Hannah seems to have left a solid impression on the crowd in Malmö Tuesday night with her accompanying team of dancers from the Maestro troupe, but when the votes came in she was not among the ten finalists.

"I'm disappointed, but we're moving on. It's cool. We've given it our best," said Hannah, who follows in the footsteps of last year's entrant Eva Boto in watching the final from afar.

The last Slovenian participant to make it to the final was Maja Keuc in 2011.

Moldova, Lithuania, Ireland, Estonia, Belarus, Denmark, Russia, Belgium, Ukraine and Netherlands qualified for the final yesterday.

The second semi-final will be held on Thursday and the final on Saturday.