Special Melody Q2-2024

Special Melody Q2-2024
Special Melody Q2-2024
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Dates
Final	6 May 2024
Host
Venue	Perth, Australia
Executive supervisor	Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer	Mark Solovyov
Host broadcaster	SBS
Participants
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	San Marino; Vietnam
Non-returning Countries	Greece; South Korea
	Participation map
	Q1-24 ← Special Melody Q2-2024 → Q3-24

The Special Melody Contest Q2-2024 - was the 4rd edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It is set to take place in Perth, Australia.

Location

After the previous edition has been won by Australia, 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

Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane were proposed by the reference group as applicable venue and infrastructure to host the fourth edition of the contest. However, later the broadcaster has proposed the city of Perth as a symbolic choice for hosting and due to less cost being involved in preparations. After that, Perth were approved to held the competition and the city has been appointed to host it.

Format

Rules of season

Songs whose title contains any physical or natural phenomenon. From light diffusion and dispersion to drought, wildfires and tornadoes. Or, which do not have a very clear name, but are meaningfully connected with nature and space

Phenomena cannot be repeated, the one who caught the tornado first gets the tornado.
No Eurovision participants
No restrictions on years

Participating Countries

Final

The following 20 countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in Q2-2024. Two countries will debut in the competition: San Marino and Vietnam. South Korea will not take part in the competition for due to the workload of curators, however was able to vote as ROTW and Greece also will not take part in the competition for due to disqualification from the last episode of the competition.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Spain	Triplo Max	Shadow	English	10	66
02	Lebanon	Alexandra Panagiotarou	Fota Xamila	Greek	14	38
03	Poland	Sam Garett	The Dance & The Wonder	English	16	36
04	Thailand	Moonbyul	Eclipse	English, Korean	2	95
05	Albania	Tokio Hotel	Monsoon	English	19	22
06	Canada	Fleruie	Hurricane	English	8	77
07	Vietnam	Nadezhda Kadysheva	Flowing Stream (Течёт ручей)	Russian	17	34
08	Portugal	Afrojack & Spree Wilson	The Spark	English	7	78
09	Germany	Kazaky	Push	English	6	78
10	Denmark	Chlöe Howl	Magnetic	English	9	72
11	Norway	Imagine Dragons	Thunder	English	12	59
12	United Kingdom	Le Sserafim	Fire in the belly	English, Korean	11	62
13	Netherlands	Scorpions	Wind of Change	English	15	37
14	Switzerland	Winona Oak & Robin Schulz	Oxygen	English	4	88
15	Australia	Darin	Electric	English	1	103
16	Israel	Miriam Cani	My Rain	Albanian	13	50
17	Japan	Maroon 5	One More Night	English	18	25
18	Hungary	The Fat Rat, Maisie Kay	The Storm	English, Naʼvi	5	88
19	San Marino	Michail Muromov	Apples In The Snow (Яблоки на снегу)	Russian	20	17
20	France	Shanguy	Lava	French	3	93

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	Spain	Lebanon	Poland	Thailand	Albania	Canada	Vietnam	Portugal	Germany	Denmark	Norway	United Kingdom	Netherlands	Switzerland	Australia	Israel	Japan	Hungary	San Marino	France	Rest of the World

Contestants	Spain	66		1		5	4	4	6	10			10			10				12			4
	Lebanon	38	2		5				8		2	3					5	4	2		6		1
	Poland	36						2				1		6	8			5		3		1	10
	Thailand	95	6	10			5	1		8	10	7	7	12	4		1	2	8	1	1	10	2
	Albania	22											1		10	4			7
	Canada	77							7	5	4	2	4	10	7	3	6	7	1	6	4	6	5
	Vietnam	34			3	7		10												2	12
	Portugal	78	12		8		7	6	4			12	6	3	1	2	3			7	7
	Germany	78	3	8	4		1			1		5	8			12	4	3			5	12	12
	Denmark	72			12	1					5		5		2	8		8	5	5	8	5	8
	Norway	59	1		2	4	12	12		6	6				3				10			3
	United kingdom	62	4	5	1	8			3	2	8					7	2		12	4	3		3
	Netherlands	37			10	10			2			6	2	7
	Switzerland	88	8	12		3	2			4	12	10	3				10	10		8	2	4
	Australia	103	7	7	7	6		5	12	3	3			4		6		12	4	10	10	7
	Israel	50		3	6		8	8	1			4		2	5	1	6		6
	Japan	25	5				3				1			5	6	5
	Hungary	88		4			6	3	5	12		8		8	12		8	7				8	7
	San Marino	17		2		2			10					1								2
	France	93	10	6		12	10	7		7	7		12				12	1	3				6

The Rest Of THe World Voting

Detailed vote from the rest of the world
Place	Country	Points		KOR	IRL	CHN
1	Germany	12	19.19	6.79	6.79	5.61
2	Poland	10	18.97	9.92	8.21	0.84
3	Denmark	8	17.87	12	4.6	1.23
4	Hungary	7	17.21	4.64	12	0.57
5	France	6	17.07	3.84	1.23	12
6	Canada	5	15.31	8.21	5.61	1.49
7	Spain	4	14.99	1.23	9.92	3.84
8	United Kingdom	3	12.43	1.02	1.49	9.92
9	Thailand	2	12.18	1.80	2.17	8.21
10	Lebanon	1	9.53	2.17	0.57	6.79
11	Norway		8.72	5.61	0.48	2.63
12	Australia		7.36	3.17	3.17	1.02
13	Albania		7.29	1.49	2.63	3.17
14	Switzerland		7.28	0.84	1.80	4.64
15	Portugal		6.95	2.63	3.84	0.48
16	Israel		3.33	0.69	0.84	1.80
17	Netherlands		2.97	0.48	0.32	2.17
18	Vietnam		1.80	0.39	1.02	0.39
19	Japan		1.65	0.57	0.39	0.69
20	San Marino		1.33	0.32	0.69	0.32

12 Points

12 points awarded by the countries
#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
3	France	Australia, Norway, Thailand
3	Germany	France, Switzerland, Rest of the World
2	Australia	Israel, Vietnam
	Switzerland	Germany, Lebanon
	Hungary	Netherlands, Portugal
	Portugal	Denmark, Spain
	Norway	Albania, Canada
1	Thailand	United Kingdom
	Denmark	Poland
	Spain	Hungary
	Vietnam	San Marino