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Special Melody Q2-2025
Special Melody Q2-2025
Genre Extravaganza
Dates
Final	27 July 2025
Host
Venue	Beirut Seaside Arena, Beirut, Lebanon
Executive supervisor	Mark Solovyov
Executive producer	Anton Desyatov
Host broadcaster	TL
Participants
Number of entries	22
Debuting countries	China; New Zealand
Returning Countries	Kazakhstan; San Marino; Spain
Non-returning Countries	Netherlands; South Korea; Switzerland
	Participation map
Vote
Voting system	Each participating country and the ROW awards one set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs.
Winning song	United Kingdom; "Like Jennie"
	Q1-25 ← Special Melody Q2-2025 → Q3-25

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The Special Melody Contest Q2-2025 - was the 8th edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It took place in the city of Beirut, Lebanon. The contest was organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and the host broadcaster TL. The contest was held at the Beirut Seaside Arena and consisted of a single show (Grand Final), and was consisted a final on 27 July 2025.

A record twenty two countruies participated in the competition, with China and New Zealand debuting to the competition and Kazakhstan, San Marino and Spain to return. Netherlands, South Korea and Switzerland withdrawal from the competition.

The winner was the United Kingdom with the song "Like Jennie", performed by Jennie. Australia, Denmark, Israel and Hungary rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Italy, North Macedonia, San Marino (8th place second time) and Kazakhstan (15th place second time).

Location

City Bidding Process

The city was Beirut, who was chosen by the organizers immediately without bidding between cities, and the venue of the Beirut Seaside Arena became the site.

Format

Season's Rules

The theme of the season chose various genres of songs. The second season in a row, a draw for genres between the participants in the season was held. Everyone had to send the composition suitable for the resulting genre. There were no restrictions on the date of the release of the composition, as well as in languages. The performers who took part in Eurovision were not allowed.

Those who were not satisfied with the chosen genre were also given the opportunity to re-select a genre without the right to refuse. Five additional genres were prepared for this purpose.

Participating Countries

Twenty countries have confirmed their participation in the season of the competition. It's was the first time when China and New Zealand participated in the contest. Kazakhstan, San Marino and Spain returning to the competition, but Netherlands, South Korea and Switzerland is left from the competition.

Even at the genre draw stage, Hungary and San Marino joined the original twenty participants in the competition.

Grand Final

#	Country	Genre	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Italy	Reggae	Boombadash & Alessandra Amoroso	Mambo Salentino	Italian	6	72
02	France	Country	Noah Cyrus	New Country	English	21	32
03	Germany	Rap (Hip-hop)	Latto & Lu Kaka	Lottery	English	16	44
04	Israel	Indie	Bea Duarte	Mar	Portuguese	4	96
05	Japan	Disco	Maroon 5 & Rihanna	If I Never See Your Face Again	English	14	46
06	Norway	K-Pop	Ateez	Ice On My Teeth	English, Korean	17	42
07	Australia	Chanson	Zaz	Tous Les Cris Les S.O.S.	French	2	111
08	Canada	Punk-Rock	Joe Bonamassa	Notches	English	22	14
09	North Macedonia	Gospel	Gabriela Gomes	Deus Proverá	Portuguese	7	67
10	United Kingdom	Hip-Hop	Jennie	Like Jennie	English	1	112
11	China	Rock	The Oral Cigarettes	Kizukeyo Baby	Japanese	19	36
12	Denmark	Folk	Eivor	I Tokuni	Faroese	3	109
13	Portugal	EDM	Jonas Blue & William Singe	Mama	English	13	50
14	New Zealand	R&B	SZA	Kill Bill	English	12	51
15	Lebanon	Jazz	Aespa	Hold On Tight	English	9	64
16	Thailand	Classic	Dimash & Hauser	Stranger	English	18	40
17	Kazakhstan	Alternative rock	Unjazba	Qara	Kazakh	15	45
18	Cuba	Latin	Karol G	Latina Foreva	Spanish	20	33
19	Spain	Opera	Andrea Bocelli & Dua Lipa	If Only	English, Italian	11	54
20	Albania	Heavy Metal	Rammstein	Sonne	German	10	60
21	Hungary	Phonk	Stray Kids	Lalalala	Korean, English	5	90
22	San Marino	D&B	Sigma & Paloma Faith	Changing	English	8	66

