Contest 10

Contest 10 was the tenth edition of Contest, hosted in Nyíregyháza, Hungary after Ohnody's win with her song "Hideg" in Gdańsk. Effie, Juan, Kad and Simon withdrew while Esmée, Ferg, Lacie and Sub took their places. This edition was a live show experiment causing the edition to finish within a day.

Four countries made their first appearance this edition, being Belarus, Ireland, Lebanon and Mexico. The other seven spots were filled by host country Hungary, and Poland who both participated in the previous edition, Japan and United States who last appeared in edition 8, Canada who last appeared in edition 3, and Sweden who last appeared in edition 2. This edition France's participation streak of eight editions in a row came to an end.

In the end, Ireland won Contest 10 with 74 points with Jack Wins' song "Animals", which features Caitlyn Scarlett, ten points ahead of runner-up Japan. The podium was completed by Belarus, while Sweden took last place. This was the first time an Asian country got a podium position.

Contest
Like usual, 11 countries participated in Contest 10.

10 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 10 points awarded by each country's jury in the Final: