| Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
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| Country |  Slovenia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Misija EMA 2012 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Misija Evrovizija: Elimination shows: 2 October 2011 – 11 December 2011 Semi final: 18 December 2011 Final: 8 January 2012 Misija EMA 2012: 26 February 2012 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Eva Boto | |||
| Selected song | "Verjamem" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (17th) | |||
| Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Verjamem" written by Vladimir Graić, Hari Mata Hari and Igor Pirkovič. The song was performed by Eva Boto. Songwriter Hari Mata Hari represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Lejla" where he placed third in the grand final of the competition. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija) organised the national final Misija EMA 2012 in order to select the Slovenian entry for the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. 32 performers competed in the first stage of the national final, Misija Evrovizija, from which two artists qualified to compete in Misija EMA 2012 following a five-month-long competition. In Misija EMA 2012, the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, each artist performed three songs and one song were selected for each performer following the combination of votes from a four-member jury panel and a public televote. In the second round, "Verjamem" performed by Eva Boto was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote.
Slovenia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 9, "Verjamem" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed seventeenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 31 points.