Twelve entries ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 27 February 2010 where "Horehronie" performed by Kristina was selected as the winner after scoring the most points from the jury and public vote.

Performing during the show in position 4, "Horehronie" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.

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.

Eurosong 2010 was the national final format developed by STV in order to select Slovakia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

The final featured the remaining twelve entries and the winner was determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a public televote and a jury panel.

[10][11] The three-member jury panel that participated in the semi-finals and final consisted of:[12] Artists and composers were able to submit their entries between 14 July 2009 and 30 October 2009.

[14][15] The broadcaster received 239 submissions at the closing of the deadline and an expert committee selected sixty entries for the competition.

[16][17] The competing entries were announced on 15 December 2009 and among the artists was Marcel Palonder who represented Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996.

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.

The members that comprised the Slovak jury were: Juraj Čurný, Dezider Kukoľ, Ľubica Čekovská, Marcel Palonder and Mirka Brezovská.