Slovenia
Klemen – How much time do we have left?
Well, the backstory lands hard. Klemen opens his promo video by revealing he wrote How Much Time Do We Have Left? when his wife Mojca was diagnosed with a serious, incurable illness. And just like that, the usual Eurovision snark becomes a bit of a minefield. That said, Mojca made a full recovery, so we are perhaps permitted a return to regular programming—tenderness intact, cynicism slightly tempered.
This is very much a storytelling song. Quiet, confessional, built around a single, stark image: a baby crawling across the floor while life outside continues in blissful ignorance of the bombshell just dropped into their family. It’s sincere, personal, and almost aggressively unflashy—qualities that may prove a liability in a year stuffed with harnesses, holograms and six-foot light-up trees.
Musically, it’s fine. The sort of acoustic-leaning ballad that might make a decent album track, or the kind of thing you’d hear over the closing credits of an earnest Slovene drama on Netflix. There’s very little in the way of surprise, invention, or even memorable melody. It just gently emotes for three minutes, hoping the sentiment does the heavy lifting.
Klemen’s voice has that soft, slightly plaintive lost boy at the piano tone that tends to polarise—if you love vulnerability, you’ll call it moving. If you’re less easily moved (guilty), it may come across more as underpowered. And in a running order where it’s sandwiched between Poland’s pagan pyrotechnics and Estonia’s surreal faux-Italian spectacle, this will likely vanish like breath on glass.
Still, Klemen is clearly a talent—with a résumé that includes TV comedy, impersonation, hosting EMA and now winning it. He’s done the full Slovenian showbiz circuit, and this marks a sincere step into songwriting. His debut solo album is due later this year, recorded in London, so there’s a bigger picture here.
But as a Eurovision entry? This is a gentle, forgettable sigh in a room full of people screaming for attention.
4 points (and a respectful nod for putting heart before hype)
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