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Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (English: Preselection for Millstreet; French: Présélection pour Millstreet) was a televised song contest held as a qualifying round for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO), the contest was held on 3 April 1993 in Studio 1 of Televizija Slovenija in Ljubljana, Slovenia and presented by Slovenian television presenter Tajda Lekše [sl].

Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
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Dates
Final3 April 1993
Host
VenueTV SLO Studio 1, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Presenter(s)Tajda Lekše
Musical director
Directed byPeter Juratovec
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerEdo Brzin
Host broadcasterRadiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO)
Participants
Number of entries7
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Voting systemOne juror from each country awarded 12, 10, 8–5 points to each song
Winning song

The contest was organised with the purpose of reducing the number of competing countries in the Eurovision Song Contest as a result of increased interest in participation among countries following the fall of communist regimes in Europe and the formation of new countries due to the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of both Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Three places in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, held on 15 May in Millstreet, Ireland, were provided for countries which had never taken part before, and seven countries ultimately sent entries to be performed and voted on in the televised contest in Slovenia.

One juror from each of the competing countries voted on the competing entries, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia were chosen to progress to the contest in Millstreet. A relegation system was introduced to the Eurovision Song Contest, which allowed new countries direct access to the contest in future editions to replace the lowest-scoring countries from the previous year's event. Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, the countries which failed to progress through Kvalifikacija za Millstreet, subsequently made their contest debuts in 1994.

BackgroundEdit

The Eurovision Song Contest is an internationally televised songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed by a chosen artist, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner.[1] Originally held in 1956 with seven competing countries, the contest quickly began to grow as more countries became interested in participating, and by the early 1990s entries from over 20 countries were regularly featured in each year's event.[2][3][4]

By 1992 an increasing number of countries had begun expressing an interest in participating in the contest for the first time; this increase in interest was the result of many new countries being formed following the breakup of Yugoslavia and dissolution of the Soviet Union and as part of revolutions leading to the fall of communist regimes in Europe and across the world which took place in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[5][6] To accommodate this new interest the EBU expanded the maximum number of participating countries for the 1993 contest to twenty-five, with entries from three new countries being joined by twenty-two of the twenty-three countries which had participated in the 1992 event, with Yugoslavia unable to participate after its EBU member broadcaster Jugoslovenska radiotelevizija (JRT) was disbanded in 1992 and its successor organisations Radio-televizija Srbije (RTS) and Radio-televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) were barred from joining the union due to sanctions placed against the country as part of the Yugoslav Wars.[4][7][8]

In order to determine which countries would progress to the contest proper, a preselection round was held for the first time in the contest's history, with the top three countries in this round progressing to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 held in Millstreet, Ireland. This contest, Kvalifikacija za Millstreet, took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia and was produced by the Slovenian public broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO).[5][6][7] Originally planned to be held in Portorož, the event was ultimately held in Studio 1 of Televizija Slovenija, with Edo Brzin serving as executive producer, Peter Juratovec serving as director, Jože Spacal serving as designer, Petar Ugrin [sl] and Mojmir Sepe serving as musical directors and leading the RTV SLO Revue Orchestra [sl], and Tajda Lekše [sl] serving as presenter.[9][10][11][12][13]

Participating countriesEdit

Initially broadcasters in as many as fourteen countries registered their interest in competing in the Eurovision Song Contest's first preselection event, including broadcasters in Belarus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine.[11][14][15] By February 1993 however the number of competing countries had dropped to six, comprising planned entries from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia. Subsequently Bulgaria's planned entry did not materialise, however Estonia and Slovakia joined the contest, resulting in seven countries competing in total for the three spots available in Millstreet.[6][12]

ConductorsEdit

A separate musical director could be nominated by each country to conduct the orchestra during their performance. The conductors listed below led the orchestra during the performance for the indicated countries.[16][17]

Participants and resultsEdit

 
Janika Sillamaa represented Estonia in the contest.

Kvalifikacija za Millstreet took place on 3 April 1993.[17] The table below outlines the participating countries, the order in which they performed, the competing artists and songs, and the results of the voting.

The three countries which received the most votes once all countries had voted, and thus progressed to the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, were Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.[5][7][17] As former constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, all three countries had previously been represented in the Eurovision Song Contest through entries sent by Yugoslavia.[18] Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, which failed to progress through Kvalifikacija za Millstreet, made their contest debuts the following year, following the introduction of a relegation system for the 1994 contest which resulted in the seven lowest-scoring countries from the 1993 contest losing the right to participate in the following year's event to make room for new countries.[5][19]

Participants and results of Kvalifikacija za Millstreet[17][20][21]
R/O Country Artist Song Language Points Place
1   Bosnia and Herzegovina Fazla "Sva bol svijeta" Bosnian 52 2
2   Croatia Put "Don't Ever Cry" Croatian, English 51 3
3   Estonia Janika Sillamaa "Muretut meelt ja südametuld" Estonian 47 5
4   Hungary Andrea Szulák [hu] "Árva reggel" Hungarian 44 6
5   Romania Dida Drăgan "Nu pleca" Romanian 38 7
6   Slovenia 1X Band "Tih deževen dan" Slovene 54 1
7   Slovakia Elán "Amnestia na neveru" Slovak 50 4

