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

[2] 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.

Misija Evrovizija was first phase of the 17th edition of the Slovenian national final format Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA), used by RTV Slovenija to select Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

Thirty-two contestants were selected and proceeded to the second stage, the twelve live shows held between 2 October 2011 and 8 January 2012.

[6] In each of the seventh to tenth shows, the judges selected two contestants to be up for eviction and public televoting exclusively determined the one who would be eliminated from the competition.

[8] Three candidates competed in the twelfth show, the final, where a public televote first selected one contestant to proceed to Misija EMA 2012.

The competition took place at the RTV Slovenija Studio 1 in Ljubljana, hosted by Klemen Slakonja and 2011 Slovenian Eurovision entrant Maja Keuc and was broadcast on TV SLO1, Radio Val 202, Radio Maribor and online via the broadcaster's website rtvslo.si as well as the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.

In the first round, the 50/50 combination of points from a four-member expert jury and a public televote selected one song per artist to proceed to a superfinal.

In case of technical problems with the televote, the jury would have voted to determine the winner by having each juror indicating their preferred song.

[22] A total of six songs were selected for the competition, three by an expert committee consisting of Darja Švajger (1995 and 1999 Slovenian Eurovision entrant), Aleksander Radić (Head of the Slovenian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest) and Mojca Menart (Head of ZKP RTV Slovenija) from the received submissions and three written by composers nominated by the entertainment programme of RTV Slovenija and directly invited by the broadcaster.

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the top eight contestants of Misija Evrovizija: Nika Zorjan, Manuela Brečko, Brina Vidic, Nadja Irgolič, Flora Ema Lotrič and Gašper Rifelj, Zlatko, 2012 French Eurovision entrant Anggun and 1989 Eurovision winner Emilija Kokić performed as guests.

The jury consisted of the judges of Misija Evrovizija: Darja Švajger, Jonas Žnidaršič, Raay and Tina Marinšek.

[26] Eva Boto made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Verjamem" as the Slovenian Eurovision entry.

On 19 March, Eva Boto appeared in and performed during the RTV Pink programme Ami G Show in Serbia.

[27] On 21 April, Boto performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Ruth Jacott.

[38] At the end of the show, Slovenia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.

[40][41] 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.