Special Melody Q4-2023

Special Melody Contest Q4-2023
Rock Bangers
Dates
Final	15 December 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
Vote
Winning song	Greece "Weapon"

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 Q4-2023.

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	2	100
02	Thailand	Jaws The Shark	Suff City	English	18	16
03	Australia	Rain City Drive	Wasting My Youth	English	7	72
04	Cyprus	Mother Mother	Hayloft I	English	15	36
05	Netherlands	Bad Omens	Just Pretend	English	12	51
06	United Kingdom	The Pretty Reckless	25	English	10	61
07	Norway	Royal Blood	Trouble’s Coming	English	13	47
08	Portugal	The Word Alive	No Way Out	English	3	81
09	Canada	Citizen Soldier	Unsaid	English	9	61
10	Israel	Nothing But Thieves	Forever & Ever More	English	16	35
11	Italy	Modà	Finisce Sempre Cosi	Italian	14	39
12	South Korea	Spiritbox	Ultraviolet	English	5	80
13	Hungary	Dorothy	Rest In peace	English	8	71
14	Germany	Mothica	Casualty	English	11	54
15	Lebanon	Edge Of Paradise	Digital Paradise	English	17	33
16	Spain	Imagine Dragons	Natural	English	6	74
17	Greece	Against The Current	Weapon	English	1	110
18	Denmark	Holy Wars	Get Mine	English	4	81

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	100		12	8		7	5		6	5	10	10	2			7	2	7	12	8
	Thailand	16					3					1	5	6	1
	Australia	72	3				6	1	5	12	7				12		2	12	5	6
	Cyprus	36						10		7		8		5		6
	Netherlands	51		3				3	3	2	12		4	4	4	1	10		1		4
	United Kingdom	61	4	7		8	8			4	2		1	10				7		7	3
	Norway	47	8		6	3				1			6			3	5	10			5
	Portugal	81		6	4	2	12	2			3		8	7	10		3	6	10		7
	Canada	61	10		3	1	10		1	5		2	12		7			4	3	2	1
	Israel	35		1	2	4	2						7			2			12	5
	Italy	39	6	10					4			4		3	6				6
	South Korea	80			7	6	1	7	7	3	10	12				8	4	3		10	2
	Hungary	71	7	5	1		5		8		6	5	2	12		10	1	8		1
	Germany	54	5	2		12		4	2		4	7					6		4	8
	Lebanon	33		4	5	7		6							3	5		1		3
	Spain	74	12	8		5	4		12	8	8				5	4			2		6
	Greece	110	2		10	10		12	6	10	1	6	3	1	8	12	8	5		4	12
	Denmark	81	1		12			8	10			3		8	2	7	12		8		10

The Rest Of THe World Voting

Detailed vote from the rest of the world
Place	Country	Points		FRA	SWE	CHE
1	Greece	12	27.00	1	3	4
2	Denmark	10	19.41	11	1	5
3	Japan	8	15.79	2	13	6
4	Portugal	7	15.69	4	16	3
5	Spain	6	15.62	3	5	11
6	Norway	5	15.25	16	6	2
7	Netherlands	4	15.01	10	15	1
8	United Kingdom	3	13.57	8	2	18
9	South Korea	2	11.65	14	4	7
10	Canada	1	10.04	5	11	9
11	Hungary		8.50	12	7	8
12	Germany		7.70	7	8	16
13	Australia		7.38	6	17	10
14	Italy		5.82	9	10	14
15	Lebanon		4.21	13	12	12
16	Cyprus		3.95	18	9	15
17	Israel		2.43	15	14	17
18	Thailand		2.28	17	18	13

12 Points

12 points awarded by the countries

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