Detailed voting resultsEdit

 
Ismeta Dervoz-Krvavac [bs], the Bosnia and Herzegovina juror, previously represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 as a member of the group Ambasadori.[17][22]

Jury voting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries. As telephone communications could not be relied upon to reach juries based in the competing countries, one juror from each country was sent to Slovenia in order to provide votes for their respective country. These jurors was based in the studio and announced their votes live and on camera during the voting segment. Each juror awarded twelve points to their favourite entry, followed by ten points to their second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to five for the remaining songs, excluding the entry from their own country.[13][17] The respective jurors from each country and the detailed breakdown of the points awarded is listed in the tables below.[10][17]

Jurors
Detailed voting results of Kvalifikacija za Millstreet[17]
Total score
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Estonia
Hungary
Romania
Slovenia
Slovakia
Contestants
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 5 8 10 10 7 12
Croatia 51 10 6 12 7 8 8
Estonia 47 6 8 8 6 12 7
Hungary 44 7 6 12 8 6 5
Romania 38 5 12 5 5 5 6
Slovenia 54 8 7 10 7 12 10
Slovakia 50 12 10 7 6 5 10

BroadcastsEdit

The contest was broadcast via the EBU's Eurovision network, with EBU member broadcasters able to relay the contest via their broadcast channels. Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.[23] The broadcast was taken by all competing countries, as well as by broadcasters in Cyprus, Denmark, Portugal and Spain.[6] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel Commentator(s) Ref(s)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina RTVBiH Unknown Unknown [6]
  Croatia HRT HRT 1 Aleksandar Kostadinov [13][24]
  Estonia ETV Olavi Pihlamägi [et] [13][25]
  Hungary MTV MTV1 István Vágó [13][26]
  Romania TVR TVR 1 Unknown [27]
  Slovakia STV STV2 Unknown [26]
  Slovenia RTV SLO SLO 1 [sl] Gregor Krajc [13][28]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel Commentator(s) Ref(s)
  Denmark DR[a] DR TV Unknown [29]

Notes and referencesEdit

NotesEdit

  1. ^ Delayed broadcast on 8 May 1993[29]

ReferencesEdit

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  4. ^ a b "Malmö 1992 – Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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  6. ^ a b c d e Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
  7. ^ a b c O'Connor, John Kennedy (2010). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History (2nd ed.). London, United Kingdom: Carlton Books. pp. 132–135. ISBN 978-1-84732-521-1.
  8. ^ "RTS: "Evrosong" treba da bude mesto zajedništva naroda" [RTS: "Eurosong" should be a place of unity of the people] (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  9. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
  10. ^ a b Ergeg, Ksenija (3 April 1993). "Traži se tercet za Irsku" [Looking for a trio for Ireland] (in Croatian). Split, Croatia: Slobodna Dalmacija. p. 54. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  11. ^ a b Šćepanović, Ivo (14 November 1992). "Za tri pjesme dvanaest natjecatelja" [Twelve contestants for three songs] (in Croatian). Split, Croatia: Slobodna Dalmacija. p. 31. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  12. ^ a b Vuković, Rozita (20 February 1993). "Kome povjerenje za Portorož?" [Whom to trust for Portorož?] (in Croatian). Split, Croatia: Slobodna Dalmacija. p. 55. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d e f Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (Television programme) (in English and Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia: Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 3 April 1993.
  14. ^ K, Igor (19 February 1993). "Eurosong '93" (PDF). Gorenjski glas (in Slovenian). p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  15. ^ Koppel, Annika (22 February 1993). "Eesti eurolaul olemas". Päevaleht (in Estonian). p. 6. Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via DIGAR Eesti artiklid.
  16. ^ "Detailed overview: conductors in 1993". And the conductor is... Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. pp. 132–134. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
  18. ^ "Yugoslavia – Participation history". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Dublin 1994 – Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  20. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy (2010). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History (2nd ed.). London: Carlton Books. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-84732-521-1.
  21. ^ "1993 – 38th edition". diggiloo.net. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Montenegro: How do you follow an act like Slavko?". European Broadcasting Union. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  23. ^ "The Rules of the Contest". European Broadcasting Union. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  24. ^ "rtv – vrijeme" [rtv – weather]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Split, Croatia. 3 April 1993. p. 55. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Televisiooni nädalakava 29. märts – 4. april" [Television weekly schedule 29 March – 4 April]. Päevaleht (in Estonian). 29 March 1993. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 28 October 2022 – via DIGAR Eesti artiklid.
  26. ^ a b "Televízió – szombat április 3" [Television – Saturday 3 April]. Rádió és TeleVízió újság (in Hungarian). 29 March 1993. p. 44-47. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022 – via MTVA Archívum.
  27. ^ "Radio televiziune – sâmbătă 3 aprile 1993" [Radio television – Saturday 3 April 1993]. Panoramic Radio-TV (in Romanian). p. 7. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  28. ^ "Panorama – sobota, 3. aprila 1993" [Panorama – Saturday 3 April 1993] (PDF). Gorenjski glas (in Slovenian). 2 April 1993. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  29. ^ a b "Programoversigt – 08/05/1993" [Program overview – 08/05/1993] (in Danish). LARM.fm. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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