Melodi ni Solarie 49

The 49th edition of Melodi ni Solarie took place in its birthplace: Solarie, after 's third victory in the previous edition.
The edition's theme was kept the same: songs chosen by the semifinal juries who picked the finalists according personal picks rather than the final ranking. This time, only two juries voted in the final.
Also, it was decided that from this edition onwards, the final will be permanently extended to 16 songs. Also a change in the province profiles layout was announced and started to be replaced.
In the end, won its third title with Sam Fender and the song Play God. It is the 24th song in English language to win the title and the 8th artist from England to win it.
 ended as runner up, ten points behind the winner - being the 1st time the province ends in the second place, being the 3rd best result of the province so far. closed the top 3.
 also won the jury title, being the first time in 10 editions that the same song wins the Melodi ni Solarie and Juret and the 12th time overall it happens. This win is 's 8th title, opening a 2-title lead over and marking another unprecedented record in Jury titles. 
Worth to note that with this win, is the only province that only had grand slam wins (all three victories in the festival were accompanied with jury wins as well).
==Semifinal 1==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Blanco White 	El Búho 	2 	17
2 	 	Sam Fender 	Play God 	1 	24
3 	 	Aviv Guedj 	Keevey Gdila 	11 	3
4 	 	Wye Oak 	Spiral 	10 	5
5 	 	Saint Motel 	My Type 	5 	11
6 	 	Tommy Guerrero 	The Gunslinger 	4 	12
7 	 	Brenner 	Alles was ich will 	8 	6
8 	 	Algiers 	The Underside of Power	6 	9
9 	 	OQJAV 	Linda 	7 	8
10 	 	Christine Fellows	The Spinster's Almanac	12 	3
11 	 	Mosquito Coast 	Call My Name 	9 	6
12 	 	London Grammar 	Different Breeds 	3 	12
==Semifinal 2==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Dean Lewis 	Waves 	10 	7
2 	 	No Mono 	Violence Broken	12 	1
3 	 	The Weakerthans 	One Great City!	9 	7
4 	 	Night Moves 	Carl Sagan 	3 	13
5 	 	Sedef Sebüktekin 	Bugün Içicem 	6 	10
6 	 	Jim Bryson 	Ontario 	8 	8
7 	 	Dingo Bells 	Dinossauros 	5 	12
8 	 	Archie Faulks 	It Rains 	2 	15
9 	 	Greyhounds 	Yours to Steal 	1 	18
10 	 	Tor Miller 	Always 	4 	12
11 	 	Them Crooked Vultures	Elephants 	7 	9
12 	 	Pale Saints 	Sight of You 	11 	4
==Final==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
1 	 	Tommy Guerrero 	The Gunslinger 	14 	21
2 	 	Mosquito Coast 	Call My Name 	16 	10
3 	 	Sam Fender 	Play God 	1 	71
4 	 	Night Moves 	Carl Sagan 	12 	28
5 	 	Dean Lewis 	Waves 	7 	44
6 	 	Baloji 	L'hiver Indien 	9 	30
7 	 	Jim Bryson 	Ontario 	15 	17
8 	 	Tor Miller 	Always 	4 	53
9 	 	London Grammar 	Different Breeds	13 	28
10 	 	Dingo Bells 	Dinossauros 	2 	61
11 	 	Blanco White 	El Búho 	11 	30
12 	 	Greyhounds 	Yours To Steal 	3 	57
13 	 	OQJAV 	Linda 	10 	30
14 	 	The Weakerthans	One Great City! 	5 	48
15 	 	Archie Faulks 	It Rains 	6 	47
16 	 	Saint Motel 	My Type 	8 	39
==Winning Song==
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==Jury Results==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song
1° 	 	Sam Fender 	Play God
2° 	 	Greyhounds 	Yours to Steal
3° 	 	Dingo Bells	Dinossauros