Edition 01

Edition 01 (E01)
The First Edition of the Melody International Song Contest will be taken place in the Month of March 2017. The Host Nation for the first edition will take place in Canada, and the Grand Final will take place at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Bidding Places
Seven Cities have been bidding to host the Grand Final of the First Edition. The Winning Host City would not only host the Grand Final, but the whole country will host as well.

Format
The Preliminary dates were announced on January 01, 2018, with the Preliminary Dates would take place From March 06 to 31. The Final Dates will be from February 27 to March 25, 2018. The Reason for the earlier dates of the contest is to Push for the event to make prepare early for the organizers and the viewers to witness the event.

The Submission for the National Organizers to participate was initially on January 15, then it was moved to January 20. However, it was later pushed to February 15. The reason why that the Submission of Participation was moved a few times, is to accommodate the number of countries to participate, which further increased its original expectations for the first edition to have 52 countries to participate to 89 countries.

And the Deadline of the song entries for the first edition is on the 24th of February. Originally it was on the 25th of January, then it was pushed to January 20, and then it was moved to March 03, then it was decided to move further back to February 24. The reason their changes on the dates in a few times is that the IBU has been clearly been unsure at first on the number of countries, then it was extended for many countries to proper vote organize a national selection.

Preliminary Finals
The Preliminary Finals will be a Four-Part Event Selection of the Song Contest. The Introduction of the Preliminary Finals is to handle the number of countries in the Song Contest, which would be possible from 96 to 60 countries.

Preliminary Final 1
Nineteen Countries participated in the first-preliminary Final. Thirteen will go advance to the Semi Finals, and One Country will be going direct to the final as a "Wildcard Country". The highlighted countries qualified for the semi finals. Russia was picked as the "Wildcard Country", it will go direct to the Finals.

Preliminary Final 2
Nineteen Countries participated in the second-preliminary Final. hirteen will go advance to the Semi Finals, and One Country will be going direct to the final as a "Wildcard Country". The highlighted countries qualified for the semi finals. Russia was picked as the "Wildcard Country", it will go direct to the Finals.

Preliminary Final 3
Nineteen Countries participated in the second-preliminary Final. Thirteen will go advance to the Semi Finals, and One Country will be going direct to the final as a "Wildcard Country". The highlighted countries qualified for the semi finals. Russia was picked as the "Wildcard Country", it will go direct to the Finals.

Preliminary Final 4
Nineteen Countries participated in the second-preliminary Final. Thirteen will go advance to the Semi Finals, and One Country will be going direct to the final as a "Wildcard Country". The highlighted countries qualified for the semi finals. Russia was picked as the "Wildcard Country", it will go direct to the Finals.

Preliminary Final 5
Nineteen Countries participated in the second-preliminary Final. Thirteen will go advance to the Semi Finals, and One Country will be going direct to the final as a "Wildcard Country". The highlighted countries qualified for the semi finals. Russia was picked as the "Wildcard Country", it will go direct to the Finals.

Semi-Finals
The Semi-Finals will be divided into 2 Events. The 64 Countries that have made it through the Preliminary Finals, 32 Countries will be qualified to the Grand Final (16 countries in each Semi-Final)

Grand Final
Grand Final will be taken place on March 24, 2018. The 38 Countries (32 Countries from the Semi-Finals + 5 Wildcard Countries + the Host Country).

Voting
The Online Voting was used by "Google Forums" format. Due to technicall and miscommunication, the semi finals was delayed on the following week, but the Grand Final date is unchanged.

Organizers of the Edition
There is 47 Organizer in Edition 01, 3 Organizers pulled out of the competition due to multiple reasons and violations. Here is the List of the Organizers: