Alaxian Melody Festival 2451

The Alaxian Melody Festival 2451 was the inaugural edition of the annual Alaxian Melody Festival. It took place in Gateshaven, Empherias in the High Kingdoms of Alaxia. Organised by the International Broadcasting Agency (IBA) and the High Kingdoms Broadcasting Company (HKBC), the contest was held at the Gateshaven-Pyrette Thunder Globe on 15 April 2451. The main presenters were Empheri television presenters Fraser Clayst and Elise Waltz.

Six countries participated in the competition, five of which were constituent countries of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia, alongside Grensalbourg. Each country would give two sets of points - one from a professional jury, and one from an amalgamation of surveys from the public. Each set of votes would be equally weighted and each country's points would be totalled to find a winner. Countries cannot vote for themselves. The sets of points would include zero points, two points, five points, eight points, and twelve points - with the twelve points going to their favourites.

Rules for the songs were that they must be completely originally, with songs having to be released after 1 September 2450. Only six people were allowed on stage, the song must be between 2 minutes and 3 minutes long, and must fit the orchestra provided.

Live show
The live show took place on 15 April 2451 at 20:00 (FEAT). The final will take place on 14 May 2022 at 21:00 (CEST). Twenty-five countries will participate in the final, composing of the "Big Five" (among which is the host country Italy) and the ten best-ranked entries from each of the two semi-finals. All forty participating countries will vote in the final.