Sayqidi Festival of Melodies

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Sayqidi Festival of Melodies
Logo for the 20th edition of SFM
Also known asSFM
GenreMusic competition
Created byNational Television of the Emirate
Presented byVarious presenters
Country of originSayyed
Original languagesVarious languages including Staynish and Atasiqayidu
No. of episodes
  • 18 contests
  • 18 live shows
Production
Production locationsEmira Soraya Theatre, Al Salarqa
Running time
  • ~4 hours
Production companyNational Television of the Emirate
DistributorSayqidi Music Association
Release
Picture format
Original release20 February 2003 (21 years ago) (2003-02-20) –
present
Chronology
Related shows

The Sayqidi Festival of Melodies (Atasiyaqidu: alMahrajan man Ezelahn), sometimes abbreviated as SFM, is a national songwriting competition organized by the National Television of the Emirate (NTE), featuring participants from all over Sayyed and its sheikhdoms. Each participant submits an original song to be performed on live television, and after the songs have been performed, votes will be casted to determine the winner. As of 2022 edition, the competition has been used as a national final to determine Sayyed's representative at the Urthvision Songfestival.

In 2023, the 2022 Winner of the contest, Nailah Shehata, won the eighteenth edition of the Urthvision Songfestival.

The contest was held annually except in 2014 when the contest was cancelled due to a sandstorm that lasted several weeks as well as a renovation of the theater.

Origins

Format

Hosting

Theme

Rules

Entries and participants

Winners

Year Song Artist Songwriter(s)
2003 Everyway That I Can Mahidevran Demir
2004 Stronger Every Minute Fatima Aksoy
2005 Rimi Rimi Ley Gulfem Sydin
2006 Why Angels Cry Ada Kiraz
2007 Visionary Dream Mariam Lomidze
2008 Qele Qele Artzouig Vardanyan Artzouig Vardanyan
2009 Dum Tek Tek Zeinab Kaplan
2010 We Could Be The Same MmanGa Berat Aydin
2011 Running Scared Aya and Yusha
2012 La La Love Yasmine Belguith
2013 Always Soraya and Jamal
2015 Don't Deny Together
2016 LoveWave Iveta
2017 Return to Your Land Shahbanu
2018 Fire Enkeleida
2019 Sekret Rovena
2020 Chains on You Sona Aslanyan
2021 Cleopatra Efendem
2022 We Have No Shame Nailah Shehata Nailah Shehata
2023

Cultural influence