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The '''Special Melody Contest''' (often shortened to '''SMC''' or '''Special Melody''') is a competition of thematic seasons with special conditions for applications.

The Special Melody was conceived and implemented in order to diversify song competitions by adding various requirements and rules to them, making the selection of applications more difficult, however, the conditions of the competition change every quarter and have its own special theme (in each episode of the competition). This idea was implemented in July 2023, but was invented back in April 2023 by the current curator of Portugal

The format of the competition is unique and each episode of the competition has its own specific rules and restrictions in terms of applications, their release date, performers, languages, number of views, presence in the Billboard chart, etc.

Any accredited country IECO can participate in the competition.

The maximum limit on the number of countries in a quarter is 20 countries.

The venue for the first season was selected from among the countries that confirmed their participation in the season. Of the 16 participating countries, 6 candidates were approved by the IECO Council: [[Denmark]], [[Greece]], [[Hungary]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Norway]] and [[Thailand]]. During the discussions and voting, the right to host the first season went to Thailand. The host city was [[:en:Bangkok|Bangkok]] - the capital of the chosen country.The venue for the competition was the [[:en:Impact, Muang Thong Thani|Impact Arena Bangkok]]

In the six epsode of the competition hosted by [[Israel]]

''Further information: [[Rules of the Special Melody Contest]]''

===Voting===

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