Melodi ni Solarie 74

The 74th edition of Melodi ni Solarie took place for the 3rd time in , after its 4th win in the previous edition.
The edition's format went back to the classic format: two semifinals and one final with 16 songs. One jury voted in the semifinals and two juries live on dub.dj voted in the final (results were released one day later).
In the end, hailed as the edition's winner with the song Ndokulandela by Bongeziwe Mabandla, after tying in points with , who ended up in 2nd place after losing in higher scores. This is the 5th title for , the first title in 21 editions and the first top 4 in 18 editions.
With the win, Bongeziwe Mablanda becomes the first artist from South Africa to win the title, while Ndokulandela is the first song in Xhosa language to not only win the title but to achieve a top 3. It is also the first time 
 was crowned as the Jury Winner, after finishing 12th in the regular competition - this is the 3rd time that the province wins the title. and completed the jury top 3. 
==Semifinal 1==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Place
1 	 	Ketama, Jorge Drexler 	Vente Pa' Madrid 	4
2 	 	The Cave Singers 	That's Why 	11
3 	 	Joseph 	NYE 	1
4 	 	Nana Grizol 	Cynicism 	12
5 	 	Saint Chameleon 	Mockingbird 	10
6 	 	Den Svenska Björnstammen	Iskanten 	3
7 	 	O Grilo 	Competição de Ego 	9
8 	 	Rosalie Cunningham 	Dethroning of the Party Queen	8
9 	 	Okkervil River 	Lost Coastlines 	6
10 	 	Versalle 	Tarde Cinza 	2
11 	 	FIL BO RIVA 	Go Rilla 	7
12 	 	Radio Moscow 	250 Miles 	5
==Semifinal 2==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Place
1 	 	Krankk, David Ngyah 	Crazy 	10
2 	 	Dilly Dally 	I Feel Free 	12
3 	 	Bongeziwe Mabandla 	Ndokulandela 	2
4 	 	Super Hot Cosmos Blues Band	Maybe Maybe 	4
5 	 	The Parlor Mob 	Everything You're Breathing For	1
6 	 	The Makemakes 	The Beach 	3
7 	 	Haley Heynderickx 	The Bug Collector 	8
8 	 	DIIV 	Like Before You Were Born 	9
9 	 	Supergombo 	Oiseau de Nuit 	11
10 	 	EUT 	Sour Times 	7
11 	 	OK KID 	Gute Menschen 	6
12 	 	David Bazan 	Wolves At The Door 	5
==Final==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
1 	 	Okkervil River 	Lost Coastlines 	12 	60
2 	 	Bongeziwe Mabandla 	Ndokulandela 	1 	141
3 	 	David Bazan 	Wolves At The Door 	16 	11
4 	 	O Grilo 	Competição de Ego 	5 	94
5 	 	The Parlor Mob 	Everything You're Breathing For	2 	141
6 	 	Ketama, Jorge Drexler 	Vente Pa' Madrid 	7 	91
7 	 	Den Svenska Björnstammen 	Iskanten 	6 	93
8 	 	Joseph 	NYE 	4 	107
9 	 	Komodo 	Bengali Crown 	14 	36
10 	 	Haley Heynderickx 	The Bug Collector 	11 	66
11 	 	Radio Moscow 	250 Miles 	13 	53
12 	 	The Makemakes 	The Beach 	10 	70
13 	 	Super Hot Cosmos Blues Band	Maybe Maybe 	8 	80
14 	 	OK KID 	Gute Menschen 	9 	79
15 	 	EUT 	Sour Times 	15 	25
16 	 	Versalle 	Tarde Cinza 	3 	109
==Winning Song==
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==Jury Results==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song
1° 	 	Okkervil River	Lost Coastlines
2° 	 	David Bazan 	Wolves at The Door
3° 	 	Joseph 	NYE