Slovenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Slovenia selected their first Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through an internal selection. On 16 September 2014 it was revealed that Ula Ložar would represent Slovenia after having open auditions.^[1]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 16 September 2014 Song: 5 October 2014
Selected artist(s)	Ula Ložar
Selected song	"Nisi sam (Your Light)"
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 29 points
Slovenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2014 • 2015►

Before Junior Eurovision

Internal selection

After much speculation, on 19 August 2014 Vladislav Yakovlev revealed on his Twitter account that Slovenia would make their debut in the 2014 contest.^[2] The next day, the Slovene broadcaster RTVSLO announced that they would select their participant internally though the broadcaster's Children and Entertainment Departments.^[3] On 16 September 2014, the broadcaster revealed that 12-year-old Ula Ložar had been selected to represent the country in Marsa, Malta.^[1]

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, Slovenia were drawn to perform ninth on 15 November 2014, following Ukraine and preceding Montenegro.^[4] Slovenia finished 12th in the final with 29 points, despite being one of the favourites to win the contest.

Voting

Points awarded to Slovenia[5] Score Country 12 points[a] 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points  Netherlands 3 points  Croatia  Montenegro 2 points  Armenia  Serbia  Sweden 1 point  Belarus

Points awarded by Slovenia[5] Score Country 12 points  Italy 10 points  Bulgaria 8 points  Armenia 7 points  Russia 6 points  Malta 5 points  Serbia 4 points  Cyprus 3 points  Montenegro 2 points  Belarus 1 point  Ukraine

Detailed voting results

The Slovenian votes in this final were based on 100% jury. The following members comprised the Slovene jury:^[6]

• Irena Vrčkovnik
• Urša Vlašič
• Anže Langus Petrović
• Eva Černe
• Alex Volasko

Detailed voting results from Slovenia^[6]

Draw	Country	I. Vrčkovnik	U. Vlašič	A. Langus Petrović	E. Černe	A. Volasko	Points Awarded
01	Belarus	1	2	2	2	4	2
02	Bulgaria	10	8	10	8	12	10
03	San Marino
04	Croatia
05	Cyprus	6	1	7		2	4
06	Georgia	4			6
07	Sweden		6		4
08	Ukraine		4	3	3	1	1
09	Slovenia
10	Montenegro	2		5		5	3
11	Italy	12	12	12	12	10	12
12	Armenia	8	10	8	7	8	8
13	Russia	7	7	6	5	7	7
14	Serbia	5	3	4		6	5
15	Malta	3	5	1	10	3	6
16	Netherlands				1

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

1. Granger, Anthony (16 September 2014). "Slovenia: Ula Ložar Has Been Selected For JESC". Eurovoix. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
2. Granger, Anthony (19 August 2014). "Slovenia: Junior Eurovision Debut!". Eurovoix. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
3. Granger, Anthony (20 August 2014). "Slovenia: JESC Entrant To Be Selected Internally". Eurovoix. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
4. James-Fisher, Luke (9 November 2014). "The running order for Junior Eurovision 2014!". junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
5. "Results of the Final of Valletta 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
6. "Detailed Voting Result | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2021.