Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Slovenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "Dan najlepših sanj", written by Aleksander Kogoj, and performed by Regina. The Slovene participating broadcaster, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO), held a national final in order to select its entry for the contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Participating broadcaster	Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO)
Country	Slovenia
National selection
Selection process	Evrovizijska Melodija 1996
Selection date(s)	10 February 1996
Selected artist(s)	Regina
Selected song	"Dan najlepših sanj"
Selected songwriter(s)	Aleksander Kogoj
Finals performance
Final result	21st, 16 points
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Evrovizijska Melodija 1996

The Slovene national final in 1996 was the first edition that used the title Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA), which has been used in all Slovene selections since. After the list of competing artists were announced, Faraoni withdrew from the competition.

Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) held EMA 1996 on 10 February 1996 at its television studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Tajda Lekše. A jury vote from twelve regional radio stations in Slovenia determined the winner.

Final – 10 February 1996

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Vili Resnik	"Nekdo, ki zmore vse"	Primož Peterca	56	5
2	Irena Vrčkovnik	"Naj mesec ugasne"	Matjaž Vlašič, Urša Vlašič	104	2
3	Panda	"Sama proti vsem"	Andrej Pompe, Suzana Jeklic	65	4
4	Roberto	"Nisi, nisva"	Elvis Dobrilovič, Roberto, Miša Čermak	3	11
5	Alenka Vidrih and Miha Vardjan	"Moja sreča, to si ti"	Miha Vardjan	25	8
6	Don Juan	"Ena, dva, tri"	Miran Fakin, Vili Bertok	36	7
7	Irena Vidic	"To je bil le dotik"	Blaž Jurjevčič, Milan Dekleva	9	10
8	Marta Zore	"Pojdi z njo"	Marta Zore, Miša Čermak	74	3
9	Pop Design	"Volk samotar"	Matjaž Vlašič, 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

Draw	Song	Radio Ognjišče	Radio Šmarje pri Jelšah	Radio Ptuj	Koroški Radio	Radio Kranj	Studio D	Radio Trbovlje	Radio Celje	Radio Murski val	Radio Koper	Radio Maribor	Radio Slovenija	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	Ireland
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Denmark
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Belgium Netherlands Russia
1 point	Iceland Switzerland

Points awarded by Slovenia (qualifying round)

Score	Country
12 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Austria
6 points	Croatia
5 points	Macedonia
4 points	Spain
3 points	Estonia
2 points	Portugal
1 point	United Kingdom

Final

Points awarded to Slovenia (final)

Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points
6 points	Croatia
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point	Iceland Spain

Points awarded by Slovenia (final)

Score	Country
12 points	Ireland
10 points	Norway
8 points	Estonia
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Iceland
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Malta
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Austria