Elaconese Melody Festival 1923

The Elaconese Melody Festival 1923 was the 21st edition of the Elaconese Melody Festival. The contest took place in Paris, France, following their victory at the 1922 contest.

The grand final was held on 26 May 1923 and consisted of no semi-finals. Twenty-five countries participated in the contest with no withdrawing, returning or debuting countries.

Organisation
Marie Badeaux and Peter Hijneman retook their respective positions, with previous French producer Valéry Bernier returning. It was decided to host in Paris, France.

25 countries participated in the contest. Poland and the Soviet Union were invited but neither appeared on the final list of participations.

Rules in place to limit the spread of the Spanish Flu remained in place. 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 are not allowed to vote for your own country. No language restricted rules would be imposed.

Active members

 * - Expressed interest but did not debut.
 * - Unknown reasons for non-participation.
 * - Did not reach the required funds to debut.
 * - Expressed interest but did not debut.
 * - Did not reach the required funds to debut.
 * - Expressed interest but did not debut.

Inactive members

 * - Inadequate funds and destroyed infrastructure in their war of independence.