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{{Infobox song contest
{{Infobox song contest
| name = Special Melody Contest
| name = Special Melody
| final = TBD November 2023
| final = 15 December 2023
| year = Q4-2023
| year = Q4-2023
| theme =  
| theme = '''Rock Bangers'''
| logo =  
| logo = [[File:SM-Q4-23.jpg|300px]]
| host = [[File:Kor-icon.png|24px]] [[:en:Korean_Broadcasting_System|KBS]]
| host = [[File:Kor-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Korean_Broadcasting_System|KBS]]
| venue = [[:en:Gangneung Ice Arena|Gangneung Ice Arena]], [[:en:Gangneung|Gangneung]], South Korea
| venue = [[:en:Gangneung Ice Arena|Gangneung Ice Arena]], [[:en:Gangneung|Gangneung]], South Korea
| presenters =  
| presenters =  
| director =  
| director =  
| exproducer = [[File:Kor-icon.png|24px]] [[South Korea|Denis Leonenko]]
| exproducer = [[File:Kor-icon.png|20px]] [[South Korea|Denis Leonenko]]
| exsupervisor = [[File:Prt-icon.png|24px]] [[Portugal|Denis Vorobyov]]
| exsupervisor = [[File:Prt-icon.png|20px]] [[Portugal|Denis Vorobyov]]
| winner =  
| winner = [[File:Grc-icon.png|20px]] [[Greece#Special Melody|Greece]]</br>"Weapon"
| entries = 18  
| entries = 18  
| debut = {{ISR}}</br>{{ITA}}</br>{{ESP}}
| 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]]
| return = None
| return = None
| nonreturn = {{KAZ}}
| nonreturn = [[File:Kaz-icon.png|20px]] [[Kazakhstan#Special Melody|Kazakhstan]]
| Participation map = TBA
| Participation map = TBA
| vote =  
| vote = Each participating country and the [[The Rest Of The World|ROW]] awards one set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs.
| null =  
| null =  
| prev_year = [[Special Melody Q3-2023|Q3-23]]
| next_year = [[Special Melody Q1-2024|Q1-24]]
}}
}}
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 [[South Korea]], in the country that won the last episode of the contest.
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#Special Melody|Israel]], [[Italy#Special Melody|Italy]] and [[Spain#Special Melody|Spain]] participating for the first time. Last season's competitor [[Kazakhstan#Special Melody|Kazakhstan]] withdrew from the competition.
 
The winner was the [[Greece#Special Melody|Greece]] with the song "Weapon", performed by [[:en:Against the Current (band)|Against The Current]]. [[Japan#Special Melody|Japan]] (best result), [[Portugal#Special Melody|Portugal]] (best result), [[Denmark#Special Melody|Denmark]] and [[South Korea#Special Melody|South Korea]] rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: [[Hungary#Special Melody|Hungary]] and the [[United Kingdom#Special Melody|United Kingdom]], [[United Kingdom#Special Melody|United Kingdom]] (10th place second time). [[Thailand#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 selected venue is the 12.000-seat Gangneung Ice Arena.
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 "arena" was chosen as the venue for the contest.
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===
In the Q4-2023, the main rule for submitting an application will be the presence of the Rock genre in it or its varieties, such as: Pop Rock, Punk Rock, Art Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative Rock, Grunge, etc.</br>
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.
Also, a mandatory requirement will be a limitation on the release date of the song. Applications issued from January 1, 2018 to the present day are allowed for this episode of the competition (that is, 01.01.2018 - XX.XX.2023)</br>
Prohibition on the use of any performers who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest</br>
Ban on using songs from WorldVision and Special Melody</br>
You can use songs that were in the Billboard Top-100</br>
There are no language restrictions in Q3-2023.</br>
 


== <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#Special Melody|Israel]], [[Italy#Special Melody|Italy]] and [[Spain#Special Melody|Spain]] participated in the contest. [[Kazakhstan#Special Melody|Kazakhstan]] is left from the competition.


