Melodi ni Solarie 98

The 98th edition of Melodi ni Solarie took place for the second time in . 
The format for this edition was kept the same as the previous editions: 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.
The playlist was chosen by only one jury who voted in all the heats and the semifinals.
The final took placed live on watch2gether with 3 juries voting live plus votes from juries that listened via playlist.
In the end after a miscalculation that resulted in a winner change, took home its 2nd title - the first after 55 editions. ended as runner up, just one point behind.
The winning band Betterov is the 11th artist from Germany to win the title, making the country tie with England as the 2nd biggest winner of the festival. This is also the 11th song in German language to win the festival (Germany has only one once with a non-German song. Switzerland has won once with a song in German language).
Worth noting that with the 8th place, became the 16th province to achieve a Grand Slam.
Despite finishing on the 7th place in the regular competition, won the jury title for the 5th time with the band Corduroy. This is the first time a band from New Zealand wins the competition and the 25th time a female leading singer wins the jury title. and completed the top 3, which surprisingly has not placed in the top 4 of the regular competition.
==Heat 1==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi
1 	 	Tal Tamari 	Pashut 	1
2 	 	Didirri 	I Can't Get Last Night Out of My Head	5
3 	 	Foreign Air	Free Animal 	4
4 	 	Flore 	Poisson 	3
5 	 	Breitbild 	Brett 	2
==Heat 2==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi
1 	 	Glass Animals 	Your Love (Déjà Vu) 	1
2 	 	Ganso 	Pistoleira 	5
3 	 	Perdenin Ardındakiler	Ankara'yla Bozuşuruz	3
4 	 	Cocó Cecé 	Marginado 	4
5 	 	Das Moped 	Bei Dir 	2
==Heat 3==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi
1 	 	Soldier's Heart	African Fire	2
2 	 	Dope Folks 	Cocaine Babe	4
3 	 	Myrkvi 	Sér Um Sig 	1
4 	 	Joshua Burnside	Blood Drive 	5
5 	 	Betterov 	Dynamit 	3
==Heat 4==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Semi
1 	 	Hooverphonic	Horrible Person 	1
2 	 	PVRIS 	You and I 	2
3 	 	The Rubens 	Live in Life 	5
4 	 	Onda Vaga 	Xuxa Park 	3
5 	 	L'aupaire 	Rollercoaster Girl	4
==Semifinal 1==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	QF
1 	 	Middle Kids 	Edge of Town 	X
2 	 	Joshua Burnside 	Blood Drive 	
3 	 	Perdenin Ardındakiler	Ankara'yla Bozuşuruz 	
4 	 	The Rubens 	Live in Life 	
5 	 	Onda Vaga 	Xuxa Park 	X
6 	 	Marthe Valle 	Makta og Kjærligheten	X
7 	 	Breitbild 	Brett 	X
8 	 	Soldier's Heart 	African Fire 	
==Semifinal 2==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	QF
1 	 	Das Moped 	Bei Dir 	X
2 	 	Ganso 	Pistoleira 	
3 	 	Korben Dallas	Závidím Ti 	
4 	 	L'aupaire 	Rollercoaster Girl	X
5 	 	Flore 	Poisson 	
6 	 	Betterov 	Dynamit 	
7 	 	Corduroy. 	Good Intentions 	X
8 	 	PVRIS 	You and I 	X
==Final==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
1 	 	Glass Animals 	Your Love (Déjà Vu) 	4 	75
2 	 	Onda Vaga 	Xuxa Park 	2 	83
3 	 	PVRIS 	You and I 	16 	18
4 	 	Ganso 	Pistoleira 	10 	55
5 	 	Middle Kids 	Edge of Town 	13 	31
6 	 	Flore 	Poisson 	15 	26
7 	 	Myrkvi 	Sér Um Sig 	11 	53
8 	 	Hooverphonic 	Horrible Person 	9 	58
9 	 	Corduroy. 	Good Intentions 	7 	64
10 	 	Erkin Beril 	Zaman 	14 	27
11 	 	Tal Tamari 	Pashut 	6 	68
12 	 	Breitbild 	Brett 	8 	61
13 	 	L'aupaire 	Rollercoaster Girl 	5 	74
14 	 	Caroline Spencer	Hotel Amarillo 	12 	31
15 	 	Betterov 	Dynamit 	1 	84
16 	 	Marthe Valle 	Makta og Kjærligheten	3 	77
==Winning Song==
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==Jury Results==
Draw	Province	Artist 	Song
1° 	 	Corduroy.	Good Intentions
2° 	 	Ganso 	Pistoleira
3° 	 	L'aupaire	Rollercoaster Girl