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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 [[:en:Gangneung|Gangneung]], [[South Korea]], because the winner of the [[:en: Special Melody Q3-2023|previous competition]] [[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]]. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster [[:en:Korean_Broadcasting_System|Korean Broadcasting System]] (KBS), the contest was held at the Impact Arena Bangkok, and was consisted a final on 15 December 2023. | 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 [[:en:Gangneung|Gangneung]], [[South Korea]], because the winner of the [[:en: Special Melody Q3-2023|previous competition]] [[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]]. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster [[:en:Korean_Broadcasting_System|Korean Broadcasting System]] (KBS), the contest was held at the Impact Arena Bangkok, and was consisted a final on 15 December 2023. | ||
A record eighteen countruies participated in the competition, with [[Israel in the Special Melody|Israel]], [[Italy in the Special Melody|Italy]] and [[Spain in the Special Melody|Spain]] participating for the first time. Last season's competitor [[Kazakhstan in the Special Melody|Kazakhstan]] withdrew from the competition. | |||
The winner was the [[Greece in the Special Melody|Greece]] with the song "Weapon", performed by [[:en:Against the Current (band)|Against The Current]]. [[Japan in the Special Melody|Japan]] (best result), [[Portugal in the Special Melody|Portugal]] (best result), [[Denmark in the Special Melody|Denmark]] and [[South Korea in the Special Melody|South Korea]] rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: [[Hungary in the Special Melody|Hungary]] and the [[United Kingdom in the Special Melody|United Kingdom]], [[ in the Special Melody| in the Special Melody]] (10th place second time). [[Thailand in the Special Melody|Thailand]] finished on the last place second time a row. | |||
== <strong>Location</strong> == | == <strong>Location</strong> == | ||
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 Q4-2023 contest will be held in one of the cities of [[:en:South Korea|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 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 | On November 15, three candidate cities for the competition were announced, they were: [[:en:Gangneung|Gangneung]], [[:en:Incheon|Incheon]] and [[:en:Busan|Busan]]. In the end, Gangneung got the right to host the song contest, and the [[:en:Gangneung Ice Arena|Gangneung Ice Arena]] was chosen as the venue for the contest. | ||
== <strong>Format</strong> == | == <strong>Format</strong> == | ||
===Rules of season=== | ===Rules of season=== | ||
The theme of the season was the genre of songs - rock and all its varieties from strong metal rock to alternative rock and other things. The only restriction was the release of the composition - the composition should not have been released earlier on January 1, 2018. There was still a ban on the use of performers who participated in the competition of Eurovision songs. | |||
== <strong>Participating Countries</strong> == | == <strong>Participating Countries</strong> == | ||
Eighteen countries have confirmed their participation in the season of the competition. It's was the first time when [[Israel in the Special Melody|Israel]], [[Italy in the Special Melody|Italy]] and [[Spain in the Special Melody|Spain]] participated in the contest. [[Kazakhstan in the Special Melody|Kazakhstan]] is left from the competition. | |||
===Final=== | ===Final=== | ||
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