Performing during the show in position 11, "Blue and Red" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.

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.

[4][6] An online backstage broadcast at RTV Slovenija's official website also occurred concurrently with the competition, which was hosted by Nejc Šmit.

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.

An expert committee consisting of Alenka Godec (singer), Gaber Radojevič (musician, composer and music producer), Aleksander Radić (Head of the Slovenian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest) and Jernej Vene (music editor for Radio Val 202) selected ten artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions.

[10] In late April, a mobile app was launched that allowed users to access exclusive content and follow ManuElla's preparations for the contest.

[11] On 30 April, ManuElla released the official music video for "Blue and Red", which was directed by Darko Drinovac.

[12] ManuElla made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Blue and Red" as the Slovenian Eurovision entry.

On 9 April, ManuElla performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Hera Björk.

[23][24][25] The stage colours were blue and red and the LED screens displayed images of ManuElla's face miming the lyrics of the song.

[26] ManuElla was joined by four off-stage backing vocalists: Karin Zemljič, Lea Sirk, Mitja Bobič and the co-composer of "Blue and Red" Marjan Hvala.

[28] Voting during the three shows was conducted under a new system that involved each country now awarding two sets of points from 1–8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.

Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.

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.