Slovenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "", written by Aleksander Kogoj, and performed by Regina. The Slovene participating broadcaster, (RTVSLO), held a national final in order to select its entry for the contest.
Before Eurovision
(RTVSLO) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996. The competing entries were selected from sixty submissions by a five-member jury. Among the rejected entries was "Ti nisi sam" by Faraoni.
The national final was held on 10 February 1996 at 20:05 CET, and was named "" in TV guides and the show's title card. The contest was hosted by . Darja Švajger performed her 1995 entry "Prisluhni mi" as an interval act. The results of the national final were decided by juries in twelve regional radio stations.
The national final is known to have been broadcast live on television on TV SLO 1, and on radio on Radio Val 202, and then repeated on 12 February 1996 at 12:40 CET on TV SLO 2.
Following the national final, complaints were raised by some of the participants as said during the broadcast that the radio juries did not know how the other radio juries had voted, yet after Radio Slovenija had announced their votes, their spokesperson Jolanda Fele prematurely congratulated Regina on her win. Jolanda Fele and , a representative of RTVSLO's entertainment department, released a statement that the juries were allowed to form their votes and then monitor the broadcast, and that no voting irregularities occurred.
+ Final – 10 February 1996 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points PlaceComposer(s)Lyricist 1 Vili Resnik "Nekdo, ki zmore vse" Primož Peterca 56 5 2 "Naj mesec ugasne" Urša Vlašič 104 2 3 "Sama proti vsem" Suzana Jeklic 65 4 4 Roberto "Nisi, nisva" Elvis Dobrilovič, Roberto 3 11 5 Alenka Vidrih and Miha Vardjan "Moja sreča, to si ti" Miha Vardjan 25 8 6 "Ena, dva, tri" Miran Fakin 36 7 7 Irena Vidic "To je bil le dotik" Milan Dekleva 9 10 8 "Pojdi z njo" 74 3 9 "Volk samotar" Tone Košmrlj 48 6 10 Regina "Dan najlepših sanj" Aleksander Kogoj 118 1 11 Ansambel Janeza Novaka "Kako ti je ime?" Tomaž Snoj Tadej Vasle 22 9 + Detailed Radio Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Nekdo, ki zmore vse" 6 10 10 2 3 6 8 2 1 3 3 2 56 2 "Naj mesec ugasne" 10 8 6 10 4 12 12 10 8 6 10 8 104 3 "Sama proti vsem" 2 3 1 4 10 1 4 8 6 12 2 12 65 4 "Nisi, nisva" 1 2 3 5 "Moja sreča, to si ti" 3 2 3 4 1 1 3 4 4 25 6 "Ena, dva, tri" 1 12 8 6 6 2 1 36 7 "To je bil le dotik" 6 3 9 8 "Pojdi z njo" 4 12 3 8 1 8 2 4 10 10 6 6 74 9 "Volk samotar" 8 6 8 1 6 2 3 4 1 8 1 48 10 "Dan najlepših sanj" 12 4 4 12 12 10 10 12 12 8 12 10 118 11"Kako ti je ime?" 2 2 3 3 4 22
At Eurovision
Voting
Qualifying round
+ Points awarded to Slovenia (qualifying round) Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Slovenia (qualifying round) Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Final
+ Points awarded to Slovenia (final) Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Slovenia (final) Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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