Slovakia participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Bærum, Norway with the song Horehronie, which failed to qualify for the final. Slovenská televízia (STV) organised the national final to select the Slovak entry for the contest using the Eurosong 2010 format.

Slovakia was the first country to announce its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, which was announced by STV on 28 March 2009, six weeks before the 2009 Contest. It was revealed that preparation for the 2010 Contest would begin shortly after the 2009 Contest ended.

Three preliminary rounds, a semi-final and final were to begin in mid-January to select the Slovak entry. The first announcement for the 2010 selection process came from STV on 14 July. All competing artists for the Slovak national final must have Slovak citizenship, and the main language must be Slovak. However an exception can be made for the chorus, which may be in English. Interested authors can submit more than one song to the competition, however singers can only perform one song in the competition. The deadline for entries was set for 30 October.

STV announced that the received entries would be examined by a jury, and the best songs would progress to the live shows. STV received 242 entries for the contest, with three entries being disqualified for arriving after the deadline. An internal jury selected the 60 competing songs from the remaining 239 entries, which were announced on 15 December.

In December STV announced the complete details of the live shows: 6 preliminary heats will be held over three weeks in January and February 2010. After this two semi-finals will be held on 14 and 21 February, with the final held on 28 February 2010. The shows will be hosted by Martin Rausch, with Martin Kontúr reporting from the green room. Both jury and viewers will have a say in the outcome of the Slovak shows, although the jury will be introduced only from the first semifinal.

Six heats were held between 22 January and 7 February. From the sixty competing acts, ten in each heat, 24 qualified to the two semi-finals on 14 and 21 February.

The first heat was held on 22 January. The line-up and running order for the first heat was revealed on 19 January. Televoting during the live shows selected four songs to qualify to one of two semi-finals. It has been announced that profits from the voting in the semi-final will be contributed towards aid for those affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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