Lied van Liedjes 10

This was the tenth Lied van Liedjes to be held. It was held between May 18th and 20th.

Organization
Saint Petersburg and Moscow were rejected to be hosts of the special tenth edition. Krasnodar was the city picked. This edition also marks the farwell of Adelardo Garibaldi from the Director position, Annie McLoad, the Irish coordinator, was the one who sucedeed him.

Since this edition was a special. The Executive Producer invited several non-europeans countries to participate in a Pre-Qualifier. Turkey, Georgia, Israel, Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Armenia, Egypt and Kazakhstan.

Latvia and Australia withdrew due their bad result on the previous contest. Belarus, Estonia and Northern Ireland tried to apply, but they didn't in time.

Contest
With soo many nations participating, the organizers decided to divide the contest in three days, one for the pre-qualifications, other for the semis and other for the final. The Host, Russia, and the rest of the Top 5: Germany, England, Romania and Norway were automatically in the final.

Prequalification Round
The PreQ Round was held on May 18th. Out of the 10 countries participating, 5 made it to the semifinal.