Melodi ni Solarie 116

The 116th edition of Melodi ni Solarie took place for the 3rd time in under the slogan Nights.
The format was the classic one - two semifinals with a 16-song final. The voting system was different for the regular competition for the jury competition: only one jury voted in the semifinals and two juries voted in the final; meanwhile the jury competition worked with two juries picking by choice the final qualifiers and the final was a different set with 17 songs instead of 16.
In the end, won its 6th title (the 2nd title after 6 editions) with the song OG Luv Kush pt.2 by the singer Kaiit, only four points ahead of who achieved a record of 12 runner ups thus far.
Kaiit's victory set some records: she became the first artist born in Papua New Guinea to win the competition and the 8th singer from Australia to win it (as she holds dual citizenship). She is also the second artist to win both Melodin Vereld and Melodi ni Solarie, although she is the first one to have done with two different songs and the 4th artist overall to win Melodi ni Solarie coming from Melodin Vereld. She is also the 26th female artist to win the title as a lead singer.
The jury title went to for the 3rd time with the band All Them Witches, while got the second place. Curiously enough, the top 2 of the jury was the bottom 2 of the regular competition's final. The 3rd place went to the competition's runner up, . Kaiit finished 12th with the juries. 
==Semifinal 1==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Aṣa 	Jailer 	8 	23
2 	 	Kaiit 	OG Luv Kush pt.2 	3 	39
3 	 	The Midnight & Jupiter Winter 	Monsters 	9 	12
4 	 	Louis XIV 	Guilty by Association 	10 	9
5 	 	Organek 	Kate Moss 	11 	7
6 	 	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Honey 	7 	23
7 	 	Louis Baker 	Black Crow 	6 	27
8 	 	Local Natives 	Dark Nights 	2 	41
9 	 	The Flaming Lips 	Dinosaurs on The Mountain 	12 	1
10 	 	Korantemaa 	Bitter 	5 	27
11 	 	Ezra Vine 	He Won't Knock 	1 	44
12 	 	All Them Witches 	The Children of Coyote Woman	4 	31
==Semifinal 2==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	The Heavy 	Heavy For You 	3 	35
2 	 	Alarmes 	Évora 	5 	29
3 	 	The Sore Losers 	Got it Bad 	4 	33
4 	 	Paola Navarrete 	A Lo Que Vinimos 	8 	20
5 	 	Zombie Hyperdrive 	Imperium 	12 	0
6 	 	Briston Maroney 	Freakin' Out On The Interstate	9 	18
7 	 	Flying Lotus, Denzel Curry	Black Balloons Reprise 	7 	20
8 	 	Pretenders 	I Didn't Know When to Stop 	11 	6
9 	 	Skáld 	Rún 	1 	44
10 	 	Black Mountain 	Future Shade 	10 	8
11 	 	Ray LaMontagne 	Roll Me Mama, Roll Me 	2 	39
12 	 	Between Mountains 	Little Sunny Flower 	6 	28
==Final==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
1 	 	Louis Baker 	Black Crow 	2 	24
2 	 	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Honey 	16 	6
3 	 	Ezra Vine 	He Won't Knock 	9 	13
4 	 	Kaiit 	OG Luv Kush pt.2 	1 	28
5 	 	Alarmes 	Évora 	11 	12
6 	 	Briston Maroney 	Freakin' Out On The Interstate	7 	17
7 	 	Mo Kenney 	You Belong To Me 	10 	12
8 	 	Skáld 	Rún 	5 	19
9 	 	Flying Lotus, Denzel Curry 	Black Balloons Reprise 	8 	14
10 	 	Ray LaMontagne 	Roll Me Mama, Roll Me 	13 	10
11 	 	All Them Witches 	The Children of Coyote Woman 	15 	7
12 	 	Between Mountains 	Little Sunny Flower 	12 	11
13 	 	Los Hermanos Laser 	Fenix 	6 	17
14 	 	Local Natives 	Dark Nights 	4 	20
15 	 	The Sore Losers 	Got It Bad 	14 	7
16 	 	The Heavy 	Heavy For You 	3 	23
==Winning Song==
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==Jury Results==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song
1° 	 	All Them Witches 	The Children of Coyote Woman
2° 	 	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Honey
3° 	 	Louis Baker 	Black Crow