Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 after the Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO), confirmed that Slovenia would appear at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and also announced that they would be changing the national final format.

The winner of EMA 2009 was Quartissimo and Martina Majerle with "Love Symphony", which received full marks from the jury and came fourth in the public televote.

EMA 2009 was in February 2009, with changes occurring to the format. Instead of two semi-finals of ten songs each, with the top five qualifying for the final as in last year's contest, RTV SLO announced that only one semi-final would be held, containing 14 songs. Six songs invited by RTV SLO automatically qualified for the final, with eight or more songs from the semi-final qualifying for the final. The final of EMA 2009 was held on 1 February 2009, with the semi-final held the day before on 31 January.

It had also been announced that, unlike the previous two years, a 50:50 mix of jury and televoting would return to EMA to select the winner, however in previous years, the results of the jury had not been consistent with public opinion and it would be unknown how the jury results would pan out on the night of the contest. As well as this, there would be no super final to be held against the top two songs, with only one televoting round being held to select the winner.

RTV SLO received 113 for EMA 2009, with 6 entries coming from elsewhere than Slovenia: two entries were from Irish authors; two from the United Kingdom; one from Sweden; and another one from Germany. A jury selected 14 acts to compete in the semi-final. All acts, both semi-final and automatic final qualifiers, were revealed on 3 December.

Both the semi-final and the final were hosted by Peter Poles and Maja Martina Merljak.

The semi-final of EMA 2009 was held on 31 January 2009. The songs and artists that competed were released on 3 December 2008. 14 songs in total competed, with 8 qualifying to the final on 1 February.

The interval act for the semi-final included performances by Darja Švajger, who came 7th for Slovenia in 1995, as well as Slovenia's 2007 entry Alenka Gotar, at the time the only Slovene entry to qualify to the final.

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