Elaconese Melody Festival 1933

The Elaconese Melody Festival 1933 was the 31st edition of the Elaconese Melody Festival. The contest took place in Marseille, France, following Bulgaria's victory at the 1932 contest.

This was the first contest to have semi-finals, held on Tuesday 16 May 1933 and Thursday 18 May 1933. The Grand Final was held on Saturday 20 May 1933. Thirty-three countries participated in the contest with Andorra, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal returning, and San Marino, Turkey, and Yugoslavia debuting.

Organisation
Marie Badeaux and Marina Kirk retook their respective positions. Valéry Bernier returned as coordinator. It was hosted in Bordeaux, France (the third place country) following both Bulgaria and runner-up Greece declining to host due to financial pressures.

Discussions finished over how to expand the contest and it was decided two semi-final contests held in the same or smaller venue on the Tuesday and Thursday to decide ten finalists from each semi-final. To reach the 25 participants in the final, five countries would be chosen to automatically qualify - the top five of the previous contest. To reach more adequate funding, sponsors would be brought in.

33 countries participated in the contest. This was done through subsidising smaller broadcasters to allow them participate. This allowed Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco and debutant San Marino to participate. Germany returned to the contest following the new controversial leadership pushing them back to participate again. Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal also returned. Turkey and Yugoslavia debuted.

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.

Pot Draw
The pots were drawn putting countries into pots with similar-voting or culturally countries. The Auto-qualifiers would be separated