| Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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| Country |  Slovenia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | EMA 2016 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 27 February 2016 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | ManuElla | |||
| Selected song | "Blue and Red" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (14th) | |||
| Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Blue and Red" written by Marjan Hvala, Manuella Brečko and Leon Oblak. The song was performed by ManuElla, which is the artistic name of singer Manuella Brečko. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija) organised the national final EMA 2016 in order to select the Slovenian entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Ten entries competed in the national final where the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top two entries were selected by a three-member jury panel. In the second round, "Blue and Red" performed by ManuElla 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 12 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 11, "Blue and Red" 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 fourteenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 57 points.