Lied van Liedjes 13

This was the 13th Lied van Liedjes to be held. It was held on August 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th

The prequalification round returned, replacing the semi finals.

Organization
Odessa was the city choosen to host the contest. This edition also shown the change of director too. With Annie McLoad as the new director, some returns happened: Algeria, Morocco and Turkey. Iraq was the new asian country to debut, and from Europe: Bosnia, Portugal and Northern Ireland debuted. The Baltic countries withdrew due to lack of communication, Iceland withdrew due to not sending the song in time. Luxembourg withdrew because the delegation didn't confirm if the performer was of Luxembourgish nationality. Malta and Cyprus withdrew due of lack of funds.

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, Ukraine, and the rest of the Top 5: Australia, Sweden, Kazakhstan and Bulgaria were automatically in the final.

Prequalification Round
The PreQ Round was held on August 18th. Out of the 7 countries participating, 3 made it to the semifinal.

Qualification Round
The Q Rounds was held on August 18th and August 19th. Out of the 27 countries participating (3 qualified from the previous round), 7 made it to the final from each round.