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The 7th Guest Star campaign brought four new stars:

Ahmed Farouk (Diplomacy), Hannah Mancini (Culture), Ayhan Öztürk (Economy) and Andrea Masi (Sports). You can learn more about each winner and other candidates by clicking on their name below.

Learn about the previous Guest Stars

This year, the organizers are proud to announce the seventh edition of the popular and esteemed media campaign.

Explore the events and photo galleries from our past six top-level events.

See what Slovenian press reported

One of the main purposes of the Guest Star is to present foreign personalities in Slovenia to broader Slovenian public. The campaign has a very positive image among the Slovenian media.


  • Guest Stars 2010 are...
  • Past Campaigns
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Four Categories

Since expats are active in many different fields, all equally important, the Guest Star committee has separated them into the following categories:

Diplomacy

Foreign diplomats to Slovenia who successfully strenghtened the ties between the countries.

Economy

Business people who made a substantial impact to the Slovenian economy.

Culture

Acknowledged artists who chose Slovenia as a place to live and create.

Sports

Individuals who signifficantly contributed to the achievements of Slovenian teams and athleetes.

Sponsors Partners

Campaign wouldn't be possible without our partners and sponsors.

Carlos Yoder

Carlos Yoder

Musician and editor of Eslovenia Corazon, Argentine

Hannah Mancini

Hannah Mancini

Singer/songwriter, American

Uwe Laysiepen

Uwe Laysiepen

Visual Artist, Dutch

Lasanthi Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona

Lasanthi Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona

Musician, Sri Lankan

Andrea Massi

Andrea Massi

Head of Team to A-Maze, Italian

Hannu Järvenpää

Hannu Järvenpää

Head coach of HDD Tilia Olimpija Ljubljana, Finnish

Kenny Gregory

Kenny Gregory

Basketball player, KK Union Olimpija Ljubljana, American

Chris Booker

Chris Booker

Basketball player, KK Krka Novo mesto, American

Anunciada Fernández de Córdova

Anunciada Fernández de Córdova

Ambassador of Spain

Nicole Michelangeli

Nicole Michelangeli

Ambassador of France

Ahmed Farouk

Ahmed Farouk

Ambassador of Egypt

Andrew Page

Andrew Page

Ambassador of the United Kingdom

Louise Chatwood

Louise Chatwood

KD Funds former member of the Board, Australian

Klemens Nowotny

Klemens Nowotny

Chief executive of Raiffeisen Bank, Austrian

Christof Johannes Droste

Christof Johannes Droste

Managing director of Hella Saturnus, German

Ayhan Öztürk

Ayhan Öztürk

Turkish Airlines General Manager for Slovenia, Turkish, Italian

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Watch the Interviews

You can learn more about each candidate by clicking on her/his name and watch a short video interview.

Contact Info

The GUEST STAR campaign main office
c/o The Slovenia Times
Trg MDB 12
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Project manager:
Ms Irena Kržan
+386 (0)59 045 003
irena.krzan@sloveniatimes.com

Voting Ended on April 1

The Guest Star 2010 campaign is now in its final stage. Take a look of the video interviews with this year's candidates (click on the candidate). On April 1, 2011 the voting for the candidates ended after one month of voting. Join us on Facebook (click the "Like" button) to stay in touch with the campaign.