Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
Dates
Final3 April 1993
Host
VenueTV SLO Studio 1, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Presenter(s)Tajda Lekše
Musical director
Directed byPeter Juratovec
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerEdo Brzin
Host broadcasterRadiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO)
Participants
Number of entries7
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         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemOne juror from each country awarded 12, 10, 8–5 points to each song
Winning songs

Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (English: Preselection for Millstreet; French: Présélection pour Millstreet) was a televised song contest held as a qualifying round for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO), the contest was held on 3 April 1993 in Studio 1 of Televizija Slovenija in Ljubljana, Slovenia and presented by the Slovenian television presenter Tajda Lekše [sl].

The fall of communist regimes in Europe and the formation of new countries following the collapse of Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia led to an increased interest in Eurovision Song Contest participation. Kvalifikacija za Millstreet was organised as a one-off event to reduce the number of countries allowed to participate in the 1993 event, with a relegation system introduced for future editions allowing new and returning countries direct access to the contest to replace the lowest-scoring countries from the previous year's event.

Entries representing seven countries, none of which had previously competed in the Eurovision Song Contest, participated in the event, with three countries being selected to progress to the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, held on 15 May in Millstreet, Ireland. One juror from each of the competing countries voted on the competing entries, with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia chosen to progress to the contest in Millstreet. Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, the countries which failed to progress through Kvalifikacija za Millstreet, subsequently made their contest debuts in 1994.