Elaconese Melody Festival 1906

The fourth Elaconese Melody Festival took place on 5 May 1906. It was held in Liverpool, United Kingdom following their victory at the previous contest with "Happy" by Rosalina Campbell. 17 countries participated in the contest with Bulgaria, Norway and Serbia debuting and Romania withdrawing.

Organisation
All top producers and directors remained the same. The coordinator was chosen as James Ports again, from the United Kingdom. Due to cost concerns, Newcastle was chosen as the host out of a list of itself and two other cities: Leeds, and Glasgow. These were the same cities considered for the previous contest to host besides the host for the 1905 contest, Liverpool.

17 countries participated in the contest. Romania announced their withdrawal following a poor final result, a sense that Eastern European songs were not welcome, and a lack of interest from audiences. They did however consider re-joining in the future. Serbia and Bulgaria, who both considered debuting in 1905, announced their participation together after co-operation between their governments and broadcasters. They did state that an Ottoman debut would see they withdraw - but this did not occur. Russia considered debuting but later pulled out due to a cost deficit due to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905-1906. Strikes across the country grounded music production and the broadcaster to a halt and saw a lack of funding. Norway, becoming independent in 1905, quickly aimed to join the contest. This saw initial backlash from Sweden but the two broadcasters agreed to not fight.

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 can not vote for your own country.

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

Active members

 * - Attempted to debut but could not secure funding due to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905-1906. Their suggested artist would be invited provisionally to oversee a Russian debut in the 1907 contest.
 * - Expressed interest but did not enter an application to join.
 * - Broadcasters were planning on putting forward an application but this was prevented. Many Czech minority groups wished for access to be for all national minorities - not just Germans - but the Austrian broadcaster refused.
 * - Expressed interest at participating independently from Austria, but did not enter an application to join.
 * - Reportedly offered position but declined.

Inactive members

 * - Expressed interest but was not a sovereign state recognised. They did attempt to join the contest but was blocked for the foreseeable future.
 * - Expressed interest following Austrian decision not to participate with access to Czech minority. However, was denied by a vote in November 1903.
 * - Expressed interest and submitted an application - this was later withdrawn after an ultimatum by the Russian broadcaster.