EMA 2005 took place on 6 February 2005 at the RTV Slovenija Studio 1 in Ljubljana, hosted by Saša Einsiedler and Saša Gerdej. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2004 Eurovision winner Ruslana and 2004 Serbian and Montenegrin Eurovision entrant Željko Joksimović performed as guests. The winner was selected over two rounds of public voting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round: "Metulj" performed by Saša Lendero, "Stop" performed by Omar Naber and "Pojdi z menoj" performed by Rebeka Dremelj. In the second round, "Stop" performed by Omar Naber was selected as the winner.