The country's only other top ten result was achieved in 1997 when Tanja Ribič performing "Zbudi se" placed tenth.

The Slovenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest has traditionally been selected through a national final entitled Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA), which has been produced with variable formats.

In the first round, a three-member expert jury selected two finalists out of the ten competing songs to proceed to a superfinal.

In case of technical problems with the televote, the jury would have voted to determine the winner in a similar process as in the first round of the competition.

[5] An expert committee consisting of editors for the entertainment programme of RTV Slovenija nominated ten artists to be directly invited by the broadcaster for the competition.

[10][11] Following Maja Keuc's win at EMA 2011, the singer revealed that "Vanilija" would likely be translated from Slovene to English for the Eurovision Song Contest.

[12] On 9 April, the English version "No One" was presented via the premiere of the official music video, directed by i3 and filmed in the woods in the Ljubljana Zoo, during the TV SLO1 programme Spet doma.

[14] On 9 April, Keuc performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Club Air venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas, Esther Hart and Sascha Korf.

The LED screens displayed rotating flowers that changed colour and shade which remained dark until the chorus of the song.

[20] The four backing vocalists that joined Maja Keuc on stage were: Ana Bezjak, Katja Koren, Martina Majerle and Sandra Feketija.

[21] At the end of the show, Slovenia was announced as having finished in the top ten and subsequently qualifying for the grand final.

[23][24] Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding points from 1–8, 10 and 12 as determined by a combination of 50% national jury and 50% televoting.

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.

In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.