| Year: | 1996 |
| Country: | Slovenia |
| Preselection: | EMA 1996 |
| Preselection Date: | 10 February 1996 |
| Entrant: | Regina |
| Song: | Dan najlepših sanj |
| Final Result: | 21st, 16 points |
Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "Dan najlepših sanj", performed by Regina.
The Slovene national final in 1996 was the first edition that used the title EMA (Evrovizijska Melodija), which has been used in all Slovene selections since. After the list of competing artists were announced, Faraoni withdrew from the competition.
EMA 1996 took place on 10 February 1996 at the RTV Slovenija studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Tajda Lekše. A jury vote from twelve regional radio stations in Slovenia determined the winner.[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vili Resnik | "Nekdo, ki zmore vse" | Primož Peterca | 56 | 5 | |
| 2 | Irena Vrčkovnik | "Naj mesec ugasne" | Matjaž Vlašič, Urša Vlašič | 104 | 2 | |
| 3 | Panda | "Sama proti vsem" | Andrej Pompe, Suzana Jeklic | 65 | 4 | |
| 4 | Roberto | "Nisi, nisva" | Elvis Dobrilovič, Roberto, Miša Čermak | 3 | 11 | |
| 5 | Alenka Vidrih and Miha Vardjan | "Moja sreča, to si ti" | Miha Vardjan | 25 | 8 | |
| 6 | Don Juan | "Ena, dva, tri" | Miran Fakin, Vili Bertok | 36 | 7 | |
| 7 | Irena Vidic | "To je bil le dotik" | Blaž Jurjevčič, Milan Dekleva | 9 | 10 | |
| 8 | Marta Zore | "Pojdi z njo" | Marta Zore, Miša Čermak | 74 | 3 | |
| 9 | Pop Design | "Volk samotar" | Matjaž Vlašič, Tone Košmrlj | 48 | 6 | |
| 10 | Regina | "Dan najlepših sanj" | Aleksander Kogoj | 118 | 1 | |
| 11 | Ansambel Janeza Novaka | "Kako ti je ime?" | Tomaž Snoj, Tadej Vasle | 22 | 9 |
| Draw | Song | Radio Ognjišče | Radio Šmarje pri Jelšah | Radio Ptuj | Koroški Radio | Radio Kranj | Studio D | Radio Trbovlje | Radio Celje | Radio Murski val | Radio Koper | Radio Maribor | Radio Slovenija | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Nekdo, ki zmore vse" | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 56 | |
| 2 | "Naj mesec ugasne" | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 104 | |
| 3 | "Sama proti vsem" | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 65 | |
| 4 | "Nisi, nisva" | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | "Moja sreča, to si ti" | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 25 | ||||
| 6 | "Ena, dva, tri" | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 36 | ||||||
| 7 | "To je bil le dotik" | 6 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 8 | "Pojdi z njo" | 4 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 74 | |
| 9 | "Volk samotar" | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 48 | ||
| 10 | "Dan najlepših sanj" | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 118 | |
| 11 | "Kako ti je ime?" | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 |