The song was performed by the duo Twiins, which was internally selected by the Slovak broadcaster Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS) to represent Slovakia in the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The nation's best placing in the contest was eighteenth, which it achieved in 1996 with the song "Kým nás máš" performed by Marcel Palonder.

Slovakia achieved their least successful result in 2009, where they returned to the contest and failed to qualify to the final with the song "Leť tmou" performed by Kamil Mikulčík and Nela Pocisková.

[1][2][3] A public poll on the broadcaster's website on its Eurovision participation, which received an 87.5% positive vote, also reflected the popularity of the contest in the country.

RTVS spokesperson Alexandra Štullerová-Korenová announced in January 2011 that the Slovak entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 would be selected internally.

[5][6] On 18 February 2011, "I'm Still Alive" performed by the duo Twiins was announced by the broadcaster as the Slovak entry for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest during a press conference.

[8] "Vendetta" performed by 2010 Slovak national final runner-up Mista was also confirmed as the backup entry in the event of the duo being unable to participate.

This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.