Elaconese Melody Festival 1903

The first Elaconese Melody Festival took place on 17 April 1903. It was held in Bourges, France following a vote within the Elaconese company. 10 countries participated in the contest.

Organisation
The contest was run by an executive producer, chosen by the Elaconese Melody Festival Association. The first one was chosen as Edward Kensington from the United Kingdom, while the host country was chosen as Bourges, France as a compromise. Two co-directors were chosen: Peter Hijneman from the Netherlands, and Otto Schmidt from Germany. The contest's coordinator would be a local French television presenter, Valéry Bernier.

France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Luxembourg, Spain, Denmark and the United Kingdom all debuted as the contest's first participants. It is worth noting that Luxembourg participated under the name of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Denmark participated under the name of the Union of Denmark and Norway; and the United Kingdom participated as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. For statistic-sake, these will count towards Luxembourg, Denmark and United Kingdom respectively.

Each country would give separate countries 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points through a professional jury and a set of the public.

Grand Final
It took place on 17 April 1903 at 8pm onwards.

Active members

 * - Refused to participate due to lack of interest or funding.
 * - Expressed interest but did not participate.