In the second round, "Sebi" performed by Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote.

Performing during the show in position 5, "Sebi" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified 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.

[3] An online backstage broadcast at RTV Slovenija's official website also occurred concurrently with the competition, which was hosted by Tanja Kocman and Rok Bohinc.

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.

[8] An expert committee consisting of Lea Sirk (2018 Slovenian Eurovision entrant), Mojca Menart (Head of ZKP RTV Slovenija), Aleksander Radić (Head of the Slovenian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest) and Žiga Klančar (music editor for Radio Val 202) selected ten artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions.

[10] In the second round, a public televote selected "Sebi" performed by Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl as the winner.

[11] Following Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl's win at EMA 2019, the music video of "Sebi" was released to the public on 20 February.

On 28 January 2019, 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 stage colours were dark and the LED screens and floor displayed an encircling galaxy and starry night scene.

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.