Elaconese Melody Festival 1926

The Elaconese Melody Festival 1926 was the 24th edition of the Elaconese Melody Festival. The contest took place in Barcelona, Spain, following their victory at the 1925 contest.

The grand final was held on 29 May 1926 and consisted of no semi-finals. Twenty-five countries participated in the contest with Germany withdrawing and the Soviet Union debuting.

Organisation
Marie Badeaux and Peter Hijneman retook their respective positions, with Spanish producer Borja Valenzuela taking charge as coordinator. It was decided to host in Barcelona, Spain.

25 countries participated in the contest. Several countries wished to participate in this edition including previous participants Germany and Luxembourg as well as other countries such as Malta and Yugoslavia wishing to debut.

The Soviet Union finally debuted while Germany withdrew due to poor results and internal struggles. Internally, the team would be figuring out how to hold shows with more than 25 countries as it may be an issue if they ever reach way higher amounts of countries wanting to participate.

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. For this edition, despite not participating, Germany and Albania did get to vote on all performances in both the jury and the public.

Active members

 * - Expressed interest but did not debut.
 * - Did not participate due to lack of funding.
 * - Withdrew due to internal struggles and poor results.
 * - Did not reach the required funds to debut.
 * - Did not participate due to lack of funding.
 * - Did not reach the required funds to debut.

Inactive members

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