Alenka Gotar - Cvet Z Juga (Slovenia) Live 2007 Eurovision Song Contest

[@CHEEKY_MONKEY]

Shes so excited its contagious, whilst giving powerful vocals. Its amazing.

[@svetlana1996]

10 years later ... and I still come back to this!

[@dolgijoze]

same

[@MyStory2009]

12 years now 😜👌

[@staffansoderberg1007]

I agree! an Evergreen hit song

[@staffansoderberg1007]

i agree....love the power!

[@harithoma-a-8157]

13

[@salbelm]

I hope one day Ljubjana will host the Eurovision just in justice of all theses masterpieces that they sent. 15th place is undeserved here.

[@RustlingRagazza]

2001, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2023... all amazing songs and talented artists. And genre-shifting stuff. I don't understand it, either. If nothing else, 2023 produced a global phenomenon, despite the actual result at the contest.

[@evapara]

@@RustlingRagazzaJoker Out made me love and listen to so many Slovenian bands and songs 🙏 also 2024 now. Just unfair

[@lucas_vermeire]

Not only is everything here great. You can just see how much fun she is having on that stage. You don't often see someone smile like that

[@GeorgeAustinTay]

Slovenia always gets half of the points it actually deserves. Their entries are usually GREAT!

[@ХекфеВол]

Vrag naj vzame - such impressing song didn't enter final!

[@ХекфеВол]

Vrag naj vzame - such impressing song didn't enter final!

[@John-of7nc]

Indeed!That entry was one of my favourite!!!

[@JackWalker12993]

Slovenia are the most underrated country in Eurovision, in 10-30 years if they still haven't won or even finished Top 5 Millennial ESC fans will feel the same way about them as older fans do for Portugal.

[@icecranberry2148]

Jack Walker You could be onto something. Honestly I don't believe we will ever win, we are just too small and Europe isn't into masterpieces like this one either. What do you want from us?! We are not Sweden! (In a few years I expect our Maja (2011 entrant) to win for them, she lives and is getting married there so it's obv she will enter Melodifestivalen soon). And the wreath here will be unbelievable then LOL, people get upset over the stupidest things here.

[@vanessac9069]

When I tell people that Eurovision is magic, if you're just listening to the albums and not watching the lives, you're going to miss so much of the charismatic and just seeing these artists being so proud to be up there. This is why I love your vision. Look at how happy she is. She's confident she's optimistic and she's having fun and that's what's important

[@paulocidreiras7398]

The best Eurovision Song ever! Who is listening to in 2019?

[@mortemium]

Still listening in 2020 :)

[@minaspamboris5722]

Omg true! I love it!!!

[@demetrisdemetriou7040]

2021!!!

[@ikkeskyr3952]

2022

[@zalabadrov5882]

2021

[@yeseniasrevenge3018]

Slovenia slays as usual. The best opera Eurovision song ever.

[@florianpichon6050]

ArgyESC Now 2nd best. Estonia 2018 entry surpasses any pop opera song ever sung on the show

[@wonderfulhumanbeingwithagr6381]

Florian Pichon not imo

[@yeseniasrevenge3018]

Florian Pichon Agree

[@ren4497]

@@florianpichon6050 maybe Elina Nechayeva showcased more vocals. But La Forza, as a song alone, is not even close to being as good as Cvet Z Juga.

[@harithoma-a-8157]

Cvet z Juga is still the best by a mile. La Forza is still amazing though.

