Raiven will represent Slovenia at Eurovision 2024
Raiven will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö. Her song will be released on 20 January
Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO has just revealed their artist for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
Raiven will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
The song that Raiven will sing on the Eurovision stage is titled "Veronika" and will be released on 20 January.
RTVSLO received around 100 entries to choose from, and an internal jury of experts, along with the broadcaster, selected Raiven for Eurovision 2024. The announcement took place at a press conference held at the Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet.
The Slovenian broadcaster initially planned to hold a national selection, "Misija Malmö," for the Slovenian artist and song for Eurovision 2024, but they later decided to cancel Misija Malmö and go on with an internal selection instead.
Raiven
Sara Briški Cirman, with the stage name Raiven, is a 27-year-old singer-songwriter and actor. Besides singing, Raiven is also a mezzo-soprano and harpist and has a master's degree from the Ljubljana Academy of Music.
She has competed three times in the Slovenian national selection for Eurovision, EMA:
Raiven says:
– Representing Slovenia at Eurovision is a stepping stone I envision for my career's progression.
– When I told my mother I was going to Eurovision, she said she knew I would be standing on that stage one day. She knew it since the first time we were watching this music spectacle together - I was five years old.
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Slovenia made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993, and since then has participated 28 times. They have never won the contest, and the best result for Slovenia is two 7th place finishes in 1995 and 2001.
Since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004, Slovenia has only managed to qualify for the Grand Final 7 times out of 19.
