Elaconese Melody Festival 1915

The Elaconese Melody Festival 1915 was the 13th edition of the Elaconese Melody Festival. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 1913 contest with the song "Förlorad Föralltid" by Vincent Blom. The grand final was held on 15 May 1915 and consisted of no semi-finals. Fifteen countries participated in the contest with Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Luxembourg withdrawing, Andorra debuting and no countries returning.

Organisation
The First World War broke out in late 1914 and therefore there were certain worries about the future of the contest. Edward Kensington returned although was strained by a period of ill health. Peter Hijneman returned as a sole director, Otto Schmidt was expected to return but didn't following the German expulsion from the contest. The coordinator was chosen as Stijn Westerink once again to ensure that the contest went as smoothly as possible, although Swedish producer Aimée Skoglund did join as a co-coordinator. Stockholm was chosen as the host city incredibly quickly as it was the easiest to find a suitable venue and have stable proceedings.

15 countries participated in the contest. Although the Ottoman Empire had been planning to participate for some time, they ruled out participation completely following the outbreak of war. Furthermore, Austria, Hungary, and Germany were all expelled from the contest on the basis that they were on opposing sides from the British and French executives of the contest. Luxembourg was also forced to withdrew after they surrendered to Germany in the war. Belgium, although on the brink of collapse, did manage to send a French artist to represent them. Russia also was close to withdrawing, but ultimately stayed. Andorra debuted in the contest with a French artist due to the executives wanting to plump up the numbers. Liechtenstein and San Marino did consider debuting but ultimately didn't have the available funds.

Each country would give separate countries 1-8, 10 and 12 points through a professional jury and a set of the public. The results would be combined to give their final results. You can not vote for your own country.

Active members

 * - Expelled from the contest due to their actions in the First World War.
 * - Refused to return to the contest due to the First World War.
 * - Expelled from the contest due to their actions in the First World War.
 * - Expelled from the contest due to their actions in the First World War.
 * - Refused to debut.
 * - Refused to return to the contest due to the First World War.
 * - Refused to return to the contest due to the First World War.
 * - Refused to return to the contest due to the First World War.

Inactive members

 * - Refused to return to the contest due to the First World War.
 * - Expressed interest but access denied by the Russian broadcaster.
 * - Country collapsed during the First World War.