[@vladyslavkovalenko4454]

That was the year all Balkan countries had amazing entries

[@Crowleas]

1 SERBIA 9/10 beautiful song, strong presentation 2 SLOVENIA 8,5/10 amazingly epic song, presentation should be better 3 BULGARIA 8,5/10 great, inspired song, excellent choice and proper presentation, my favourite Bulgarian entry 4 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 8/10 the song is pure beauty, presentation is ok 5 FYROM 7,5/10 very good entry 6 ALBANIA 6,5/10 sweetly romantic but I've liked every other Albanian entry more than that 7 GREECE 6/10 uplifting but cheap and kind of annoying 8 ROMANIA 5,5/10 quite entertaining but not of my taste at all 9 MONTENEGRO 4,5/10 nice voice and rock elements but the result annoys me somehow

[@frideyvazov1018]

Except Croatia

[@karleduard7725]

Slovenia isn't Balkan country. It was yugoslavian, but never balkanic

[@hyperboreanspiritreborn3981]

slovenia is central Europe not balkan

[@harithoma-a-8157]

This year would have been the second time. Unfortunately, Slovenia was the only Balkan country not in my top 18 this year 😅

[@mustavalkoinen9275]

A perfect song, one of the best Eurovision songs ever. The fact that it finished 15th is ridiculous :'(

[@maikpain5309]

the fact that it finished 15th shows how useless eurovision is. It should have been 1st and this comment coming from a greek

[@escjejatb]

When I listened to 2007 songs for the 1st time I thought this/Finland was winner... Reality is brutal

[@mladencabraja4905]

@@escjejatb 💌🧬💯✨🥰🚤🅾️🆎🅰️Ⓜ️©️©️Ⓜ️

[@M19A05G]

It's the last days of 2024 but still listening to this masterpiece. This song has been my winner all the time.

[@SędziszowskiMK]

its still my winner too :)

[@M19A05G]

@@SędziszowskiMK 😍😍😍😍

[@oof3397]

Also my winner 😍

[@oof3397]

respect to molitva for winning but cvet z juga is just too good for eurovision

[@chris_the_heartbeat_lover.1994]

No matter if someone loves opera or not, this is just THE masterpiece!

[@marinaivankovic5456]

I just want to listen back vocals.They were great.❤

[@wingedhussar1117]

thank you Slovenia for this entry, it has not won but it was my personal winner

[@ΔοσίθεοςΤρνηνητς]

koji glas!! jako dobar nastup!! pozdrav iz Srbije braco!!

[@giovanellicianca6467]

Ten years later and I still swoon over Slovenia's entry (very underrated indeed), so beautiful and amazing! Alenka Gotar's performance was brilliant, full of energy and with an impressive vocal quality, I loved her (and her outfit, probably the most gorgeous dress I have ever seen) and I still do, even if I don't know the language, ¡eres una diosa Alenka! -ESC fan from Panama

[@soniap.9006]

What a song! Unforgettable! Love from Greece!

[@davidstark8160]

Alenka please come back to the ESC and show this basics how a queen does it. The best part? That is not in English and it shows how amazing it's in their native language. That makes it even more beautiful.

[@giovanellicianca6467]

David Stark I agree! She needs to slay again at ESC...

[@georgemcmahon7393]

I think that she should have won it I love listening to that song

[@el_naif]

Back then, while "Western" Europe cried out loud how rigged the contest was, how invalid the televoting actually was and got as far as to pick troll and offensive songs to "protest", "Eastern" Europe was busy saving Eurovision. This masterpiece is yet another perfect example.

[@Finnishkebab]

I was thinking same! i remember uk, ireland,,germany and france cried all the time. They just sent weak songs. Nowadays we can see in eurovision that western countries and especially "bad" eurovision countries can win such as Austria, Netherlands, Israel and Portugal. They all were quit terrible in ESC in 2000´s era.

[@jesperhjellnes5861]

Ahhh, yes, I completely agree with you. It was so ridiculous complaining about the block voting, and then they sended songs like Flying the Flag, Love Power etc???

[@karleduard7725]

No va para tí, pero es 2020 y todavía hay gente que piensa que Eslovenia es Europa del Este

[@leekorn3796]

Never forget that without this big 5 ... we won't be here now. Those countries built and maked the contest during decades. And now they are paying between the 60 and 70% of the real cost of the show for every country. So you can be rude...but keep this in your mind. Me entendiste papito ?

