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{{Infobox song contest
{{Infobox song contest
| name = Special Melody Contest
| name = Special Melody
| final = TBD October 2023
| final = 15 December 2023
| year = Q4-2023
| year = Q4-2023
| theme =  
| theme = '''Rock Bangers'''
| logo =  
| logo = [[File:SM-Q4-23.jpg|300px]]
| host = [[File:Can-icon.png|24px]] [[:en:Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation|CBC]]
| host = [[File:Kor-icon.png|24px]] [[:en:Korean_Broadcasting_System|KBS]]
| venue = [[:en:Rogers Palace|Rogers Palace]], [[:en:Edmonton|Edmonton]], Canada
| venue = [[:en:Gangneung Ice Arena|Gangneung Ice Arena]], [[:en:Gangneung|Gangneung]], South Korea
| presenters =  
| presenters =  
| director =  
| director =  
| exproducer = [[File:Can-icon.png|24px]] [[Canada|Alexandr Mishenkov]]
| exproducer = [[File:Kor-icon.png|24px]] [[South Korea|Denis Leonenko]]
| exsupervisor = [[File:Prt-icon.png|24px]] [[Portugal|Denis Vorobyov]]
| exsupervisor = [[File:Prt-icon.png|24px]] [[Portugal|Denis Vorobyov]]
| winner =  
| winner = {{GRC}} </br>"Weapon"
| entries = 17 (to data)
| entries = 18
| debut = {{ISR}}</br>{{ITA}}</br>{{ESP}}
| debut = {{ISR}}</br>{{ITA}}</br>{{ESP}}
| return = None
| return = None
| nonreturn =  
| nonreturn = {{KAZ}}
| Participation map = TBA
| Participation map = TBA
| vote =  
| vote =  
| null =  
| null =  
| prev_year = [[Special Melody Q3-2023|Q3-23]]
| next_year = [[Special Melody Q1-2024|Q1-24]]
}}
}}
The '''Special Melody Contest Q4-2023''' - was the 2st edition of the [[Special Melody Contest|Special Melody Contest]] that has been ever made. It is set to take place in [[Canada]], in the country that won the last episode of the contest.
The '''Special Melody Contest Q4-2023''' - was the 2st edition of the [[Special Melody Contest|Special Melody Contest]] that has been ever made. It is set to take place in [[South Korea]], , because the winner of the previous competition, [[:en: Special Melody Q3-2023|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]].
== <strong>Location</strong> ==
== <strong>Location</strong> ==
The Q4-2023 contest will be held in one of the cities of [[Canada]], which received the right to host after its victory in the previous competition.  The selected venue is the 20.734-seat Rogers Place.
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 ===
=== City bidding process ===
On September 6, three candidate cities for the competition were announced, they were: Toronto, Quebec and Edmonton. In the end, Edmonton got the right to host the song contest, and the "arena" was chosen as the venue for the contest.
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.


== <strong>Format</strong> ==
== <strong>Format</strong> ==
===Rules of season===
===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.</br>
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.</br>
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)
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)</br>
Prohibition on the use of any performers who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest</br>
Ban on using songs from WorldVision and Special Melody</br>
You can use songs that were in the Billboard Top-100</br>
There are no language restrictions in Q4-2023.</br>




