The Slovenian national broadcaster, RTVSLO, has made public that the pop-rock band “Joker Out!” will represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the second time that Slovenia has opted for an internal selection when it comes down to their Eurovision representative.
A band of five guys
The band Joker Out! came to being in 2016, and consists out of five guys, which are: Bojan Cvjetićanin, Kris Guštin, Jan Peteh, Jure Maček and Martin Jurkovič. The band was planning to perform at EMA, the Slovenian national selection show, but then they were approached by the Slovenian national broadcaster, RTVSLO, directly. The band wanted to be in the contest for years, but they we were waiting for the right time, and in the contest of 2023 they get their chance to shine.
The song is ready
Joker Out! have their song ready, and they also disclosed that they will sing in their native language, Slovenian. In December of 2022 the song will be recorded in the German city of Hamburg, and the big reveal of the song will be on February 4th 2023.
Eurovision 2022
In 2022 Slovenia was represented by the band LPS (Last Pizza Slice) with the song “Disko”, which did not end well, since they finished last in their respective Semi-final with a song in Slovenian.