[@morbidsearch]

@@leekorn3796 Eurovision functioned just fine without Italy for almost 2 decades. And do you have a citation on that 60-70% figure?

[@jarnoniitty1943]

Love you... Greetings from Finland

[@kainakreisa]

This song will never get old. Slovenia is so underrated... ❤️

[@nelebuys74]

Deserved Top 10 ! Love from Greece !! It’s one of my favorite opera songs in ESC My Top 5 Opera Songs 5. It’s My Life 4. La Voix 3. Grande Amore 2. Slovenia 2007 1. La Forza

[@sergeyfamusov2161]

BillGreek do you like Laura Bretan - Dear Father? She, probably, will win romanian NS

[@christospanagiotidis6327]

@@sergeyfamusov2161 i believe she could win the ESC in Tel Aviv

[@hukuk2004]

what about "sognu" ?

[@eiriniafis459]

Still have goosebumps everytime when i listen this music

[@xrusobalanthskarampimperhs7937]

2023 February here big 😍love❤❤❤❤ from🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 Greece best voice end song magic telio mprabo slovenia🇸🇮

[@lgmadrid]

What a voice of this girl. Amazing entry of Slovenia that year....maybe the only edition when all the ex yugoslavian countries sang in their native languaje and note in english....

[@rocoferoxo1418]

LUIZ STS on 2012 too

[@yeseniasrevenge3018]

+Rocofe roxo Montenegro "sang" (=spoke) mainly in English in 2012.

[@hatridmunpitaa]

Not really, (f.y.r. of) Macedonia sang half in English that year

[@ivanmacgar6447]

It's funny because usually ex-Yugo countries tend to be faithful to their own language, but there's at least one country every year sending something in English which breaks the trend.

[@Estonian4life]

This song got played dirty. The back-vocalists were on point, the artist had 0 missed notes. But placing in 7th place and passing to final from the hardest semi-final in the history of ESC was a victory in itself, especially from Slovenia who usually gets left behind in the semi-finals.

[@blissmliss]

I remember the day I watched this performance on TV, time flies... Still listening in 2021

[@Kamiol89]

This is my favorite Eurovision song. I listen to this song to this day. My winner :) 12 points from Poland!

[@it2715]

Amazing performance, the part 1:22 from the backing vocals is so powerful

[@therasiathecook]

The best of the best still on my playlist!!!!!!! A fan from Portugal!!!!!

[@oof3397]

15th place for this masterpiece? The only bad thing about this song is that it ends.

[@slimesde3863]

Best song from Slovenia ever!!!

[@naewsqrg]

Agreed, with Maja close second.

[@kamciaa99]

Slovenia should be in top 2! 12 points from Poland!

[@IzayoiArwena]

kamciaa99 Druga najlepsza piosenka po zwycięskiej. Powinna mieć drugie miejsce

[@juancarlosgarcia9002]

For me was the true winner of ESC 2007! Another 12 points from Spain

[@aleksandrapiech5855]

thank you so much from Slovenia! 💓

[@SędziszowskiMK]

12 ponits from poland❤❤

[@revsus88888888]

I have no Idea what she sings, but that doesn't matter With a voice in total perfection like hers! Incredible!

[@johnnydark3260]

Its really beautiful it sings about life being like a beautiful white leaf

[@filipgrmsek]

@@johnnydark3260 yeah, Cvet Z Juga is directly translated to "flower of the south"

[@Mr.Tyrell99]

It’s 2024 and this by far the best entry from Slovenia!! I get the chills every time!!!

[@deturkse]

2023 February 26, still in love with this masterpiece. Way ahead of time, so beautiful. Great, just great.

[@milanjkfue]

What a year for Slovenia! Most underrated country at ESC

[@andrejhrovat8080]

Gospa Alenka ta vaša pesem mi je zelo všec ko slišim vas glas so tudi sollze v mojih oćeh super ste operna pevvka.

[@laylamia]

THE BEST SLOVENIAN ENTRY EVER!

