Slovenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Mr Nobody", composed by Matjaà ¾ Vlaà ¡iÃÂ, with lyrics by Urà ¡a Vlaà ¡iÃÂ, and performed by Anà ¾ej Deà ¾an. The Slovene participating broadcaster, (RTVSLO), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. Fourteen entries competed in the national final where "Plan B" performed by Anà ¾ej Deà ¾an was selected following the combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote. The song was later translated from Slovene to English for Eurovision and was titled "Mr Nobody".
Slovenia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2006. Performing during the show in position 3, "Mr Nobody" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed sixteenth out of the 23 participating countries in the semi-final with 49 points.
Prior to the 2006 contest, (RTVSLO) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Slovenia eleven times since its first entry . Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been seventh place, achieved on two occasions: with the song "" performed by Darja à  vajger, and with the song "Energy" performed by Nuà ¡a Derenda. Its only other top ten result was achieved when "" performed by Tanja Ribiàplaced tenth. In , "Stop" performed by Omar Naber failed to qualify to the final.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTVSLO organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its participation in the 2006 contest on 18 September 2005. The broadcaster has traditionally selected its entry through a national final entitled (EMA), which has been produced with variable formats. For 2006, RTVSLO opted to organise (EMA 2006) to select its entry.
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(EMA 2006) was the 11th edition of the national final format , organised by RTVSLO to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The competition took place at the RTVSLO Studio 1 in Ljubljana, hosted by Janez à  kof, Aljoà ¡a Ternovà ¡ek and Boris Koba and was broadcast on TV SLO1, Radio Val 202 and online via the broadcaster's website rtvslo.si.
Fourteen songs competed in a televised show where the combination of points from a five-member expert jury and a public televote determined the winner. The televote was divided into two groups: votes cast via landline phones and mobile phones, and each group assigned points as follows: 1âÂÂ8, 10 and 12. The expert jury also assigned points from 1-8, 10 and 12, and the song that received the highest overall score when the votes were combined was the winner.
The jury that voted during the final consisted of:
Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 29 September 2005 and 20 November 2005. 107 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period. An expert committee consisting of Jaka Pucihar (composer), Rok LopatiÃÂ (music producer), Jernej Vene (music editor for Radio Val 202), Mitja Ciuha (Eurovision expert) and Mario GaluniÃÂ (television presenter) selected fourteen artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions. The competing artists were announced on 28 November 2005.
EMA 2006 took place on 29 January 2006. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Alya and Nuà ¡a Derenda (who represented ) performed as guests. The combination of points from a five-member jury panel (1/3) and a public televote split into votes cast via landline phones (1/3) and mobile phones (1/3) selected "Plan B" performed by Anà ¾ej Deà ¾an as the winner.
The results of EMA 2006 caused controversy as Saà ¡a Lendero who won both televoting groups ultimately placed second due to the jury awarding her zero points, marking the sixth time in last seven editions of EMA that the jury expelled the televoting winner from their votes. "Plan B" was also accused of plagiarising the song "Santa Maria" by Austrian singer Simone, however the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) allowed the song to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest as they did not see it as a plagiarism. A new version of "Plan B" was later created with the song being translated to English for the contest titled "Mr Nobody".
Anà ¾ej Deà ¾an made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Mr Nobody" as the Slovenian Eurovision entry. On 4 February, Deà ¾an performed "Mr Nobody" during the Maltese Eurovision national final '. Deà ¾an also performed the song during the third elimination show of the Ukrainian Eurovision national final ' on 25 February, and during the Serbian-Montenegrin Eurovision national final ' on 11 March. On 8 April, Deà ¾an appeared in Croatia during the HTV1 show Studio 10. Deà ¾an also completed promotional activities in Macedonia in late April, including a performance during the Sitel TV programme Zvezdena Planeta.
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the are required to qualify from the semi-final on 18 May 2006 in order to compete for the final on 20 May 2006; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. On 21 March 2006, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order for the semi-final and Slovenia was set to perform in position 3, following the entry from and before the entry from . At the end of the semi-final, Slovenia was not announced among the top 10 entries and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed sixteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 49 points.
In Slovenia, the semi-final was televised on TV SLO2 and the final was televised on TV SLO1. Both shows featured commentary by Mojca Mavec. RTVSLO appointed Peter Poles as its spokesperson to announce the Slovenian votes during the final.
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Slovenia and awarded by Slovenia in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to in the semi-final and the final of the contest.