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 10 4 12 10 1 3 2 4 2 8 Australia 81 7 5 2 6 6 3 7 10 5 4 10 6 10 Germany 68 8 7 5 12 4 10 12 3 4 3 Albania 87 5 10 1 7 12 12 4 6 12 6 7 Hungary 49 3 1 8 5 8 8 6 8 2 Denmark 93 10 6 10 7 12 8 4 4 7 7 4 10 1 3 France 53 4 6 6 6 2 1 5 8 1 5 8 United Kingdom 110 8 8 12 12 10 5 12 6 8 3 7 7 12 Norway 33 6 3 2 7 1 6 8 Lebanon 62 10 6 7 5 4 10 6 3 5 3 3 Israel 56 6 3 3 12 3 4 2 2 10 7 4 Italy 65 2 12 1 2 10 5 3 1 7 7 10 5 Switzerland 48 2 1 6 12 8 8 5 4 2 Portugal 67 12 2 8 3 7 3 10 2 1 8 5 6 Spain 31 4 7 4 8 1 5 2 North Macedonia 56 7 5 8 4 4 2 7 3 1 10 5 South Korea 69 1 1 2 5 2 12 10 12 12 12 Japan 18 3 1 4 2 1 6 1

Detailed vote from the rest of the world Place Country Points THA VNM BIH 1 United Kingdom 12 29.61 12.00 5.61 12.00 2 Australia 10 20.02 1.23 12.00 6.79 3 Netherlands 8 18.97 8.21 0.84 9.92 4 Albania 7 17.70 2.17 9.92 5.61 5 Portugal 6 13.78 9.92 2.63 1.23 6 Italy 5 12.43 6.79 3.84 1.80 7 Israel 4 12.09 2.67 6.79 2.63 8 Germany 3 11.87 1.49 2.17 8.21 9 Hungary 2 11.65 3.17 4.64 3.84 10 Japan 1 9.38 0.48 8.21 0.69 11 South Korea 8.65 4.64 3.17 0.84 12 Norway 6.66 5.61 0.57 0.48 13 North Macedonia 6.56 3.84 1.23 1.49 14 Denmark 6.14 1.02 0.48 4.64 15 Lebanon 5.03 0.84 1.02 3.17 16 Switzerland 4.35 0.69 1.49 2.17 17 France 3.39 0.57 1.80 1.02 18 Spain 3.06 1.80 0.69 0.57

12 Points

12 points awarded by the countries

#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
4	United Kingdom	Germany, Albania, Lebanon, The Rest Of The World
	South Korea	North Macedonia, Japan, Portugal, Israel
3	Albania	South Korea, Switzerland, Italy
2	Germany	Spain, Norway
1	Denmark	France
	Portugal	Netherlands
	Italy	Australia
	Israel	Hungary
	Netherlands	United Kingdom
	Switzerland	Denmark