===Final===
===Final===
The following 18 countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in Q4-2023.
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | #
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! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Points
|-
|-
|  
| 01
| {{AUS}}
| [[File:Jpn-icon.png|20px]] [[Japan#Special Melody|Japan]]
| [[:en: One Ok Rock|One Ok Rock]]
| Renegades
| English
| 2
| 100
|-
| 02
| [[File:Tha-icon.png|20px]] [[Thailand#Special Melody|Thailand]]
| Jaws The Shark
| Suff City
| English
| 18
| 16
|-
| 03
| [[File:Aus-icon.png|20px]] [[Australia#Special Melody|Australia]]
| [[:en:Rain City Drive|Rain City Drive]]
| [[:en:Rain City Drive|Rain City Drive]]
| Wasting My Youth
| Wasting My Youth
| English
| English
|  
| 7
|  
| 72
|-
|-
|  
| 04
| {{CAN}}
| [[File:Cyp-icon.png|20px]] [[Cyprus#Special Melody|Cyprus]]
| Citizen Soldier
| [[:en:Mother Mother|Mother Mother]]
| Unsaid
| Hayloft I
| English
| English
|  
| 15
|  
| 36
|-
|-
|  
| 05
| {{CYP}}
| [[File:Nld-icon.png|20px]] [[Netherlands#Special Melody|Netherlands]]
| [[:en:Mother Mother|Mother Mother]]
| [[:en:Bad Omens|Bad Omens]]
| Hayloft I
| Just Pretend
| English
| English
|  
| 12
|  
| 51
|-
|-
|  
| 06
| {{DNK}}
| [[File:Gbr-icon.png|20px]] [[United Kingdom#Special Melody|United Kingdom]]
| Holy Wars
| [[:en:The Pretty Reckless|The Pretty Reckless]]
| Get Mine
| 25
| English
| English
|  
| 10
|  
| 61
|-
|-
|  
| 07
| {{DEU}}
| [[File:Nor-icon.png|20px]] [[Norway#Special Melody|Norway]]
| [[:en:Mothica|Mothica]]
| [[:en:Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]]
| Casualty
| Trouble’s Coming
| English
| English
|  
| 13
|  
| 47
|-
|-
|  
| 08
| {{GRC}}
| [[File:Prt-icon.png|20px]] [[Portugal#Special Melody|Portugal]]
| [[:en:Against the Current (band)|Against The Current]]
| [[:en: The Word Alive|The Word Alive]]
| Weapon
| No Way Out
| English
| English
|  
| 3
|  
| 81
|-
|-
|  
| 09
| {{HUN}}
| [[File:Can-icon.png|20px]] [[Canada#Special Melody|Canada]]
| [[:en: Dorothy|Dorothy]]
| Citizen Soldier
| Rest In peace
| Unsaid
| English
| English
|  
| 9
|  
| 61
|-
|-
|  
| 10
| {{ISR}}
| [[File:Isr-icon.png|20px]] [[Israel#Special Melody|Israel]]
| [[:en:Nothing but Thieves|Nothing But Thieves]]
| [[:en:Nothing but Thieves|Nothing But Thieves]]
| Forever & Ever More
| Forever & Ever More
| English
| English
|  
| 16
|  
| 35
|-
| 11
| [[File:Ita-icon.png|20px]] [[Italy#Special Melody|Italy]]
| [[:en:Modà|Modà]]
| Finisce Sempre Cosi
| Italian
| 14
| 39
|-
|-
|  
| 12
| {{ITA}}
| [[File:Kor-icon.png|20px]] [[South Korea#Special Melody|South Korea]]
|  
| [[:en:Spiritbox|Spiritbox]]
|  
| Ultraviolet
|  
| English
|  
| 5
|  
| 80
|-
| 13
| [[File:Hun-icon.png|20px]] [[Hungary#Special Melody|Hungary]]
| [[:en: Dorothy|Dorothy]]
| Rest In peace
| English
| 8
| 71
|-
|-
|  
| 14
| {{JPN}}
| [[File:Deu-icon.png|20px]] [[Germany#Special Melody|Germany]]
| [[:en: One Ok Rock|One Ok Rock]]
| [[:en:Mothica|Mothica]]
| Renegades
| Casualty
| English
| English
|  
| 11
|  
| 54
|-
|-
|  
| 15
| {{LBN}}
| [[File:Lbn-icon.png|20px]] [[Lebanon#Special Melody|Lebanon]]
| [[:en:Edge Of Paradise|Edge Of Paradise]]
| [[:en:Edge Of Paradise|Edge Of Paradise]]
| Digital Paradise
| Digital Paradise
| English
| English
|  
| 17
|  
| 33
|-
|-
|  
| 16
| {{NLD}}
| [[File:Esp-icon.png|20px]] [[Spain#Special Melody|Spain]]
| [[:en:Bad Omens|Bad Omens]]
| [[:en:Imagine Dragons|Imagine Dragons]]
| Just Pretend
| Natural
| English
| 6
| 74
|-bgcolor="Gold"
| 17
| [[File:Grc-icon.png|20px]] [[Greece#Special Melody|Greece]]
| [[:en:Against the Current (band)|Against The Current]]
| Weapon
| English
| English
|  
| 1
|  
| 110
|-
|-
|  
| 18
| {{NOR}}
| [[File:Dnk-icon.png|20px]] [[Denmark#Special Melody|Denmark]]
| [[:en:Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]]
| Holy Wars
| Trouble’s Coming
| Get Mine
| English
| English
|  
| 4
|  
| 81
|}
 