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	Italy	France	Germany	Israel	Japan	Norway	Australia	Canada	North Macedonia	United Kingdom	China	Denmark	Portugal	New Zealand	Lebanon	Thailand	Kazakhstan	Cuba	Spain	Albania	Hungary	San Marino	Rest of the World

Contestants	Italy	72		7	6	6	3		1		4	1		10	5	4	7			4	7				7
	France	32	6							6		5		4		1				5	4			1
	Germany	44		1		1		8								7	4		8	8	5	2
	Israel	96	12	10	8		8	6	7	10	7			7	6	3		6				6
	Japan	46			1				6		5	2			3	5				10	6			5	3
	Norway	42		2		5							12		1	8	6	2	6
	Australia	111		12		10		4		8	2		8	8	4	12	3	3	7				12	6	12
	Canada	14	5	5		2										2
	North Macedonia	67	10		10	3			4	5		4	3					1		3	2	7	7	2	6
	United Kingdom	112			12		6	10	8	4			10	3	10	6	10		3	12	8	3		7
	China	36	8	3						7					2		2	12					2
	Denmark	109	3	8	3	12	12	12	3		6	8	5		7		8		4	2			6	8	2
	Portugal	50					1	3								10			1	7	12	8	8
	New Zealand	51			4							3		6				4	10	6	1	12	1	4
	Lebanon	64	2	4	7			7		2	10	10		5				10				4	3
	Thailand	40				8	4	5	12				1						5				4		1
	Kazakhstan	45	7		2	7	2	1	2		3							5						12	4
	Cuba	33	4			4	2				7						5				3	5		3
	Spain	54	1	6						3	1		2	12				8	2	1			10		8
	Albania	60			5		7		5	12			4						12					10	5
	Hungary	90					10		10		8	12	6	2	12		12	7			10	1
	San Marino	66					5			1	12	6	7	1	8		1					10	5		10

Detailed vote from the rest of the world
Place	Country	Points		NLD	KOR	VNM
1	Australia	12	24.49	9.92	4.64	9.92
2	San Marino	10	23.38	3.17	12.00	8.21
3	Spain	8	22.03	8.21	8.21	5.61
4	Italy	7	16.34	2.17	2.17	12.00
5	North Macedonia	6	13.23	12.00	0.39	0.84
6	Albania	5	11.45	1.49	6.79	3.17
7	Kazakhstan	4	11.09	0.48	9.92	0.69
8	Japan	3	10.07	1.80	1.49	6.79
9	Denmark	2	9.47	5.61	2.63	1.23
10	Thailand	1	9.11	6.79	0.84	1.49
11	Israel		8.81	3.84	3.17	1.80
12	Germany		8.62	0.84	5.61	2.17
13	Portugal		6.14	1.23	0.27	4.64
14	France		6.13	4.64	1.02	0.48
15	Lebanon		5.01	0.69	0.48	3.84
16	China		4.99	0.57	3.84	0.57
17	New Zealand		4.25	2.63	1.23	0.39
18	Hungary		3.52	0.32	0.57	2.63
19	Cuba		2.39	0.27	1.80	0.32
20	Canada		1.98	1.02	0.69	0.27
21	Norway		1.63	0.39	0.22	1.02
22	United Kingdom		0.77	0.22	0.32	0.22

12 Points

12 points awarded by the jury
#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
4	Australia	France, New Zealand, Hungary, The Rest Of The World
3	Denmark	Israel, Japan, Norway
3	Hungary	United Kingdom, Portugal, Lebanon
2	United Kingdom	Germany, Cuba
2	Albania	Canada, Kazakhstan
1	Israel	Italy
	San Marino	North Macedonia
	Spain	Denmark
	New Zealand	Albania
	Portugal	Spain
	Kazakhstan	San Marino
	Norway	China
	Thailand	Australia
	China	Thailand