Special Melody Q1-2024

Special Melody Q1-2024
Cinematic Beats
Dates
Final	29 January 2024
Host
Venue	Thessaloniki, Greece
Executive supervisor	Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer	Alexander Sivak
Host broadcaster	ERT
Participants
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	Albania France Poland Switzerland
Returning Countries	None
Non-returning Countries	Cyprus Italy
Participation map

The Special Melody Contest Q1-2024 - was the 3rd edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It is set to take place in Thessaloniki,Greece.

Location

After the previous edition has been won by Greece, the broadcaster was immediately approached to form the reference group for the contest organisation. The Executive Supervisor and the head of IECO joined to the discussion of the potential city selection to host the show.

City bidding process

Only Athens were proposed by the reference group as applicable venue and infrastructure to host the third edition of the contest. However, later the broadcaster has proposed the city of Thessaloniki as a symbolic choice for hosting and due to less cost being involved in preparations. After that, Thessaloniki were approved to held the competition and the city has been appointed to host it.

Key:

†	Host city
*	Shortlisted
^	Submitted a bid

City	Venue	Notes
Athens*	Any	Proposed by IECO as the most suitable option.
Thessaloniki†		Chosen by the broadcaster

Format

Rules of season

The main requirement for songs in Q1-24 will be the presence of songs from films or TV series in which they sounded
There are no restrictions on the year of release of a song, film or series in Q1-24
There are no restrictions on getting into the Billboard Top 100 in Q1-24
There are no language restrictions in Q1-24.

Participating Countries

Final

The following 20 countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in Q1-2024. Four countries will debut in the competition: Albania, France, Poland and Switzerland. Cyprus and Italy will not take part in the competition for unknown reasons

#	Country	Movie/Series	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	United Kingdom	Cruella	Florence + The Machine	Call me Cruella	English	9	59
02	Portugal	Descendants	China Anne McClain, Thomas Doherty & Dylan Playfair	What's My Name	English	3	73
03	France	Stuart Little	Celine Dion	I’m Alive	English	6	68
04	Lebanon	Great Gatsby	Fergie	A Little Party Never Killed Nobody	English	17	44
05	Denmark	Hunger Games	Lorde	Yellow Flicker Beat	English	13	56
06	Poland	Trolls	Justin Timberlake	Can’t Stop The Feeling	English	15	50
07	Japan	Mirror Mirror	Lily Collins	I Believe In Love	English	5	68
08	Germany	Barbie	Dua Lipa	Dance The Night	English	11	58
09	Greece					20	33
10	Hungary					10	59
11	Spain					8	64
12	Albania					14	56
13	Thailand					18	42
14	Canada					4	71
15	Israel					7	68
16	Netherlands					16	48
17	Switzerland					2	102
18	Australia					1	103
19	Norway					19	37
20	South Korea					12	58