Melodivision Song Contest 15, often referred as Melodivision 15, was the 15th edition of the Melodivision Song Contest. The edition was held in San Francisco, United States. 54 countries participated. The winner of the 15th edition was Romania with the song "Ruleta" performed by Inna & Erik, which scored 197 points. In this edition, the special theme was 'returning artists'. All countries had to send an artist that has competed in Melodivision before.

Automatic Qualifiers

	Country	Artist	Song
Big 5	Albania	Eleni Foureira	"Den Sou Xrostao Agapi"
Big 5	Canada	Shawn Mendes	"There's Nothin' Holding Me Back"
Big 5	Denmark	Emmelie De Forest	"Sanctuary"
Big 5	Greece	Tamta	"Ilious Kai Thalasses"
Big 5	Turkey	Irem Derici	"Evlenmene Bak"
Host	United States	Zella Day	"East Of Eden"

Results

Melodivision Song Contest 15; Telling Stories
Dates
Semi-final 1 date	9th February 2018
Semi-final 2 date	18th February 2018
Final date	25th February 2018
Host
Host city	San Francisco USA
Participants
Entries	54
Debuting	; Sri Lanka
Returning	; Belarus; Croatia; Estonia; Iceland; Latvia; Lithuania; Malta; South Africa
Withdrawing	; Algeria; Austria; Brazil; Cuba; Lebanon; Nigeria; Saudi Arabia; Slovenia
Disqualified	; Czechia; Finland; Germany; Malta; Portugal
Voting
System	Each country awards 12, 10 and 8-1 points to their 10 favorite songs
Null points	-
Winner	Romania; "Ruleta"
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Semi Final 1

Canada, Greece and Turkey also vote in this semi final

Results: Qualifier; Wildcard; Disqualified

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Croatia	Severina feat Leon	"Hazarder"	8	74
2	Colombia	Prince Royse feat Shakira	"Deja Vu"	21	29
3	Iceland	Greta Salome	"My Blues"	19	33
4	Lithuania	Monika Linkyte	"Padovanojau	13	63
5	Latvia	Justs	"Have It All"	23	18
6	New Zealand	Ben Hazlewood	"Wanted"	2	117
7	Spain	Sara Serena	"Asylum"	11	64
8	Sweden	Avicii feat Rita Ora	"Lonely Together"	1	123
9	Italy	Chiara Galiazzo	"Siamo Adesso"	15	52
10	Sri Lanka	Guy Sebastian	"Black And Blue"	7	82
11	Poland	Sylwia Przybysz	"Pomimo"	16	48
12	Bulgaria	Gery Nikol	"I'm The Queen"	3	104
13	FYR Macedonia	David Guetta feat Nicki Minaj & Bebe Rexha	"Hey Mama"	14	55
14	Barbados	Amelia Payne	"The Battle"	5	92
15	Romania	Inna feat Erik	"Ruleta"	4	97
16	Ireland	Walking On Cars	"Catch Me If You Can"	9	70
17	Malta	Ira Losco feat Shyli	"Oh My God"	DSQ	15
18	Norway	Debrah Scarlett	"Cynical Youth"	10	67
19	Mexico	Meli G	"Entre La Niebla"	17	48
20	Iran	Roya feat Maitre Gims	"Fighting For Two"	12	64
21	Australia	Delta Goodrem ft. Gizzle	"Enough"	6	86
22	Israel	Tal	"D.A.O.W."	20	33
23	France	Amir	"Au Coeur De Moi"	18	48
24	Moldova	Carla's Dreams	"Antiexemplu"	22	26