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===Final===
===Final===
As of 7 October 2023, the following 17 countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in Q4-2023.
The following 18 countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in Q4-2023.
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | #
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! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Points
|-
|-
|  
| 01
| {{JPN}}
| [[:en: One Ok Rock|One Ok Rock]]
| Renegades
| English
| 2
| 100
|-
| 02
| {{THA}}
| Jaws The Shark
| Suff City
| English
| 18
| 16
|-
| 03
| {{AUS}}
| [[:en:Rain City Drive|Rain City Drive]]
| Wasting My Youth
| English
| 7
| 72
|-
| 04
| {{CYP}}
| [[:en:Mother Mother|Mother Mother]]
| Hayloft I
| English
| 15
| 36
|-
| 05
| {{NLD}}
| [[:en:Bad Omens|Bad Omens]]
| Just Pretend
| English
| 12
| 51
|-
| 06
| {{GBR}}
| [[:en:The Pretty Reckless|The Pretty Reckless]]
| 25
| English
| 10
| 61
|-
| 07
| {{NOR}}
| [[:en:Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]]
| Trouble’s Coming
| English
| 13
| 47
|-
| 08
| {{PRT}}
| [[:en: The Word Alive|The Word Alive]]
| No Way Out
| English
| 3
| 81
|-
| 09
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
|  
| Citizen Soldier
|  
| Unsaid
|  
| English
|  
| 9
|  
| 61
|-
| 10
| {{ISR}}
| [[:en:Nothing but Thieves|Nothing But Thieves]]
| Forever & Ever More
| English
| 16
| 35
|-
|-
|  
| 11
| {{CYP}}
| {{ITA}}
|  
| [[:en:Modà|Modà]]
|  
| Finisce Sempre Cosi
|  
| Italian
|  
| 14
|  
| 39
|-
| 12
| {{KOR}}
| [[:en:Spiritbox|Spiritbox]]
| Ultraviolet
| English
| 5
| 80
|-
|-
|  
| 13
| {{DNK}}
| {{HUN}}
|  
| [[:en: Dorothy|Dorothy]]
|  
| Rest In peace
|  
| English
|  
| 8
|  
| 71
|-
|-
|  
| 14
| {{DEU}}
| {{DEU}}
|  
| [[:en:Mothica|Mothica]]
|  
| Casualty
|  
| English
|  
| 11
|  
| 54
|-
| 15
| {{LBN}}
| [[:en:Edge Of Paradise|Edge Of Paradise]]
| Digital Paradise
| English
| 17
| 33
|-
| 16
| {{ESP}}
| [[:en:Imagine Dragons|Imagine Dragons]]
| Natural
| English
| 6
| 74
|-
|-
|  
|-bgcolor="Gold"
| 17
| {{GRC}}
| {{GRC}}
|  
| [[:en:Against the Current (band)|Against The Current]]
|  
| Weapon
|  
| English
|  
| 1
|  
| 110
|-
| 18
| {{DNK}}
| Holy Wars
| Get Mine
| English
| 4
| 81
|-
|}
 
== <strong>Voting</strong> ==
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their top ten songs.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center; font-size: 85%;"
|-
|+ Grand Final voting results
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background: #F2F2F2;" |
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Total score|cellstyle=border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Japan}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Thailand}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Australia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Cyprus}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Netherlands}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|United Kingdom}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Norway}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Portugal}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Canada}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Israel}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Italy}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|South Korea}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Hungary}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Germany}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Lebanon}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Spain}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Greece}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Denmark}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Rest of the World}}
|-
| style="height:2px; background: #eaecf0; border-top:1px solid transparent;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
|-
! rowspan="18" {{vert header|va=middle|Contestants}}
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Japan
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 100
| style="background: #aaa;" | || ||12  ||8  ||  ||7  ||5  ||6  ||6  ||5  ||10  ||10  ||2  ||  ||  ||7  ||2  ||7  ||8 
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Thailand
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 16
|  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||  ||3  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1  ||5  ||6  ||1  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Australia
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 72
|  3||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||6  ||1  ||5  ||12  ||7  ||  ||  ||  ||12  ||  ||2  ||12  ||5  ||6  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Cyprus
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 36
|  ||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||10  ||  ||7  ||  ||8  ||  ||5  ||  ||6  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Netherlands
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 51
|  ||  3||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||3  ||3  ||2  ||12  ||  ||4  ||4  ||4  ||1  ||10  ||  ||1  ||  ||4
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | United Kingdom
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 61
|  4||  7||  ||  8||  8|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||4  ||2  ||  ||1  ||10  ||  ||  ||  ||7  ||  ||7  ||3
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Norway
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 47
|  8||  ||  6||  3||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||1  ||  ||  ||6  ||  ||  ||3  ||5  ||10  ||  ||  ||5
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Portugal
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 81
|  ||  6||  4||  2||  12||  2||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||3  ||  ||8  ||7  ||10  ||  ||3  ||6  ||10  ||  ||7
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Canada
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 61
|  10||  ||  3||  1||  10||  ||  1||  5|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||2  ||12  ||  ||7  ||  ||  ||4  ||3  ||2  ||1
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Israel
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 35
|  ||  1||  2||  4||  2||  ||  ||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||7  ||  ||  ||2  ||  ||  ||12  ||5  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Italy
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 39
|  6||  10||  ||  ||  ||  ||  4||  ||  ||  4|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||3  ||6  ||  ||  ||  ||6  ||  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | South Korea
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 80
|  ||  ||  7||  6||  1||  7||  7||  3||  10||  12||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||8  ||4  ||3  ||  ||10  ||2
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Hungary
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 71
|  7||  5||  1||  ||  5||  ||  8||  ||  6||  5||  2||  12|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||10  ||1  ||8  ||  ||1  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Germany
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 54
| 5||  2||  ||  12||  ||  4||  2||  ||  4||  7||  ||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||6  ||  ||4  ||8  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Lebanon
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 33
|  ||  4||  5||  7||  ||  6||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  3||  5|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||1  ||  ||3  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Spain
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 74
|  12||  8||  ||  5||  4||  ||  12||  8||  8||  ||  ||  ||  5||  4||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||2  ||  ||6
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Greece
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 110
|  2||  ||  10||  10||  ||  12||  6||  10||  1||  6||  3||  1||  8||  12||  8||  5|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||4  ||12
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Denmark
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 81
|  1||  ||  12||  ||  ||  8||  10||  ||  ||  3||  ||  8||  2||  7||  12||  ||  8|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||10
|}
=== The Rest Of THe World Voting ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! colspan="9" |Detailed vote from the rest of the world
|-
|-
|  
! scope="col" |Place
| {{HUN}}
! scope="col" |Country
|  
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Points
|  
! scope="col" |[[File:Fra-icon.png|24px]]</br>FRA
|  
! scope="col" |[[File:Swe-icon.png|24px]]</br>SWE
|  
! scope="col" |[[File:Che-icon.png|24px]]</br>CHE
|
 
