Melodi ni Solarie 71

The 71st edition of Melodi ni Solarie took place in for the 6th time. This edition marks the first considerable change in the competition format in 58 editions - this is the first time since MS 13 that the there were 5 semifinals and the first time that a 5-semifinal contest has a final with 16 songs. This is also the first time that the contest slogan has no words in it but a musical note. 
This edition had a theme: songs in foreign languages. The groups' draw were made according to the province's ranking points. 
In the end, the song Mbreti Nates by Dren Abazi won the title, 3 points ahead of . Consequently became the third province to win two titles in a row - the first two provinces that managed to win a title as the host province were and . This is the 7th title for Austrinborg, being the 3rd province to get to this mark. 
With the win, Mbreti Nates becomes the first song in Albanian language to win the contest (also the first to ever land in the top 3) and Dren Abazi is the first sing to win (also the first top 3) for Kosovo. 
The Jury Title had a different outcome: Moses Hightower's Tíu Dropar won the 4th jury title for and the 4th title for Iceland - the regular edition winner, , ended in 3rd place in the jury voting. 
== Semifinal 1 == 
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Results
1	 	Zrní 	Hýkal 	2
2	 	Baranovski 	Luzno 	3
3	 	Tusen Takk 	Tommel Opp 	5
4	 	Körner 	Alles 	1
5	 	Elsa y Elmar	Culpa, Tengo	4
== Semifinal 2 ==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Results
6 	 	Piotr Ziola 	Safari 	2
7 	 	Antoine Elie	Clopes, Sky-Cola	4
8 	 	Rita Lee 	Reza 	1
9 	 	Hrím 	Ástarnetið 	3
10	 	Yona 	Syyt 	5
== Semifinal 3 == 
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Results
11	 	Marta Sui Tubi 	Dispari 	5
12	 	Madeline Juno 	Was Bleibt 	1
13	 	Moses Hightower	Tíu Dropar 	2
14	 	Songhoy Blues 	Petit Metier 	4
15	 	Roosbeef 	Vergis Ik Mij	3
== Semifinal 4 == 
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Results
16	 	Alyona Ponomarenko	Шуры-Муры 	3
17	 	Kaja Gunnufsen 	Au 	5
18	 	Cosmo 	Cazzate 	1
19	 	Bruckner 	Zehenspitzen	2
20	 	Vanessa da Mata 	Só Você e Eu	4
== Semifinal 5 == 
Draw	
 Province	Artist 	Song 	Results
21		Jeremie Kisling	Je Ne Suis Pas de Celles	3
22		Levante 	Andrà Tutto Bene 	1
23		Laurence-Anne 	C'est Un Virus 	4
24		AB Syndrom 	Bora Bora 	2
== Final ==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Results	Points
1 	 	Hrím 	Ástarnetið 	3 	98
2 	 	Rita Lee 	Reza 	8 	71
3 	 	Antoine Elie 	Clopes, Sky-Cola	16 	21
4 	 	Moses Hightower 	Tíu Dropar 	5 	86
5 	 	Zrní 	Hýkal 	4 	96
6 	 	AB Syndrom 	Bora Bora 	9 	66
7 	 	Alyona Ponomarenko	Shury-Mury 	12 	38
8 	 	Roosbeef 	Vergis Ik Mij 	13 	36
9 	 	Madeline Juno 	Was Bleibt 	15 	27
10	 	Dren Abazi 	Mbreti Nates 	1 	113
11	 	Levante 	Andrà Tutto Bene	10 	64
12	 	Piotr Ziola 	Safari 	2 	110
13	 	Körner 	Alles 	6 	76
14	 	Baranovski 	Luzno 	11 	45
15	 	Cosmo 	Cazzate 	14 	35
16	 	Yona 	Syyt 	7 	71
==Winning Song==
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==Jury Results==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song
1° 	 	Moses Hightower	Tíu Dropar
2° 	 	Rita Lee 	Reza
3° 	 	Dren Abazi 	Mbreti Nates