Elaconese Melody Festival 1904

The second Elaconese Melody Festival took place on 23 April 1904. It was held in Stuttgart, Germany following their victory at the previous contest with "Wie Schön" by Matthias. 14 countries participated in the contest, seeing no withdrawing or returning countries but 4 debutants: Greece, Monaco, Portugal, and Switzerland.

Organisation
All top producers and directors remained the same. Friedrich Keiner, an associate of Otto Schmidt, was chosen as the German coordinator for the edition. Stuttgart was chosen as a suitable host location following other bids from Berlin, Danzig, Konigsberg, Frankfurt, Mainz, and Hamburg. This was because of the proximity to western Europe allowed for better travel opportunities than eastern German cities (like Berlin, Danzig or Konigsberg) and had better host venues than other cities (like Frankfurt or Mainz). The final vote between Stuttgart and Hamburg saw the former win narrowly.

14 countries participated in the contest. Portugal and Monaco both debuted following their expression of interest prior to the 1903 contest. Switzerland was offered a place which they graciously accepted. Greece was on the fence about it's participation but eventually agreed. Denmark participated officially as 'Denmark-Norway' but will be referred as Denmark throughout and on statistics.

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 note vote for your own country.

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

Active members

 * - Expressed interest but did not enter an application to join.
 * - Reportedly offered position but declined.
 * - Reportedly offered position but declined.
 * - Reportedly offered position but declined.
 * - 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 but was denied by the Danish broadcaster in a vote in November 1903.
 * - 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.