Melodi ni Solarie 97

The 97th edition of Melodi ni Solarie took place in for the 11th time under the slogan Lead The Way.
This edition repeats the same format as the last one: two juries voted in a 50-50% style in all the heats, semifinals and finals live on watch2together.com. The songs were also chosen from both juries.
The format with four heats and two eight-song semifinal was kept as well.
In the end, pulled a surprise win with Colter Wall and the song Sleeping on the Blacktop, seven points ahead of , the second place. The big favourite ended on the 4th place.
This is the second win for , which had won its first title six editions ago. This is also the second participation of Colter Wall, who had taken part with on MS 72, achieving the 7th place. Colter Wall becomes the second artist to win as a returnee in a non-special edition, the first being 's The Jerry Can. This is also the first time that a singer wins a title after representing another province previously.
With the win, Colter Wall became the 4th artist from Canada to conquer the title. Also worth noting that the top 3 of this edition was the bottom 3 of the medal ranking (, and ).
The jury title went for the 4th time to (the 3rd jury title in 10 editions fr the province) with Bakar and Hell N Back that finished 4th in the regular edition. and finished 2nd and 3rd in the jury, respectively. 
==Heat 1==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Colter Wall 	Sleeping On The Blacktop	1 	12
2 	 	Technicolor Fabrics	Levitando 	4 	4
3 	 	Chada 	Żyć Aż Do Bólu 	5 	2
4 	 	Cleopatrick 	Sanjake 	3 	6
5 	 	Old Man Canyon 	Wiser 	2 	12
==Heat 2==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Egotrippi 	Matkustaja 	1 	12
2 	 	Lemon Jelly 	Soft 	5 	2
3 	 	Monetochka 	Post-Post 	4 	4
4 	 	Razorlight 	Before I Fall To Pieces	3 	6
5 	 	Curtis Harding	Next Time 	2 	12
==Heat 3==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	The HU 	Yuve Yue Yu 	1 	12
2 	 	Crap Clap 	Milk Tea 	2 	10
3 	 	Eli Paperboy Reed 	Come and Get It 	4 	4
4 	 	Kiosk 	Done With 	5 	2
5 	 	Black Pistols Fire	Pick Your Poison	3 	8
==Heat 4==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	BAKAR 	Hell N Back 	1 	14
2 	 	Sorcha Richardson	High in The Garden	4 	3
3 	 	Tigercub 	Burning Effigies 	5 	3
4 	 	Nosoyo 	Highness 	3 	5
5 	 	MINNEAPOLIS 	The Park 	2 	10
==Semifinal 1==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Nenhum de Nós 	Igual a Você 	5 	6
2 	 	Razorlight 	Before I Fall To Pieces	7 	4
3 	 	Crap Clap 	Milk Tea 	4 	8
4 	 	Sorcha Richardson 	High in The Garden 	8 	1
5 	 	João Garcia Barreto	Caos no Deserto 	6 	4
6 	 	Nosoyo 	Highness 	3 	8
7 	 	Old Man Canyon 	Wiser 	1 	14
8 	 	Eli "Paperboy" Reed	Come and Get It 	2 	11
==Semifinal 2==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Technicolor Fabrics	Levitando 	9 	1
2 	 	Black Pistols Fire 	Pick Your Poison	2 	10
3 	 	Lady Wray 	Come On In 	6 	6
4 	 	Cleopatrick 	Sanjake 	1 	11
5 	 	MINNEAPOLIS 	The Park 	4 	7
6 	 	Curtis Harding 	Next Time 	3 	9
7 	 	Véras 	Tyfoon 	5 	7
8 	 	Tigercub 	Burning Effigies	7 	5
==Final==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
1 	 	Eli "Paperboy" Reed	Come and Get It 	2 	47
2 	 	Yeyo 	Cholovik-Muza 	16 	7
3 	 	Curtis Harding 	Next Time 	7 	36
4 	 	Egotrippi 	Matkustaja 	9 	35
5 	 	Old Man Canyon 	Wiser 	8 	36
6 	 	Black Pistols Fire 	Pick Your Poison 	10 	29
7 	 	RY X 	Thunder 	14 	9
8 	 	Bakar 	Hell N Back 	4 	43
9 	 	Lady Wray 	Come On In 	15 	9
10 	 	Colter Wall 	Sleeping On The Blacktop	1 	54
11 	 	The HU 	Yuve Yue Yu 	3 	44
12 	 	MINNEAPOLIS 	The Park 	5 	42
13 	 	Cleopatrick 	Sanjake 	6 	38
14 	 	Véras 	Tyfoon 	13 	22
15 	 	Crap Clap 	Milk Tea 	12 	24
16 	 	Nosoyo 	Highness 	11 	29
==Winning Song==
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==Jury Results==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song
1° 	 	Bakar 	Hell N Back
2° 	 	Cleopatrick	Sanjake
3° 	 	The HU 	Yuve Yue Yu