Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
| Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) | |||
| Country | Slovenia | |||
| Selection process | Evrovizijska Melodija 2014 | |||
| Selection date | 8 March 2014 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Round and Round" | |||
| Artist | Tinkara Kovač | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 52 points) | |||
| Final result | 25th, 9 points | |||
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Slovenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Round and Round", written by Raay, Tinkara Kovač, Hannah Mancini, and Tina Piš, and performed by Tinkara Kovač. The Slovene participating broadcaster, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO), organised the national final Evrovizijska Melodija 2014 in order to select its entry for the contest. Seven entries competed in the national final where the winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top two entries were selected. In the second round, "Round and Round" performed by Tinkara Kovač was selected as the winner. Songwriter Hannah Mancini represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 where she failed to qualify to the final with the song "Straight into Love".
Slovenia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 14, "Round and Round" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 10 May. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed tenth out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 52 points. In the final, Slovenia performed in position 17 and placed twenty-fifth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 9 points.