 Nora noc Crazy night Pop Design

911

13th
4 Cvetje in vrtovi Flowers and gardens Miran Rudan 1377

10th

5 Pesem zate A song for you Aurora

480

14th

6 Ko pade noc When the night comes Obvezna Smer

980

12th

7 Ljubim, ljubis I love, you love Damjana Golavsek 1445

9th

8 Kje pesem je doma Where a song is at home Karmen Stavec & Patrik Greblo 2998

7th

9 Zakaj odsel si Why are you going Sound Attack 1628

8th

10 Ljubezen Love Deja Mušic 1257 11th
11 Pusti casu cas Leave time to time Gianni Rijavec & Vladimir Cadez 6103

2nd

12 Ljubezen ne odhaja Love never leaves Darja Svajger 3224

6th

13 Glas gora Voice of the mountains Regina 5694

3rd

14 Zapri oci Close your eyes Victory 4221

4th

Vili Resnik previously came equal 10th in the 1990 Yugoslav Final as lead singer of 'Pop Design', 5th in the 1996 Slovene Final and 6th in 1997. At the ESC he came 18th, where one of his backing singers was Karmen Stavec who would go on to represent Slovenia in ESC 2003. His pianist was Urša Vlasic who came 13th in the 1988 Yugoslav Final and equal 15th in 1990 (as Urša Drinovec). Darja Svajger represented Slovenia in 1995, while Regina did the same in 1996.  Miran Rudan was a backing singer for Italy in the 1990 ESC.

IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1998

1998 NATIONAL FINALS