Special Melody Q1-2024

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.

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

City bidding process

The city of Thessaloniki has been appointed as the host city.

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	Film / Serial	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	United Kingdom	Cruella	Florence + The Machine	Call me Cruella	English	9
02	Portugal	Descendants	China Anne McClain, Thomas Doherty & Dylan Playfair	What's My Name	English	3
03	France	Stuart Little	Celine Dion	I’m Alive	English
	Australia
	Canada
	Denmark
	Germany
	Greece
	Hungary
	Israel
	Japan
	Lebanon
	Netherlands
	Norway
	Poland
	South Korea
	Spain
	Switzerland
	Thailand
	Albania