it was the damn jury in Evrovizijska Melodija, I think they just liked him because he's a veteran and his dumb story about "I wrote this years ago and waited to release it because it's such a special song". 3 of the 4 jurors gave him a perfect score and one gave him 10 points, it's crazy.
I hated the BQL song (and I know how you feel about Aleš Vovk) but they got almost three times as many televotes as Omar. I feel like them, Nika Zorjan or maybe Raiven could have gotten to the finals.
Yep, it was the jury that messed the things up this year. Probably they just wanted to end Vovk's era. Seriously, our TV will have to make a decision about competing in the future, because we have to pay 12 € each month for the National TV (if you have electric energy in the house, you are obliged to pay) and people are quite furious about it. Oh and Zorjan song was also made and produced by Vovk...
Good thing is that Raiven is getting a lot of airtime on radio stations, on those not influenced by Vovk and his partners.