== <strong>Voting</strong> ==
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their top ten songs.
{|
|- style="vertical-align:top; width: 99%;"
| style="width: 50%;"|
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center; font-size: 85%;"
|-
|+ Grand Final voting results
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background: #F2F2F2;" |
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Total score|cellstyle=border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Japan}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Thailand}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Australia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Cyprus}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Netherlands}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|United Kingdom}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Norway}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Portugal}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Canada}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Israel}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Italy}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|South Korea}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Hungary}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Germany}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Lebanon}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Spain}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Greece}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Denmark}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=y|Rest of the World}}
|-
| style="height:2px; background: #eaecf0; border-top:1px solid transparent;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
| style="background: #A4D1EF;" |
|-
! rowspan="18" {{vert header|va=middle|Contestants}}
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Japan
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 100
| style="background: #aaa;" | || ||12  ||8  ||  ||7  ||5  ||6  ||6  ||5  ||10  ||10  ||2  ||  ||  ||7  ||2  ||7  ||8 
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Thailand
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 16
|  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||  ||3  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1  ||5  ||6  ||1  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Australia
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 72
|  3||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||6  ||1  ||5  ||12  ||7  ||  ||  ||  ||12  ||  ||2  ||12  ||5  ||6  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Cyprus
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 36
|  ||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||10  ||  ||7  ||  ||8  ||  ||5  ||  ||6  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Netherlands
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 51
|  ||  3||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||3  ||3  ||2  ||12  ||  ||4  ||4  ||4  ||1  ||10  ||  ||1  ||  ||4
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | United Kingdom
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 61
|  4||  7||  ||  8||  8|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||4  ||2  ||  ||1  ||10  ||  ||  ||  ||7  ||  ||7  ||3
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Norway
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 47
|  8||  ||  6||  3||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||1  ||  ||  ||6  ||  ||  ||3  ||5  ||10  ||  ||  ||5
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Portugal
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 81
|  ||  6||  4||  2||  12||  2||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||3  ||  ||8  ||7  ||10  ||  ||3  ||6  ||10  ||  ||7
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Canada
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 61
|  10||  ||  3||  1||  10||  ||  1||  5|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||2  ||12  ||  ||7  ||  ||  ||4  ||3  ||2  ||1
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Israel
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 35
|  ||  1||  2||  4||  2||  ||  ||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||7  ||  ||  ||2  ||  ||  ||12  ||5  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Italy
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 39
|  6||  10||  ||  ||  ||  ||  4||  ||  ||  4|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||3  ||6  ||  ||  ||  ||6  ||  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | South Korea
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 80
|  ||  ||  7||  6||  1||  7||  7||  3||  10||  12||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||  ||8  ||4  ||3  ||  ||10  ||2
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Hungary
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 71
|  7||  5||  1||  ||  5||  ||  8||  ||  6||  5||  2||  12|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||10  ||1  ||8  ||  ||1  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Germany
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 54
|  5||  2||  ||  12||  ||  4||  2||  ||  4||  7||  ||  ||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||6  ||  ||4  ||8  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Lebanon
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 33
|  ||  4||  5||  7||  ||  6||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  3||  5|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||1  ||  ||3  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Spain
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 74
|  12||  8||  ||  5||  4||  ||  12||  8||  8||  ||  ||  ||  5||  4||  || style="background: #aaa;" | ||2  ||  ||6
|-bgcolor="Gold"
! scope="row" style="background: Gold;" | Greece
| style="text-align: right; background: Gold;" | 110
|  2||  ||  10||  10||  ||  12||  6||  10||  1||  6||  3||  1||  8||  12||  8||  5|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||4  ||12
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2;" | Denmark
| style="text-align: right; background: #f2f2f2;" | 81
|  1||  ||  12||  ||  ||  8||  10||  ||  ||  3||  ||  8||  2||  7||  12||  ||  8|| style="background: #aaa;" | ||10
|}
|style="width: 50%;"|
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size: 85%;"
|+ Detailed vote from the rest of the world
|-
! scope="col" |Place
! scope="col" |Country
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Points
! scope="col" |[[File:Fra-icon.png|24px]]</br>FRA
! scope="col" |[[File:Swe-icon.png|24px]]</br>SWE
! scope="col" |[[File:Che-icon.png|24px]]</br>CHE
 
