European Music Festival 2019

The European Music Festival 2019 was the fourth edition of the annual European Music Festival, organised by RAI and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was held on 20 October 2019, at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy. It was the first time Italy had hosted the contest.

Twenty-three countries participated in the contest, with Australia and Croatia making they debut appearance in the contest. Though Armenia had participated the previous year, they were absent for 2019.

France's Florina with the song “In The Shadow” was the winner of the contest. This was France's first victory in the contest. Australia and Germany finished in second and third place. Sweden and Spain completed the top five, with the former finishing fourth and fifth. Iceland finished last.

Bidding phase and host city selection
After Italy's victory in 2018 contest in Stockholm, the Italian Head of Delegation Simona Martorelli stated that RAI is keen to host the 2019 contest. On 1 December 2018, it was confirmed by the EBU that Italy would host the 2019 contest. The contest is set to take place in Italy in 2019.

On 28 February 2018 Turin was announced as the host city of the contest and that the broadcaster will host the contest at the 15,657 capacity Pala Alpitour venue. Also on 28 February 2019 EBU and host broadcaster RAI announced that the contest will be held on 20 October 2019

Hosts
On 16 April 2019, it was announced that Alessandro Cattelan, Laura Pausini, Amadeus would host the contest.

Voting
The results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. The online voting is taking place during the live show and starts after the last performance and is open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for one country three Times from one phone number. The other half of the points was determined by a national jury from every participating country. These points are then announced live during the programme by a spokesperson representing the participating country. The spokespersons give out the points from each of the participating country.

Running order
The draw for the running order of the contest was held on 14 October in Turin after the Opening Ceremony, with Croatia drawn to open the contest and Lithuania drawn to close.

Participating countries
On 1 March 2019, the EBU released the official list of participants with 23 competing countries.