Countries of the Special Melody Contest

Participants

Throughout the history of the competition, 30 countries have taken part at least once.

Statistics (as of Q3-2025)
Country	Debut season	Latest entry	Entries	Best placement	Win
Albania	Q1-2024	Q3-2025	7	3rd	0
Australia	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	9	1st	2
Canada	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	8	1st	1
China	Q2-2025	Q3-2025	2	18th	0
Cuba	Q1-2025	Q3-2025	3	3rd	0
Cyprus	Q3-2023	Q3-2023	2	11th	0
Czechia	Q3-2025	Q3-2025	1	3rd	0
Denmark	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	9	2nd	0
France	Q1-2024	Q3-2025	7	3rd	0
Germany	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	9	6th	0
Greece	Q3-2023	Q1-2024	3	1st	1
Hungary	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	9	2nd	0
Israel	Q4-2023	Q3-2025	8	1st	1
Italy	Q4-2023	Q3-2025	6	5th	0
Japan	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	8	1st	1
Kazakhstan	Q3-2023	Q2-2025	2	15th	0
Lebanon	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	9	1st	1
Netherlands	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	8	6th	0
New Zealand	Q2-2025	Q3-2025	2	12th	0
North Macedonia	Q4-2024	Q3-2025	4	7th	0
Norway	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	9	3rd	0
Poland	Q1-2024	Q2-2024	2	15th	0
Portugal	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	9	3rd	0
San Marino	Q2-2024	Q2-2025	3	8th	0
South Korea	Q3-2023	Q1-2025	5	2nd	0
Spain	Q4-2023	Q3-2025	7	6th	0
Switzerland	Q1-2024	Q1-2025	5	2nd	0
Thailand	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	8	2nd	0
United Kingdom	Q3-2023	Q3-2025	9	1st	2
Vietnam	Q2-2024	Q2-2024	1	17th	0

Below are the remaining countries that have taken part in the main IECO competition but have not yet taken part in the Special Melody competition.