Elaconese Melody Festival 1910

The Elaconese Melody Festival 1910 was the 8th edition of the Elaconese Melody Festival. It took place in Copenhagen Denmark, following the country's victory at the 1909 contest with the song "Han lyver!" by Elisa Vinther. The grand final was held on 14 May 1910 and consisted of no semi-finals. Sixteen countries participated in the contest with Bulgaria and Serbia withdrawing, and Austria debuting.

The winner was...

Organisation
Edward Kensington, Peter Hijneman and Otto Schmidt returned to their respective roles. The coordinator was chosen as the previous winner, Elisa Vinther, who aswell as singing had a career in producing. Copenhagen was the only city that bid and so was chosen as the host city - making it the second ever capital city to host the contest.

16 countries participated in the contest. Bulgaria and Serbia withdrew due to poor results and disagreements in their broadcasting teams. They left their return open ended. Austria-Hungary's participation was again heavily debated but ultimately, only Austria would debut. This would be as their own Austrian-German entity which left other minority groups to participate in the future. Three of these, the Czech, the Hungarian and the Slovene populations were ones vocal in wanting to participate in the future. No countries returned.

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 14 May 1910 at 8pm onwards.

Active members

 * - Withdrew due to poor results.
 * - Refused to return to the contest.
 * - Participation made possible after a decision by the Austro-Hungarian government but no bid was submitted.
 * - Expressed interest but did not enter an application to join due to financial risks.
 * - Refused to return to the contest.
 * - Withdrew due to a lack of support within the broadcaster.
 * - Reportedly offered position but declined.

Inactive members

 * - Participation made possible after a decision by the Austro-Hungarian government but no bid was submitted.
 * - Expressed interest but access denied by the Russian broadcaster.