Vernacular Song Contest 02

Vernacular Song Contest 02 is was the second edition of Vernacular Song Contest. The edition took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia following the nation's victory in the first edition with Gaja Prestor performing her song Verjamem Vase in Warsaw,  Poland. 34 countries have competed in the contest. The contest was won by Austria with Mathea performing "Wach". Austria had gathered 186 points in the final, 26 points ahead of the runner-up Poland.

= Participating countries =

Semifinal 1
Fifteen countries have taken part in the first semifinal. Those countries plus Ukraine and Kazakhstan voted in this semifinal. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Semifinal 2
Fifteen countries have taken part in the second semifinal. Those countries plus Slovenia and the Switzerland voted in this semifinal. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Final
The final consisted of 21 acts, 17 qualifiers from the semi finals and the 4 countries that have placed in the Top 4 in the previous edition

Conflicts and issues

 * During the semis, 3 countries have failed to present their votes in time thus have been fined and received only 65% of their votes. Following the deduction, none of them have managed to qualify for the final.