|-
|-
|
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{ISR}}
| {{GRC}}
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 27.00
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
|-
|-
|
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{ITA}}
| {{DNK}}
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 19.41
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{JPN}}
| {{JPN}}
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15.79
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{LBN}}
| {{PRT}}
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15.69
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{NLD}}
| {{ESP}}
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15.62
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{NOR}}
| {{NOR}}
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15.25
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{NLD}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15.01
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{PRT}}
| {{GBR}}
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13.57
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{KOR}}
| {{KOR}}
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11.65
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{CAN}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10.04
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| {{HUN}}
| rowspan="8" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8.50
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| {{DEU}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7.70
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
| {{AUS}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7.38
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
| {{ITA}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5.82
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| {{LBN}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4.21
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
|-
|-
|
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
| {{ESP}}
| {{CYP}}
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3.95
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17
| {{ISR}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2.43
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18
| {{THA}}
| {{THA}}
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2.28
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
|  
|-
|}
=== 12 Points ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 12 points awarded by the countries
|-
! scope="col" |#
! scope="col" |Recipient
! scope="col" |Countries giving 12 points
|-
| rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
|{{GRC}}
|{{DEU}}, {{GBR}}, '''Rest of the World'''
|-
|{{AUS}}
|{{HUN}}, {{PRT}}, {{ESP}}
|-
| rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
|{{JPN}}
|{{DNK}}, {{THA}}
|-
|{{DNK}}
|{{AUS}}, {{LBN}}
|-
|{{ESP}}
|{{JPN}}, {{NOR}}
|-
| rowspan="7" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|{{PRT}}
|{{NLD}}
|-
|-
|  
|{{KOR}}
| {{GBR}}
|{{ISR}}
|  
|-
|  
|{{HUN}}
|  
|{{KOR}}
|  
|-
|  
|{{CAN}}
|{{ITA}}
|-
|{{DEU}}
|{{CYP}}
|-
|{{NLD}}
|{{CAN}}
|-
|{{ISR}}
|{{GRC}}
|-
|-
|}
|}
=== Countries that participated in the last episode of the contest, but did not confirm their participation in this episode of the contest ===
* {{AUS}}
* {{KAZ}}
== <strong>Voting</strong> ==
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their top ten songs.
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Special Melody Q4-2023
Rock Bangers
Dates
Final15 December 2023
Host
VenueGangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, South Korea
Executive supervisor Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer Denis Leonenko
Host broadcaster KBS
Participants
Number of entries18
Debuting countries Israel
Italy
Spain
Returning CountriesNone
Non-returning Countries Kazakhstan
Participation map
Vote
Winning song Greece
"Weapon"
Q3-23 ← Special Melody Q4-2023 → Q1-24

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 6 5 10 10 2 7 2 7 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

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