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{GRC}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 27.00
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{DNK}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 19.41
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{JPN}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15.79
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{PRT}}
| {{PRT}}
| [[:en: The Word Alive|The Word Alive]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| No Way Out
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15.69
| English
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{ESP}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| 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;" | 6
| {{NOR}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15.25
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{NLD}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15.01
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{GBR}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13.57
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{KOR}}
| {{KOR}}
| [[:en:Spiritbox|Spiritbox]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| Ultraviolet
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11.65
| English
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{CAN}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10.04
| 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;" | 11
| {{HUN}}
| rowspan="8" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8.50
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| {{DEU}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7.70
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
| {{AUS}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7.38
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
| {{ITA}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5.82
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| {{LBN}}
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4.21
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
|-
! 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;" | 15
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17
| {{ESP}}
| {{ISR}}
| [[:en:Imagine Dragons|Imagine Dragons]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2.43
| Natural
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| English
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17
|  
|-
|-
|  
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18
| {{THA}}
| {{THA}}
| Jaws The Shark
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2.28
| Suff City
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17
| English
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18
|  
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
|  
|-
|}
|}
=== 12 Points ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 12 points awarded by the countries
|-
! scope="col" |#
! scope="col" |Recipient
! scope="col" |Countries giving 12 points
|-
| rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
|{{GRC}}
|{{DEU}}, {{GBR}}, {{XRW}}
|-
|{{AUS}}
|{{HUN}}, {{PRT}}, {{ESP}}
|-
| rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
|{{JPN}}
|{{DNK}}, {{THA}}
|-
|{{DNK}}
|{{AUS}}, {{LBN}}
|-
|{{ESP}}
|{{JPN}}, {{NOR}}
|-
| rowspan="7" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|{{PRT}}
|{{NLD}}
|-
|{{KOR}}
|{{ISR}}
|-
|{{HUN}}
|{{KOR}}
|-
|{{CAN}}
|{{ITA}}
|-
|{{DEU}}
|{{CYP}}
|-
|{{NLD}}
|{{CAN}}
|-
|-
|  
|{{ISR}}
| {{GBR}}
|{{GRC}}
| [[:en:The Pretty Reckless|The Pretty Reckless]]
| 25
| English
|
|
|-
|-
|}
|}
== <strong>Voting</strong> ==
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their top ten songs.


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Special Melody Q4-2023
Rock Bangers
Dates
Final15 December 2023
Host
VenueGangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, South Korea
Executive supervisor Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer Denis Leonenko
Host broadcaster KBS
Participants
Number of entries18
Debuting countries Israel
Italy
Spain
Returning CountriesNone
Non-returning Countries Kazakhstan
Participation map
Vote
Voting systemEach participating country and the ROW awards one set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs.
Winning song Greece
"Weapon"
Q3-23 ← Special Melody Q4-2023 → Q1-24

The Special Melody Contest Q4-2023 - was the 2st edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It is set to take place in Gangneung, South Korea, because the winner of the 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 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, Italy and Spain participating for the first time. Last season's competitor Kazakhstan withdrew from the competition.

The winner was the Greece with the song "Weapon", performed by Against The Current. Japan (best result), Portugal (best result), Denmark and South Korea rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Hungary and the United Kingdom, United Kingdom (10th place second time). Thailand finished on the last place second time a row.

