Mlovision Song Contest 2016

The Mlovision Song Contest 2016 was the 9th edition of the annual Mlovision Song Contest, which selected the best song according to Mlo's opinion during the year. It took place on December 2016. 16 songs competed and it had the same Eurovision Song Contest format.

It was held in Santiago, Chile, after Mlo moved to the Metropolitan Region.

The Shirley Manson Award to the Best Artist was awarded to Annalisa from Italy.

Format
The nineteen competing entries were announced to the public during a press conference on mid-August 2016. All the songs were chosen by Mlo through different selection processes.

Among the competing artists were Grete Paia (2013) and Molly Smitten-Downes (2014), former winners. Barei, Iveta Mukuchyan, Maya Sar, Molly Smitten-Downes, Mørland, The Common Linnets and Zoë Straub have all participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Days prior to the event, it was announced that 3 songs were no longer able to compete due to unspecified reasons: Spain's "Say Yay!" by Barei, Estonia's "Storied Untold" by Grete Paia, and Sweden's "Save Me" by Wiktoria. The official list was reduced to 16 entries.

In the list below, there are the sixteen competing entries:

Results
Sixteen songs took part in this first edition. The results were awarded by Mlo at the end of all the performances:

Best Artist
The Shirley Manson Award is annually awarded by Mlo to choose the Best Artist in the competition since 2008. The prize was awarded before the realization of the contest.

The Italian singer, Annalisa, won the Shirley Manson Award that year.