performed by Lea Sirk was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from six thematical juries and a public televote.

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.

The competition was used by RTV Slovenija to select Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, and consisted of two shows on 17 and 24 February 2018.

Sixteen songs competed in the semi-final where a public televote first selected the top four entries to proceed to the final.

Eight songs competed in the final where the winner was selected following the 50/50 combination of points from six thematical juries and a public televote.

An expert committee consisting of Maja Keuc, Eva Hren (musician and guitar teacher), Jernej Vene (music editor for Radio Val 202) and Tadej Košir (musician, guitarist and songwriter) selected sixteen artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions.

[8] The jury consisted of Maja Keuc (2011 Slovenian Eurovision entrant), Hannah Mancini (2013 Slovenian Eurovision entrant), Raiven (singer, harpist and songwriter), Robi Pikl (guitarist, singer and songwriter), Žiga Klančar (music editor for Radio Val 202), Emi Den Baruca (video content designer) and Mario Galunič (responsible editor for the entertainment programme of RTV Slovenija).

[13] On 14 April, Sirk performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Edsilia Rombley and Cornald Maas.

[14] On 21 April, Sirk performed during the ESPreParty event which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain and hosted by Soraya Arnelas.

On 29 January 2018, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.

The performers made use of the outer circle of the stage during the second chorus of the song, during which Sirk stopped the music for a temporary break to interact with the audience.

[25] The dancers featured during the performance were Karin Putrih, Tajda Kozamelj, Veronika Škrlj and Anja Möderndorfer.

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.

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 individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.