Location

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 selected venue is the 12.000-seat Gangneung Ice Arena.

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 Gangneung Ice Arena was chosen as the venue for the contest.

Format

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.

Participating Countries

Eighteen countries have confirmed their participation in the season of the competition. It's was the first time when Israel, Italy and Spain participated in the contest. Kazakhstan is left from the competition.

Final

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01 Japan One Ok Rock Renegades English 2 100
02 Thailand Jaws The Shark Suff City English 18 16
03 Australia Rain City Drive Wasting My Youth English 7 72
04 Cyprus Mother Mother Hayloft I English 15 36
05 Netherlands Bad Omens Just Pretend English 12 51
06 United Kingdom The Pretty Reckless 25 English 10 61
07 Norway Royal Blood Trouble’s Coming English 13 47
08 Portugal The Word Alive No Way Out English 3 81
09 Canada Citizen Soldier Unsaid English 9 61
10 Israel Nothing But Thieves Forever & Ever More English 16 35
11 Italy Modà Finisce Sempre Cosi Italian 14 39
12 South Korea Spiritbox Ultraviolet English 5 80
13 Hungary Dorothy Rest In peace English 8 71
14 Germany Mothica Casualty English 11 54
15 Lebanon Edge Of Paradise Digital Paradise English 17 33
16 Spain Imagine Dragons Natural English 6 74
17 Greece Against The Current Weapon English 1 110
18 Denmark Holy Wars Get Mine English 4 81

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
Japan
Thailand
Australia
Cyprus
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Norway
Portugal
Canada
Israel
Italy
South Korea
Hungary
Germany
Lebanon
Spain
Greece
Denmark
Rest of the World
Contestants
 Japan 100 12 8 7 5 6 6 5 10 10 2 7 2 7 8
Thailand 16 3 1 5 6 1
Australia 72 3 6 1 5 12 7 12 2 12 5 6
Cyprus 36 10 7 8 5 6
Netherlands 51 3 3 3 2 12 4 4 4 1 10 1 4
United Kingdom 61 4 7 8 8 4 2 1 10 7 7 3
Norway 47 8 6 3 1 6 3 5 10 5
Portugal 81 6 4 2 12 2 3 8 7 10 3 6 10 7
Canada 61 10 3 1 10 1 5 2 12 7 4 3 2 1
Israel 35 1 2 4 2 7 2 12 5
Italy 39 6 10 4 4 3 6 6
South Korea 80 7 6 1 7 7 3 10 12 8 4 3 10 2
Hungary 71 7 5 1 5 8 6 5 2 12 10 1 8 1
Germany 54 5 2 12 4 2 4 7 6 4 8
Lebanon 33 4 5 7 6 3 5 1 3
Spain 74 12 8 5 4 12 8 8 5 4 2 6
Greece 110 2 10 10 12 6 10 1 6 3 1 8 12 8 5 4 12
Denmark 81 1 12 8 10 3 8 2 7 12 8 10
Detailed vote from the rest of the world
Place Country Points
FRA
SWE
CHE
1 Greece 12 27.00 1 3 4
2 Denmark 10 19.41 11 1 5
3 Japan 8 15.79 2 13 6
4 Portugal 7 15.69 4 16 3
5 Spain 6 15.62 3 5 11
6 Norway 5 15.25 16 6 2
7 Netherlands 4 15.01 10 15 1
8 United Kingdom 3 13.57 8 2 18
9 South Korea 2 11.65 14 4 7
10 Canada 1 10.04 5 11 9
11 Hungary 8.50 12 7 8
12 Germany 7.70 7 8 16
13 Australia 7.38 6 17 10
14 Italy 5.82 9 10 14
15 Lebanon 4.21 13 12 12
16 Cyprus 3.95 18 9 15
17 Israel 2.43 15 14 17
18 Thailand 2.28 17 18 13

12 Points

12 points awarded by the countries
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
3 Greece Germany, United Kingdom, The Rest Of The World
Australia Hungary, Portugal, Spain
2 Japan Denmark, Thailand
Denmark Australia, Lebanon
Spain Japan, Norway
1 Portugal Netherlands
South Korea Israel
Hungary South Korea
Canada Italy
Germany Cyprus
Netherlands Canada
Israel Greece

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