Special Melody Q4-2023: Difference between revisions

| 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.

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

| [[File:Tha-icon.png|20px]] [[Thailand#Special Melody|Thailand]]

| [[File:Aus-icon.png|20px]] [[Australia#Special Melody|Australia]]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

| [[File:Hun-icon.png|20px]] [[Hungary#Special Melody|Hungary]]

| [[File:Deu-icon.png|20px]] [[Germany#Special Melody|Germany]]

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

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

| [[File:Grc-icon.png|20px]] [[Greece#Special Melody|Greece]]

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

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! scope="row" style="background: Gold;" | Greece

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