Special Melody Contest Q4-2023

Special Melody Contest Q4-2023
Dates
Final	TBD November 2023
Host
Venue	Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, South Korea
Executive supervisor	Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer	Denis Leonenko
Host broadcaster	KBS
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	Israel Italy Spain
Returning Countries	None
Non-returning Countries	Kazakhstan
Participation map

The Special Melody Contest Q4-2023 - was the 2st edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It is set to take place in South Korea, , because the winner of the previous competition, Special Melody Q3-2023 Canada, refused to host this episode of the competition. Due to this, the competition was transferred to the country that took 2nd place - South Korea.

Location

The Q4-2023 contest will be held in one of the cities of South Korea, which received the right to host after its victory in the previous competition. The selected venue is the 12.000-seat Gangneung Ice Arena.

City bidding process

On November 15, three candidate cities for the competition were announced, they were: Gangneung, Incheon and Busan. In the end, Gangneung got the right to host the song contest, and the "arena" was chosen as the venue for the contest.

Format

Rules of season

In the Q4-2023, the main rule for submitting an application will be the presence of the Rock genre in it or its varieties, such as: Pop Rock, Punk Rock, Art Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative Rock, Grunge, etc.
Also, a mandatory requirement will be a limitation on the release date of the song. Applications issued from January 1, 2018 to the present day are allowed for this episode of the competition (that is, 01.01.2018 - XX.XX.2023)
Prohibition on the use of any performers who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest
Ban on using songs from WorldVision and Special Melody
You can use songs that were in the Billboard Top-100
There are no language restrictions in Q3-2023.

Participating Countries

Final

The following 18 countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in Q4-2023.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Japan	One Ok Rock	Renegades	English
02	Thailand	Jaws The Shark	Suff City	English
03	Australia	Rain City Drive	Wasting My Youth	English
04	Cyprus	Mother Mother	Hayloft I	English
05	Netherlands	Bad Omens	Just Pretend	English
06	United Kingdom	The Pretty Reckless	25	English
07	Norway	Royal Blood	Trouble’s Coming	English
08	Portugal	The Word Alive	No Way Out	English
09	Canada	Citizen Soldier	Unsaid	English
10	Israel	Nothing But Thieves	Forever & Ever More	English
11	Italy	Modà	Finisce Sempre Cosi	Italian
12	South Korea	Spiritbox	Ultraviolet	English
13	Hungary	Dorothy	Rest In peace	English
14	Germany	Mothica	Casualty	English
15	Lebanon	Edge Of Paradise	Digital Paradise	English
16	Spain	Imagine Dragons	Natural	English
17	Greece	Against The Current	Weapon	English
18	Denmark	Holy Wars	Get Mine	English

Voting

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their top ten songs.

Grand Final voting results

		Total score	Japan	Thailand	Australia	Cyprus	Netherlands	United Kingdom	Norway	Portugal	Canada	Israel	Italy	South Korea	Hungary	Germany	Lebanon	Spain	Greece	Denmark	Rest of the World
Contestants	Japan
	Thailand
	Australia
	Cyprus
	Netherlands
	United Kingdom
	Norway
	Portugal
	Canada
	Israel
	Italy
	South Korea
	Hungary
	Germany
	Lebanon
	Spain
	Greece
	Denmark