Special Melody Q4-2024

Special Melody Q4-2024
Diversity of Languages
Dates
Final	5 February 2025
Host
Venue	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel
Executive supervisor	Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer	Nikolay Serb
Host broadcaster	Kan
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	North Macedonia
Returning Countries	Japan South Korea
Non-returning Countries	Canada San Marino Thailand
Participation map
Vote
Winning song	United Kingdom "Most Na Adi"

The Special Melody Contest Q4-2024 - was the 6th edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It is set to take place in Haifa, Israel. The contest was organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and the host broadcaster Kan. The contest was held at the Sammy Ofer Stadium, and was consisted a final on 5 February 2025.

Eighteen countruies participated in the competition, with North Macedonia debuting to the competition and Japan and South Korea to return. Canada, San Marino and Thailand withdrawal from the competition.

The winner was the United Kingdom with the song "Most Na Adi", performed by Teodora. Denmark, Albania (best result), Australia and South Korea rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Italy and Lebanon.

Location

City Bidding Process

The city was Haifa, who was chosen by the organizers immediately without bidding between cities, and the venue of the Sammy Ofer Stadium became the site.

Format

Season Rules

The theme of the season was the language of compositions, which was awarded by drawing between the participants of the season. Each of the twenty languages was classified under a certain number.

The selected application was obliged to be a language that was determined by the lot to each participant. There were no restrictions on the composition, except, as, as a ban on the use of compositions from Eurovision participants.

Participating Countries

Eighteen countries have confirmed their participation in the season of the competition. It's was the first time when North Macedonia participated in the contest. Japan and South Korea returning to the competition, but Canada, San Marino and Thailand is left from the competition.

Grand Final

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Netherlands	Munisa Rizayeva & Konsta	O'ylamading	Uzbek	12	56
02	Australia	Bao Thy	La Con Gai Phai Xinh	Vietnamese	4	81
03	Germany	Soulfia	Mirame A La Cara	Spanish	6	68
04	Albania	Tjarl & Dani Lia	Ganz Nach Vorn	German	3	87
05	Hungary	Anna Zak	Lech Lishon	Hebrew	14	49
06	Denmark	Sonia	Dzwonie	Polish	2	93
07	France	Neeraj Shridhar, Mellow D & Bob	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Title Track	Hindi	13	53
08	United Kingdom	Teodora	Most Na Adi	Serbian	1	110
09	Norway	Eir Aoi	Tsubasa	Japanese	16	33
10	Lebanon	Roxy Dekker	Sugardaddy	Dutch	9	62
11	Israel	Federico Rossi	Maledetto Mare	Italian	10	56
12	Italy	Erdenechimeg	Toiron Bujie	Mongol	8	65
13	Switzerland	Crystallized	Fota	Greek	15	48
14	Portugal	Issam Alnajjar & Elyanna	Hada Ghareeb	Arabic	7	67
15	Spain	Bini	Salamin, Salamin	Tagalog	17	31
16	North Macedonia	Ilta	Ei Kukaan Muu	Finnish	11	56
17	South Korea	Irdorath	Vaukalak	Belarusian	5	69
18	Japan	Perola	Tens Sorte	Portugese	18	18

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	Netherlands	Australia	Germany	Albania	Hungary	Denmark	France	United Kingdom	Norway	Lebanon	Israel	Italy	Switzerland	Portugal	Spain	North Macedonia	South Korea	Japan	Rest of the World
Contestants	Netherlands	56
	Australia	81
	Germany	68
	Albania	87
	Hungary	49
	Denmark	93
	France	53
	United Kingdom	110
	Norway	33
	Lebanon	62
	Israel	56
	Italy	65
	Switzerland	48
	Portugal	67
	Spain	31
	North Macedonia	56
	South Korea	69
	Japan	18