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The Special Melody Contest (often shortened to SMC or Special Melody) is a competition of thematic seasons with special conditions for applications.

Origins and history

The Special Melody was conceived and implemented in order to diversify song competitions by adding various requirements and rules to them, making the selection of applications more difficult, however, the conditions of the competition change every quarter and have its own special theme (in each episode of the competition). This idea was implemented in July 2023, but was invented back in April 2023 by the current curator of Portugal

Format

The format of the competition is unique and each episode of the competition has its own specific rules and restrictions in terms of applications, their release date, performers, languages, number of views, presence in the Billboard chart, etc.

Participation

Any accredited country IECO can participate in the competition. The maximum limit on the number of countries in a quarter is 20 countries.

Hosting

The venue for the first season was selected from among the countries that confirmed their participation in the season. Of the 16 participating countries, 6 candidates were approved by the IECO Council: Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Norway and Thailand. During the discussions and voting, the right to host the first season went to Thailand. The host city was Bangkok - the capital of the chosen country.The venue for the competition was the Impact Arena Bangkok

In the second episode of the competition, instead of Canada, which won the last episode, the competition was hosted by South Korea, which took 2nd place, due to the fact that Canada was unable to host the second episode of the competition

In the third episode of the competition hosted by Greece, winner of second episode Special Melody.The host city was Thessaloniki. The venue for the competition was the PAOK Arena

In the fourth and fifth episodes of the competition hosted by Australia, winner of third and fourth episodes Special Melody. The host city of fourth episode was Perth with venue was RAC Arena. The host city of fifth episode was Brisben with venue was Brisbane Entertainment Centre

In the six epsode of the competition hosted by Israel

Rules

Further information: Rules of the Special Melody Contest

Voting

Winning entries

Season		Theme	Date	Host City	Countries	Winner	Language(s)	Points	Runner-up
I	Q3-23	Geographical Names	7 Aug 2023	Bangkok	16	Canada The Hardkiss - Antarctica	Ukrainian	120	South Korea
II	Q4-23	Rock Bangers	15 Dec 2023	Gangneung	18	Greece Against The Current - Weapon	English	110	Japan
III	Q1-24	Cinematic Beats	28 Jan 2024	Thessaloniki	20	Australia Stan Walker - I AM	English	103	Switzerland
IV	Q2-24	Mystery Forces	6 May 2024	Perth	20	Australia Darin - Electric	English	103	Thailand
V	Q3-24	Underrated Gems	27 Oct 2024	Brisbane	18	Israel Jude York - Monaco	English	117	Denmark
VI	Q4-24	Diversity of Languages	Jan 2025	Haifa	18	Unknown Country TBD

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