Drahkorin laulu euroviisuille

Drahkorin laulu euroviisuille, often shortened to DLE in Finnish or called Sangfestivalen in Norwegian and when Dryicor was unable to qualify for that year's Eurovision, is a Dryicoran singing television programme run from 1981 to 2006 and again from 2018 on DTV.

It functions as both a national talent contest, for which the winner receives a recording contract worth 2 500 000 Kr since 2018, and as Dryicor's national selection final for the.

1981-2023 format
All competing acts firstly go up in front of a panel of three judges in every county. Unlike most talent shows, the judges have to see every act. Each act is restricted to three minutes and perform a cover of a song, but the judges can interrupt the act if two judges bang the table three times in unison: if so the contestant must leave the stage immediately.

The judges then give them a rating out of 1,000, write it on a whiteboard and hold it up. The scores are added up and the three highest-scoring from each county go through to a live heat against winners from their region.

Regional heat
The contestants face the same judges as before, but must sing a different song - it may be either a cover or their own creation. Once more, the judges give their score, but a televote comes in this time, and the judges' and viewers' decisions are held in equal measure (formerly combined). The televote is not restricted to that region: the whole of the country votes in each regional heat: votes originally cost 2 Kr each, however since the 2018 revival there has been no fee to vote.

The bang on the table rule is suspended from this point on from 2001 onwards, so a contestant can only be sent home by not winning their region. The winners from each region go through to the final.

Final
The contestants now compete for the contract and the chance to represent the country at Eurovision. The judges do not receive a vote in the final, and the contest is decided by televote alone. The artist must now sing the song they want to sing at Eurovision: it must be their own creation or they had some involvement in the songwriting.

Each county votes, and gives five points to their favourite, three to their runner-up and one to their third place. A county cannot vote for its own regional representative.

Records

 * Most points scored: 153 (Aajunnguaq Mäkkinen, "Keeping You Here", 1992)
 * Most counties giving points: 31 of 35 (Aajunnguaq Mäkkinen, "Keeping You Here", 1992)
 * Least points scored in final: 0 (Martti Riksen, "On Your Toes", 2018)
 * Winning with least points: 89 (Polta, 1994, "Stop It"; Harri Sasaan, "Life", 2004)

Winners

 * 1981: Petra Magnúsdóttir
 * 1982: Astrið Hangansdóttir
 * 1983: The Lost Musicians
 * 1984: Mikki Leimpää
 * 1985: The Pictures
 * 1986: Gunnar Haakonsen
 * 1987: The Politicians
 * 1988: The Pictures (2x)
 * 1989: Astrið Hangansdóttir (2x)
 * 1990: Anna Säppisto
 * 1991: Gil Pil
 * 1992: Aajunnguaq Mäkkinen
 * 1993: The Only Ones Left
 * 1994: Polta
 * 1995: The Politicians*
 * 1996: Gil Pil (2x)**
 * 1997: Eero Sippänen*
 * 1998: Hal Per
 * 1999: Petra Olsen
 * 2000: The YouTwos
 * 2001: Harri Sasaan
 * 2002: Kirsi Palonen
 * 2003: Ilja Perunen*
 * 2004: Harri Sasaan (2x)
 * 2005: Omar Ragnarsson and the Five Continents
 * 2006: The Animations
 * Contest not held 2007-17 due to DTV losing Eurovision rights
 * 2018: The Party Chorus
 * 2019: Prose
 * 2020: The Home Cleaners***
 * Not held 2021 as DTV internally selected The Home Cleaners
 * 2022: Kristján the Fireman
 * 2023: Kaisa Siivonen