Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
| Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) | |||
| Country | Slovenia | |||
| Selection process | Evrovizijska Melodija 2016 | |||
| Selection date | 27 February 2016 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Blue and Red" | |||
| Artist | ManuElla | |||
| Songwriters | 
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (14th) | |||
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Slovenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Blue and Red". written by Marjan Hvala, Manuella Brečko, and Leon Oblak, and performed by Brečko herself under her artistic name ManuElla. The Slovene participating broadcaster, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO), organised the national final Evrovizijska Melodija 2016 in order to select its entry for the contest. 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.