Special Melody Q4-2023: Difference between revisions

| name = Special Melody

| final = 15 December 2023

| theme = '''Rock Bangers'''

| logo = [[File:SM-Q4-23.jpg|300px]]

| host = [[File:Kor-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Korean_Broadcasting_System|KBS]]

| exproducer = [[File:Kor-icon.png|20px]] [[South Korea|Denis Leonenko]]

| exsupervisor = [[File:Prt-icon.png|20px]] [[Portugal|Denis Vorobyov]]

| winner = [[File:Grc-icon.png|20px]] [[Greece#Special Melody|Greece]]</br>"Weapon"

| debut = [[File:Isr-icon.png|20px]] [[Israel#Special Melody|Israel]]</br>[[File:Ita-icon.png|20px]] [[Italy#Special Melody|Italy]]</br>[[File:Esp-icon.png|20px]] [[Spain#Special Melody|Spain]]

| nonreturn = [[File:Kaz-icon.png|20px]] [[Kazakhstan#Special Melody|Kazakhstan]]

| vote = Each participating country and the [[The Rest Of The World|ROW]] awards one set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs.

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 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.

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.

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.

| 01

| [[File:Jpn-icon.png|20px]] [[Japan#Special Melody|Japan]]

| 7

| 72

| 04

| [[File:Cyp-icon.png|20px]] [[Cyprus#Special Melody|Cyprus]]

| [[:en:Mother Mother|Mother Mother]]

| Hayloft I

| 15

| 36

| 05

| [[File:Nld-icon.png|20px]] [[Netherlands#Special Melody|Netherlands]]

| [[:en:Bad Omens|Bad Omens]]

| Just Pretend

| 12

| 51

| 06

| [[File:Gbr-icon.png|20px]] [[United Kingdom#Special Melody|United Kingdom]]

| [[:en:The Pretty Reckless|The Pretty Reckless]]

| 25

| 10

| 61

| 07

| [[File:Nor-icon.png|20px]] [[Norway#Special Melody|Norway]]

| [[:en:Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]]

| Trouble’s Coming

| 13

| 47

| 08

| [[File:Prt-icon.png|20px]] [[Portugal#Special Melody|Portugal]]

| [[:en: The Word Alive|The Word Alive]]

| No Way Out

| 3

| 81

| 09

| [[File:Can-icon.png|20px]] [[Canada#Special Melody|Canada]]

| Citizen Soldier

| 9

| 61

| 10

| [[File:Isr-icon.png|20px]] [[Israel#Special Melody|Israel]]

| 16

| 35

| 11

| [[File:Ita-icon.png|20px]] [[Italy#Special Melody|Italy]]

| 14

| 39

| 12

| [[File:Kor-icon.png|20px]] [[South Korea#Special Melody|South Korea]]

| [[:en:Mothica|Mothica]]

| Casualty

| 11

| 54

| 15

| [[File:Lbn-icon.png|20px]] [[Lebanon#Special Melody|Lebanon]]

| 17

| 33

| 16

| [[File:Esp-icon.png|20px]] [[Spain#Special Melody|Spain]]

| [[:en:Against the Current (band)|Against The Current]]

| Weapon

| 1

| 110

| 18

| [[File:Dnk-icon.png|20px]] [[Denmark#Special Melody|Denmark]]

| Holy Wars

| 4

| 81

 

! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Portugal

 

| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7

| 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;" | 9

| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16

| {{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;" | 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

| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2.28

|{{CYP}}

|-

|{{NLD}}

|{{CAN}}

|{{ISR}}

|{{GRC}}