Kross-European Song Contest of 1947

This was the 22nd KESC.

Hosting
The host was originally meant to be voted on, but it was later canceled and internally selected. It was later announced that Malmö was picked for the hosting city.

Participation
Once again, a list confirming was held. A few surprised came out during the confirming, as 3 more Eastern Bloc countries returned to the contest: Czechoslovakia,  Poland,  Soviet Union. The edition in Sweden saw a debutant as well, and the first KESC participant fully not in Europe: Tunisia, despite a group of people protesting against adding another non-independent state. For these reasons, Tunisia may be a one-time participant. Other than that, all KESC 1946 participants ( France, Luxembourg,  United Kingdom,  Belgium,  Netherlands,  Andorra,  Monaco,  Switzerland,  Ireland,  Iceland,  Denmark,  Norway,  Sweden,  Finland,  Spain,  Portugal,  Italy,  San Marino,  Greece,  Cyprus,  Malta,  Yugoslavia,  Romania,  Bulgaria,  Hungary) confirmed, with the exception of  Albania, which did not.

Contest
This edition Italy was added to the annual AQs because of its big investments towards the contest.

AQs
France

Italy

Netherlands

Sweden

United Kingdom

Semi Final 1
The first semi-final was held on 10th of June 1947. Out of 12 countries participating 7 qualified.

AQs voting in Semi Final 1
Italy

Sweden

United Kingdom

Semi Final 2
The second semi-final was held on 12th of June 1947. Out of 12 countries participating 7 qualified

AQs voting in Semi Final 2
France

Netherlands

Final
The final was held at 14th of June 1947. 19 countries participated in the final. Switzerland won for the second time, with 379 points (128 more than the runner up, Tunisia). The last place was United Kingdom with 7 points, including 0 points from the televote.