# EMA 2025

EMA 2025 was the twenty-sixth edition of the annual EMA, a television song contest held in the Ljubljana, organised and broadcast by RTV. Presented by Raiven and Gregor Štrasbergar, the competition was held on 1 February 2025.
"How Much Time Do We Have Left", written by Klemen Slakonja, Ryan Small and Maja Slatinšek, and performed by Klemen, won EMA, and thus will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.

## Format

The competition consisted of one final. In total, 12 candidate songs competed. Between, the two songs with the most votes among the five juries, went directly to the superfinal. During the superfinal, the two classified songs were performed again to determine which would represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, the winning song was determined only by televote.

### Presenters

| Presenter | Occupation(s) |
| Raiven | Singer, songwriter and harpist |
| Gregor Štrasbergar | Singer and songwriter |

### Expert jury members

| Member | Occupation(s) |
| Alenka Godec | Singer and songwriter |
| Neja Jerant | Music editor and journalist at Radio Slovenia |
| Lea Sirk | Singer and songwriter |
| Filip Vidušin | Singer and songwriter |
| Martin Bezjak | Audio director, music composer and producer |

### Guest performers

The final was opened by Raiven, who represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, performing her entry "Veronika". The interval of the final featured MRFY performing "Helo", Ana Soklič ft. Soul Cast performing Magnifico's "Silvija"; Lea Sirk, Filip Vidušin and Urban Koritnik performing 1xBand "Tih Deževen Dan", both presenters Raiven and Gregor Štrasberger performed a medley of their songs "Zaljubila" along with "Zažarim" and Raiven reappearing again to perform "Hedonista".

## Competing entries

The public invitation for participation was published on 28 October 2024, and the application period lasted until 25 November. The rules of the invitation stipulated:
* that performers must be at least 16 years old on the day of selection,
* that the main performer or at least half of the main performers in a group must have permanent or temporary residence in the Republic of Slovenia,
* that the song can be a maximum of three minutes long,
* that there can be a maximum of six performers on stage, and
* that the song, as a whole and in its individual parts, must be original and not yet disclosed to the public.
The names of the 12 artists and songs were announced on 13 December 2024. All the songs were made available on RTV 365 and their snippets were presented in a special broadcast Ema pred Emo on 25 January 2025.
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
| ANNA | "Čau" | Krešimir Tomec, Špela Tomec |
| Astrid & The Scandals | "Touché" | Astrid Ana Kljun, Tomaž Zupančič, Luka Flegar |
| Eva Pavli | "Niti" | Eva Pavli, Hugo Smeh |
| Jon Vitezič | "Vse ti dam" | Jon Vitezič, Peter Dekleva |
| July Jones | "New Religion" | July Jones, Bardo, Kiris Houston, Neave Applebaum, Gracey |
| KiKi | "O-ou!" | Laetitia KiKi Pohl, Blaž Mikl, Jovica Novkovič |
| Klemen | "How Much Time Do We Have Left" | Klemen Slakonja, Ryan Small, Maja Slatinšek |
| PolarAce | "Kind" | Aleksej Ivačič Kolar, Peter Penko |
| RAI | "Frederick's Dead" | Vanja Rok Vrtovec, Lara Gregorčič |
| Trine | "Grace" | Trine Slabe, Jernej Kržič |
| ZveN | "Divja" | Zvezdana Novaković, Luka Jamnik |
| Žan Videc | "Pusti da gori" | Goran Sarjaš, Žan Videc |

## Final

The final was held on 1 February 2025. The running order of the final was announced on 25 January 2025.

### Jury Votes

The winning song was selected in two rounds. In the first round, five five-member juries chose two super finalists:
* the OGAE Slovenia Fan Club jury [A]
* the musical performers, creators, and producers jury [B]
* the TV jury [C]
* the radio jury [D]
* the jury of international Eurovision influencers [E]
| Draw | Artist | Song | A | B | C | D | E | Total | Place |
| Draw | Artist | Song | A | B | C | D | E | Total | Place | 1 | Anna | "Čau" | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 |
| 2 | Zven | "Divja" | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 5 |
| 3 | PolarAce | "Kind" | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| 4 | Astrid & The Scandals | "Touche" | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 3 |
| 5 | Jon Vitezič | "Vse ti dam" | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 7 |
| 6 | Kiki | "O-ou!" | 1 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 4 |
| 7 | Eva Pavli | "Niti" | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 8 |
| 8 | Klemen | "How Much Time Do We Have Left" | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 1 |
| 9 | July Jones | "New Religion" | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 2 |
| 10 | Žan Videc | "Pusti da gori" | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 11 | Trine | "Grace" | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 12 | Rai | "Frederick's Dead" | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 6 |

### Superfinal

In the superfinal, the ultimate winner was chosen by viewers and listeners through telephone voting.
| Artist | Votes | Percentage |
| Klemen - "How Much Time Do We Have Left" | 8895 | 66,90 % |
| July Jones - "New Religion" | 4400 | 33,10 % |