Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Slovenia in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Participating broadcasterRadiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO)
Country Slovenia
Selection processEvrovizijska Melodija 2016
Selection date27 February 2016
Competing entry
Song"Blue and Red"
ArtistManuElla
Songwriters
  • Marjan Hvala
  • Manuella Brečko
  • Leon Oblak
Placement
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th)
Participation chronology
◄2015 2016 2017►

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.