Melodifestivalen

The Melodifestivalen, often shortened to Melfest, is a song contest on Youtube held among the members of the Melfest Delegation since April 2021. The competition was based upon the existing Eurovision Song Contest held among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. The current and official executive supervisor is Giorgio.

Each country's head of delegation gets to select an entry for each edition either by internal or national selection. Then the countries get to vote for each show (semi-finals, second chance or final) to determine the qualifiers and the winner of the edition. The contest has also been broadcast outside Europe to several countries that do not compete.

History
On 16th April 2021, Giorgio, former executive supervisor of the European Broadcasting Union decided to open an international music contest, in that every full member of the EBU can take part by sending artists representing their countries with songs. It was called Melodifestivalen.

The first ever Melodifestivalen started on 20th April 2021. It was held in the capital city of Norway which also was the first ever country to host Melodifestivalen. Twenty-Eight nations took part in the first edition each submitting one entry to the contest. Each country awarded 12 points to their favorite, 10 points to their second favourite and then 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 points (only in the final) for the rest.

Participation
Any full member of the Melfest is allowed to send a song for Melodifestivalen. Countries that are not full members can apply for becoming one.

Each full member has got a certain broadcaster that is responsible for the choice of the artists and songs the country is sending for each edition. Fifty countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the edition in which they made their debut:

Format
The contest's format was the same during the first editions; four semi-finals a second chance round and a final were held. The top 3 scored countries from each semi-final advanced to the final, while the fourth and the fifth place from each semi-final advanced to the second chance round. From the second chance round 4 of the 8 countries advanced to the final.

Voting
The first voting system was in use between the first edition.

Since the first edition the voting has been presided over by the Melfest scrutineer, who is responsible for ensuring that all points are allocated correctly and in turn. The following are the scrutineers and Executive Supervisors of the Melodifestivalen appointed by the Delegation;


 * Giorgio (01–present)
 * Daniel (02-04)
 * Denis (01)
 * Ella (01-03)

Winners
The contest has so far three winning countries. Denmark is the only country that won the contest twice.