Semi Final 2

Albania, Denmark and The United States also vote in this semi final

Results: Qualifier; Wildcard; Disqualified

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Kazakhstan	Sasha Holiday	"Done"	14	41
2	Jamaica	Major Lazer feat Camila Cabello, Travis Skott	"Know No Better"	17	28
3	Armenia	Aram MP3 feat Iveta Mukuchyan	"Dashterov"	10	53
4	Finland	Venior	"Na Na Na"	DSQ	58
5	Serbia	Nevena Božović	"Bal"	12	46
6	The Netherlands	Eva Simons feat Sidney Samson	"Escape From Love"	2	95
7	Morocco	Loreen	"Crying Out Your Name"	18	28
8	Belarus	Alena Lanskaya	"Spit"	13	45
9	Slovakia	Celeste Buckingham	"Go Away"	16	29
10	Estonia	Kerli feat Illenium	"Sound Of Walking Away"	8	64
11	Kosovo	Dhurata Dora feat DJ Geek	"Ayo"	11	47
12	South Africa	Troye Sivan	"My My My!"	6	75
13	Belgium	Barbara Opsomer	"Cette Nuit-la"	20	18
14	Kyrgyzstan	Jidesh	"Kim Bilet"	9	55
15	Hungary	Reni Tolvai feat Kállay Saunders	"Say"	5	88
16	United Kingdom	Rae Morris	"Under The Shadows"	4	91
17	Russia	Serebro	"В Космосе (In Space)"	1	120
18	Czechia	Johny Machete & Teri Blitzen	"Vanočni"	DSQ	23
19	Germany	Zedd feat Alessia Cara	"Stay"	DSQ	59
20	Ukraine	Zlata Ognevich	"Tantsyuvati"	3	94
21	India	Daya	"New"	7	75
22	Portugal	Ella Nor	"Bang"	DSQ	44
23	South Korea	Sunmi	"Heroine"	15	35
24	Singapore	The Sam Willows	"Keep Me Jealous"	19	23

Wildcard

Table key: Qualified

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Spain	Sara Serena	"Asylum"	4	4
2	Serbia	Nevena Božović	"Bal"	2	9
3	Kosovo	Dhurata Dora feat DJ Geek	"Ayo"	3	8
4	Iran	Roya feat Maître Gims	"Fighting For Two"	1	13

Grand Final

Table key: Winner; Second place; Third place; Deducted 50% of points; ( ) points before deduction

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Armenia	Aram MP3 & Iveta Mukuchyan	"Dashterov"	25	63 (126)
2	New Zealand	Ben Hazlewood	"Wanted"	7	145
3	Bulgaria	Gery NIkol	"I'm The Queen"	27	57
4	Sri Lanka	Guy Sebastian	"Black & Blue"	24	67
5	India	Daya	"New"	16	96
6	Iran	Roya feat Maitre Gims	"Fighting For Two"	22	78
7	United States	Zella Day	"East Of Eden"	2	181
8	Australia	Delta Goodrem feat Gizzle	"Enough"	4	148
9	Turkey	Irem Derici	"Evlenmene Bak"	8	141
10	Sweden	Avicii feat Rita Ora	"Lonely Together"	5	148
11	Croatia	Severina feat Leon	"Hazarder"	11	124
12	Albania	Eleni Foureira	"Den Sou Xrostao Agapi"	21	80
13	Denmark	Emmelie De Forest	"Sanctuary"	12	115
14	Ireland	Walking On Cars	"Catch Me If You Can"	6	146
15	The Netherlands	Eva Simons feat Sidney Samson	"Escape From Love"	19	90
16	Canada	Shawn Mendes	"There's Nothin' Holding Me Back"	15	99
17	Kyrgyzstan	Jidesh	"Kim Bilet"	18	91
18	Ukraine	Zlata Ognevich	"Tantsyuvati"	3	168
19	Estonia	Kerli feat Illenium	"Sound Of Walking Away"	14	105
20	Barbados	Amelia Payne	"The Battle"	20	88
21	Greece	Tamta	"Ilious Kai Thalasses"	26	62
22	South Africa	Troye Sivan	"My My My!"	28	47 (94)
23	United Kingdom	Rae Morris	"Under The Shadows"	10	130
24	Serbia	Nevena Božović	"Bal"	23	77
25	Romania	Inna feat Erik	"Ruleta"	1	197
26	Hungary	Reni Tolvai feat Kallay Saunders	"Say"	13	110
27	Russia	Serebro	"В Космосе (In Space)"	9	137
28	Norway	Debrah Scarlett	"Cynical Youth"	17	96

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