[@YunaQQQQQ8]

100000000 points from Sweden

[@az929292]

Even more from Denmark :D

[@ΔοσίθεοςΤρνηνητς]

Fred West 27626262652515151651515169 from serbia😎

[@hundoria6744]

even MORE from Croatia

[@KodyKimani]

AND IRELAND TOO

[@nenadf124]

One of my top 5 all time favorite Eurovision songs. 24 points from North Macedonia

[@harmonicontrast]

I loooooove who she is so excited! The song and performance is epic!

[@IvanTrefer]

2023 and I still like this song! Unforgettable

[@wibbliams]

Best opera song in Eurovision ever. Fight me on that.

[@esclovisa]

one of the best entries of all time

[@don.eurovision7311]

OMG Her voice is...WOW.

[@lova_sato]

This is slovenian eurovision quality at it´s best :D They should send her again with a great song like this, i would love it

[@danielpablo4260]

Even though so many years have passed since then, this is still one of my absolute favorite songs. Vocally it's absolutely great, I just love it!!!!

[@DK-fp3hw]

Perfect song and Alenka is a great perforemer. It should have been in top 10.💘

[@ХекфеВол]

14. Mojot svet (Macedonia) 15. Cvet z juga (Slovenia) 16. Questa notte (Latvia) Great! Powerful! Splendid! Shoula have been in top 10!!!

[@harut93]

just amazing...

[@Anti-Social_Socialite]

Obsessed is an understatement. Brought me to tears and i don't even speak Slovenian

[@sarakolednik4659]

I remember when i was a child it was my fav song and i was screaming my lungs out thinking i sound like her 🤣 poor neighbours

[@filipgrmsek]

😂😂😂😂

[@Zelenox]

Excellente musique

[@akounnas]

Damn I love this song so much, one of my favourite ESC entries of all time, so underrated. Cheers from Greece!

[@Joshuamartin93]

Amazing song and performance with some of the best backing singers ever! 2:24 is just out of this world.

[@Danny-dl2wt]

Probably the best backing vocalist in Eurovision. They’re all in sync with each other and actually have good voices

[@MrZhaowei]

Agree

[@ΒικηΑποστολοπουλου]

Epic!!!my winner!! the best song of 2007... and my 3rd favourite eurovision song!

[@nasosntalakos4952]

GREAT SONG. Few years after with Italy (Grande amore), it reminds me that NOT always the best song win. Alenka, for us, you were the winner!!!!! Greetings from Greece P. S. Please return to Eurovision

[@IzayoiArwena]

Shes amazing. Slovenian Tarja. She should make a duet with Cezar. No one will know who is singing

[@flowerpowergarden]

Never get tired of listening to this song..a powerful hit! Greetings from Sweden

[@alejandromorales8564]

THE BEST EUROVISION ENTRY FOR ME...

[@davidstark8160]

Hell yes!

[@bigben8649]

Одна из лучших песен за историю! Сказочная песня, очень атмосферная).

[@tonyking1152]

This is a real masterpiece. She sounds like an angel.

[@majakovacevic7860]

Divno. Bravo

[@tuomas1008]

What a beautiful couple. The last one superb i remember in eurovision song contest really a BIG hit. And in Finland- my home coyntry!!

[@DanTony68]

Couple ? 🤔

[@Nune-fx6cl]

One of my favourite songs. Thank you so much

[@celestialtrash2576]

Such a beautiful song! I love Serbia that year, but the real winner of Eurovision 2007 for me will be Slovenia! WE NEED MORE OPERA IN 2019!!!!

[@Tinou1997]

Every year, between october and december, I have eurovision 2007 vibes and I love to listen to Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary and North Macedonia. I don't know why. But what I'm sure about is that Slovenia's song is a masterpiece and it deserved easily a top 10. Such good memories! Love from Belgium 🇧🇪

[@Niar_Production_Official]

bravo,very strong song,great voice,amazing performance ang singer,velicanstveno,jedna od najboljih pesama na euroviziji

[@theo4784]

12 points from RUSSIA

[@Euroviking86]

Why is it that Slovenia had (after Serbia) the best song and performance from the former Yugoslav countries, yet did the poorest of all of them? Bosnia and FYR Macedonia were so mediocre, yet both finished higher. I just don't get it. This song fuses opera with European techno to great effect. Really classy and powerful. Slovenia, ever the most robbed of ex-Yugoslavia.

[@yeseniasrevenge3018]

Croatia and Montenegro didn't even qualify so Slovenia didn't do the poorest of them all. The result looked like this: 1. Serbia 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina 3. FYR Macedonia 4. Slovenia 5. Croatia 6. Montenegro

[@Euroviking86]

ESC Argy Well, okay, I stand corrected as far as qualification goes, but I still say Slovenia should've done better than Bosnia-Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia.

[@MmeKastaffiore]

Maybe the song was not that ear-friendly for the average audience. The songs from Macedonia and Bosnia were closer to what you can find in the radio, while Cvet z juga was a bit over the top (even if I like it a lot).

[@yeseniasrevenge3018]

MmeKastaffiore I think the same.

[@tbey2892]

the song was ahead it's time. it would have done great after 2010

[@dimitrispappas4082]

My best song that year

[@marina.i.blanck]

I need more Likes. What a marvel!

[@srgapg]

Such a good vocal!!! Very nice

[@msj-st9ig]

Perfektna, prelepa Alenka, nastop svetoven ❤

[@SędziszowskiMK]

This masterpiece was only 15? Romania was better than that? That really means slovenia is very underrated at ESC. My winner from Poland

[@thesnesgeek]

It’s like a villianous song, I love it.

[@ce7624]

She looks like the queen of the night! I'm in love with this song! 😍

[@robinoswald]

It's 2019 and I still listen to it 💘💘

[@idristatl4496]

Masterpiece ❤

[@renatopereira810]

This is just a masterpiece :)

[@fernandopacheco6388]

Más propuestas así necesita el festival y la vuelta de todos los balcanes y centro Europa que enriquecen el festival

[@harke72]

Alenka bila si najbolja te godine

[@Lensmaestro]

I listen to this song every single year. Top Voice. But LIVE version is even better!!!

[@edward8784]

2020 october and i linsten this song everyday!!! Respect from Armenia

[@filipposk.3831]

Pure perfection even after 13 years.. Always stuck in my mind

[@Sgoinneil]

17 years later I’m still amazed at how this song didn’t even end up top 3!

[@dmytrohlavatskyi4008]

One of my favorite songs at Eurovision. Perfect opera! Greetings from Ukraine!

[@Ornochestror]

Should have been top 5 for sure

[@thesnesgeek]

Just having a lamp glued on to your hand alone deserves 12 points. She slayed that night. (edit) Never mind i saw she had a glove with the lamp in it, still great regardless.

[@HendrikDaStar]

Still one of my favourite songs from Slovenia. recently heard it, and it keeps in my head :-)

[@OutRunr47]

My favorite Slovenian entry and a very underrated song.

[@vleemonad]

what a beautiful performance. still love it so much in 2023. hvala slovenija!

[@BSM_1986]

This is still my favourite Eurovision sing ever!!!

[@didrikgustafsson2426]

Amazing!! what a masterpiece! My favorite slovenian entry ever

[@Azeritable]

Masterpiece- i got goosebumps

[@messpilo]

I love this song even after 10 years 2017 now!

[@petarristovski4631]

maestralno bravo slovenija volimo te alenka je razvalila volimo te pozdrav iz MAKEDONIJE

[@escfrenchnerd9421]

Masterpiece 😍 Again Slovenia 💕

[@ראוףרזאייב]

My lifelong favourite... It's been 10 years now, but can't get enough of this masterpiece

[@nicolasoliver5574]

I love her. This song is amazing and her vocals are just perfect! Plus she looks like the Evil Queen from Once Upon a Time haha everything is just so perfect!