Special Melody Q1-2024

Special Melody Q1-2024
Cinematic Beats
Dates
Final	29 January 2024
Host
Venue	Thessaloniki, Greece
Executive supervisor	Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer	Alexander Sivak
Host broadcaster	ERT
Participants
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	Albania France Poland Switzerland
Returning Countries	None
Non-returning Countries	Cyprus Italy
Participation map
Vote
Winning song	Australia "I Am"

The Special Melody Contest Q1-2024 - was the 3rd edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It is set to take place in Thessaloniki, Greece. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the contest was held at the TBD, and was consisted a final on 29 January 2024.

A record twenty countruies participated in the competition, with Albania, France, Poland and Switzerland participating for the first time. Cyprus and Italy withdrawal from the competition.

The winner was the Australia with the song "I Am", performed by Stan Walker. Switzerland, Portugal, Canada and Japan rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Israel and the United Kingdom. It's was the second time of history of contest when the host country (Greece) finished on the last place.

Location

After the previous edition has been won by Greece, the broadcaster was immediately approached to form the reference group for the contest organisation. The Executive Supervisor and the head of IECO joined to the discussion of the potential city selection to host the show.

City bidding process

Only Athens were proposed by the reference group as applicable venue and infrastructure to host the third edition of the contest. However, later the broadcaster has proposed the city of Thessaloniki as a symbolic choice for hosting and due to less cost being involved in preparations. After that, Thessaloniki were approved to held the competition and the city has been appointed to host it. is left from the competition.

Key:

†	Host city
*	Shortlisted
^	Submitted a bid

City	Venue	Notes
Athens*	Any	Proposed by IECO as the most suitable option.
Thessaloniki†		Chosen by the broadcaster

Format

Rules of season

The theme of the season was the use of soundtracks from various films, musicals, cartoons, and TV series. There were no restrictions other than the ban on using Eurovision performers.

Participating Countries

Twenty countries have confirmed their participation in the season of the competition. It's was the first time when Albania, France, Poland and Switzerland participated in the contest. Cyprus and Italy is left from the competition.

Final

#	Country	Movie/Series	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	United Kingdom	Cruella	Florence + The Machine	Call me Cruella	English	9	59
02	Portugal	Descendants	China Anne McClain, Thomas Doherty & Dylan Playfair	What's My Name	English	3	73
03	France	Stuart Little	Celine Dion	I’m Alive	English	6	68
04	Lebanon	Great Gatsby	Fergie	A Little Party Never Killed Nobody	English	17	44
05	Denmark	Hunger Games	Lorde	Yellow Flicker Beat	English	13	56
06	Poland	Trolls	Justin Timberlake	Can’t Stop The Feeling	English	15	50
07	Japan	Mirror Mirror	Lily Collins	I Believe In Love	English	5	68
08	Germany	Barbie	Dua Lipa	Dance The Night	English	11	58
09	Greece	About Time	Of Monsters and Man	Little Talks	English	20	33
10	Hungary	Madagascar	Katy Perry	Firework	English	10	59
11	Spain	Hotel Transylvania	Fifth Harmony	I'm In Love With A Monster	English	8	64
12	Albania	No Time To Die	Billie Eilish	No Time To Die	English	14	56
13	Thailand	Only Friends	Khaotang Thanawat	Let's Try	English	18	42
14	Canada	Eurovision: The Story Of Fire Saga	Fire Saga	Husavik - My Home Town	English, Icelandic	4	71
15	Israel	Heartstopper	Chvrces	Clearest Blue	English	7	68
16	Netherlands	A Star Is Born	Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	Shallow	English	16	48
17	Switzerland	The Last Hunter Of Witch	Ciara	Paint It Black	English	2	102
18	Australia	Origin	Stan Walker	I Am	English, Maori	1	103
19	Norway	Skyfall	Adele	Skyfall	English	19	37
20	South Korea	Suicide Squad	Ava Max	Sweet By Psycho	English	12	58

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 United Kingdom Portugal France Lebanon Denmark Poland Japan Germany Greece Hungary Spain Albania Thailand Canada Israel Netherlands Switzerland Australia Norway South Korea Rest of the World Contestants United Kingdom 59 10 4 5 4 8 8 2 3 3 6 1 5 Portugal 73 7 12 2 10 2 2 12 1 8 12 5 France 68 5 10 6 5 1 12 7 7 4 3 8 Lebanon 44 7 6 4 6 1 6 5 2 2 3 2 Denmark 57 1 12 3 5 6 4 2 10 3 5 6 Poland 50 3 8 10 1 4 7 2 12 3 Japan 68 2 10 6 7 1 3 5 3 7 8 8 7 1 Germany 58 6 7 2 6 10 4 5 6 12 Greece 33 4 5 4 5 3 5 2 3 1 1 Hungary 59 1 3 7 5 8 12 4 6 1 5 7 Spain 64 1 12 8 1 8 4 10 3 2 5 10 Albania 56 10 2 3 12 12 6 7 4 Thailand 42 8 4 5 5 6 6 8 Canada 71 6 8 3 1 8 3 10 5 4 4 8 4 7 Israel 68 12 2 3 12 5 12 4 1 7 10 Netherlands 48 1 7 8 2 10 10 10 Switzerland 102 5 3 3 10 8 4 10 7 10 10 8 12 12 Australia 103 12 6 7 8 6 12 7 8 4 12 10 3 6 2 Norway 37 4 2 7 2 1 2 6 12 1 South Korea 58 2 10 1 6 12 7 7 8 1 4

Detailed vote from the rest of the world Place Country Points SMR ITA HRV 1 Germany 12 22.01 8.20 5.61 8.20 2 Netherlands 10 20.23 12 1.79 6.78 3 France 8 16.84 3.83 1.01 12 4 Canada 7 16.30 0.47 12 3.83 5 Denmark 6 16.04 9.92 1.48 4.64 6 United Kingdom 5 15.46 4.64 8.20 2.62 7 Albania 4 14.03 6.78 6.78 0.47 8 Poland 3 12.78 0.69 2.17 9.92 9 Australia 2 11.95 5.61 3.17 3.17 10 Japan 1 11.32 0.39 9.92 1.01 11 Spain 7.12 1.79 4.64 0.69 12 Hungary 6.91 0.83 0.47 5.61 13 Switzerland 5.63 1.22 3.83 0.57 14 Portugal 4.98 0.57 2.62 1.79 15 Greece 4.71 3.17 1.22 0.32 16 Norway 4.53 2.62 0.69 1.22 17 Israel 4.22 2.17 0.57 1.48 18 South Korea 3.57 1.01 0.39 2.17 19 Lebanon 3.14 1.48 0.83 0.83 20 Thailand 1.03 0.32 0.32 0.39

12 Points

12 points awarded by the countries

#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
3	Australia	Israel, Japan, United Kingdom
	Portugal	Lebanon, Spain, Switzerland
	Israel	Denmark, Greece, Portugal
2	Switzerland	Australia, Norway
	Albania	Hungary, Netherlands
1	France	Thailand
	Spain	France
	Hungary	Albania
	Germany	Rest of the World
	South Korea	Germany
	Denmark	Poland
	Poland	South Korea
	Norway	Canada