Special Melody Q4-2024
Special Melody Q4-2024 | |
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Diversity of Languages | |
Dates | |
Final | TBA Winter 2025 |
Host | |
Venue | Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel |
Executive supervisor | Denis Vorobyov |
Executive producer | Nikolay Serb |
Host broadcaster | Kan |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 18 |
Debuting countries | North Macedonia |
Returning Countries | Japan South Korea |
Non-returning Countries | Canada San Marino Thailand |
Participation map | |
Vote | |
Winning song | TBD |
The Special Melody Contest Q4-2024 - was the 6th edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It took place in the city of Haifa in Israel, following the country's victory at the previous edition of Special Melody Q1-2025 in Australia with the song "Monaco" perfromed by Jude York. The contest was organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and the host broadcaster Kan. The contest was held at the Sammy Ofer Stadium and consisted of a single show (Grand Final).
A total of 19 countries took part in the competition. This was the show with the first ever appearance of North Macedonia, which debuted the contest, along with Japan, Poland and South Korea returning back to the contest. While Canada, San Marino and Thailand were competing in the previous edition and has decided not to take part in the current one due to various reasons.
Location
City Bidding Process
Format
Season Rules
On January 7, 2025, it was announced, that the theme of the 6th edition of the contest would be "Diversity of Languages". Each participating country would join the language allocation draw, where it will be randomly determined in which language they need to find their entry in order to participate. Traditionally, the theme idea and the list of the languages were discussed between the Supervisor of the competition along with the National Broadcaster. To make it fair, the list didn't include English or French, so each of the participating country would need to bring additional effort in securing their performance.
Approved list of 20 different options has been published at the same day and the confirmation process has started. While some countries found the idea quite interesting and appealing, another countries expressed their concerns that the edition theme was very difficult. At the end, 19 countries has expressed their interest and has been confirmed to take place in the language draw.
Participating Countries
Japan and South Korea has returned to the competition, while Canada San Marino and Thailand took part in the previous edition, but has decided not to take part in this one. One of the reasons why Canada has decided to withdraw from the competition, would be the edition's theme and its difficulty. San Marino has not stated the official reason of its non-participation, however rumors say that it might be due to contest being held in Israel. From the other hand, some countries has expressed their interest in participation even before the theme would be announced like North Macedonia that has announced it's debute irregardless of the theme. Poland has confirmed its participation and were allocated with Korean language, but later has not appeared in the final list of the participants and withdrew from the competition due to unknown reason.
Grand Final
# | Country | Artist | Song | Language(s) | Place | Points |
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01 | Netherlands | Munisa Rizayeva & Konsta | O'ylamading | Uzbek | ||
02 | Australia | Bao Thy | La Con Gai Phai Xinh | Vietnamese | ||
03 | Germany | Soulfia | Mirame A La Cara | Spanish | ||
04 | Albania | Tjarl & Dani Lia | Ganz Nach Vorn | German | ||
05 | Hungary | Anna Zak | Lech Lishon | Hebrew | ||
06 | Denmark | Sonia | Dzwonie | Polish | ||
07 | France | Neeraj Shridhar, Mellow D & Bob | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Title Track | Hindi | ||
08 | United Kingdom | Teodora | Most Na Adi | Serbian | ||
09 | Norway | Eir Aoi | Tsubasa | Japanese | ||
10 | Lebanon | Roxy Dekker | Sugardaddy | Dutch | ||
11 | Israel | Federico Rossi | Maledetto Mare | Italian | ||
12 | Italy | Erdenechimeg | Toiron Bujie | Mongol | ||
13 | Switzerland | Crystallized | Fota | Greek | ||
14 | Portugal | Issam Alnajjar & Elyanna | Hada Ghareeb | Arabic | ||
15 | Spain | Bini | Salamin, Salamin | Tagalog | ||
16 | North Macedonia | Ilta | Ei Kukaan Muu | Finnish | ||
17 | South Korea | Irdorath | Vaukalak | Belarusian | ||
18 | Japan | Perola | Tens Sorte | Portugese |
Voting
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their top ten songs.