SLOVENIA

"Ne, ni res" - Nuša Derenda

"No, it's not true, now I know it's not true that there is a devil and an angel inside you"

The Slovene Final was held on February 24th at the RTVSLO TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Misa Molk, Marcel Stefancic & Mojca Mavec. Before the final there was a semi-final - click here for details: SLOVENE SEMI-FINAL 2001 The winner was chosen by televoting, an "expert" jury and an RTVSLO jury - Karmen Stavec won the televote.

1 Ko so lipe cvetele When the lipa flowers were blooming PAX

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2 Sonce v oceh Sun in the eyes Tinkara Kovac 18

5th

3 Ne, ni res No, it's not true Nuša Derenda 34

1st

4 Svet okoli mene The world around me By The Way

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12th

5 Samo lazi Only lies Polona 13

6th

6 Za devetimi gorami Behind nine mountains Ivo Spacapan

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7 Zaljubljena v maj In love with May Regina

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10th=

8 Ni cist greh It's not a sin Nude

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9 Lunapark Lunapark Kingston

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9th

10 Ce verjameš ali ne Do you believe or not Alenka Godec 20

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11 Zivljenje je Life is Andraz Hribar 26

2nd

12 Ostani tu Stay here Karmen Stavec 20

3rd=

Regina Karmen Stavec

Nuša Derenda previously came equal 11th in the 1999 Slovene Final. At the ESC she came 7th. One of her pianists was Urša Vlasic who came 13th in the 1988 Yugoslav Final & equal 15th in 1990 (as Urša Drinovec). Regina represented Slovenia in ESC 1996, while Karmen Stavec was a backing singer for Slovenia in 1998.

GERMAN NATIONAL FINAL 2001

2001 NATIONAL FINALS