Melodi ni Solarie 96

The 96th edition of Melodi ni Solarie took place for the second time in - the first on being the 93rd edition. This edition started on 21st March and ended on 23rd March 2020, being the first the second edition that took place in total lockdown due coronavirus.
Unlike the previous edition in , this one used the new format with four heats (with the winners of every heat qualifying to the final), two semifinals (with the 3rd to 6th places of the previous editions automatically qualified to them) and a final with 16 songs.
This edition was marked for being the first where all heats, semifinals and finals took place live on watch2gether.com, with two juries voting in all the stages with each having a 50-50% say in the final result. The songs were also selected by the two juries.
In the end, took its 11th title, being the first province to reach this number of wins, becoming the most successful province thus far. 
The band Stop Light Observations became the 16th winning song from the United States to win the title. The runner up was that was 6 points behind the winning song, while ended on the 3rd place.
 won the Jury Title for the 2nd time in a row (being the 4th province to win jury titles twice in a row), being the province's 5th title overall with the Australian band Boy & Bear - which has finished 6th in the regular competition. and finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.
==Heat 1==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Magnus Eliassen 	Livet Må Ha Nåkka Mer	5 	3
2 	 	Matt Duncan 	The Keys 	2 	10
3 	 	Stop Light Observations	Aquarius Apocalyptic 	1 	10
4 	 	Archie James Cavanaugh 	Take It Easy 	3 	8
5 	 	Lindemann 	Steh Auf 	4 	5
==Heat 2==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Les Touristes 	Kaputt 	5 	3
2 	 	Calcutta 	Oroscopo 	4 	4
3 	 	The Trews 	Not Ready To Go	2 	9
4 	 	Boy & Bear 	Southern Sun 	1 	12
5 	 	Leon Bridges, Khruangbin	Texas Sun 	3 	8
==Heat 3==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Skiltron 	Lion Rampant 	3 	7
2 	 	Hey Rosetta!	Red Heart 	4 	5
3 	 	Supercombo 	Menina Largata	1 	14
4 	 	Big Thief 	Orange 	5 	2
5 	 	The Jezabels	Easy To Love 	2 	8
==Heat 4==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Bad Wolves 	Killing Me Slowly	1 	10
2 	 	George Ogilvie 	Foreign Hands 	5 	5
3 	 	Easy Life 	Dead Celebrities 	3 	7
4 	 	Scuba Dvala 	Soy Boy 	4 	6
5 	 	La Máquina Camaleón	Shiva 	2 	8
==Semifinal 1==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	Scuba Dvala 	Soy Boy 	6 	5
2 	 	Leon Bridges, Khruangbin 	Texas Sun 	7 	3
3 	 	Les Touristes 	Kaputt 	5 	5
4 	 	Universal Togetherness Band	My Sentiment 	8 	2
5 	 	The Jezabels 	Easy To Love 	3 	10
6 	 	Daddy Was a Milkman 	Youngblood 	2 	10
7 	 	Matt Duncan 	The Keys 	1 	14
8 	 	Easy Life 	Dead Celebrities	4 	7
==Semifinal 2==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi	Points
1 	 	La Máquina Camaleón 	Shiva 	7 	3
2 	 	George Ogilvie 	Foreign Hands 	4 	8
3 	 	The Trews 	Not Ready To Go 	2 	10
4 	 	Sarkodie 	Saara 	8 	0
5 	 	Skiltron 	Lion Rampant 	5 	8
6 	 	Archie James Cavanaugh	Take It Easy 	3 	9
7 	 	Magnus Eliassen 	Livet Må Ha Nåkka Mer	6 	5
8 	 	Wolfmother 	Joker and the Thief 	1 	13
==Final==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
1 	 	Archie James Cavanaugh 	Take It Easy 	4 	24
2 	 	Boy & Bear 	Southern Sun 	6 	19
3 	 	Daddy Was a Milkman 	Youngblood 	10 	15
4 	 	Bad Wolves 	Killing Me Slowly 	14 	7
5 	 	Matt Duncan 	The Keys 	3 	25
6 	 	Scuba Dvala 	Soy Boy 	7 	17
7 	 	The Trews 	Not Ready To Go 	15 	6
8 	 	Jade Bird 	Side Effects 	11 	13
9 	 	Wolfmother 	Joker and the Thief 	2 	28
10 	 	Magnus Eliassen 	Livet Må Ha Nåkka Mer	12 	11
11 	 	Stop Light Observations	Aquarius Apocalyptic 	1 	34
12 	 	Easy Life 	Dead Celebrities 	9 	16
13 	 	George Ogilvie 	Foreign Hands 	8 	17
14 	 	Supercombo 	Menina Largata 	5 	19
15 	 	Northeast Party House 	The Haunted 	16 	2
16 	 	The Jezabels 	Easy To Love 	13 	7
==Winning Song==
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==Jury Results==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song
1° 	 	Boy & Bear 	Southern Sun
2° 	 	Supercombo 	Menina Largata
3° 	 	Stop Light Observations	Aquarius Apocalyptic