 An additional spot was reserved for Omar Naber, winner of the RTV Slovenija talent show "Bitka Talentov (Battle of talents)".EMA 2005 took place on 6 February 2005 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Saša Einsiedler and Saša Gerdej.In the first round, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the superfinal