Special Melody Q4-2023

Special Melody Contest Q4-2023
Dates
Final	TBD November 2023
Host
Venue	Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, South Korea
Executive supervisor	Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer	Denis Leonenko
Host broadcaster	KBS
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	Israel Italy Spain
Returning Countries	None
Non-returning Countries	Kazakhstan
Participation map

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 South Korea, in the country that won the last episode of the contest.

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 "arena" was chosen as the venue for the contest.

Format

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.
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)
Prohibition on the use of any performers who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest
Ban on using songs from WorldVision and Special Melody
You can use songs that were in the Billboard Top-100
There are no language restrictions in Q3-2023.

Participating Countries

Final

The following 18 countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in Q4-2023.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
	Australia	Rain City Drive	Wasting My Youth	English
	Canada	Citizen Soldier	Unsaid	English
	Cyprus	Mother Mother	Hayloft I	English
	Denmark	Holy Wars	Get Mine	English
	Germany	Mothica	Casualty	English
	Greece	Against The Current	Weapon	English
	Hungary	Dorothy	Rest In peace	English
	Israel	Nothing But Thieves	Forever & Ever More	English
	Italy	Modà	Finisce Sempre Cosi	Italian
	Japan	One Ok Rock	Renegades	English
	Lebanon	Edge Of Paradise	Digital Paradise	English
	Netherlands	Bad Omens	Just Pretend	English
	Norway	Royal Blood	Trouble’s Coming	English
	Portugal	The Word Alive	No Way Out	English
	South Korea	Spiritbox	Ultraviolet	English
	Spain	Imagine Dragons	Natural	English
	Thailand	Jaws The Shark	Suff City	English
	United Kingdom	The Pretty Reckless	25	English

Voting

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their top ten songs.