Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

EMA 2002 was the 7th edition of the Slovenian national final format Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA). The competition was used by RTV Slovenija to select Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.

EMA 2002 consisted of a semi final on 15 February 2002 and a final on 16 February 2002. Eighteen artists competed in EMA 2002. In the semi-final, 10 songs qualified to the final as five songs were selected by the Slovenian public and the other five songs were selected by the jury. In the final, the combination of points from a public vote, an expert jury and a jury composed of members from the Entertainment Program of RTV Slovenija determined the winner.

The semi-final of EMA 2002 took place on 15 February 2002 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Nuša Derenda, Darja Švajger and Andrea F. Ten acts qualified for the final: five entries were chosen with the most votes cast by the viewers and five other finalist entries were selected by the jury.

The final of EMA 2002 took place on 16 February 2002 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Miša Molk and Andrea F. The combination of points from a public vote, an expert jury and a RTV Slovenija jury determined the winner. Both juries put Sestre ahead of Stavec by one point before a five-minute hiatus for the results of the televote to be collated. As five minutes stretched into twenty, the green room began to divide into two camps, half the performers shouting for Stavec and the rest for Sestre. Although Stavec received 31,944 votes from the public, with Sestre only receiving 8,454, the votes from the two juries were sufficient to determine Sestre as the final winner.[1]