Raiven Will Represent Slovenia at Eurovision 2024

In October, Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO announced its intention to hold a national selection for Eurovision 2024.
The submission window closes on the 16th of November 2023.
Around 100 songs were submitted for the selection process.
In the first phase, a local expert jury assessed the songs and chose 5 of them to advance for the next round.
In the second phase, an international jury evaluated the songs and the Slovene act for Eurovision 2024 has been chosen!

RTV SLO organized a special press conference at SNG Opera and Ballet in Ljubljana, and revealed the identity of the Slovene act for Eurovision 2024:

Raiven will represent the country at Eurovision 2024. Her song “Veronika” will be performed in the Slovenian language and will be released on the 20th of January 2024.
The live premiere will be broadcast as part of the “Misija Malmö“ on the 20th of January 2024.

The story of Veronika Deseniška and her supposed witchcraft are well known in Slovenia, and this song continues Raiven’s quest to explore the stories of iconic women from various historical eras;

The singer commented:

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.’

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About Raiven

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Sara Briški Cirman (better known as Raiven) is a 27 year old Slovenian singer, songwriter and harpist. Raiven grew up in a family that raises falcones (there you can regularly find birds in her artwork). At the age of 4, she entered Glasbena matica and started her studies in harp playing.
After finishing lower and upper school, she attended Maribor Conservatory of Musicת where she specialised in harp, jazz singing and solo singing.
In 2015, she attended Ljubljana’s Academy of Music, where she studied opera solo singing. In 2018, she graduated after she had won several awards in classical music.
In 2014, she released her first single, “Jadra” (Eng: Sails), while her second single “Bežim” (Eng: I’m Running), was released in 2015.

Raiven has collaborated several times with national broadcaster RTV SLO: from participating in “EMA” (Slovenian selection for Eurovision), participating and hosting “Popevka”, singing in the European Youth Olympic Festival

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In 2016, she competed in “EMA 2016”, “EMA 2017” and “EMA 2019” (the Slovenian selection show for Eurovision).
She ended up as the runner up twice (2016 and 2019) and once in 3rd place:

In 2017, she released her debut album “Magenta”.

In 2018, she was one of the hosts of “EMA 2018”. While in 2019, she tried her luck in the national selection for the 3rd time:

In June 2021, she graduated with a master’s degree in Opara singing.
In 2021, she won the local pop festival “Popevka” with her song

On 9th of September 2023, she released the spececutlar duet “Ikona” (eng Icon) with the established singer Helena Blagne

Joker Out represented Slovenia at Eurovision 2023.
They performed the song “Carpe Diem” and ended up in 21st place with 78 points:

What do you think about Slovenia’s choice for Eurovision 2024?
Eurovision 2024 will be held in Malmö, Sweden.
The semi-finals will be held on the 7th and 9th of May 2024, and the grand final will be held on the 11th of May 2024